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Big Tech and Democracy: What Went Wrong
From: Mateo Schimpf
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As we race towards a particularly contentious presidential election in the US, we look at the influence of social media on our democracy. And, as p...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
COVID-19, Contact Tracing, and a Leader's Responsibility with UCSF's Dr. Mike Reid
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we take a closer look at the response among many in the medical and public health communities to the president’s handling of the C...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
The Future of US Global Leadership
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we consider different visions of what US foreign policy can look like and how the upcoming election will determine that path. We t...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Dispatch #354: The Shadow of Caste
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Headlines from the Telegraph, Credit: Sandip Roy
The caste system is a long and controversial cultural norm in India, but now the Dalits may be getting a boost from America’s civil rights movements.

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
The President's Tax Returns and the Priorities of U.S. Tax Policy
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we seek to make sense of the recent New York Times articles about the President’s tax returns. We also explore the U.S. tax system...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
A Big Deal, Not a Peace Deal
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This month, Israel signed deals with two Gulf States on the White House South Lawn. These are the first Arab-Israel agreements in 25 years, known a...

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  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Facing Our Climate Future
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re launching an ongoing series about our climate future. We'll hear from activists and political leaders who discussed climate resili...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Dispatch 352 - The incorrigible vice
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Chewie wears his mask. Be like Chewie., Credit: Sandip Roy
…the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill. — From ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Farmworkers Risk Smoke, Heat, And COVID-19 As California Burns
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From Santa Rosa to Salinas, farmworkers are harvesting as California burns. Workers are risking heat, smoke, and COVID-19 to pick grapes and harves...

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  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 10:51
  • Purchases: 1
Keep Cool and think of Kolkata
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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As San Francisco’s heat wave hits 100º Sandip Roy recalls how to battle heat waves in his native Kolkata.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Will Democratic Capitalism Survive?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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As inequality rises around the world, citizens are losing faith in the free market democracy that emerged over the 20th century. Protests from the ...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Coronavirus and Sub-Saharan Africa
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re looking at Uganda and Rwanda, two countries who have fought pandemics before and were ready for this one. Both countries have lost...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
kaMAla, Kamala
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The furor over a Kamala seems much ado over very few syllables, but how one handles the mispronunciation can be telling.

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
603-Discovering Alien Life
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Our star is only one among hundreds of billions in the Milky Way galaxy which itself is only one of a hundred billion or more galaxies in the known...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
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How Developing Nations Are Fighting COVID-19...And Winning
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Even with its close proximity to China, where the pandemic started, parts of Southeast Asia have managed to control the coronavirus far better than...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dispatch 346 - The New Normal
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip wonders if the new normal is really normal?

  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
MS-13 and El Salvador's World of Violence
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we revisit and update a program we recorded in January about the origins of El Salvador’s bloody gang war with journalist William ...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dispatch 344 - Olivia's Rakhi Purnima
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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With the news of Olivia de Havilland’s death this week coinciding with the Indian celebration of Rakhi Purnima, Sandip reflects on how the holiday ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Why Hong Kong is Protesting Again
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Protesters are back in the streets in Hong Kong to fight against a new security law that tightens the Chinese government’s grip over the city. On ...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Dreams for a Better Future
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Yann Martel at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet in pre-COVID times, Credit: Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet
How can we possibly dream of a better future in the middle of a pandemic? One way is with the help of literature.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
The Global Economy After COVID-19
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we tackle these big issues and examine our new digital economy with James Manyika, Chairman and Director of the McKinsey Gl...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
When Phobia Becomes Hate
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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When does phobia cross over into hate speech? Does a social media site need a bloodthirsty exhortation to deliver a 6-inch deep cut before it can act?

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Is the United Nations Still Relevant at 75?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we look at the United Nation’s achievements, its shortcomings and what the future holds for international cooperation with ...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
340 - Trickle Down Fear-o-nomics
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Chinatown in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Why is it when there is tension between two countries, the fear always seems to end up at the dining table.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
The Struggle To Test and Trace COVID-19
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we take a closer look at contact tracing in California and what it might look like in the future. We hear from San Francisc...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2

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