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Painting the Town Safe
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: City activists are painting sidewalks hoping to encourage more street life in Kolkata., Credit: Sandip Roy
Kolkata is often regarded as a city that has slipped behind other metropolises in India when it comes to money and industry. But the country's crim...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Toilet Man
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak tours Kolkata's Durga Puja with the widows of Vrindavan. , Credit: Sandip Roy
India’s famous “toilet man,” Dr. Bindeswar Pathak, died last month at the age of 80. But he was far more than just an inventor and business man. Sa...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Barbie Land
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The release of Barbie the movie seems the perfect excuse to look for the origins of patriarchy with science writer Angela D Saini.

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Independent Chitra
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni with Sandip at the Kolkata Literary Meet in 2023., Credit: Sandip Roy
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a beloved author now but when she started writing about her South Asian community in America in the 90s not everyone ...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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The Women of Afghanistan
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: "Nightmare" by Shamsia Hassani, Credit: Shamsia Hassani
With all the talk about the women and girls of Afghanistan, Sandip wonders if it was ever really about them at all.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Dispatch 369 - Priya's Mask
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: India's Priya and Pakistan's Burka Avenger battle Baba Kaboom in the Priya's Mask comic book.
Priya’s Shakti is a comic and animated film about India’s first female superhero Priya and her flying tiger Sahas. Priya has taken on issues like r...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
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
All is Fair in Love and Pharma
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Johnson & Johnson Fairness skin creams
In the midst of Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Johnson & Johnson has announced it will stop selling skin whitening creams.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dispatch 311: Remembering Nabaneeta
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Nabaneeta Dev Sen with her daughter at Antara at the Kolkata Literary Meet, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy remembers on of India’s most beloved writers. Nabaneeta dev Sen

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dispatch 287: the Women's March for Change
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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As this year's election season heats up in India, women are making themselves heard.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Remembering Sridevi
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: English Vinglish movie poster
Sandip Roy remembers the iconic Indian actress Sridevi.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Suprabhatam (Auspicious Dawn)
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Most of us around the world wake up to alarm clocks or the clock radio turning on. For decades thousands and thousands of Indians around the world...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Body of Water
From: Veronica Simmonds
Caption: http://bodyofwater.ca/, Credit: Rebecca Roher
An ode to urban lake swimming

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
Radio Retrospective: The First Woman of Sound Effects
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Ora Nichols (left) and the CBS Sound Effects Team, Credit: Wikipedia
Ora Nichols lead the sound effects team that brought "War of the Worlds" to life on the radio. That doesn't mean she got along with Orson Wells. Me...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 3
NEA Jazz Moments wirth Lorraine Gordon
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, LORRAINE GORDON. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn abou...

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
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Joy and freedom onstage
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Classical piano or "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"--makes no difference, as long as Aleksya can be onstage, performing for an audience.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:20
Kazakhstan -- With this horse, I thee wed...
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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A girl. A boy. A horse. A chase. Listen as this week's Global Guru takes you inside the world of courtship in Kazakhstan...

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:56
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The Hidden Messages in Zulu Beadwork
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: A Zulu girl wears her beadwork, Credit: Hlengi We Dube
You're fourteen, and you're in love with a boy in the next village. How do you tell him? Well, you bead it of course. This week's Global Guru uncov...

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  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 2
A Musician's Life: Leslie Gore
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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In the early 1960's Leslie Gore's songs spoke to adolescents. With the British invasion, Gore lost her appeal to the teen set but she continued m...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Ani DiFranco
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Music icon Ani Difranco says she unconsciously wrote the same song over and over until she realized she was carrying old family wounds.

Bought by WGDR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Tegan and Sara
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Tegan and Sara are identical twin sisters. Now in their twenties they've been performing their own brand of indie rock since they were teens.

Bought by KMXT, KXOT Public Radio, and WMNF


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Mary Gauthier
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Mary Gauthier quit drugs and alcohol and discovered songwriting. She's attracted critics and fans with her empathic depictions of people on the ma...

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  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: Kaki King
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Kaki King amazes audiences with her wicked guitar. But don't call her a virtuoso!

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
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"Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Module #8: Wildflower Center
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: "Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Modules
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For Women's History Month, eighth of eight short profiles in her own words.

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1