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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...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • 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
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with Arielle Silver
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Arielle Silver, Credit: Arielle Silver Music Facebook
Arielle Silver, based out of Burbank California, is a singer/songwriter of the highest caliber. Maybe it's an innate ability, maybe it comes down t...

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  • Added: Aug 20, 2022
  • Length: 56:28
  • Purchases: 1
Up Close And Acoustic with Jessica Graae
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Jessica Graae by Carolyn Miller, Credit: Jessica's Facebook
What do you get when you blend a folk-rock style with classical training? You get Jessica Graae! Her latest album is 'Wild River', and to me, many ...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:10
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.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • 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.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • 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

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • 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
Next Year, Once Again
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The widows of Vrindavan
Some 60 widows in white saris from the town of Vrindavan made thier way to Kolkata for the festival of the Goddess Durga. Something many of them ha...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Girl Power....Interrupted
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Conversations about where women are (and aren't) in pop culture, from the impact of "Free to Be You and Me" to the evolution of Wonder Woman.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WCPN, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 3
Eliane Elias bring Brazil to jazz
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: Elizne Elias
Vocalist and pianist Eliane Elias talks about growing up in Brazil and her career in jazz.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
GNP Show 8 (Half Hour) World Vacation
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly Half Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Summer tourism with a twist is the theme this week on the World Vision Report. In Nepal, we follow a street vendor who sells an exotic musical ins...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
GNP Show 03 One hour: Clinics in Sudan and Seafood Slavery
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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If you get sick in southern Sudan your chances of dying escalate. Health care is a rare thing in that part of the world. This week, the World Vis...

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  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
Wendy & Lisa: Former Prince divas become heroic composers
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman came to renown in Prince's 1980s band, The Revolution, helping him compose the music of albums like Purple Rain. But...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1