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Caption: election posters in Kolkata., Credit: Sandip Roy
There’s a new focus this election season in India, a new type of influencer, the ‘Netizen.’ But what does this really mean for the democratic process?

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  • Added: May 21, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, we talked about the book "The Musician as Philosopher," which explores several important musicians who worked in the New York City...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 28:13
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Transfigured New York," which features interviews with NYC experimental musicians of the 1980s, first fe...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 27:36
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Subcontinental Synthesis," a collection of essays that document a brief period where a Moog Synthesizer ...

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:52
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Caption: A billboard in Kolkata uses his own catchphrase to bid farewell to India's first radio superstar Ameen Sayani., Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy remembers his childhood radio guru. Amen Sayani died last week at the age of 91.

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  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Radio Art Zone," which is both a survey of what's happening in radio art, and part of a 100-artist radio...

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
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Caption: Jasmeen Kaur “Just looking like a wow”, Credit: Instagram/@designmachinesuitslive
“Looking like a wow" is the hot new viral craze in India. Sandip brings us the story and what it means for a boutique owner from New Delhi to sudde...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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On this episode, we talked about a new book in the 33 1/3 series that documents the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, whose early efforts intro...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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The creators of social media apps claim they are trying to create community. But what they really want is keep us trapped in their community rooms ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we looked at the new book "Music for Prime Time," which documents the rich history of music writt...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Bollywood composer Bappi Lahiri on the campaign trail with Narendra Modi in the 2014 Indian general election.
While at first film and cinema seemed the ideal way to promote peace between all of the different Indian religious factions, now the relationship s...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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Imam Ahmad Deeb has been serving communities from a very young age. Although he grew up in Orlando, FL he now happily serves as the Imam and Religi...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 06:10
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Caption: Danish Saddiqui's photo accompanying Sandip Roy's article
The loss of Danish Saddiqui is a wakeup call for Indian media, even more so if you don’t know his name.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A Bengali newspaper in Kolkata is excited about Sameer Banerjee's Wimbledon victory., Credit: Sandip Roy
A little reflected glory is probably innocuous enough, but DNA is not sufficient evidence of belonging to a particular culture.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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This week on The Rough Draft Dairies we talk to Jerry Gray, artist and the creator of Bozarts Fine Art and Music Gallery, as he returns to an ever ...

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  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:07
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Caption: Joe Pugliese/Harpo Productions
The casual racism of starchy royals was never particularly secret, but in all the debates about whether the Royals are racist or whether Harry and ...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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Caption: A Still from the video "RiRi" by Diljit Dosanjh, Credit: Sandip Roy
More and more celebrities are tweeting about the farmer protest in India, and while this is about the backbone of India but it’s not the farmers wh...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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We cannot blame social media for our worst demons. But it is undeniable that social media has made it that much easier to create that alternate uni...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: The TikTok logo
The social media app TikTok has taken India by storm, but a political storm may mean that time has run out for its users.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: variouys social media icons
Sandip Roy reflects on the fast paced decade that defined “Social Media.”

  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip discovers that sometimes a class reunion is a reminder to how we've moved on.

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
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Caption: Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas at thier wedding
Once outrage in distant India would barely ruffle feathers in New York. But no more. As the newsletter Broadsheet pointed out today if media is glo...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
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You Were Never Really Here. That’s a strange and unsettling title for a film. But it perfectly fits this new picture, the fourth feature from Scott...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:11
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The desire for a loving relationship takes many forms in the latest film from veteran French director Claire Denis, Let the Sunshine In. Juliette B...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:15
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It may take a while to process your feelings once you’ve seen Hereditary, the scary debut feature from writer-director Ari Aster. A lot of horror m...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:45