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On this episode, we talked about the new book "The Player Piano and Musical Labor," which explores the deep history and cultural influence of what ...
- Added: Sep 21, 2024
- Length: 28:26
The maritime industry is a major contributor to our global systems: our economies, security, and stability. More than 80% of all international trad...
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- Added: Sep 18, 2024
- Length: 05:14
- Purchases: 1
Food is the way we often break down barriers between people AND food is also the way we “other” the other, as the recent presidential debate shows.
- Added: Sep 17, 2024
- Length: 06:00
On this episode, we talked about the book "Suffrage Song," a fantastic account of the history of women's suffrage in the US in graphic novel format...
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- Added: Sep 14, 2024
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 1
Durga Puja is a season of homecoming, but this year artists turned protesters in Kolkata cannot shake off the image of the Durga who did not get to...
- Added: Sep 10, 2024
- Length: 06:00
On this episode, we talked about the book "Fear of Music" by David Stubbs, which compares the public acceptance of modern art with acceptance of mo...
- Added: Sep 07, 2024
- Length: 28:31
It has been nearly twenty years since the Ocean Literacy Principles and Framework were first adopted by classroom educators to promote the ocean as...
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- Added: Sep 06, 2024
- Length: 05:14
- Purchases: 1
We are trained from the beginning on how to win but no one teaches us how to lose even though life often comes with more losses than wins. To lose ...
- Added: Sep 03, 2024
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy attends a raucous protest about the recent rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College that brought out thousands...
- Added: Aug 26, 2024
- Length: 06:00
On this episode, we talked about the new book "Taking Funny Music Seriously" by Lily E Hirsch, which explores a wide range of approaches that artis...
- Added: Aug 25, 2024
- Length: 28:27
On this episode, we talked about the new book "Dream Machines" by Matthew Collin, which details the history of electronic music in the UK from its ...
- Added: Aug 17, 2024
- Length: 28:18
As India celebrates it’s 77th Independence Day people are telling the stories of the freedom fighters who didn’t make the history books.
- Added: Aug 13, 2024
- Length: 06:00
On this episode, we talked about the new book "Post-Punk and Philosophy," a collection of essays that's part of a Pop Culture and Philosophy series...
- Added: Aug 10, 2024
- Length: 28:09
What used to be a wondrous event every year in India, has this year taken on a darker hue. Sandip Roy looks to the skies and considers this seasons...
- Added: Aug 05, 2024
- Length: 06:00
On this episode, we talked about the book "60 Songs that Explain the 90s," which is a companion to music writer Rob Harvilla's well-regarded podcas...
- Added: Aug 03, 2024
- Length: 28:44
The US presidential election is playing out in India as a big fight between the two southern states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
- Added: Jul 29, 2024
- Length: 06:00
On this episode, we talked about the book "Coltrane on Coltrane: The John Coltrane Interviews," a handy but very readable reference that collects n...
- Added: Jul 27, 2024
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we talked about Ben Ratliff's book "Coltrane: Story of a Sound," one of the most thorough and engaging books for getting into the ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2024
- Length: 28:30
In an age where everyone can be a social media influencer, the recent attempt on former President Trump’s life shows that experience still matters.
- Added: Jul 23, 2024
- Length: 06:00
A five-month countdown to India's most expensive wedding ever ended last week with the big bash that saw celebrities from all over the world descen...
- Added: Jul 16, 2024
- Length: 06:00
On this episode, we talked about "The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins," the new book of selected entries from Rollins' 50 years of personal notebooks ed...
- Added: Jul 13, 2024
- Length: 28:43
On this episode, we talked about the new book "Pierre Boulez: Organised Delirium," which examines the early compositional career of Boulez from the...
- Added: Jul 06, 2024
- Length: 27:28
Almost 100 years after Gandhi, the British Prime Minister seems to calling for a ‘British’ Swadeshi movement. But as Sandip Roy points out, Sunak’s...
- Added: Jul 02, 2024
- Length: 06:00
On this episode, we talked about the new book "Take This Hammer: Work, Song, Crisis," a bold look at our contemporary music making and listening ha...
- Added: Jun 29, 2024
- Length: 28:30
June has become Pride Month all over the world. In Kolkata this month groups are celebrating 25 years of Sappho for Equality, the city's oldest sup...
- Added: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 06:00
