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Steve Jobs said, "We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else even be here?” Running our fingers over those dents connects us to ...
- Added: Feb 25, 2024
- Length: 07:54
Sukumar Ray is sometimes called the Edward Lear of Bengal. Abol Tabol his book of nonsense rhymes was part of my growing up. And I dare say every B...
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- Added: Jan 23, 2024
- Length: 06:00
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Kolkata's biggest festival Durga Puja has earned a UNESCO tag for intangible cultural heritage. This has led to a lot of interest among art fans in...
- Added: Nov 08, 2023
- Length: 06:00
This week they celebrated “Teacher’s Day” in India, but this year a teacher is in the news for all the wrong reasons.
- Added: Sep 05, 2023
- Length: 06:00
India celebrated its 77th Independence Day this week. Sandip talks to novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about the turbulent and traumatic years o...
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- Added: Aug 15, 2023
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
One of America’s iconic plastic storage devices is still coveted in India. Sandip Roy warmly remembers Tupperware!
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- Added: Jun 23, 2023
- Length: 06:00
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At a time when June is celebrated as Pride month both in Kolkata and San Francisco, Sandip reflects on a what it took to reconcile both parts of on...
- Added: Jun 21, 2023
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy is getting nostalgic after Naatu Naatu wins an Oscar for best song in a film, and a real Indian production at that!
- Added: Mar 14, 2023
- Length: 06:00
It’s time to play Holi in India and Sandip Roy grabs a fistful of joy!
- Added: Mar 07, 2023
- Length: 06:00
Our annual gift to World Ocean Radio listeners. In this episode, host Peter Neill reads "At the Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop, a poem from 1955 t...
- Added: Dec 29, 2022
- Length: 04:40
Netflix’s new series Uncovered might be referred to as the gay “Sex in the City,” but Sandip Roy finds a reason why everyone can relate to it.
- Added: Sep 06, 2022
- Length: 06:00
What has she learned along the way?
- Added: May 27, 2022
- Length: 04:10
If there ever was a life to celebrate rather than a death to mourn it was Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s.
- Added: Jan 18, 2022
- Length: 06:00
A new documentary explores Allen Ginsberg’s time in India.
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 06:00
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite American holiday, and this has been a year where we learned to be thankful for all the things we once took...
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- Added: Nov 23, 2020
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Richard revels in living in Philadelphia - the historical heart of U.S. democracy and home of his son Scott - while waiting anxiously for the votes...
- Added: Nov 14, 2020
- Length: 10:01
Everybody wants a piece of the first female vice president of the United States; Or at least a few degrees of separation from her.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 10, 2020
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 2
Richard and his grandson Sam sing old favorites together while daughter Erika explores her father’s influence on Sam.
- Added: Oct 24, 2020
- Length: 10:03
…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
Richard and his daughter Johanna explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual planes of our existence while exercising on Zoom.
- Added: Sep 18, 2020
- Length: 08:47
There is a pandemic demon that needs slaying, and we would do well to heed the lessons of Durga.
- Added: Sep 14, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Sandip wonders if the new normal is really normal?
- Added: Aug 10, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Rod Clarance has traveled to more countries than you can shake a stick at. His Song Story is pulled from his memories of his first time in Europe.
- Added: May 08, 2020
- Length: 05:22
In the year 1427, there will be no celebration. But Sandip remembers the Bengali New Year festivities from years past, the Charak Mela.
- Added: Apr 14, 2020
- Length: 06:00
Sandip reflects on the connections between us, and the responsibility of us all to remain apart.
- Added: Mar 23, 2020
- Length: 06:00
