PRX - Pieces for Topic: News

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

12 results


Which Came First?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: An example of the classic 'butter chicken', Credit: Photo by Joe mon bkk, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
A new food fight has erupted in India. And it’s about one of the most famous dishes to come out of India, one that every other Indian restaurant in...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Coronation Quiche
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sandip Roy has made a Coronation Chicken salad but has no plans to make a Coronation Quiche, Credit: Sandip Roy
The coronation of King Charles came with its own special dish - a coronation quiche. But Sandip Roy says that does not have quite the glamour of hi...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
A Plant By Any Other Name....
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: the McDonald's P.L.T.
Impossible, McPlant or zingers and crispers, whatever you call them they’re all big business. Sandip Roy takes a bite of plant-based meat products.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Word Cloud of the Year
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A Bengali sign that asks visitors to wear masks during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
In a big shift from tradition the Oxford English Dictionary said 2020 is a “year which cannot be neatly accommodated in one word,” so maybe this ye...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Dispatch 344 - Olivia's Rakhi Purnima
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
With the news of Olivia de Havilland’s death this week coinciding with the Indian celebration of Rakhi Purnima, Sandip reflects on how the holiday ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Dispatch 338 - Statue of Limitations
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
In the news recently, statues have been defaced and pulled down from their perches ala Saddam Hussein.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Abhijit Banerjee wins a Nobel!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, Credit: Bryce Vickmark for news.mit.edu
Abhijit Banerjee, an MIT economist from Kolkata, India wins a Nobel Prize for his work on alleviating global poverty.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Ganesh doesn't care
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The God Ganesh at a temple in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
The Fort Bend county Republican party in Texas tried to appropriate Ganesh and discovered that you can’t lasso an elephant so easily.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Starbuck Struck
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Selfies abound at Kolkata Starbucks
In Kolkata Starbucks is not just coffee, it’s clearly cachet.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Goodbye Mr. Universe
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Manohar Aich, Credit: Bishan Samaddar
While the world was marking the passing of Muhammad Ali, another giant in the world of sports in India died in Kolkata to far less notice.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
ThatMQS - Kansas City Sports and National Braille Challenges
From: David Gold
Series: That! Medical Quiz Show ®
Piece image
Join us in this episode with our guest Julia, Blake, and Jake

  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:45
Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 40
From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There
Piece image
The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Nammy nominee Joseph Strider, Author Debra Borys, and Brown Dog by Jim Harrison ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:00