Rough Translation
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May 31, 2020
David
Mar 23, 2020
Great podcast for insights into other countries and other cultures! Gregory Warner is an excellent host.
Feb 27, 2020
Carol
Feb 23, 2020
What a great idea this podcast is, but most of all, excellently executed.
turquelblue
Dec 26, 2019
Excellent journalism I would like to give it 6 stars.
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From Niqab To N95
1244
The French republic "lives with her face uncovered," say the posters. But now face masks are mandatory. We look back at why covering your face in France used to be a sign of bad citizenship, until it wasn't.
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May 27, 2020 |
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Hotel Corona
2066
One hundred and eighty recovering COVID-19 patients. One Jerusalem hotel. Secular, religious, Arabs, Jews, old, young. Their phones are out, they're recording. And the rest of Israel is... tuning in.
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May 13, 2020 |
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American Surrogate: 30 Months Later
2851
Back in 2017, we brought you the story of a Chinese mom who hired an American surrogate to carry her baby. Each needed something from the other that was hard to admit. Their relationship became a crash course in transcontinental communication and the meaning of family. Now, in the middle of a pandemic, we check in with them.
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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The Coronavirus Guilt Trip
1597
Public shame is a powerful tool. But how useful is it when trying to curb a global pandemic? Shaming stories from South Korean chat rooms, a Pakistani street corner, and a Brooklyn grocery store.
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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WeChats From The Future
1073
She felt the urgency before her husband did. A story about the time lag between the arrival of the coronavirus in two different nations, and how that played out in a marriage
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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How Covid-19 Is Challenging Cultures
1340
This week on Rough Translation, we check in with NPR international correspondents in China, Germany and Greece about the ways that culture shapes—and is reshaped by—responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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The Original Sin Of Li Jiabao
1516
A young Chinese exchange student in Taiwan with no history of activism posts a video criticizing China's president Xi Jinping on Twitter, then asks for asylum. His request for protection fuels a larger discussion about Taiwan's role as a haven for Chinese dissidents, and also raises questions about who he is as an individual and his motivations. Who is he, and can he be trusted?
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Rough Translation Presents: Throughline
3158
This week, we present the latest episode of NPR's Throughline, a look at the life and complicated legacy of the assassinated Iranian military leader, Qassem Soleimani.
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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Whose Ukraine Is It Anyway?
1707
Please, take our survey!
At a Ukrainian comedy competition founded by President Volodymyr Zelensky, can humor unite a divided country? |
Dec 04, 2019 |
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Ukraine: Race Against The Machine
1128
In the country on the other side of the impeachment hearings... A comedian runs for president of Ukraine and wins in a landslide, with a parliamentary majority to pass any law he wants. So now what? Our host, Gregory Warner, reports from Kyiv.
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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Preview: Rough Translation In Ukraine
81
Listen to hear a preview of a special two-part episode about Ukraine, reported by Gregory Warner.
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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Mom In Translation
1711
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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Liberté, Égalité and French Fries
2706
What happens when the employees of a business take the corporate philosophy so deeply to heart, that it actually becomes a problem for the company?
To listen to more Rough Translation, check out our previous episodes. |
Sep 19, 2019 |
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When We Talk About Love
2389
We visit a storytelling podcast from China that slips under the radar of China's government censors, and other international podcast stories about the search for love.
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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Brazil In Black And White: Update
1964
Two radically different ways of seeing race come into conflict in Brazil, provoking a national conversation about who is Black? And who is not Black enough? We revisit our first ever Rough Translation episode, with an update on how the election of an anti-affirmative action president is affecting the debate.
If you want to see a photo of the medical school students: npr.org/roughtranslation |
Aug 21, 2019 |
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The Mind Of The Mark
2173
If you're the kind of person who thinks you can't be conned, that assumption may make it harder for you to recognize when you actually are being scammed. We speak with professional poker player and author Maria Konnikova about how con-artists get inside the stories we all tell ourselves, about ourselves. Then we go to an international multimillion dollar scam in Costa Rica, where a master of the con meets his match... the IT guy.
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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What Would Jesus Drive?
2181
What if more evangelical Christians in the United States fought climate change with the same spirit they bring to the issue of abortion? In this episode, we go back to a surprisingly recent period when that nearly happened. We meet two evangelicals who made it their mission to bridge the divide between Christians and environmentalists. What happened, and why they say the best way to start conversations about the planet is with readings of the bible.
For photos and links: www.npr.org/roughtranslation Follow us: twitter.com/roughly |
Jul 24, 2019 |
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When Failure Is A 4-Letter Word
1800
On today's episode, entrepreneurs around the world are trying to redefine how their societies perceive failure, by doing the scariest thing possible: standing up in public and admitting their mistakes.
Links to more stories: http://npr.org/roughtranslation Tell us your story: #ShareYourFailure (http://bit.ly/ShareYourFailure) |
Jul 11, 2019 |
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The Search: Part 2
2798
A fragile alliance begins to fracture, as a romantic photo of Kamaran resurfaces. Ahmed confronts his family. And Sebastian meets with ISIS.
* Note: This story contains strong language and sounds of war. |
Jun 20, 2019 |
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The Search: Part 1
2508
When a journalist goes missing in Iraq, his friends and family have to figure out a rescue plan.
* Note: This story contains strong language and sounds of war. |
Jun 12, 2019 |
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The Man Who Sedated Eichmann
1894
The capture of Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann was one of Israel's proudest moments. But the doctor at the center of the spy operation refused to talk about his role — even with his family. Today, his children ask why.
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May 29, 2019 |
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How to Speak Addiction
2053
A daughter — and reporter — discovers an uncomfortable truth about her mother's alcoholism. She travels to the other side of the world to find out if there's a better way to treat addiction.
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May 15, 2019 |
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We Don't Say That
2632
France is the place where for decades you weren't supposed to talk about someone's blackness, unless you said it in English. Today, we're going to meet the people who took a very French approach to change that.
(Note: This story contains strong language in English and French.) |
May 01, 2019 |
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D.I.Y. Mosul
2386
Fed up with government inaction, young people start rebuilding Mosul on their own. But in post-ISIS Iraq, volunteering can quickly become an act of rebellion.
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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New season: The Rebels. Starting April 17
113
We've traveled far away to bring you stories that hit close to home. This season, we follow people who break the rules and challenge what's normal, wherever they are.
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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Austenistan
2875
Two sisters attempt to use a 19th century novelist to outwit modern Pakistani restrictions on women. And a war reporter discovers the power of drawing room comedy to understand her own family. (And warning: This episode has explicit language.)
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Jul 11, 2018 |
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War Poems
2875
Taliban poetry. An Afghan cooking show. The US military needs a better weapon. Up comes the perfect person for the job.
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Jul 03, 2018 |
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Intruders
2040
A trashy daytime talk show in Argentina does the unthinkable. It becomes a forum for feminism. How this happened and what it changed.
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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Ukraine vs. Fake News
1697
Today, we revisit an episode from last season. Fake news from Russia helped spark a real war in Ukraine. What can Ukraine's fight against fake news teach the US?
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Jun 27, 2018 |
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Ghana's Parent Trap
2242
Kids are starting school at younger and younger ages. This week, one country's bold experiment to change how it teaches young children. And why it had to hide that change from their parents.
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Jun 20, 2018 |
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The Apology Broker
2490
We trace the journey of an apology, from Japan to the U.S., that got an unlikely broker. Along the way, she had to work out: what a sorry is, who it's for, and what makes it stick.
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Jun 13, 2018 |
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Coming June 13th
150
The award-winning podcast returns with five original stories about people trying to cross a bridge from one worldview to another, even when everyone's telling them you can't get there from here
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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The Refugee's Dating Coach
2398
A Syrian refugee in Berlin hopes to find love but is stumped by German dating codes and is terrified of crossing the line between flirting and harassing. A professional 'flirt coach' steps in to be his guide. (For photos of Sophia and Aktham: bit.ly/Roughly7)
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Sep 25, 2017 |
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Om Alone In India
1938
A day of yoga in the US. A yoga war in India. A court case in California and why the Indian government is watching it. A story about the poses that bind us. (Tell us about yourself. Fill out our survey: npr.org/roughtranslationsurvey)
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Sep 18, 2017 |
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Anna In Somalia
1902
A man is trapped in a remote prison. And he's trapped in his own mind. Until he hears a knock on the wall.... and words from another time and place.
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Sep 12, 2017 |
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American Surrogate
2557
A Chinese mom hires an American surrogate to carry her baby. Each needs something from the other that is hard to admit. The next 9 months will be a crash course in transcontinental communication. And the meaning of family.
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Sep 05, 2017 |
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The Congo We Listen To
2486
It made headlines worldwide: Hundreds of women raped in one Congolese village. But when one researcher arrives in town, something feels off. (Note: This episode contains descriptions of violence.)
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Aug 28, 2017 |
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Ukraine vs. Fake News
1767
Fake news from Russia helped spark a real war in Ukraine. What can Ukraine's fight against fake news teach the US?
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Aug 21, 2017 |
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Brazil In Black And White
1943
Two radically different ways of seeing race come into sudden conflict in Brazil, provoking a national conversation about who is Black? And who is not Black enough?
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Aug 14, 2017 |
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Coming August 14th
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Travel with us. Each week we go to a new country to hear a story that says something about what's happening in the United States. Subscribe now.
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Aug 04, 2017 |