Rough Translation
115 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7.3K ratingsHow are the things we're talking about being talked about somewhere else in the world? Gregory Warner tells stories that follow familiar conversations into unfamiliar territory. At a time when the world seems small but it's as hard as ever to escape our echo chambers, Rough Translation takes you places.
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Episodes
War Poems
July 03, 2018 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBTaliban poetry. An Afghan cooking show. The US military needs a better weapon. Up comes the perfect person for the job.
Intruders
June 29, 2018 20:39 - 32 minutes - 31.1 MBA trashy daytime talk show in Argentina does the unthinkable. It becomes a forum for feminism. How this happened and what it changed.
Ukraine vs. Fake News
June 27, 2018 08:30 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBToday, 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?
Ukraine vs. Fake News
June 27, 2018 08:30 - 28 minutes - 26.9 MBToday, 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?
Ghana's Parent Trap
June 20, 2018 08:57 - 35 minutes - 34.2 MBKids 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.
The Apology Broker
June 13, 2018 08:59 - 39 minutes - 38.1 MBWe 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.
Coming June 13th
June 05, 2018 19:12 - 2 minutes - 2.28 MBThe 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
The Refugee's Dating Coach
September 25, 2017 20:35 - 38 minutes - 36.6 MBA 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)
Om Alone In India
September 18, 2017 09:51 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MBA 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)
Anna In Somalia
September 12, 2017 01:20 - 30 minutes - 29 MBA 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.
American Surrogate
September 05, 2017 02:15 - 41 minutes - 38.9 MBA 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.
The Congo We Listen To
August 28, 2017 08:14 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MBIt 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.)
Brazil In Black And White
August 14, 2017 08:00 - 31 minutes - 29.8 MBTwo 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?
Introducing Rough Translation
August 04, 2017 18:42 - 3 minutesTravel 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.
Coming August 14th
August 04, 2017 18:42 - 3 minutes - 3.18 MBTravel 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.