The Refugee's Dating Coach

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  Austenistan

  Rough Translation 11 Jul 2018 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  War Poems

  Rough Translation 3 Jul 2018 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  Intruders

  Rough Translation 29 Jun 2018 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  Ukraine vs. Fake News

  Rough Translation 27 Jun 2018 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  Ghana's Parent Trap

  Rough Translation 20 Jun 2018 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  The Apology Broker

  Rough Translation 13 Jun 2018 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  Coming June 13th

  Rough Translation 5 Jun 2018 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  The Refugee's Dating Coach

  Rough Translation 25 Sep 2017 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  Om Alone In India

  Rough Translation 18 Sep 2017 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  Anna In Somalia

  Rough Translation 12 Sep 2017 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  American Surrogate

  Rough Translation 5 Sep 2017 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  The Congo We Listen To

  Rough Translation 28 Aug 2017 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  Ukraine vs. Fake News

  Rough Translation 21 Aug 2017 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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  Brazil In Black And White

  Rough Translation 14 Aug 2017 starstarstarstarstar_half add

  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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  Coming August 14th

  Rough Translation 4 Aug 2017 starstarstarstarstar add

  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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