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We've been all over the world together, but it’s time for a new leg of the journey. Our show has ended, for now. We encourage you to:
- Follow our host @radiogrego.
- Explore our catalog of nearly 100 episodes.
- Join some of the folks who made this show: @NPREmbedded. 🧵 1/5
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Just a little shoutout to @radiogrego and his amazing team at @Roughly which showed up in the @nytimes crossword puzzle today. ✨ (also please ignore all my wrong answers…)
Past seasons include:
- Love Commandos: love & marriage in India
- @ Work: work thru a global lens
- Special coverage of war in Ukraine
- Home/Front: civilian-military divide
- School of Scandal: calling each other out, taking each other down
- The Rebels: challenging normalcy
Our staff continues making audio docs we think you’ll love at NPR’s Embedded podcast. From grappling with the aftermath of a racist mass shooting to tracking down the truth behind military deaths, we’re on the ground and in the room.
Listen: npr.org/podcasts/510311/embe…
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We've explored how Bollywood portrays love and marriage in India, but what does the data say about real life?
Reporter @lfrayer digs into the numbers with data journalist @Rukmini in our FINAL Love Commandos bonus episode.
Subscribe & listen:
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We've explored how Bollywood portrays love and marriage in India, but what does the data say about real life?
Reporter @lfrayer digs into the numbers with data journalist @Rukmini in our FINAL Love Commandos bonus episode.
Subscribe & listen:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Looking for more cultural conversations about love, marriage and autonomy in India?
Our guest co-host @mansi_choksi recently sat down with @swkkhan on the @Immigrantly_pod. Listen:👇❣️
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
In our second Love Commandos bonus episode, @Raksha_Kumar & @mansi_choksi chat about the Bollywood films that shaped their own outlooks on life and love.
Listen by subscribing to Embedded+.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Have you listened to all five episodes of Love Commandos?
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17 votes • Final resultsThis week, we’re sharing our team’s favorite picks of the series 🎉
@LuisRTrelles, Senior Editor of @Roughly, shares the moment in Ep 1 when Sanjoy Sachdev steps onto the national stage in India during the Satyamev Jayate TV show.
🎧 to Luis’ pick:
npr.org/2023/07/25/119006096…
Producer @Ariana_Lee93 can’t forget the day that changed everything for Sanjoy Sachdev.
In Ep 5, a risky plan to take down the Love Commandos shelter leaves couples divided.
🎧 to Ariana’s pick:
npr.org/2023/08/17/119447704…
What are some of your favorite moments from our final season of #RoughTranslation? 💭
Feel free to tweet us, DM us, or shoot us an email at roughtranslation [at] npr [dot] org. We’d love to hear from you ❣️
Sanjoy Sachdev founded the Love Commandos, a Delhi-based group that ran a safehouse for young lovers fleeing threats of violence.
Then he was arrested.
🗞️ Catch our latest feature on @MorningEdition.
npr.org/2023/08/30/119654854…
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Great to see 2 gripping podcasts from South Asia featured here -- Notes on a Scandal by @tabahitooba @SabaImtiaz and Love Commandos by @roughly @lfrayer @radiogrego @mansi_choksi. Well-deserved shout-outs!
The true crime genre can often feel very America-centric, but these four picks across television, film and podcast explore events that happened in Japan, India, Pakistan and beyond. nyti.ms/44vpl98
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🎧 The Best True Crime to Stream: Leaving the United States @MauraMurrayDoc @Roughly #PodcastRecommendations lnns.co/eGMmLAkxHU-
