ICYMI: my @npr international colleagues have been doing terrific podcasts for @Roughly w/ @radiogrego @luolkowski including @EmilyZFeng on how Chinese reporting/cancel culture went haywire over fan fiction involving a Chinese idol. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510324/rough-translation
@lfrayer on how the Indian caste system plays out in Silicon valley workplaces. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510324/rough-translation
@DanielEstrin on the Hotel Corona, which brings Jews and Palestians together during the pandemic and becomes a leveler . . . but only for so long https://www.npr.org/2020/05/13/855237010/hotel-corona
this fabulous story from @ElBeardsley on the completely unexpected way a McDonald's -- traditionally loathed in French culture -- becomes a home for immigrants and gateway into French society https://www.npr.org/2019/09/05/758048712/libert-galit-and-french-fries
this @opcofamerica award-winning piece on voluteerism in Mosul by @janearraf https://www.npr.org/2019/04/16/713962747/d-i-y-mosul
and improbably piece on Jane Austen by @diaahadid on how two sisters attempt to use a 19th century novelist to outwit modern Pakistani restrictions on women. https://www.npr.org/2018/07/10/627779858/austenistan
This is some of the richest, most varied and thoughtful long-form, audio story-telling about the world right now. All with the help of NPR's International Editor, @DSchanche