Month: June 2022

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NPR's Book of the Day - Jhumpa Lahiri on translating herself and others

Jhumpa Lahiri is best known for her fictional stories about immigration; novels that usually explore themes that arise from living in between two worlds. In her new book of essays, Translating Myself and Others, Lahiri writes about the ways in which she herself has lived between worlds, and the other kind of writing she does: translation. In an interview with All Things Considered, Lahiri spoke to Mary Louise Kelly about how her relationship to language changed with translation and how it ultimately made her a better writer.
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It Could Happen Here - Operation Pridefall, Groomers, and Kink at Pride: Part 2

Gare talks about the anti-LGBTQ+ hate campaign "Operation Pridefall" and how it mirrors the current groomer trend and kink at pride discourse.

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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)“—The Offspring

Rob looks back at the comedic punk rock classic that is “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)” along with much more from the Offspring’s catalog.

This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music.

.Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Zack Mykula

Producers: Jonathan Kermah and Justin Sayles

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Chapo Trap House - 632 – They Droop Horses, Don’t They? (5/31/22)

We do a public company audit over our failure to obtain PPP loans for our podcast business like our more industrious competitors. Then, a few current events including Trump at the NRA convention, Swedish hospitality habits, and the bloody shambles of indignities around the Queen’s platinum jubilee. Finally, a reading series from Biden-world about the president’s frustration that he just can’t seem to catch a break!