American Surrogate: 30 Months Later
Back in 2017, we brought you the story of a Chinese mom who hired an American surrogate to carry her baby. Each needed something from the other that was hard to admit. Their relationship became a cras...
29 Huhti 202046min
The Coronavirus Guilt Trip
Public shame is a powerful tool. But how useful is it when trying to curb a global pandemic? Shaming stories from South Korean chat rooms, a Pakistani street corner, and a Brooklyn grocery store.To ma...
17 Huhti 202026min
WeChats From The Future
She felt the urgency before her husband did. A story about the time lag between the arrival of the coronavirus in two different nations, and how that played out in a marriageTo manage podcast ad prefe...
2 Huhti 202022min
How Covid-19 Is Challenging Cultures
This week on Rough Translation, we check in with NPR international correspondents in China, Germany and Greece about the ways that culture shapes—and is reshaped by—responses to the COVID-19 pandemic....
19 Maalis 202021min
The Original Sin Of Li Jiabao
A young Chinese exchange student in Taiwan with no history of activism posts a video criticizing China's president Xi Jinping on Twitter, then asks for asylum. His request for protection fuels a large...
26 Helmi 202024min
Rough Translation Presents: Throughline
This week, we present the latest episode of NPR's Throughline, a look at the life and complicated legacy of the assassinated Iranian military leader, Qassem Soleimani. To manage podcast ad preference...
29 Tammi 202051min
Whose Ukraine Is It Anyway?
Please, take our survey! At a Ukrainian comedy competition founded by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, can humor unite a divided country?To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm....
4 Joulu 201927min
Ukraine: Race Against The Machine
In the country on the other side of the impeachment hearings... A comedian runs for president of Ukraine and wins in a landslide, with a parliamentary majority to pass any law he wants. So now what? O...
20 Marras 201918min
