Community in unexpected places

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  • 1

    Our Punjabi Brothers

    Over the Road

    34:56 | Apr 30th, 2020

    5 recommendations

    Punjabi-Americans represent a large and fast-growing segment of the trucking community, especially among California’s Central Valley produce haulers. In this episode, Binda Atwal tells the story of ho...Show More

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    Why are there so many Punjabi truck drivers in Canada and US? It’s a story of history, religion, migration, survival, marginalization, family and community. The organizing efforts and camaraderie with...Show More

  • 2

    Secret Sisters

    Kind World

    07:44 | Dec 20th, 2016

    3 recommendations

    They didn't all know each other, but they knew their friend needed help.

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    😭😭😭 Short and incredibly bitter sweet episode.

  • 3

    Hotel Corona

    Rough Translation

    34:26 | May 13th, 2020

    9 recommendations

    One hundred and eighty recovering COVID-19 patients. One Jerusalem hotel. Secular, religious, Arabs, Jews, old, young. Their phones are out, they're recording. And the rest of Israel is... tuning in.

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    What happens when you put Arabs, Jews, old and young people who all have the Coronavirus together in a hotel? Something beautiful happens. The default human condition of getting along trumps all the s...Show More

  • 4

    Liberté, Égalité And French Fries

    Rough Translation

    45:06 | Sep 19th, 2019

    5 recommendations

    What happens when the employees of a French McDonald's take the corporate philosophy so deeply to heart, that it actually becomes a problem for the company? To listen to more Rough Translation, check ...Show More

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    French and French Fries. The story of a man who loved McDonald's in his community so much, he locked himself in one and poured gasoline all over his body. Ray Kroc wanted the golden arches in every ...Show More

  • 5

    713: Made to Be Broken

    This American Life

    59:51 | Aug 9th, 2020

    12 recommendations

    From the moment we wake up in the morning there are a trillion rules — big and little — governing our lives. But sometimes, we encounter one we just can't abide by. In a pitched moment of rule-questio...Show More

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