Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEric Chopra, "Ghosted" (Speaking Tiger, 2026)
Episode 1774
Delhi is haunted—by its ghosts, its ruins, and its unending capacity for rebirth. In the shadow of medieval mosques and Mughal tombs, the past refuse…
9 months ago
Hollay Ghadery, "The Unravelling of Ou" (Palimpsest Press, 2026)
Episode 1772
In this NBN episode, award-winning and celebrated author Farzana Doctor interviews Hollay Ghadery about her novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest…
9 months ago
Neelum Saran Gour, "Requiem in Raga Janki" (Penguin Viking, 2018)
Episode 1773
In the early years of the twentieth century, in what was then British India, culture thrived in the city of Allahabad. In this vibrant hub of musicia…
9 months ago
Sunny Dhillon, "Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin" (Wolsak and Wynn, 2025)
Episode 1771
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Sunny Dhillon about his book, Hide & Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin (Wolsak & Wynn, 202…
9 months ago
Iida Turpeinen, "Beasts of the Sea" (Little, Brown, 2025)
Episode 1770
Iida Turpeinen is a literary scholar writing a dissertation on the intersection of the natural sciences and literature. Her short stories exploring t…
9 months ago
Princess Joy L. Perry, "This Here Is Love" (W.W. Norton, 2025)
Episode 1769
Three people—two enslaved, one indentured—living beside each other, struggling against their circumstances, trying to bend destiny.
As the seventeent…
9 months ago
Luis Rechani Agrait, "My Excellency: Comedy in Three Acts" (Swan Isle Press, 2025)
Episode 1768
My Excellency: Comedy in Three Acts (Swan Isle Press, 2025) by Luis Rechani Agrait was translated into English by William Carlos Williams but not pub…
9 months, 1 week ago
Cush Rodríguez Moz “Future Remains” The Common Magazine (Fall, 2025)
Episode 1767
Cush Rodríguez Moz speaks to Emily Everett about his essay “Future Remains: The Mysterious Allure of a Town in Ruins,” which appears in The Common’s …
9 months, 1 week ago
Lesley Chamberlain, "The Mozhaisk Road" (Austin Macauley, 2025)
Episode 1766
In The Mozhaisk Road (Austin Macauley, 2025) the time is 1978 and Moscow is still the capital of a Communist country. The political police contin…
9 months, 1 week ago
Mia Tsai, "The Memory Hunters" (Erewhon Books, 2025)
Episode 1765
Mia Tsai’s novel The Memory Hunters centers Kiana Strade, Key, a reckless young archaeologist and religious figure, who is capable of diving deeper i…
9 months, 2 weeks ago