Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCaste and Urbanization with Malini Ranganathan and Juned Shaikh
Episode 1387
This episode features a conversation with urban geographer, Malini Ranganathan, and historian, Juned Shaikh, on the centrality of caste to urbanizati…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Vindhya Buthpitiya, "A Volatile Picture: War and the Political Work of Photography in Sri Lanka" (U Washington Press, 2026)
Episode 1385
A Volatile Picture: War and the Political Work of Photography in Sri Lanka (U Washington Press, 2026) by Dr. Vindhya Buthpitiya is a groundbreaking e…
6 months ago
Caste and Race: Ambedkar and King with the Ambedkar King Study Circle
Episode 1384
This episode features S. Karthikeyan and S. Subbulakshmi, the Convenor and Secretary of the Ambedkar King Study Circle, an anti-caste organization ba…
6 months ago
Shameem Black, "Flexible India: Yoga's Cultural and Political Tensions" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Episode 1382
Yoga has offered the Indian state unprecedented opportunities for global, media-savvy political performance. Under Modi, it has promoted yoga tourism…
6 months, 1 week ago
The MANTRAMS Project: Mantras in Religion, Media, and Society in Global Southern Asia
Episode 645
Carola Lorea discusses the MANTRAMS project, a major ERC Synergy Grant initiative jointly hosted by Oxford, Vienna, and Tübingen dedicated to produci…
6 months, 1 week ago
Gautamiputra Kamble, "The Seekers" (Blaft Publication, 2025)
Episode 1381
The seekers in these stories travel through worlds both ancient and modern, worlds of symbol and fantastical allegory, on their paths to greater trut…
6 months, 1 week ago
Gudrun Bühnemann, "Scholar, Serpent, Yogin, and Devotee: The Many Faces of Patañjali in Indian Traditions" (Brill, 2025)
Episode 1380
Scholar, Serpent, Yogin, and Devotee: The Many Faces of Patañjali in Indian Traditions (Brill, 2025) illuminates the many faces of Patañjali in India…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Transnational Solidarities with Nico Slate
Episode 1379
My conversation with Nico Slate began with him reflecting on his own path into the study of historical connections between South Asia and the United …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Tim Connor et al., "Global Business and Local Struggle: Reimagining Non-Judicial Remedy for Human Rights" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Episode 1378
In the quest for human rights justice for communities and workers whose rights are breached by transnational businesses, non-judicial mechanisms (NJM…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Radio ReOrient 14.2: State of the Ummah: Authoritarianism and Resistance: Bangladesh and Pakistan, Hosted by SherAli Tahreen and Shehla Khan, with Tanzeen Doha and Salman Sayyid
Episode 1377
In this episode of Radio ReOrient’ s occasional series The State of the Ummah, SherAli Tahreen, Shehla Khan, Tanzeen Doha, and Salman Sayyid unpack t…
6 months, 3 weeks ago