The Rough Translation podcast explores how ideas we wrestle with in the U.S. are being discussed in the rest of the world.
Cornelia Li for NPR
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Cornelia Li for NPR
The Rough Translation podcast explores how ideas we wrestle with in the U.S. are being discussed in the rest of the world.
Cornelia Li for NPR
Two days before my first trip to Afghanistan, in 2007, I was terrified, speaking no Dari and having never interviewed anyone in a war zone. On impulse, I grabbed my little red travel accordion, mumbling something about using the “universal language of music” to connect with…
