As we head toward a new year, former Rough Translation host Gregory Warner reflects on "goal disengagement" — letting go of past goals, rather than coming up with New Year resolutions. He recommends three of his favorite episodes aligned with this theme for Rough Translation fans ...Show more
Hold the Sitar: The Making of the Love Commandos Theme Song
In this bonus episode of Love Commandos, Gregory Warner interviews musician John Ellis, who composed Rough Translation's original theme music in 2017, and songwriters Amira Gill and VASU, who jointly created the new theme song for Love Commandos. They discuss their musical proces ...Show more
A death-defying migrant's story... Said Reza Adib was a TV journalist in Afghanistan. In 2016, about to break a story about the sexual abuse of children by Afghan men in authority, he received a threat to his life. Reza fled across the border to Iran. But journalism was in his bl ...Show more
In the chaos following Turkey’s devastating earthquake in February, Omar was separated from his son Ahmed after both were pulled alive from the collapsed ruins of their home. Omar lost his first born and his wife but believes Ahmed could still be alive. Many children went missing ...Show more
أمضى حياته في مغامرات الحروب والثّورات، وفي النّهاية قتله شِعره. كان يلقّب باسم أعشى هَمْدان، وأوّل الأخبار التي تناقلتها الحكايات عنه، أنّ الحجاج بن يوسف الثّقفيّ، أرسله للقتال مع جيشه لغزو بلاد الدّيلم، فوقع أسيراً في أيدي الأعداء، بعد قتال واستماتة منه للبقاء على قيد الحياة، و ...Show more