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Finding Our FlavorEp 7: Second HelpingsWho insisted all spices were washed off their childhood food? Who struggled to learn English from kids TV? Who survived the pandemic by learning their mother’s recipes? Exciting, diverse guests share stories rich with recipes and reminiscences, tales and tastes of how the food we grow up with helps shape the people we grow up to be. Enjoy some second helpings in this bonus episode!.2022-09-0835 min
Finding Our FlavorEp 6: Cornish Hens Filipino Style with Malaka Gharib“It was almost like my true roots were exposed by sharing this recipe with you,” says Malaka Gharib, NPR editor, cartoonist, and graphic novelist. Growing up in California with Filipino and Egyptian parents, she recalls being encouraged to “suppress the Filipino and Egyptianness so you could succeed in this country.” In this episode she explains how she reconnected with her unique heritage - to find her flavor - and celebrate this cherished family dish.2022-09-0134 min
Finding Our FlavorEp5: Naru with Madhushree GhoshMadhushree Ghosh describes her memoir Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family as a love letter to the country she left and to the country she now calls home. Based in San Diego, the Indian-American author squeezed writing around her day job as a biotech cancer specialist, a role where she also champions diversity and belonging. Here, she mixes science with art when she joins Rajesh in person to make naru - a Bangladeshi coconut treat. Find out more at FindingOurFlavor.com2022-08-2532 min
Finding Our FlavorEp 4: Shahi Paneer with Bobby FrictionBritish Asian DJ Bobby Friction helped usher in a golden age for young British Asians - as they defined their own exciting hybrid culture, with music, food, and art at its center. But as a child, suffering racist abuse led him to reject his own South Asian food heritage. These days, he says, even though racism in Britain hasn’t gone away, Bobby’s found his flavor - and he can’t get enough of his mom’s shahi paneer. Find out more at FindingOurFlavor.com2022-08-1835 min
Finding Our FlavorEp 3: Pasta a la Puttanesca with Imtiaz TyabCBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has covered conflicts all over the world, and seen how food is a political tool and a great connector across tense boundaries. Here, he shares a recipe that began his unusual culinary journey to emulate his mom’s South Asian cooking. More details at FindingOurFlavor.com2022-08-1133 min
Finding Our FlavorEp 2: Deb Freeman and Her Nana's Collard Greens“I’m looking for a connection to my ancestors through food” explains Deb Freeman, food writer and host of the acclaimed podcast Setting the Table. In this episode, she shares the recipe for her beloved nana’s collard greens - made with a twist. And she explains how “there’s very little that African American hands have not touched when it comes to food in America.” More details at FindingOurFlavor.com2022-08-0431 min
Finding Our FlavorEp 1 Cleyvis Natera and Her Mami's Habichuelas con Dulce“Food is one way we manipulate people,” says Dominican-American author Cleyvis Natera, whose acclaimed debut novel Neruda on the Park tells of love and loss, family and food, generations and gentrification in the Bronx. In this episode, Cleyvis reveals she’s no fan of dessert - but explains why she can’t resist her mami’s habichuelas con dulce. More details at FindingOurFlavor.com2022-08-0434 min
Finding Our FlavorEp 0: Have A TasteWelcome to Finding Our Flavor - a podcast that asks how does the food we grow up with help shape the people we grow up to be? Spotlighting exciting, diverse voices from migrant and diaspora communities it’s a show with food and people where we meet fascinating people and try their amazing food! Enjoy tastes and tales, recipes and reminiscences, secret dishes and dished secrets, as guests share a cherished family recipe and explain how it both reminds them where they come from - and helps them figure out who they are in the places they now call ho...2022-07-2202 min
The Friday ReporterFrom Tough Questions to Finding Answers - Rajesh MirchandaniRajesh Mirchandani spent over 20 years in journalism and finds himself today as a senior advisor at the UN Foundation -- and two very exciting new projects on the horizon. His time covering international affairs (along with entertainment and a whole host of other topics) for the BBC led him to a realization and a transition to his current role. He reached a point where he no longer wanted to be asking the tough questions without helping to find the answers. In his current role, Rajesh is faced with some of the most challenging matters of our time -- and rather tha...2022-05-2032 min
A LA LATINAThe crisis of the Global Goals Part II: Actions we need nowPutting the world back on track after the pandemic will require a level of cooperation and partnership unlike anything we have seen. That is the conclusion of experts convened by Global GoalsCast to assess the crisis of the Sustainable Development Goals and the road forward. The world before the pandemic proved dangerously vulnerable because of the very challenges the SDGs are designed to address.“And really this is our opportunity right now to focus in on who is being left behind, who is not getting the access and be able to find those supercharged solu...2020-12-0938 min
Sincerely, Hueman: Stories of Kindness and Doing GoodSocial Good Summit (Part 2) - Rajesh MirchandaniIn Part 2 of our Social Good Summit special, we're sharing the journey of Rajesh Mirchandani, Chief Communications Officer for the United Nations Foundation, a partner of the Social Good Summit. Rajesh was born in India, but his family moved to the UK when he was just three years old. Rajesh eventually worked as a journalist for the BBC, where he covered a variety of stories and issues. These include the Haiti Earthquake and typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded in history. After 20 years of global journalism experience, Rajesh left journalism to...2019-09-1918 min
The Podcast HourWhat Are The Odds? A radio documentary about coincidenceWhat's the biggest coincidence you've ever experienced? Unfortunately it's unlikely that any of them will impress David Spiegelhalter all that much. He's a Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge, he collects stories about coincidences, and was interviewed as part of a BBC documentary called 'What Are The Odds?' about some of the favourite coincidences in his collection. 'What Are The Odds?' from the BBC, is presented by Rajesh Mirchandani and produced by Kate Bissell.2018-09-1500 min
A LA LATINAHave we made progress on the SDGs?On this episode of Global GoalsCast, UN Foundation is taking over to discuss SDG progress, specifically in regards the High Level Political Forum, or HLPF, an event where country representatives come from all over the world to share the progress they are making on the Sustainable Development Goals. From Rajesh Mirchandani, Chief Communications Officer of the UN Foundation, on this episode, he states: 'where I hope we are in 2020 is that we have not only identified what are the key blockers, the key transformative issues, and the key questions that we need to solve by that time to really a...2018-07-3039 min
EA TalksEA Global: The End of Poverty (Rajesh Mirchandani, Jeff Brown, Anne Healy, Svetha Janumpalli, Timothy Telleen-Lawton, and Peter Singer)Source: Effective Altruism Global (original video).Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube. 2016-10-091h 05
EA TalksEA Global: Creating Effective Policies (Genya Dana, Tom Kalil, Rajesh Mirchandani, and Seb Farquhar)Source: Effective Altruism Global (original video).Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube. 2016-10-0855 min
Seriously...The Actors' Gang & The Actors' Gang on the OutsideA two part Seriously following actor Tim Robbins and Rajesh Mirchandani and the theatre programme the Actors' Gang in Norco prison.Part 1: The Actors' GangJust outside of LA in the Californian desert, presenter Rajesh Mirchandani joins 'Shawshank Redemption' star Tim Robbins as he leads acting classes with the segrgated inmates from Norco prison. Rajesh witnesses the transformation of inmates, from tough gangsters into respectable men and gains a unique insight into some of America's toughest social challenges.Rajesh recorded inside the prison with Tim Robbins over a two month period, gaining unique...2016-03-2256 min
EA TalksEA Global: Why Policy Change? (Rajesh Mirchandani)Source: Effective Altruism Global (original video).Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube. 2015-10-2418 min