As we head toward a new year, former Rough Translation host Gregory Warner reflects on "goal disengagement" — letting go... more

In this bonus episode of Love Commandos, Gregory Warner interviews musician John Ellis, who composed Rough Translation's original theme music... more

In Episode 5 of Love Commandos, couples seeking to shut down the Love Commandos' shelter band together for a risky... more

On Episode 4 of Love Commandos, couples in the shelter feel pressured to stay indefinitely. We try to figure out... more

On Episode 3 of Love Commandos, stories of life inside the Love Commandos shelter begin to diverge as co-founder Sanjoy... more

On episode 2 of Love Commandos, an inter-caste couple in India hits a breaking point. They make one last-ditch phone... more

When falling in love can mean risking your life, the Love Commandos in India will protect you. But at what... more

They seemed like superheroes. In a country where arranged marriage is the norm, the Love Commandos promise to protect love... more

We leap into the gap between love stories and real life. And hear a sneak peek of Rough Translation's newest... more

Gregory talks "inside baseball" of American English. And we revisit an episode that sparked a lot of conversation among listeners... more

The unlikely places that fandom can take us, and how to know when we've gone too far. This week, we... more

Gregory tells a story about his first job out of college. And we revisit an episode from 2017. Also, what's... more

Our host Gregory Warner reads your tweets and drops some big news about Rough Translation. Subscribe to Gregory's Substack and... more

We travel to Ukraine to follow a shipment of abortion pills, and discover a complicated conversation about pregnancy and choice... more

One weekend. An amateur smuggling operation. A wartime mission. The story, in collaboration with Radiolab.

A hyperlocal news site in Red Hook, N.Y. posts a job opening. A journalist in Ukraine applies. And what readers... more

726 miles in one day. Gas station sushi. Mysterious loading docks. We hit the road with two American women who... more

Nigerian novelist Chibundu Onuzo dreams of returning to Lagos, but she worries she'll struggle to adapt in the city of... more

Who are you at work? In this episode, two stories of people who really commit to embodying their work selves.... more

Many of us think we can't share our stories of failure until we've reached success. Some Mexico City entrepreneurs started... more

When Portugal forbade bosses from contacting employees after hours, international media jumped at the chance to cover the new law.... more

In 2021, France suspended a law that forbids eating lunch at work. We talk to an American teacher relieved to... more

A video ricochets across Chinese offices, and a scooter thief becomes an icon for brewing discontent. Why is a thief... more

We're back @Work. The new season of Rough Translation will tell surprising stories from workplaces and work cultures around the... more

Hundreds of thousands of Russians are leaving Russia. They're facing an uncertain welcome abroad. Poet and writer Linor Goralik joins... more

What can a blank piece of paper, four ballerinas, a scarf and snuff box mean in Russia? A conversation with... more

When Naira calls her parents back home in Russia to talk about the war in Ukraine, they treat her as... more

When protecting a language is used as justification for war, how can its speakers fight back? A conversation with Russian... more

Vladimir Putin joined the KGB at age 23. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy got his early training in a no less... more

The past few years have shaken the fundamental ways we live. It's... disorienting. But it's also an opportunity to reexamine... more

A jazz dance born in Harlem in the 1920s ends up in a tiny Swedish town. What happens when Black... more

An Irish journalist discovers she belongs in a place she's never been. A 6-year-old boy decides he's from another country.... more

You can zoom around the world through sight and sound, but you can't taste at a distance, right? Stories about... more

Marla kept a detailed account of Iraqi civilians harmed by war. How did she recruit people in the U.S. military... more

Marla Ruzicka didn't belong in a war zone. Nobody in Afghanistan knew what to make of her. Until Marla started... more

Two worlds: dress uniforms and foosball tables. The military and Silicon Valley used to work hand in hand. Now, why... more

Alicia's situation raises questions about the VA's caregiver program. And a new diagnosis changes everything for Matt. How will Alicia... more

Alicia Lammers takes on the twin roles of wife and caregiver to her veteran husband. What happens when your husband... more

He's a veteran looking for love. She's a civilian who learns more about war than she ever imagined. Part 1... more

Is it true that "you can't understand" if you've never been to war? In the first episode of our new... more

As the U.S. pulls out of Afghanistan, we look back at a time when Taliban poetry and a local cooking... more

Heather Hansen used to teach people to speak "perfect" English. Until she realized that so-called "bad English" might be a... more

Our favorite McDonald's in Marseille, France has reached its afterlife. It took court cases, spray paint, and the slogan you... more

In the wake of the shootings in Atlanta, a Korean-American writer reconnects with her own family.

Two very different approaches to wooing vaccine skeptics. And how a little FOMO can go a long way.

What happens when your guidebook isn't written with you in mind? Nanjala Nyabola on her new book: Travelling While Black.

Your stories and creative solutions to not quite fitting in.

From Montréal to Edinburgh, and from São Paulo to Taipei: your stories about belonging, or longing to just be.

France is the place where for decades you weren't supposed to talk about someone's blackness, unless you said it in... more

For close to a year, Talia Lavin went undercover in white supremacist online communities, creating fake personas that would gain... more

What can a young refugee who's survived a war teach a novelist about writing young adult adventure?

Just because you can't vote, doesn't mean you're not watching. We crisscross the globe to understand how people see their... more

On this bonus drop, we feature an episode from the NPR podcast Louder Than A Riot called "Lyrics on Trial."

After a Ugandan scholar is suspended from her university job, she discovers a new tool for resistance: extreme public rudeness.... more

What if more evangelical Christians in the United States fought climate change with the same spirit they bring to the... more

How does India's caste system play out in the hiring practices of Silicon Valley? And what happens when dominant caste... more

A Chinese idol had millions of fans who adored him for his kindness and good looks. Then, this February, one... more

We're back with a special series, Rough Translation's "School of Scandal," stories about people around the world calling each other... more

One man's mission to get hundreds of his fellow Venezuelans back home from Ecuador in a pandemic, even if it... more

Ireland's "cocooning" policy during the coronavirus lockdown asked people over age 70 to stay at home and not to leave... more

Resolving conflict through consensus is a very Dutch tradition. But how do you compromise when it comes to racism? This... more

Five personal stories from five continents on the global impact of George Floyd.

The French republic "lives with her face uncovered," say the posters. But now face masks are mandatory. We look back... more

One hundred and eighty recovering COVID-19 patients. One Jerusalem hotel. Secular, religious, Arabs, Jews, old, young. Their phones are out,... more

Back in 2017, we brought you the story of a Chinese mom who hired an American surrogate to carry her... more

Public shame is a powerful tool. But how useful is it when trying to curb a global pandemic? Shaming stories... more

She felt the urgency before her husband did. A story about the time lag between the arrival of the coronavirus... more

This week on Rough Translation, we check in with NPR international correspondents in China, Germany and Greece about the ways... more

A young Chinese exchange student in Taiwan with no history of activism posts a video criticizing China's president Xi Jinping... more

This week, we present the latest episode of NPR's Throughline, a look at the life and complicated legacy of the... more