Rough Translation

Please, take our survey! At a Ukrainian comedy competition founded by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, can humor unite a divided country?Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

In the country on the other side of the impeachment hearings... A comedian runs for president of Ukraine and wins in a landslide, with a parliamentary majority to pass any law he wants. So now what? Our host, Gregory Warner, reports from Kyiv.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Listen to hear a preview of a special two-part episode about Ukraine, reported by Gregory Warner.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

For our season finale, a listener's story: When a six-year-old boy adopts Tokyo as his new home, his American mom has to figure out where she belongs in her son's new life.If you want to share your story, email roughtranslation@npr.org Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

What happens when the employees of a French McDonald's take the corporate philosophy so deeply to heart, that it actually becomes a problem for the company? To listen to more Rough Translation, check out our previous episodes.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Exploring the complexities of family relationships, societal norms in China, and the evolving roles of women in modern Chinese society. The podcast delves into unexpected connections in Nepal, societal pressures of 'trad wives' on social media, and the resilience after a devastating earthquake.

Two radically different ways of seeing race come into conflict in Brazil, provoking a national conversation about who is Black? And who is not Black enough? We revisit our first ever Rough Translation episode, with an update on how the election of an anti-affirmative action president is affecting the debate. If you want to see a photo of the medical school students: npr.org/roughtranslationLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

If you're the kind of person who thinks you can't be conned, that assumption may make it harder for you to recognize when you actually are being scammed. We speak with professional poker player and author Maria Konnikova about how con-artists get inside the stories we all tell ourselves, about ourselves. Then we go to an international multimillion dollar scam in Costa Rica, where a master of the con meets his match... the IT guy.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

What if more evangelical Christians in the United States fought climate change with the same spirit they bring to the issue of abortion? In this episode, we go back to a surprisingly recent period when that nearly happened. We meet two evangelicals who made it their mission to bridge the divide between Christians and environmentalists. What happened, and why they say the best way to start conversations about the planet is with readings of the bible.For photos and links: www.npr.org/roughtranslationFollow us: twitter.com/roughlyLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

On today's episode, entrepreneurs around the world are trying to redefine how their societies perceive failure, by doing the scariest thing possible: standing up in public and admitting their mistakes. Links to more stories: http://npr.org/roughtranslationTell us your story: #ShareYourFailure (http://bit.ly/ShareYourFailure)Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy