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Our new limited series podcast: Evolution of Solution with The Better India & Accenture
his fall, Sonologue produced a limited series of four episodes about an exciting subject: Tech for good!
In conjunction with India’s biggest positive news site, The Better India, and Accenture India, we did episodes on the most cutting edge tech in play today, speaking with young industry leaders all pushing to change the landscape of our lives: AI, Robotics, VR, and IoT
October 9, 2020, Webinar # 5 Releasing & Distributing a podcast
What do you do after you’ve got your content shaped up? Where do you release it? Do you have to pay for a hosting platform? What are show notes and do you need them? How do you get noticed? In this webinar, we’ll wrap up with answers to all the issues that come AFTER the creation process.
October 8, 2020, Webinar # 4 Interviewing for Podcasts
ow that you know HOW to record, what are you going to record? Interviewing for podcasts is a totally different skill from interviewing for any other medium. We’ll go over how to set up the interview, prepare yourself and your guest, the kinds of questions you need to ask (and the kinds you should avoid), how to produce while you’re also paying attention to content and some exercises.
October 7, 2020, Webinar # 3 Recording Remotely
A value of Rs. 5,700 now at 4,700 if you book a seat for all five workshops early October 7, 2020, Webinar # 3 Recording Remotely — In Lockdown or just recording remotely anyway? Here are the radio manners you need as well as the technical stuff you have to account...
Company In India Gives Women A Day Off If Their Period Is Painful—NPR Goats and Soda
Public discussion of periods is still a taboo in many parts of the world. But this week in India, everybody's talking about the topic. The reason: an announcement by a Mumbai media firm called Culture Machine: The company has announced that its 75 women employees...
What’s Making These Dogs In Mumbai Turn Blue?—NPR Goats and Soda
Five dogs turned blue in Mumbai. That was a story that journalist Deepak Gharat broke this past week. He was following up on a story in the industrial zone of Taloja, home to about 1,000 pharmaceutical and chemical factories. Every week, there's something going wrong...
Do Peacocks Have Sex? Are Cows A Better National Animal Than Tigers?—NPR Goats and Soda
India is having a debate about its national animals. Currently, the mighty tiger is the national beast and the peacock is the national bird. But the cow has recently been proposed as a replacement for the tiger because of its status as a holy animal. And this week,...
For India’s sex trafficking victims, family members often bear part of the blame—Public Radio International
The numbers are depressing: Every 8 minutes a girl goes missing in India. Most of these girls are trafficked for sex, beggary or domestic labor. Unofficial counts put the number of victims of sex trafficking in India at 16 million — not counting the girls from...
Instant divorce is unconstitutional in India, finally —Public Radio International
According to a Muslim custom that is rooted in tradition but not Islamic law, men have to say just three words to their wives if they want to dissolve their marriages. “Talaq, talaq, talaq†— and he’s divorced. But in India, a group of women petitioned the...
This Police Department Is A Smash Hit On Social Media—NPR Goats and Soda
One of the world's most popular police departments on Twitter and Facebook is in Bangalore, India. And it's all because they took the risk of partnering up with a hip outside consultant. Last September, when riots broke out in Bangalore city, the best way to get...
India’s Supreme Court Rules That Sex With A Bride Under 18 Is Rape—NPR Goats and Soda
India has made a significant change to its laws about rape. The Supreme Court has ruled that if a husband has sex with his wife and she is under 18, he is committing an act of rape. Up until now rape was illegal, but there was one glaring exception. A wife could not...
If You See Dirty Water, Don’t Just Gripe. Talk To The Cloud!—NPR Goats and Soda
Water stagnating at a construction site. A dwindling number of mangroves along the shore. Lakes choked with algae and hyacinth. Sewage pipes leaking into the sea. These are common sights in India. Until recently, the best people could do to try to draw attention to...