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History matters to Julie McCarthy (@JulieMcCarthyJM). She’s gone around the world with National Public Radio to Tokyo, London, Rio de Janeiro, Jerusalem, Islamabad, New Delhi and Manila, trying to understand each place through its history. Her reporting brings to life events like the Hiroshima bombing and the partition of India, explaining how they continue to reverberate today. Most recently she’s served in Manila and the U.S. as NPR’s Southeast Asia Correspondent.
Countries featured: The Philippines, India, Pakistan, Brazil, Japan, Israel, UK
Publications featured: National Public Radio
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Julie’s story on the partition of India – https://n.pr/3OS4kzc
Her story on Filipino comfort women – https://n.pr/3s2j2ty
Nikkei Asia – https://s.nikkei.com/38CZFAi
The novel The Splendid and the Vile – https://amzn.to/3vvqqQh
The book Empire of Pain – https://amzn.to/3ON83Oa
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Another good podcast. I am so glad she enjoyed my country Pakistan when the country was at its worst (2009 – 2015, it was pretty bad in Pakistan). What she said about lush green fields, thats so true, Punjab /Islamabad area has the best post rain soil smell and greenery.