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Global Guru

by Rachel Louise Snyder

Each week, the Global Guru asks one single cultural question about someplace in the world. Favorites include: why are there so many barbershops in Tanzania? How do you insult someone in Dutch? How do you track a Tasmanian devil?

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Episodes

  1. Sicily

    Tarantella

  2. Azerbaijian

    Ashuqs

  3. Iran

    The Winter Solstice

  4. Mali

    Griots

  5. India

    The Karni Mata Temple

  6. China

    When cigarettes speak

  7. East Timor

    Umalulik

  8. France

    Sabrage

  9. Rwanda

    Umaganda

  10. England

    Aga

  11. Afghanistan

    Buzkashi

  12. Cambodia

    The Ancient Memm

  13. Japan

    Baseball

  14. Russia

    Fortune Tellers

  15. Mexico

    What is a botanero?

  16. South Africa

    Hidden Messages in Zulu Beadwork

  17. Sweden

    A Disney Christmas

  18. United States

    Hopi Katsinas

  19. Iceland

    Hakarl

  20. Cambodia

    Ploughing Ceremony

  21. Tanzania

    Barbershops

  22. Mexico

    The Post-Rivera Mural Movement

  23. Thailand

    How to avoid culinary death in Southeast Asia

  24. Tasmania

    How do you track those little devils?

  25. Holland

    What happens when Holland goes secular?

  26. Latin America

    What can bas reliefs tell us about our social order?

  27. Boomerang

    Today we go to Melbourne, Australia to uncover the not-so-secret history of one of the world's first weapons of mass destruction. And host Rachel Louise Snyder gets her comeuppance.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Each week, the Global Guru asks one single cultural question about someplace in the world. Favorites include: why are there so many barbershops in Tanzania? How do you insult someone in Dutch? How do you track a Tasmanian devil?

HOSTED BY

Rachel Louise Snyder

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Each week, the Global Guru asks one single cultural question about someplace in the world. Favorites include: why are there so many barbershops in Tanzania? How do you insult someone in Dutch? How do you track a Tasmanian devil?

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Global Guru is created and hosted by Rachel Louise Snyder.
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