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Private Truths, Public Lies
28 episodes

Wanting
28 episodes

Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India
24 episodes

In Service of the Republic
24 episodes

The Power Broker
22 episodes

The Case Against Sugar
18 episodes

Early Indians
17 episodes

English
17 episodes

The Big Fat Surprise: why butter, meat, and cheese belong in a healthy diet
16 episodes

The Death and Life of Great American Cities
16 episodes
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#454 – The Ideas Of Gandhi (2026-10-05)
Annihilation of Caste
3 episodes

Arguments With Gandhi
1 episode

China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism
1 episode

For Love of the Automobile
1 episode

Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945
1 episode

Gandhi Before India
5 episodes

Gandhi: The Years that Changed the World
2 episodes

Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India
24 episodes

Stride Toward Freedom
1 episode

The Flaming Feet and Other Essays
2 episodes

The Good Boatman: A Portrait of Gandhi
2 episodes

The Mahatma and the Poet
4 episodes

The Mantle of the Prophet
2 episodes

Victorian Miniature
1 episode