Donate

netflix

Two posters side by side, one original film poster, the other remade with photos of two men in place of actors

How ’90s Bollywood movies became cool again for two desis in the US

May 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

The Bollywood Boys used to watch movies on bootleg VCDs with their parents. Now, they’re watching them on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video — and rediscovering what they once loved about them.

Actor Kevin Spacey at the premiere of Netflix's television series "House of Cards" at Alice Tully Hall in the Lincoln Center

Netflix dumps Kevin Spacey, police home in on Harvey Weinstein

November 4, 2017Culture
Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix spent two years in Swaziland teaching English.

Netflix goes live in the sub-Saharan, because ‘the future is in places like Africa’

January 13, 2016Business

Latest Headlines

President Trump hints at compromise ahead of US-China trade talks
Portugal tells undocumented migrants to leave or be deported
‘Four Mothers’ examines motherhood across the globe
Out of Eden Walk: Record-breaking heat in Japan is hurting rice farms
How tequila crossed the Mexican border and won over Americans
How Pope Francis’ legacy will influence the selection of the next pope 
The tug-of-war over an anti-Nazi pastor’s legacy
Norwegian city turns pipes into rivers to adapt to climate change
A Soviet spacecraft is expected to make a crash landing on Earth this week. But nobody knows where — yet.
International Cricket Council pledges funding, support for Afghanistan’s exiled cricketers
More stories

The World is a public radio program that crosses borders and time zones to bring home the stories that matter.

Produced by

Thanks to our sponsor

  1. Progressive Insurance logo

Major funding provided by

  1. Carnegie Corporation of New York
  2. MacArthur Foundation
  3. Ford Foundation
  4. Corporation for Public Broadcasting

  1. About
  2. Contact
  3. Donate
  4. Meet the Team
  5. Privacy
  6. Terms of use

©2025 The World from PRX

PRX is a 501(c)(3) organization recognized by the IRS: #263347402.