Arun Venugopal appears in the following:
Making Comedy Out of Slavery and Prison Life
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Two young, African-American playwrights are making satire out of heavy topics. "We cry and laugh with the same muscle," says Marcus Gardley.
Local Religious Leaders Divided Over Supreme Court Prayer Decision
Friday, May 09, 2014
The Supreme Court says that prayers before town meetings are Constitutional.
Rent Guidelines Board Proposes Historic Rent Freeze
Monday, May 05, 2014
Tenants cheer a preliminary vote that could freeze rent for some apartments for the first time in the history of New York City's Rent Guidelines Board.
Ex-Cop Accused of Anti-Semitic Vandalism
Sunday, May 04, 2014
The alleged vandal was caught on a security camera.
Sterling's Lifetime Ban: Sports Fans React
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
The punishment meted out for the Clippers owner was the talk of bar-goers around Madison Square Garden.
Grimm Vows to Fight Federal Charges 'Tooth and Nail'
Monday, April 28, 2014
Queens Man Dies at 'Dangerous' Richmond Hill Intersection
Sunday, April 27, 2014
A nearby resident, who says he has seen a number of collisions in the area, says people know not to jaywalk across Atlantic Avenue.
Sherpas Gather to Honor Everest Victims
Sunday, April 27, 2014
A prayer vigil in Elmhurst, Queens took place more than a week after a fatal avalanche.
Fear For Sherpas' Future Grows With Each Climbing Tragedy
Saturday, April 26, 2014
NYC Sherpas Mourn Those Killed on Everest
Thursday, April 24, 2014
The largest community of Sherpas in America resides in Queens. For many of them, climbing dangerous mountains brings both glory and the constant fear of death.
The Dark Side of Fair Skin
Friday, April 11, 2014
A few days before she won an academy award for 12 Years A Slave, actress Lupita Nyong'o read a letter from a fan at the Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon. The letter detailed a personal concern about the lightness of her skin tone and reignited a conversation that has gone on for centuries. Arun Venugopal, host of the WNYC series Micropolis, takes a closer look at the multibillion dollar, global industry of skin whitening.
Is Everything More Delicious When You Eat With Your Hands?
Thursday, April 10, 2014
My wife Meera and I often have non-Indian guests over for dinner – typically a sumptuous Indian meal that she makes.
Everyone digs into their rice and daal, hariyali chicken and prawn curry with silverware. Then my daughter clears her throat and quietly asks if she can please just eat ...
Arranged Marriage and Micropolis
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Arun Venugopal, reporter and the creator of Micropolis—WNYC’s multi-platform series examining race, sexuality, religion, street life and other issues that define New York City—explores the old-fashioned practice of arranged marriage. He’ll be joined by Fraidy Reiss, who founded Unchained At Last, an organization to help women leave their arranged marriages, as she herself did.
The Dark Side of Fair Skin
Monday, April 07, 2014
Micropolis: The Color of Skin
Monday, April 07, 2014
Millions of women around the world use skin-lightening creams. Arun Venugopal, WNYC reporter, discusses the different attitudes towards cosmetics and race and his reporting for the new series, Micropolis.
Talib Kweli in Conversation
Monday, April 07, 2014
Arun Venugopal speaks with Brooklyn rapper Talib Kweli about music, memories and the good and bad of gentrification.
The Case for Arranged Marriage
Monday, April 07, 2014
Could it be that your family knows better than you when it comes to your love life?
See The Streets Through an Ex-Con's Eyes
Monday, April 07, 2014
Alvin Entzminger, an ex-con and a long-time Central Harlem resident, shows you what you're overloooking.
Funny or Racist?
Monday, April 07, 2014
Reporter Arun Venugopal talks to Amber Ruffin, writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers, about how comedy is subverting racial stereotypes.
One Indian Man Eats and Tells
Monday, April 07, 2014
As a South Asian growing up in Texas, Arun Venugopal never thought twice about eating with his hands while at home but in public in front of his friends and strangers alike, it was a different story. Arun hits Wall Street to see if this taboo of his childhood is still relevant in NYC today.
