Simran Sethi

Simran Sethi appears in the following:

Nowruz is banned in Afghanistan, but families continue to celebrate

Monday, March 21, 2022

One woman living in Kabul describes how, despite food shortages and repression, her family is celebrating the Persian new year with what they have.

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East Africa is responsible for America's favorite morning brew

Tuesday, March 08, 2022

America owes its favorite beverage to East Africa, says a Memphis coffee shop owner whose trip to Ethiopia transformed his understanding of the beverage.

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Life Kit: How To Say Sorry

Sunday, June 20, 2021

For NPR's Like Kit, journalist Simran Sethi talks to psychologist Harriet Lerner about how to offer apologies that are both heard and felt.

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As Chinese, Iranian and Indonesian As Apple Pie

Sunday, July 03, 2016

The flavorful fruits originated in Central Asia; the wheat, in the Mideast. The lard? Courtesy of the Spanish. Spices came via the Banda Islands. Put them altogether for an all-American treat.

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Where Has All the Chocolate Gone?

Friday, November 20, 2015

In Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love, journalist Simran Sethi explores how the foods we enjoy the most are becoming endangered by a steady loss of diversity.

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Green Lining on a Silver Tree

Monday, December 17, 2007

Simran Sethi, Professional-in-Residence at the University of Kansas School of Journalism, host of The Green on the Sundance Channel, and environmental reporter for NBC News, answers the question: how green is your Christmas tree?

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