{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Ffe18fc62-f46b-48ca-b2db-4bb660c54966","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Hindu Nationalism, Contested Histories, and Challenging the Fascism Blueprint","description":"Audrey Truschke is a scholar who has gotten in some very hot water lately. She\u2019s regularly harassed on Twitter, she\u2019s facing a lawsuit, and she\u2019s received death threats. \u2018What\u2019s she an expert in?\u2019 you might ask. Public health? Election law? Critical Race Theory? Nope.\n\nAncient Sanskrit. \n\nOn this episode we\u2019re sharing part of a new podcast from Watson. It\u2019s called \u2018Sensing the Sacred\u2019 and it\u2019s hosted by Finnian Gerety, a visiting assistant professor of religious studies and contemplative studies at Watson\u2019s Center for Contemporary South Asia.\n\nFinnian and Sarah talk about the motivation behind the show, which explores spirituality in South Asia from angles as diverse as the origins of yoga to the rise of Hindu nationalism. Finnian also shares some of his recent conversation with Audrey Truschke, where they talk about the role of Sanskrit in Hindu nationalist propaganda, and more broadly about how to contest the \u2018fascist blueprint\u2019 we see being enacted around the world today. \n\nYou can learn more about and subscribe to \u2018Sensing the Sacred\u2019 here: [https://watson.brown.edu/southasia/news/podcasts]\n\nYou can buy Audrey\u2019s book here: [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0231197055/]\n\nYou can learn more about Trending Globally by subscribing to our podcast newsletter here: [https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/f52w0GW?mode=preview&source_id=b6880bc0-edf0-49c9-8b65-17e2fccc5854&source_type=em&c=]\n\nYou can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b3A56qGMM_1-ik1U_20fE5LXJKnhOWas/view?usp=sharing]","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/0d53b0a1-6dc5-4148-8dc9-088504e0652b/artworks-zbr110dgxjbft45v-rftgda-t3000x3000.jpg"}