The stories on Radio Atlas come from all over the globe:  Argentina, Russia, Iceland...

The stories on Radio Atlas come from all over the globe: Argentina, Russia, Iceland...

If you only speak English and you want to read a book written in another language or watch a foreign film, there are likely translation options available to you. But what about audio? If you don’t speak the language, it’s unlikely you’d listen. Until now.

Radio Atlas is a podcast that translates foreign language audio stories into English text-only videos. So it’s like a foreign film with no moving pictures.

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