Episode 19: A Site of Stoppage—Casablanca, Where Bishupal's Visa Application Was Denied

Bishupal tried to renew his visa to study in the United States, from Morocco; they told him he needed to go back to Nepal. We asked whether travel really changes people, since he's a professor of postcolonial theory ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé. Check out Kiva.org to make a small business loan in a place where it can really make a difference. "All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art." —Jorge Luis Borges