# Podcast for Social Research, Episode 92: No Borders: Folk, Fusion, and Tradition — Ghost Peppers in Concert

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-for-social-research-1078639/podcast-for-social-research-episode-92-no-borders-folk-fusion-and-tradition-ghost-peppers-in-concert
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-for-social-research-1078639/podcast-for-social-research-episode-92-no-borders-folk-fusion-and-tradition-ghost-peppers-in-concert.md
Podcast: [The Podcast for Social Research](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-for-social-research-1078639)
Published: 2025-08-29T16:23:00+00:00
Episode link: https://thebrooklyninstitute.libsyn.com/podcast-for-social-research-episode-92-no-borders-folk-fusion-and-tradition-ghost-peppers-in-concert
Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebrooklyninstitute/GhostPeppers_BISR_082925_V2.mp3?dest-id=85319
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-podcast-for-social-research-1078639/episodes/podcast-for-social-research-episode-92-no-borders-folk-fusion-and-tradition-ghost-peppers-in-concert
Duration seconds: 6037

## Resource

Episode 92 of the Podcast for Social Research features fusion folk trio Ghost Peppers in concert at BISR Central, playing songs old and new, including selections from their newly released EP Red . After the performance (44:00), the three Ghost Peppers — tabla player Ritam Bhowmil, guitarist Kevin Meehan, and vocalist (and BISR faculty) Amrita Ghosh — sat down with BISR's Hannah Leffingwell and scholar Sara Kazmi for a wide-ranging conversation about cultural and musical fusion, and the histories, both personal and political, that surround it. What happens when classical South Asian rhythms are "fused" to rock, reggae, or Americana song structures? What kind of sonic imaginaries does fusion music evoke or produce, both across regions and within a partitioned South Asia? How can we distinguish fusion from cultural appropriation? Amidst political (and geopolitical) inequality, can musical traditions be combined "equally"? Finally, can Tagore be sung in a bar? The Podcast for Social Research is produced by Ryan Lentini. Learn more about upcoming courses on our website . Follow Brooklyn Institute for Social Research on Twitter / Facebook / Instagram / Bluesky . Artwork: Bharti Kher, Algorithm for Hiding

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-podcast-for-social-research-1078639/episodes/podcast-for-social-research-episode-92-no-borders-folk-fusion-and-tradition-ghost-peppers-in-concert/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-for-social-research-1078639/podcast-for-social-research-episode-92-no-borders-folk-fusion-and-tradition-ghost-peppers-in-concert.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.