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When the plague broke out in San Francisco in 1900, the public health department singled out Chinatown—as if Chinatown were the problem.
- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 51:34
What’s changed because of the pandemic? And how is it different for different people? In this first episode of the Felixity podcast, I talk to a fe...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 21, 2020
- Length: 18:01
- Purchases: 1
Hold on Tightly! We discuss Exciting Wine Art and teach you the Secrets for not staining your Teeth with Red Wine! An informational & mirthful sh...
- Added: Jan 23, 2017
- Length: 01:00:00
When Shakespeare’s work is translated into foreign languages, does it cease to be Shakespeare?
- Added: Jul 17, 2014
- Length: 24:11
Thao Nguyen grew up in Northern Virginia, and started playing music at age 12. Since then she has released three critically acclaimed albums, and s...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 08:13
After experiencing the horror of the Khmer Rouge experience, Daran Kravanh credits an accordion that appeared on a stump in a forest with saving hi...
- Added: Apr 15, 2009
- Length: 04:59
Wilma Pang, Professor at San Francisco City College, shares the influence of Chinese opera, a rapidly-disappearing art form, wherever she can. Pan...
- Added: Apr 15, 2009
- Length: 04:58
Sound-rich documentary about Hmong-Americans living in the U.S.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WESM 91.3 FM, KWIT, KHEN-LP, KUNM and more
- Added: Sep 10, 2008
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 10
For centuries, the kava plant has played an important role in many Pacific Island cultures, where it's valued for its natural calming effects. In ...
- Added: Oct 02, 2007
- Length: 08:06
Jon Jang, composer and jazz pianist, who paved the way for Asian American jazz musicians.
- Added: Jun 30, 2007
- Length: 04:59
Profile of 13-year-old prodigy and her musician family
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 08, 2007
- Length: 04:58
- Purchases: 1
The challenge of reconstruction and especially housing in Sri Lanka one year after the tsunami has far-reaching consequences for the future of tour...
Bought by Internet Partnership Radio
- Added: Jan 26, 2006
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Cambodian Musician Daran Kravanh says music saved his life during the Kiling Fields.
- Added: Jul 21, 2005
- Length: 08:55
- Purchases: 3
The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay is about a frontier herbalist and acupuncturist in John Day, Oregon.
Bought by KZYX, KREV-LP, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
- Added: Jun 23, 2005
- Length: 09:10
- Purchases: 3
Famed pipa virtuoso Wu Man in her own words and her music
- Added: Oct 03, 2003
- Length: 04:50
- Purchases: 7
