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Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month -- What Don't You Know?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Didn’t know we celebrated such a thing? You’re not alone. Lesser known than Black History Month or ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Year of the Rat: A Joyful Celebration
From: Wanda Yang Temko
Series: A Public Radio Chinese New Year Special
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Commemorate Chinese New Year in 2020 through Music and Words.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WVTF


  • Added: Jan 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Timothy Louie
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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My great grandfather started the business in 1917. He came from China. This was the built-in childcare/daycare for me. My parents would come to w...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
IT Came from Beyond Zen: A Conversation With Brad Warner
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Brad Warner
Soto Zen Priest, Brad Warner, talks about Zen, zazen, and Dogen, the 13th century Japanese Zen Master.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Tariq Sheikh and Tabinda Sheikh
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Tariq Sheikh (left) and Tabinda Sheikh (right)
Married for 25 years, Tabinda and Tariq were recent immigrants when they first met, and even without a common language, their love blossomed.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:23
Dancing the Shrimp Dry: How Chinese Immigrants Drove Louisiana Seafood (Gravy Ep. 45)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: Man with rake and drying shrimp. , Credit: Photo courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Imagine this: deep in the Louisiana wetlands, a wooden platform the size of three football fields, covered in shrimp, drying in the sun… which are ...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 25:44
  • Purchases: 1
MEET THE PATELS -- Ravi and Geeta Patel Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Geeta and Ravi Patel talk avoiding cultural bias, listening to the world, and making everyone happy.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 24:01
Happy Boisakh (or just have some fried food)
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Calcutta food festival, Credit: Sandip Roy
Contrary to popular belief, Diwali or the Festival of Lights is not New Year everywhere in India. Some celebrate their New Year during Holi the fes...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Whistle-Stop Tour
From: Israel Story
Caption: Elik Frumchenko whistles with members of a Chinese whistling festival
A young Israeli is backpacking in China when he becomes the first ever Western professional whistler to perform at a Chinese whistle convention.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 1
India's kite makers and kite fighters
From: Adi Narayan
Caption: Kite maker Abdul Rauf (center) with Dilip Kapadia (right) flying a kite on a Mumbai rooftop, Credit: Adi Narayan
A profile of two old men who've bonded over the last three decades by their love for kites. One lovingly makes them, while the other flies them in ...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2014
  • Length: 06:47
TO BE TAKEI -- Jennifer Kroot and Bill Weber Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Bill Weber and Jennifer Kroot, San Francisco, CA 8/13/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jennifer Kroot and Bill Weber talk balance, the feud with Shatner, and trying to keep up with George.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 20:39
The Musical Hits of Indian Elections - 2014 edition
From: KALW
Caption: Drummers for the Congress Party, Credit: Sandip Roy
An Indian election campaign is not entirely unlike a Bollywood film. The heroes and villains might flip flop depending on your party preference. B...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
To Date or Not To Date? That is the Chinese Immigrant Teenager's Question
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: At the Heart, From the Heart
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Philly Youth Radio’s Yingci Chen is a first generation Chinese immigrant. She's noticed that Chinese immigrant parents often don't want their kids ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Bob and Aimee Gerold
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Aimee Gerold speaks with her father, Bob, about her adoption from China.

Bought by WTJU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 2
Tibetan monk, computer genius
From: The Tibet Connection
Caption: Venerable Lobsang Monlam, computer genius monk, Credit: www.lobsangmonlam.org
This Buddhist monk from Tibet went from learning how to switch a computer on to programming sophisticated, innovative software all on his own in ju...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:52
Making or Breaking a Business Deal in China -- with cigarettes
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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The writer Peter Hessler decodes the hidden messages of Chinese cigarettes in business deals.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, WBEZ, and WTIP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 3
Global Guru-Thailand's Hot and Cold Food
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru learns how to avoid culinary death in Bangkok -- and just why Thais categorize their food.

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 3
Ducks and Shoes at Abakus
From: Chinatown Youth Radio Philadelphia
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Introducing Abakus, a new shopping experience in Philadelphia Chinatown

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:01
Year of the Boar
From: Charlie Schroeder
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Charlie Schroeder and his wife, Wendy Mok, celebrate Chinese New Year...the old-fashioned way

  • Added: Jan 08, 2008
  • Length: 08:29
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a... Fugo Balloon?
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Up, up and away with Japan's littlest-known WWII weapon

  • Added: Sep 24, 2007
  • Length: 05:41
Self-Cleaning Fabric
From: Jacob Adelman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Hong Kong researcher creates a fabric that cleans itself in sunlight.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 2
Paul Pena's Kargyraa Moan
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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a blues singer discovers a new voice

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2005
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 3
Ramen Jiro
From: Andy Raskin
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Greatness awaits at the front of the line.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, KERA, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2004
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 4
Tokyo "All Aboard" Melodies
From: Andy Raskin
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Melodies heard on Tokyo train platforms.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KUT-HD, KTNA and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2004
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 7