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World in Progress 09/05/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Why Indonesia is a target for tobacco companies Indonesian households spend almost as much on cigarettes as they do on ri...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
World in Progress 04/11/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Indonesia is at a crossroads. The predominantly muslim country that was once hailed for its religious tolerance and diversi...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
Cambodia - The Little Bank that Grew (2010 PRI/BBC The World)
From: Hechtech
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It's one of Cambodia's few success stories. ACLEDA bank began as a micro-lender. Loaning tiny sums to allow Cambodians to open small businesses.Now...

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 05:02
Passage to the Middle Kingdom - Chinese Musical Traditions
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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For hundreds of years, China has held sway over the western imagination. With exquisite silks, architecture, poetry, calligraphy, paintings,music a...

Bought by KALW, KFCF FM, WVBI-LP, WCPN, KTOO and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 10
Scott Gerson MD chooses The Ancient Indian Healing Art of Ayurvedic Medicine as a Way to help Cancer Patients Naturally
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Scott Gerson MD choses The Ancient Indian Healing Art of Ayurvedic Medicine as a Way to help Cancer Patients Naturally. Currently, Dr. Gerson is t...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 1
Vijay Iyer's "Entropy and Time"
From: Tomal Hossain
Caption: Album art of Vijay Iyer's 2011 album, "Tirtha"
A song review of the track "Entropy and Time" off of Vijay Iyer's 2011 album, Tirtha.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:54
The Erhu (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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At one time, the erhu was the muse of Central Asian nomads; this small, two-stringed fiddle could be played on horseback (imagine folk modifying an...

Bought by KBYI


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chinese Ensembles (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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About 2,500 years ago, the body of a Chinese nobleman was placed in a tomb with items he cherished most: furnishings, bronze vessels, weapons and s...

Bought by WXXI


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Guzheng (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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It's among the most popular instruments in China. Over most of its 2,500-year-history, the guzheng has been a mainstay in everything from opera to ...

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio, KBYI, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Guzheng (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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It's among the most popular instruments in China. Over most of its 2,500-year-history, the guzheng has been a mainstay in everything from opera to ...

Bought by Raven Radio and WXXI


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
Percussion Music (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Have you ever heard of a wooden fish, a flowerpot drum or a nipple gong? They are part of a raucous, colorful-and wildly popular-feature in Chinese...

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio, KBYI, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 3
Percussion Music (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Have you ever heard of a wooden fish, a flowerpot drum or a nipple gong? They are part of a raucous, colorful-and wildly popular-feature in Chinese...

Bought by WXXI


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Suona (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Yazhi Guo grew up during China’s Cultural Revolution when conservatories were closed and traditional Chinese music and musical instruments were all...

Bought by WXXI, KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and KOWS


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 5
The Suona (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Yazhi Guo grew up during China’s Cultural Revolution when conservatories were closed and traditional Chinese music and musical instruments were all...

Bought by KBYI, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, and KOWS


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Dizi (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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As a child, Jennifer Alexa Zhang spent around eight hours a day practicing the piano. As a teen, she added the Chinese bamboo flute to her regimen ...

Bought by WXXI, KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and KOWS


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 5
The Dizi (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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As a child, Jennifer Alexa Zhang spent around eight hours a day practicing the piano. As a teen, she added the Chinese bamboo flute to her regimen ...

Bought by KBYI, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, and KOWS


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Pipa (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Wu Man lives in San Diego, but works in venues around the world. And she is doing it on an instrument that had once been in decline. When she enter...

Bought by WXXI, KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and KOWS


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 5
The Pipa (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Wu Man lives in San Diego, but works in venues around the world. And she is doing it on an instrument that had once been in decline. When she enter...

Bought by KBYI, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, and KOWS


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 5
The YangQin (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Xiao Xiannian (Xiao is the last name) is a conservatory-trained virtuoso of the YangQin-a Chinese hammered dulcimer. Once a soloist with a prestigi...

Bought by WXXI, KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 6
The YangQin (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Xiao Xiannian (Xiao is the last name) is a conservatory-trained virtuoso of the YangQin-a Chinese hammered dulcimer. Once a soloist with a prestigi...

Bought by KBYI, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, and KOWS


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 10:07
  • Purchases: 5
StudioTalk No. 1: Music follows Behaviour.... with Mandolin player Sri Sugato Bhaduri (Kolkata)
From: ElJay Arem
Series: IMC - India meets Classic presents... StudioTalks
Caption: ElJay A. on microphone
Sri Sugato Bhaduri is one of the few mandoline maestros in Indian Classical music and from Kolkata (India). The Mandolin is an Italian instrument b...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
StudioTalk No. 2: Music awareness by Love… from Love to Music... with Sarod player Ranajit Sengupta (Kolkata)
From: ElJay Arem
Series: IMC - India meets Classic presents... StudioTalks
Caption: ElJay A. on microphone
The StudioTalk presents Ranajit Sengupta, a sarod player from Kolkata (India), film composer, lecturer for Indian Classical Music, working on resea...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
TABOO, An Artists Reflection on Hiroshima with Dan Eastman
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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In a related episode of Culture Clique, we heard from Dr. Shigeko Sasamori on her encounter with the atomic bomb which occurred in Hiroshima on Aug...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 22:50
  • Purchases: 1
Nobel Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo: Profile in Peace (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Liu Xiaobo, Credit: wikipedia
Two writers with ties to 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo talk about his life and writings. Xiaobo died Thursday, July 13, 2017 at age 61 w...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KUNM, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Nobel Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo: Profile in Peace (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Liu Xiaobo, Credit: wikipedia
Two writers with ties to 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo talk about his life and writings. Xiaobo died Thursday, July 13, 2017 at age 61 ...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8