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Ray Suarez talks with The Washington Post’s Gerry Shih and Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, a Sri Lankan geopolitical analyst, to understand why-and-how Sr...

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  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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This week on the show: COVID pandemic rages on - As some countries have made remarkable strides in vaccinating their populations, the situation...

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Healthcare & the pandemic - In South Korea, there's a big push to get people with disabilities out of care facilities...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Fukushima 10 years on - Fukushima in Japan, March 11, 2011. An earthquake, a tsunami and three nuclear meltdowns. Much ...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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 ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
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On this week's show: Disability and Disaster - making emergency plans inclusive. When disasters strike, people with disabilities are even more ...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Fish caught in the Niagara River August 2016, Credit: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Fish caught in the Niagara River August 2016
An environmental group in Western New York is trying to help area refugees and others learn about the danger of eating contaminated fish from the G...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 6
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What India's latest space mission to Mars can tell us about the difficulties in reconciling the aspirations of the "haves" and the "have nots."

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
Caption: Kalpana Pradhan, Kolkata, India
A chaotic system of divorce by folk beliefs and text messages may be nearing its end.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2012
  • Length: 28:44
Caption: JRS staff from around the world discuss issues surrounding urban refugees while meeting at the St. Gabriel Personnel Development Center in Bangkok, Thailand, March 22, 2012. , Credit: Christian Fuchs — Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
(Washington, D.C.) April 27, 2012 - Jesuit Refugee Service has long recognized that serving urban refugee populations is a major challenge. Isolati...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
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A look into the complicated relationships between Nations in the Far East.

Bought by KQED, KPVL, KUOW, and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Messages from Japan, Credit: Eleanor Graf
Akinori Adachi is an exchange student from Japan who is currently studying in Maine. He says that before the nuclear crisis in Fukushima caused by ...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 01:19
  • Purchases: 2
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Four months after violence against immigrants, Kyrgyzstan is forming a new government. How will this contribute to stability? Crisis Group’s Centr...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:33
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One of Michigan's ethnic minorities finds a voice

  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 02:42
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Novato, California, where he visited his former host family mother, Ms. Libba Patterson.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:13
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Will North Korea's nuclear test spark a NE Asia arms race?

  • Added: Oct 08, 2006
  • Length: 05:04
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Japan has launched its third spy satellite, intended to keep a nervous eye on North Korea.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
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After years in the making, the United States and Japan have announced a sweeping realignment of the American military in Japan -- but few are celeb...

  • Added: May 02, 2006
  • Length: 04:30
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No progress expected during Russia's visit to Japan on territorial row

  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 02:43
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Rising nationalism in Japan worries Asians

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  • Added: May 14, 2005
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
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An untimely court ruling, in terms of geo-politics, gives no relief to elderly Chinese victimized by Japanese imperial forces in the 20th century.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:57
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To add insult to injury, not only has Japan failed to win an apology from China, but the communist government is now refusing to agree to a face-to...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2005
  • Length: 05:33
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Japan ponders is diplomatic path as anti-Japanese sentiment escalates among its neighbors

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Japan, China trade blame for demonstrations

  • Added: Apr 12, 2005
  • Length: 03:13
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Anti-Japanese demonstrations in China rile Tokyo

  • Added: Apr 10, 2005
  • Length: 04:05