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WE ARE X -- Stephen KijaK Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Stephen Kijak, San Francisco, CA 10/26/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Stephen Kijak talks authenticity, serendipity, and making Yoshiki cry.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 22:29
Mr. Duterte takes the Philippines to China: Goodbye America?
From: Sarwar Kashmeri
Series: Orient Espresso
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The Philippines is America's oldest treaty ally in Asia. Its bases and ports are key building blocks in the United States attempt to encircle China...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2016
  • Length: 04:49
The Great Water Game: China's dam will impact India's water supply
From: Sarwar Kashmeri
Series: Orient Espresso
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A vast and densely populated region of North-east India that depends on water from Brahmaputra and its tributaries is feeling agitated over China’s...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2016
  • Length: 05:13
Michael Berry and the art of translation
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Yu Hua and Michael Berry Beijing August 2010 , Credit: courtesy of Michael Berry
Michael Berry reflects on the art of translating Yu Hua’s influential novel and new Big Read title To Live into English

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPIP-LP, WRIR, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Kao Kalia Yang -- What is home? A refugee's challenge.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kao Kalia Yang
Kao Kalia Yang's book, The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir is a personal story that speaks to the moment.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 29, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
THE FINAL MASTER -- Xu Haofeng
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Xu Haofeng, San Francisco, CA 5/31/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Xu Haofeng talks curved knives, revealing secrets, and what he owes War Kong Wei.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 13:30
9: Beverly Parenti & Hediana Utarti, Bringing Hope Within Reach for Immigrants and Inmates
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Beverly Parenti, The Last Mile
Human trafficking is estimated to be in the millions--yet only a fraction of it is reported. And taxpayers spend $60,000 per person, per year on in...

Bought by KKRN, KWMR, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Lisa See and her “China Dolls”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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It’s 1938 in San Francisco. War is brewing around the world, but America's entry into World War II is still several years away. Meanwhile in this ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with sound architect Bora Yoon
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bora Yoon, Credit: Leslie Van Stelte.
Bora Yoon talks about building the sonic design of her album Sunken Cathedral.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE


  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with novelist, Julie Otsuka
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Julie Otsuka, Credit: Robert Bessoir
Julie Otsuka’s first novel When the Emperor Was Divine explores her family’s history in the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Jane Chu--the new chair of the National Endowment for the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jane Chu, Credit: Courtesy of the Kauffman Center for the Arts
Jane Chu shares her ideas for the agency and the place of art in her own life.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with David Mura
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: David Mura, Credit: Courtesy of American Program Bureau, Inc.
Poet, Writer and Spoken-Word Performer David Mura uses his considerable talents as a poet, novelist, memoirist and performer to explore what it me...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 27:29
  • Purchases: 1
Author Jenny Bowen, “Wish You Happy Forever"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Though she identifies herself as just an ordinary person with a dream, au contraire, Jenny’s accomplishments are stunning. She is an American who...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2014
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 2
Author Martin Cruz Smith and “Tatiana”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Arkady Renko, a senior investigator in the Moscow prosecutor's office, is back. Smith’s first book in this 8-book series was “Gorky Park” published...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
Sayon Soeun on Conversations with Allan Wolper
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Sayon Soeun, once a child soldier kidnapped by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge government which killed over two million people, returns to his homeland to s...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Singer-Songwriter Josh Vasa
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Singer-songwriter Josh Vasa, Credit: Tanner Latham
Birmingham, Alabama, singer-songwriter Josh Vasa of the band Sanyasi talks about his Indian heritage, writing, and the value of cheesy lyrics.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 3
Author Amy Tan and “The Valley of Amazement”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This Chinese-American novelist, perhaps best known for her book, "Joy Luck Club," takes readers to Shanghai and its International Settlement where ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 1
Author Adam Johnson, an American obsessed with North Korea
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “The Orphan Master’s Son,” this Stanford University creative writing teacher introduces us to the people of modern-day North Korea. Johnson spe...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 1
Author Paul French and "Midnight in Peking"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A UK author who has lived in China for decades tells a true-crime tale of the unsolved murder of a young British girl in 1937 in colonial Peking, a...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE -- Debbie Lum Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Debbie Lum, San Francisco, CA 3/11/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Debbie Lum talks facing her fears, keeping the conversation going, and why she ended up as a character in her own documentary.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 14:25
AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY -- Alison Klayman Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Filmmaker Alison Klayman talks freedom of expression, universal struggles, and the limits of subtitles.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2012
  • Length: 18:25
PATANG (THE KITE) -- Filmmaker Prashant Bhargava interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Prashant Bhargava, San Francisco, CA 5/29/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Prashant Bhargava talks family, favors, and firsts.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 22:48
LAST CALL AT THE OASIS -- Jessica Yu interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Jessica Yu, San Francisco, CA 5/1/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Jessica Yu talks water, spin, and denial.

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 09:58
Across Many Mountains
From: The Tibet Connection
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An interview with actress, model, martial artists and author Yangzom Brauen and her mother, Sonam Brauen, about Yangzom’s new book, Across Many Mou...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 14:32
SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN -- Wayne Wang Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Wayne Wang talks high heels, bound feet, and radical Quakers

  • Added: Jul 12, 2011
  • Length: 16:21