PRX - Pieces for Tone: Offbeat

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Get Up, Stand Up
From: Re:Work
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When you get into a taxi, you usually know where you are coming from, where you are going. But what about your taxi driver? This week we travel wit...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:02
I smell onions!
From: KALW
Caption: Onion Ad, Credit: Sandip Roy
Election season in New Dehli with a flavorful twist!

  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
Sweet and Sour Tiffany: Chinese Naming Menu
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
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If you could pick your own name what would you choose? Three Chinese students living in Australia explain their name choices.

Bought by KRPS, WNIJ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Preserving a Mouthwatering Legacy: Kimchi
From: Emily Berman
Caption: Chef Young Lee offers Reporter Emily Friedman a taste of cabbage kimchi., Credit: Korean Cultural Center
The spicy Korean dish, kimchi, has a long pedigree, dating all the way back to the 7th century, if not earlier. Before freezers, before hydroponic ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
Meat-Pastry Rap Threatens China's Security
From: The Tibet Connection
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In March, a young Swiss-Tibetan named Karma Emchi pro­duced a funny rap song about a Tibetan meat pas­try and posted it on YouTube. But he couldn't...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:35
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