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The Apple Seed - Chinese New Year
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On today's hour of storytelling, we hear stories from tellers that specialize in tales from the Eastern Hemisphere, including storytellers like Mot...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
The Year of the Ox: A Joyful Celebration
From: Wanda Yang Temko
Series: A Public Radio Chinese New Year Special
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Commemorate Chinese New Year in 2021 through Music and Words.

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: Jan 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Tan
From: StoryCorps
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Grandma Crescenciana was no stranger to sacrificing for family. Her grandchildren called her Lola. They grew up hearing stories about her life in t...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:39
A Mother-Daughter Duel Memoir Exploring Immigration, Trauma, and Motherhood
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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FAMILY IN SIX TONES is a duel memoir co-authored by writer and law professor at the Chapman University School of Law, Lan Cao and her daughter Harl...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 12:38
  • Purchases: 1
Dispatch #351 - Mahalaya
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The Goddess Durga and her family, Credit: Sandip Roy
There is a pandemic demon that needs slaying, and we would do well to heed the lessons of Durga.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Making Dumplings
From: NANCY GUAN
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I interview my mom about her personal history with this traditional Chinese dish—dumplings.

  • Added: May 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:28
Two Revolutions, Many Secrets
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Left: Wilson Dairy Restaurant Right: Helen Zia as baby with mom
In the midst of our dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s hard to imagine what stories we will ultimately tell our children and grandchildren. T...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Happy Bengali New Year
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Wooden toys at a past Charak Mela festival, Credit: Sandip Roy
In the year 1427, there will be no celebration. But Sandip remembers the Bengali New Year festivities from years past, the Charak Mela.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
National Writers Series: Aarti Shahani
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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National Public Radio reporter Aarti Shahani talks with WDET News Director Jerome Vaughn about her book, "Here We Are: American Dreams, American Ni...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 28, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Flip Cuddy and Christine Cuddy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Susan Ahn Cuddy (far right) at the US Naval Air Station in Florida in 1943., Credit: Courtesy of Flip Cuddy.
Flip and Christine Cuddy remember their mother, Susan Ahn Cuddy, a Navy gunnery officer who served in World War II.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 02:23
Sisters Matsumoto
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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After years in an internment camp, a Japanese-American family struggles to adjust to their new lives.

Bought by KUNM, KUNM, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Year of the Pig: A Joyful Celebration
From: Wanda Yang Temko
Series: A Public Radio Chinese New Year Special
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Commemorate Chinese New Year in 2019 through Music and Words.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 25, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Third I Film Festival
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy misses a piece of India that can only be had in in San Francisco.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
LIVING IN AN AMERICAN INTERNMENT CAMP
From: Michelle Harven
Series: Legacy
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Mary Tamaki Murakami talks about life in an internment camp during World War II and why she sees parallels in today’s treatment of Muslim-Americans.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 4
All the Women in My Family Sing
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Deborah Santana
There’s a growing awareness of solidarity among women. They refuse to be silenced. What began as a Women’s March in January 2017 has now evolved in...

Bought by WJSU and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ashe Bhosle's onions
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Ashe Bhosle in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Once Asha effortlessly brought India to my kitchen in California. Now she transported me from a balmy night in a park in Kolkata to a foggy evening...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Yes, I'm from China. And yes those people are my parents
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Maya and her parents., Credit: Courtesy of Maya Konz
The first thing you say to someone you just met is most likely a polite greeting: "Hello! What's your name?" But not everyone is that thoughtful.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Gary Koivu and Kim Koivu
From: StoryCorps
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Vincent Chin was a 27-year-old draftsman living near Detroit. On a June night in 1982, he and a group of friends went out to celebrate his wedding,...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 2
How Saba Gul Empowers Global Women Through Connecting Their Stories To Products
From: Aliya Janjua
Series: Confessions of Successful Asian Women
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Listen to Popinjay’s CEO Saba Gul, who started out from MIT in a career in engineering and is now making a global social impact through connecting ...

  • Added: May 27, 2017
  • Length: 39:00
Susie Lee: Listening to Your Body Before Changing Your Life
From: The Art of Risk
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What did want to be when she grew up? A plastic surgeon! No, a science teacher! No, I know—an artist. No, wait—company CEO! Susie Lee CEO of Siren...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 42:43
Where are you from?
From: Terrascope Radio
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"Where are you from? ... No, where are you REALLY from?" Because of her skin tone and features, Milani Chatterji-Len gets asked this question all t...

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


  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
Food Fest! (Diwali 2016)
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Durga Puja and Diwali bookend our festival season in Kolkata. But there’s an ancillary festival that’s almost as important. It needs as much plann...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Dragon Boats Strike Chord with Breast Cancer Survivors
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The Gathering Place DragonFlys Lifejacket , Credit: Elizabeth Miller
The Chinese cultural activity has become popular with breast cancer survivors as a way to build community and regain strength.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXXI Rochester, WBFO, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 7
The Mahisasur Mardini of Durga Puja
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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I don’t know how many shoes this old radio program sells. But it can never feel the same as hearing those voices, most of them long dead, bring a c...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
New Life in the United States by Quang Do and Sarah Ngo
From: Jennifer Cecil Moore
Series: Voices of the Market
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Sarah Ngo introduces her friend Quang Do who shares her experience as a refugee from Vietnam and starting a new life in the United States.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 1

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