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This I Believe - Yinong Young-Xu
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Yinong Young-Xu believes he must guard against exercising the brutality he learned as a child in China.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KBGA 89.9 FM, and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2007
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 4
The Forgotten
From: SCAD Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tim Bui of Gulfport, MS tells his story of Katrina.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 25, 2006
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
Crossing East: Jared Rehberg Music Feature
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Singer/Songwriter Jared Rehberg is perhaps the only transracial and international adoptee who sings about being an adoptee.

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Nov 07, 2006
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Ying Ying Yu
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Even at 13, Ying Ying Yu believes she has a duty to her parents, her ancestors and her homeland.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KJZZ, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 5
This I Believe - Harold Taw
From: This I Believe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Seattle attorney and writer Harold Taw believes a unique birthday tradition helps his family prosper.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 1
Tsim Txom: Domestic Violence in Hmong Society
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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A look at domestic abuse in Hmong culture

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 01, 2006
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
Tiger Balm and Batman Comics
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Edward Lee has questions about his family’s immigration to Canada, and the only person he can ask is his father.

Bought by WTIP, KCUR, WMPG, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 4
A Colonel's Daughter
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Makiko Ishihara of Toronto travels to her childhood home in Japan to face some difficult memories.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KCUR, and WETA


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
  • Purchases: 3
Settling in to Kansas City
From: KCUR
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Vietnamese American family in Kansas City welcomes relatives from New Orleans, and connects to larger community.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2005
  • Length: 02:45
RN Documentary: Adrift in Sri Lanka
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Marijke van der Meer was a tourist in Sri Lanka when the tsunami hit and recorded her experiences in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.

Bought by Central Florida Public Media


  • Added: Jan 27, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Journey of Lady Buddha
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A mythological and personal documentary about Kuan Yin, the Asian Goddess of Mercy and Compassion

Bought by Room Tone Selects, WCPN, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2004
  • Length: 56:43
  • Purchases: 11
Don't Take The Colors Apart
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Amerasian Playwright Velina Hasu Houston learned early on to have pride in her identity through her African American father and Japanese mother.

Bought by KVSC, WESM 91.3 FM, KUER, KVSC, KUT and more


  • Added: May 17, 2004
  • Length: 26:09
  • Purchases: 17
Memorial
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Every 100 days, Roberts saves the phone messages of her mom who passed away two years ago as a living memorial.

Bought by WHFR, Prairie Public, Room Tone Selects, WTJU, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: May 02, 2004
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 28
9/11 Rewrite: Memoir in a Time of Violence
From: Laura Jackson
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"What does it mean to fashion a self in the midst of a violent world"?

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 20, 2004
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 1
Come On Down
From: New America Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Chinese American's Words of Warning for South Asians looking for themselves in movies and TV.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Feb 10, 2004
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
Wu Man - Pipa player
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Famed pipa virtuoso Wu Man in her own words and her music

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, WCQS, WEKU, KCUR and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2003
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 7

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