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Caption: RadioActive youth producers Ahlaam Ibraahim and Esa Tilija. Ibraahim says 'when you're born, they call you a lighty, and it's praised.', Credit: Esa Tilija
"When you're born, they call you a lighty, and it's praised." RadioActive Youth Producers Ahlaam Ibraahim and Esa Tilija explore the world of colo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 14:18
Caption: Ellen Choy-Asians4BlackLives, Credit: Brooke Anderson Photography
Crossing East: Relations is one-hour documentary special produced by Dmae Roberts, executive producer of MediaRites’ Crossing East series with Roby...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Annie Q & Angie Wang, San Francisco, CA 3/10/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Annie Q and Angie Wang talk evoking empathy, burping as liberation, and how Star Trek made their movie happen.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2017
  • Length: 20:19
Caption: Konrad Aderer, San Francisco, CA 3/11/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Konrad Aderer talks propaganda, dangerous precedents, and recording what may be the last living memories.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2017
  • Length: 25:26
  • Purchases: 1
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This series is about individuals in China. Episode one is about Single ladies and the pressures put on them by society.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 19:46
Caption: Jeff Adachi, San Francisco, CA 3/21/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jeff Adachi talks racism, reform, and the power of film.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2017
  • Length: 21:39
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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
Caption: Endurance Amarawa, Ibgiya Malu Chukwuma and Precious Amalcima, Credit: Virendra Singh Gosain/Hindustani Times
There have been other mob attacks in India before thre Nigerians were beaten in a mall in Delhi on March 27. Each time the government promises stri...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Steve James, San Francisco, CA 3/13/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Steve James talks gambles, subtlety, and having the right imprimatur.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 15:00
Caption: Lenora Lee, San Francisco, CA 3/7/2017, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lenora Lee talks transcending timelines, embracing improvisation, and dancing in a cramped space.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 12:31
Caption: Lena Khan, San Francisco, CA 2/9/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lena Khan talks choreographing a slap fight, giving credit where it’s due, and surrendering to Seinfeld.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2017
  • Length: 11:13
Caption: A bedcover made by sisters Wei Guoer and Wei Guofeng of Guangxi Province. (Courtesy of the Mathers Museum of World Cultures)
The exhibition, The Quilts of Southwest China, was organized by a bi-national consortium of Chinese and American museums, including the Mathers Mus...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 58:05
Caption: Nanfu Wang, San Francisco, CA 1/4/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Nanfu Wang talks paranoia, creative radicalism, and dreaming big.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 27:03
Caption: Vaddey Ratner, Credit: Christina Sherk
Vaddey Ratner's novel, In the Shadow of the Banyan honors her lost family

Bought by WNJR, WMUU-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Otto Bell, San Rafael, CA, 10/14/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Otto Bell talks legacies, options, and bucking traditions.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 14:13
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
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China has built and is operating the world's largest Radio telescope.

Bought by Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KGUA, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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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
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Ross Adam talks about film as propaganda, the astonishing reach of Netflix, and what happens when you get what you wish for

  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 13:46
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
Caption: Tommie Shelby
Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Dr. Tommie Shelby, department of philosophy at Harvard University, the Caldwell Titcomb Professor of Africa...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 30, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
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Brian Perkins talks prophetic dreams, being a midwife, and the mistake first-time filmmakers make.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 17:37
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As part of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, we hear from Jonathan Stalling, the first westerner chosen as Beijing University's Poet-in-Reside...

Bought by KQED and XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Daxing Zhang & Jonathan Lim, San Francisco, CA 3/14/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jonathan Lim and Daxing Zhang talk subtlety, spirituality, and a red balloon.

  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 18:23