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Women in Herpetology: A Book Brings Them Together
From: Suki Wessling
Series: Babblery Minibabbles
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Three women herpetologists decide that their stories need to be told.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 22:01
  • Purchases: 1
Jason Rhee: Making a Documentary about "the Korean Magic Johnson of NCAA women's basketball."
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jason Rhee, Credit: Mike Jue
In his documentary in process, EJ Lee: All-American filmmaker Jason Rhee tells the story of EJ Lee a Korean immigrant in Louisiana who was a pheno...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUN, WSLR, KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Episode 137: The Honor and Weight of Being a Role Model, 4/23/2023
From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
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It's always exhausting not being yourself

  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
Revisiting A Conversation with Author Vanessa Hua
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Vanessa Hua, Credit: Andria Lo
Author Vanessa Hua discusses her fiction and her determination to shine a light on the multiplicity of voices within the Chinese-American diaspora

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KMUN


  • Added: Aug 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
29: A Passion for Korean Food With a Michigan Twist, 06/23/2022
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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We meet Ji Hye Kim, a chef who has a passion for making Korean food with a Michigan twist. As the owner of Miss Kim restaurant in Ann Arbor, Ji Hy...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 54:02
Poet Shin Yu Pai
From: New Letters on the Air
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Taiwanese-American poet, Shin Yu(Yee) Pai(Pie), reads from her seventh collection, ADAMANTINE, and her earlier work, SIGHTINGS, in which she not on...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WJCU


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Jennifer Huang
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Taiwanese-American poet Jennifer Huang discusses her debut collection, "Return Flight."

Bought by WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Musician's Spotlight -Tanya Gabrielian Part One - 740
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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How could a freak accident during a Kung Fu class change the life of a concert pianist? Hailed by the London Times as "a pianist of powerful physic...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
LOVE AND BANANAS -- Lek Chailert, Ashley Bell, and John Michael McCarthy Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ashley Belle, John Michael McCarthy. and Lek Chailer, San Francisco, CA 5/25/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lek Chailert, Ashley Bell, and John Michael McCarthy talk choices, chirping, and how an elephant can be like a Prius.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 28:48
Coming outish
From: S B
Series: TheyThem: a brown, generation Y-er's gender journey
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Introducing the podcast - here's the e-mail I wrote to my friends on my 37th birthday about my pronoun change.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2018
  • Length: 06:03
OH LUCY! -- Atsuko Hirayanagi Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Atsuko Hirayanagi, San Francisco, CA 3/7/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Atsuko Hirayanagi talks culture, conforming, and the mixed blessing of a sugar coating.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 16:27
Pretty Shuai Episode 1: Single Ladies
From: Clay Baldo
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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
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
LIGHT -- Lenora Lee Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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
THE TIGER HUNTER -- Lena Khan Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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
HOOLIGAN SPARROW -- Nanfu Wang Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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
THE EAGLE HUNTRESS -- Otto Bell Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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
China’s Reproductive Regime: Mei Fong & Barbara Demick on China’s one child policy
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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China correspondent Gady Epstein in conversation with author and New America Fellow Mei Fong and journalist Barbara on China’s one child policy.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
Mimi & Linda
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: Summer Institute Edition
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A mother & daughter recollect moving to Austin from Vietnam. This story was produced by Ana Kolendo, Linda O’Neal, and Lindsey Shirack during the ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 05:46
  • 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
Underground Trade Part 5: Taken into China
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Underground Trade: From Boston to Bangkok
Caption: Two girls rescued from sex traffickers, Credit: Phillip Martin
Vietnam is losing its children. For years, girls and young women have been taken — kidnapped and trafficked across the border into Cambodia and so...

Bought by KUER, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, and WRPI


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 5
Underground Trade Part 6: Trading in Shame
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Underground Trade: From Boston to Bangkok
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Phillip Martin travels to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to the home of a man whose 19-year old daughter was just rescued from a brothel in China. The ...

Bought by KUER, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, and WRPI


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 5
Underground Trade Part 1: Hiding in Plain Sight
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Underground Trade: From Boston to Bangkok
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On a warm night a Boston suburb saw its image altered with the arrests of individuals connected to a massage parlor. Behind the closed doors poli...

Bought by KUER, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, and WRPI


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 5
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