PRX - Pieces for Topic: Asian

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

16 results


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

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 22:01
  • Purchases: 1
Not Succeeding Isn't an Option
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
Piece image
I grew up learning to survive and kind of scrapping it out, and I think that’s probably why I’m such a good businessperson.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Lawyer Turned Poet Monica Youn
From: New Letters on the Air
Piece image
A lawyer-turned-poet and twice a finalist for the National Book Award, Monica Youn reveals why she felt the need to leave the legal field for creat...

  • Added: May 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Playing The National Anthem On A Pipa? Gao Hong Brings It
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Gao Hong, Credit: Ryan Dawes
When the Minnesota Timberwolves asked Gao Hong to play the "Star-Spangled Banner" before a game, she was nervous. This would be the first time most...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
How Dr. Sonia Patel Learned To Figure Herself Out Through Rap and Writing
From: Aliya Janjua
Piece image
Dr. Sonia Patel practices psychiatry in Honolulu and is the author of the critically acclaimed young adult novel, “Rani Patel in Full Effect”.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 40:31
StoryCorps: Tariq Sheikh and Tabinda Sheikh
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Tariq Sheikh (left) and Tabinda Sheikh (right)
Married for 25 years, Tabinda and Tariq were recent immigrants when they first met, and even without a common language, their love blossomed.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:23
Chinese Immigration:  The Veil of Secrecy and Silence
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
Piece image
Radio Curious visits with Felicia Lowe the producer of “Chinese Couplets” a documentary about Lowe's quest to learn about her ancestral history by ...

  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
Latitude News Podcast #3 - Black in China
From: Latitude News
Caption: Jo Bai and her fellow English teachers in Yuyao, China.
Jo is African American. Jo lives in Yuyao, China. Jo gets a lot of attention.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 13:14
  • Purchases: 1
Yamamoto's Waves
From: Sofia Saldanha
Series: The Wapping Project Podcast
Piece image
"A silk dress with a bamboo crinoline hangs upside down over a lake in the center of a former power station. The dress' reflection, distorted by a ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 09:42
  • Purchases: 1
Would've Been the Mean Mommy
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Cherlyn and her mom
A woman becomes a mom at the precise moment that her own mother decides to stop being a mother.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 12:03
  • Purchases: 1
Churning Milk in Nepal
From: Laura Spero
Series: What's Cooking
Caption: Reporter Laura Spero looks for giu while Aamaa watches in the background...with a smile., Credit: Laura Spero
Let's talk about locally produced food--you've never had milk like this. In the village of Kaskikot, Nepal, Aamaa shows reporter Laura Spero how t...

Bought by WBEZ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2009
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Amy Tan
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
Piece image
Acclaimed writer Amy Tan believes in ghosts and the messages of joy, love and peace they bring her.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WEZU, KUER, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 7
Susie's story
From: Will Wright
Caption: Susie laughs easily, Credit: Veronica Kiss
Will Wright talks to a young blind doctoral student about some of the myths and other obstacles she faces as "just a normal 22-year-old."

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: 03:37
The Women of India
From: Mahi Palanisami
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Five brown women, talk about themselves in relation to India

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 18, 2008
  • Length: 27:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Journey of Lady Buddha
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Piece image
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
Piece image
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