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Everyone knows that yoga comes from India and is an integral part of the Hindu tradition. But now, it seems everyone wants a piece of it. A new exh...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 03:37
- Purchases: 1
What India's latest space mission to Mars can tell us about the difficulties in reconciling the aspirations of the "haves" and the "have nots."
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 02:23
"Ghosts" in India are different in more than just their name.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 2
From the 1940s until the 1960s, San Francisco’s Chinatown was home to a thriving Chinese American nightclub scene. The scene died out in the 60s, a...
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 08:00
Writer/director Erik Matti talks by phone about politics, tracking shots, and why the hitmen in ON THE JOB are unique.
- Added: Sep 27, 2013
- Length: 16:13
It turns out that a community best known for winning spelling bees also has some radical skeletons in its closet.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 19, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Combat, chemicals, and corporations; a special program in honor of Agent Orange Day. We’ll look at the multigenerational legacy of Agent Orange -- ...
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Mira Nair talks multiple identities, defining fundamentalism, and creating dialogue.
- Added: Mar 16, 2013
- Length: 13:14
Philly Youth Radio’s Yingci Chen is a first generation Chinese immigrant. She's noticed that Chinese immigrant parents often don't want their kids ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 04:40
- Purchases: 2
Many refugees in the United States have complicated stories to tell. The plight of the Meskhetian Turks spans six decades and four countries. Now s...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 15, 2011
- Length: 04:43
- Purchases: 1
This Buddhist monk from Tibet went from learning how to switch a computer on to programming sophisticated, innovative software all on his own in ju...
- Added: Jan 03, 2011
- Length: 05:52
What does it mean to have an opinion on a controversial topic? Stanford student Tenzin Seldon, who is Tibetan, created a class in critical thinking...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 02, 2011
- Length: 06:31
- Purchases: 1
Four months after violence against immigrants, Kyrgyzstan is forming a new government. How will this contribute to stability? Crisis Group’s Centr...
- Added: Nov 02, 2010
- Length: 03:33
On 7 November, Myanmar will hold its first elections in 20 years. This could tear the border regions between Myanmar and China in ethnic conflict. ...
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 02:57
After experiencing the horror of the Khmer Rouge experience, Daran Kravanh credits an accordion that appeared on a stump in a forest with saving hi...
- Added: Apr 15, 2009
- Length: 04:59
Wilma Pang, Professor at San Francisco City College, shares the influence of Chinese opera, a rapidly-disappearing art form, wherever she can. Pan...
- Added: Apr 15, 2009
- Length: 04:58
Five experts discuss race relations in the U.S.
- Added: Oct 09, 2008
- Length: 03:00
Sound-rich documentary about Hmong-Americans living in the U.S.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WESM 91.3 FM, KWIT, KHEN-LP, KUNM and more
- Added: Sep 10, 2008
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 10
- Added: May 04, 2008
- Length: 18:36
- Purchases: 1
This special features Don Ho in Hawaii singing and talking in his last face-to-face Public Radio interview before he died in April 2007. As Don ...
- Added: Dec 11, 2007
- Length: 01:00:31
We visited the Wat Mai Monestary for Burmese Buddhist monks in Bangkok, Thailand. During our stay we were able to talk directly to the monks about...
- Added: Oct 19, 2007
- Length: 28:02
For centuries, the kava plant has played an important role in many Pacific Island cultures, where it's valued for its natural calming effects. In ...
- Added: Oct 02, 2007
- Length: 08:06
Jon Jang, composer and jazz pianist, who paved the way for Asian American jazz musicians.
- Added: Jun 30, 2007
- Length: 04:59
An enormous grassroots network in Sri Lanka seeks to provide an alternative to conventional economic development.
Bought by PRX Remix, WBEZ, and The PRX Podcast
- Added: Apr 11, 2007
- Length: 10:59
- Purchases: 3
Profile of 13-year-old prodigy and her musician family
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 08, 2007
- Length: 04:58
- Purchases: 1
