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Lena Khan talks choreographing a slap fight, giving credit where it’s due, and surrendering to Seinfeld.
- Added: Mar 04, 2017
- Length: 11:13
Manipur’s court records talk about a game back in the 1st century AD and what’s different about polo in Manipur is that this not just a game for po...
- Added: Jan 17, 2017
- Length: 06:00
Nanfu Wang talks paranoia, creative radicalism, and dreaming big.
- Added: Jan 12, 2017
- Length: 27:03
In India in the 1960s there were few options for a blind child. Blind people often begged in trains and railway platforms singing hymns.
But Baluji...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Aug 23, 2016
- Length: 05:59
- Purchases: 1
Jonathan Lim and Daxing Zhang talk subtlety, spirituality, and a red balloon.
- Added: May 04, 2016
- Length: 18:23
It’s hardly Santaland but as Christmas approaches Montoo’s bakery, in a dingy lane in central Kolkata, is one of the city's hottest addresses.
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 06:00
It’s like saying "I don’t like Christmas." But Sandip Roy has never been particularly fond of Diwali.
- Added: Nov 11, 2015
- Length: 06:00
What we call mango in English has a hundred different names in India. Indians don’t love their mangos. They form fanatical fan clubs of different k...
Bought by WDBM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 3
An Indian election campaign is not entirely unlike a Bollywood film. The heroes and villains might flip flop depending on your party preference. B...
- Added: Apr 21, 2014
- Length: 04:30
"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
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
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
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
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
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
Cambodian Musician Daran Kravanh says music saved his life during the Kiling Fields.
- Added: Jul 21, 2005
- Length: 08:55
- Purchases: 3
Famed pipa virtuoso Wu Man in her own words and her music
- Added: Oct 03, 2003
- Length: 04:50
- Purchases: 7
