PRX - Pieces for Topic: Asian
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On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes one of the most revered and accomplished singer songwriters of his genera...
- Added: Dec 30, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 31
Curt Meyer was looking for adventure, so he took a job aboard a Japanese fishing trawler on the Bering Sea. But when a storm hit, the lack of a sha...
- Added: Jul 31, 2019
- Length: 16:29
My great grandfather started the business in 1917. He came from China. This was the built-in childcare/daycare for me. My parents would come to w...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 13, 2018
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 1
As part of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, we hear from Jonathan Stalling, the first westerner chosen as Beijing University's Poet-in-Reside...
- Added: May 18, 2016
- Length: 30:30
- Purchases: 2
download or stream available over at http://facestogether.bandcamp.com/album/se-asia-series
- Added: Apr 17, 2015
- Length: 10:10
One of our 100-second weekday readings for MAY; an unusual Afghani custom.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Apr 24, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
Author Amy Chavez talks about the experiences which ultimately led to her book, "900 Miles to Enlightenment: Running the Shikoku Pilgrimage."
- Added: May 31, 2013
- Length: 06:40
Bhutan is a land of prayer flags and happiness. But people are people, and human suffering, including domestic violence, is as prevalent here as i...
Bought by KUER, KZYX, KQED, KFOK-LPFM, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Jun 09, 2011
- Length: 24:36
- Purchases: 5
When he finally went home to Viet Nam, he began using a name from an I.D. card he had purchased: Ho Chi Minh ... which means "bringer of light." An...
- Added: Dec 09, 2010
- Length: 03:00
- Added: Oct 13, 2008
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 1
Ever wondered how the Himalayas got mapped? What is the connection between Rudyard Kipling's Kim and the the group that mapped the Himalayas?
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: 26:28
Immigration and assimilation from a teen perspective.
Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WGXC, WMNF, and KUOW
- Added: Apr 21, 2007
- Length: 02:48
- Purchases: 4
Maori group called 'Wai" blends traditions with a hip hop sound in New Zealand.
- Added: Oct 06, 2006
- Length: 06:11
- Purchases: 2
Even at 13, Ying Ying Yu believes she has a duty to her parents, her ancestors and her homeland.
Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KJZZ, and KUOW
- Added: Oct 06, 2006
- Length: 03:47
- Purchases: 5
The tradition of Hmong Funerals as carried out in America (PRX Reversioning)
Bought by WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more
- Added: Apr 13, 2006
- Length: 07:51
- Purchases: 7
Three Korean-American women who visited North Korea give their impressions of family, food, politics, and beliefs.
- Added: Jan 03, 2006
- Length: 29:14
The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay is about a frontier herbalist and acupuncturist in John Day, Oregon.
Bought by KZYX, KREV-LP, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
- Added: Jun 23, 2005
- Length: 09:10
- Purchases: 3
Interview with shopkeeper in Seattle's Pike Street Market reveals herbal etiquette following an Indian meal.
- Added: Mar 22, 2005
- Length: 02:00
