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1871: First Japanese Girls Sent for American Education
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JUNE 2015
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Imagine being packed off to an exotic foreign land to be immersed into a wholly different culture -- back in the 1870's! (Sorry, no Skype here.) Au...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Whistle-Stop Tour
From: Israel Story
Caption: Elik Frumchenko whistles with members of a Chinese whistling festival
A young Israeli is backpacking in China when he becomes the first ever Western professional whistler to perform at a Chinese whistle convention.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 1
Losing Face and Saving Face: Understanding Chinese Culture
From: STephen ASma
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Humorous and Philosophical essay about "Face Culture" in everyday China

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
chinese new year 2010
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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join us for this weeks segment on the chinese new year

  • Added: Feb 07, 2012
  • Length: 19:38
Sparrow Quartet
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
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Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn talk about their music

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Oct 31, 2008
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 1
The Everest Chronicler
From: Susan Johnston
Series: Celebrating Mountain Culture: Selections from The Banff Mountain Film Festival and Banff Mountain Book Festival
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Elizabeth Hawley is the best-known chronicler of Everest expeditions, yet has never visited the mountain herself

  • Added: Feb 18, 2006
  • Length: 14:37
A Character Vault in Bangkok
From: Susan Johnston
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Christopher G. Moore redraws the line between fact and fiction

  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 15:37