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The River of Jabalpur
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Worshipping the river has become a new choreographed sound and light ritual for tourists. , Credit: Sandip Roy
River towns in India are often temple towns and come with their own rituals.

  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Queens Memory Podcast- Seeing Signs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: The "Little Manila" Mabuhay mural, represents welcome, best wishes and life. It greets you in bright yellow on a sky-blue field on the wall of Amazing Grace Restaurant, evoking the taste and fragrance of the Filipines. Calamansi fruits and sampaguita blos, Credit: Jake Hofileña
This episode is from the Queens Memory Podcast, a project archiving stories from Queens, New York. “Little Manila” is a Filipino enclave dating ba...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMUN


  • Added: May 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Jason Rhee: Making a Documentary about "the Korean Magic Johnson of NCAA women's basketball."
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jason Rhee, Credit: Mike Jue
In his documentary in process, EJ Lee: All-American filmmaker Jason Rhee tells the story of EJ Lee a Korean immigrant in Louisiana who was a pheno...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUN, WSLR, KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
‘That Rotten Spot’
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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When the plague broke out in San Francisco in 1900, the public health department singled out Chinatown—as if Chinatown were the problem.

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 51:34
Friendship and Harmony: Celebrating Asian and Pacific Americans in Classical Music
From: Classical California
Series: Classical California Specials
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The month of May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Celebrate with Classical California's two-hour special, Friendship and Harm...

Bought by WHRV, KALW, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 12, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Revisiting Author and Author and 2021 National Humanities Medalist Amy Tan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Amy Tan, Credit: Julian Johnson
In time for Mother's Day: Author and 2021 National Humanities Medalist Amy Tan discusses “The Joy Luck Club,” her writing with its themes of family...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KZUM


  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 4
Seven Samurai
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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There’s a sports metaphor I’ve heard used, in basketball mostly, when they say that a player is “in a zone.” Every shot seems to go in; whenever th...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:56
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month -- What Don't You Know?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Didn’t know we celebrated such a thing? You’re not alone. Lesser known than Black History Month or ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 137: The Honor and Weight of Being a Role Model, 4/23/2023
From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
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It's always exhausting not being yourself

  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
DJ Carrot talks Black Pink on K-Popcast
From: KXCI
Series: Bonus Tracks
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DJ Carrot premieres her “K-popcast” series and discusses the K-pop girl group sensation Black Pink. She discusses the group’s history, albums, coll...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:15
Rising Against Asian Hate: Turning Grief Into Action
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Join Laura and Gina Kim for this impactful conversation on combating anti-Asian hate. A documentary series on PBS, Rising Against Asian Hate: One ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
Boats on a River
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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An American expatriate and his British colleague work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution.

Bought by KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 17
Fistfull of Joy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Stalls set up to sell Holi colors in Kolkata. , Credit: Sandip Roy
It’s time to play Holi in India and Sandip Roy grabs a fistful of joy!

  • Added: Mar 07, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
StoryCorps Historias: Chhaya Chhoum and Eddie Rivera
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Chhaya Chhoum came to StoryCorps with her husband Eddie Rivera to talk about how they first met and the twists and turns of their relationship.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
RETURN TO SEOUL -- Davy Chou Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Davy Chou, San Francisco, CA 1/10/23, Credit: Andrea Chase
Davy Chou talks frustration, poetry, and contradictory forces.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 20:20
Mishti Mukh
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: An artist's rendition of a woman moira or sweetmaker., Credit: Sandip Roy
Kolkata is famous for its love of books. And its love for sweets. And Sandip Roy just went to Jugal's Literature Festival - the  first ever literat...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
The Write Question - Fatimah Asghar
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet and novelist Fatimah Asghar discusses their debut novel, "When We Were Sisters."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, WETS, KVNF, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Pathaan
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Cutouts of Pathaan characters at a movie theatre in Kolkata., Credit: Bishan Samaddar
Pathaan, the biggest Bollywood hit of recent times is being hailed as the return of its star Shah Rukh Khan. But a lot more is being read into its ...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Eileen Mueller at the Frozen River Film Festival
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today on Don't Cha Know, we talk to Eileen Mueller who is the managing director at the Frozen River Film Festival. The Frozen River Film Fest is an...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 42:07
City of Joy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The French author Dominique LaPierre died recently and that made Sandip Roy think of the author's legacy on his hometown of Kolkata.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Magic of Nghi Vo
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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What if Jay Gatsby literally sold his soul to get that giant mansion? What if Hollywood studios hired changelings who could actually turn into thei...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 34:11
  • Purchases: 1
On the River
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The Ganga Voyager, a boat on a river cruise down the Ganga in India, Credit: Sandip Roy
The longest river cruise in the world is underway on it’s maiden voyage in India.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rhythm Atlas 271 2023-01-16 Lunar New Year
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this week's episode of The Rhythm Atlas, you'll hear a set of music in celebration of Lunar New Year, a track from the debut album by Montreal g...

Bought by KHNS, Spokane Public Radio, and KAMU


  • Added: Jan 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Everyday
From: Scott Wen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A day in the life of someone struggling to hold it together through the struggles of dealing with symptoms from ADHD.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2023
  • Length: 04:00
National Writers Series: Stephanie Foo
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Susan Odgers talks with author and radio producer Stephanie Foo.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., Baltimore Public Media, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 6

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