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A lawyer-turned-poet and twice a finalist for the National Book Award, Monica Youn reveals why she felt the need to leave the legal field for creat...

  • Added: May 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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World in Progress: Urban futures - On this week's show, we head to Singapore where 100 scientists have gathered for the Future Cities Laborat...

  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
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In 19th Century San Francisco's Chinatown only 1 in 10 people were women, and most of them were forced into prostitution, trafficked by criminal to...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KCSB-FM, KWIT and more


  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
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One of the most common forms of trafficking is labor trafficking. In this episode, Re:Work Radio brings you the story of Lester Ramos and his journ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: Indonesia is at a crossroads. The predominantly muslim country that was once hailed for its religious tolerance and diversi...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
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In 2016, a team of undercover investigators infiltrated an international ivory-smuggling ring. It all began with a sea cucumber trader in Zanzibar.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 09, 2019
  • Length: 22:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Bob Kustra talks with Daniel Tudor, co-author of the book "North Korea Confidential"

  • Added: Apr 01, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Chinese-American Lisa See’s 11th novel, “The Island of Sea Women,” centers on the female friendship and family secrets of the haenyeo. For centurie...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 09:44
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This week on the show: Changing the Game - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, they say. But according to South Korean beauty standards that us...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
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Pao Houa Her is a photographer dedicated to producing art about Minnesota's Hmong community. Her thought-provoking work highlights the lives of war...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2019
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
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Sandip Roy embarks of an anti-war march in a time of hastags.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
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After years in an internment camp, a Japanese-American family struggles to adjust to their new lives.

Bought by KUNM, KUNM, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Riyaaz Qawwali represents the diversity and plurality of South Asia. The ensemble’s musicians, who are settled in the United States, hail from Indi...

Bought by KMXT, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Mayda's new album is called MRDR PXP., Credit: Cameron Yang, Styling by: Oskar Ly, Editing: by Sara Beth-Horishnyk.
Mayda is a prolific musician, artist and producer. Her horn-driven, R&B pop music is raw, exciting and feisty. This "Live from Minnesota" performan...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2019
  • Length: 28:34
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Commemorate Chinese New Year in 2019 through Music and Words.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 25, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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“Homage to Humanity” is a stunning coffee table book that contains more than 500 pages and photographs of indigenous tribes from around the world. ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2019
  • Length: 09:51
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Wang Ping wanted to go to Tibet to bless the world. But to do that, she had to risk her own safety.

Bought by KWMR and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 09, 2019
  • Length: 24:04
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Statue of Unity in Gujarat, India, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sometimes when picking our monuments we focus on the wrong aspect.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip Roy misses a piece of India that can only be had in in San Francisco.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
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Host Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin interviews Yuko Kurahashi Ph.D., a professor in the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:52
Caption: Gao Hong, Credit: Ryan Dawes
When the Minnesota Timberwolves asked Gao Hong to play the "Star-Spangled Banner" before a game, she was nervous. This would be the first time most...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PJ Raval, San Francisco, CA 10/16/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
PJ Raval talks connections, history, and changing the culture.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 28:03
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This week on the show: Inside a re-education camp for Chinese Muslims; Human Rights Watch's Sophie Richardson on surveillance of Uighurs; and how ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: we'll take a closer look at poverty and how it affects people in different ways around the world. We'll hear about Finland'...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Sally Sudo, Credit: Minnesota Historical Society
Like many Japanese-Americans of her generation, Sally Sudo was forced to live in an internment camp during World War II. After her brother studied ...

Bought by WFHB and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2018
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 2