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Caption: Robin Lung, San Francisco, CA 3/7/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Robin Lung talks wake-up calls, color-blind casting, and the power of film.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 21:09
Caption: Atsuko Hirayanagi, San Francisco, CA 3/7/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Atsuko Hirayanagi talks culture, conforming, and the mixed blessing of a sugar coating.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 16:27
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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
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"Why Elephants Never Forget" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Aubrey Bertram traveled to East Asia to help animals that had been...

Bought by KSTK and KVSC


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Deborah Santana
There’s a growing awareness of solidarity among women. They refuse to be silenced. What began as a Women’s March in January 2017 has now evolved in...

Bought by WJSU and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Vernon Baker
First Lieutenant Vernon Baker received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II, April 1945, near Viareggio, in Tuscany, Italy and Ca...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 34:20
Caption: Film music you remember, even if you've forgotten the film.
In honor of the Chinese New Year, Robert Bruce and Quinn Riley explore film scores from movies taking place in China: The Land of the Red Dragon.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUPR low power FM, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 21, 2018
  • Length: 58:22
  • Purchases: 3
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Commemorate Chinese New Year in 2018 through Music and Words

Bought by KSKQ, KMUD, KQED, WKAR, WVTF and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6

  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 27:20
Caption: Brad Warner
Soto Zen Priest, Brad Warner, talks about Zen, zazen, and Dogen, the 13th century Japanese Zen Master.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Taylor Holliday and Fong Chong
What happens when a white family in the American South adopts an 11-year-old Chinese girl who’s never eaten a meal other than Chinese in her entire...

Bought by WMMT, KVSC, KVLU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 16, 2017
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 4
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-In the first episode of With Good Reason’s new documentary series on the Vietnam War, we explore how the self-image of America was shattered in Vi...

Bought by KUNM and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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As many as 5,000 Nepali people have made their way to Akron during the last decade. It’s been a dramatic change for people who had held onto their ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
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What’s Hmong food? Chef Yia Vang has his own interpretation. But some Hmong elders aren’t convinced he’s doing things the right way. KFAI’s Nancy R...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ai Wei Wei, San Francisco, CA 10/3/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ai Wei Wei talks first instincts, human rights, and rebuilding connections.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 12:23
Caption: Ashe Bhosle in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Once Asha effortlessly brought India to my kitchen in California. Now she transported me from a balmy night in a park in Kolkata to a foggy evening...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
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For hundreds of years, China has held sway over the western imagination. With exquisite silks, architecture, poetry, calligraphy, paintings,music a...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KALW, KFCF FM, WVBI-LP, WCPN and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Chinna Masta Kali, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy has a different perspective on India's version of Halloween.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Comics on the panel about comedy and politics, Credit: Sandip Roy
70 years after Independence it sometimes feels as if Indians are still to develop a funny bone. Especially when it comes to politicians.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A Thai temple replica for Durga Puja, Credit: Sandip Roy
It takes only a few hours to fly from Kolkata to Bangkok, and a weekend in Bangkok is quite common. But there’s very little of Thailand in Kolkata.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a Never Quit Way of Life with Brazils' Black Belt Master Wald Bloise. We explore the physical, emotional, psychological and...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Maya and her parents., Credit: Courtesy of Maya Konz
The first thing you say to someone you just met is most likely a polite greeting: "Hello! What's your name?" But not everyone is that thoughtful.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: April Reyes (far left) with the family who took her in. From left to right: Mariya Manuel, Tanya Kim, Tamar Manuel and Alan Lee., Credit: Courtesy of April Reyes
For most people, family will always be family because you're blood. But in April Reyes' case, it doesn’t quite work that way. / This story won the ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Diana Nguyen used to be lazy. Then she got on a bike., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/MELISSA TAKAI
Laziness is a hard habit to break, especially if you want to make the most out of life. But it helps if you have a bike, or at least it did for one...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 04:59
Caption: Kamna Shastri with her dad on her fifth birthday. Now, Kamna is coming to terms with her albinism., Credit: COURTESY OF KAMNA SHASTRI
RadioActive producer Kamna Shastri tries to understand where she fits into conversations about race and identity as an Indian-American with albinism.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:52