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A pep talk from a recovering 'lazy' teen
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
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
Albinism And Me: How My Genetic Condition Makes My Ethnicity Invisible
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
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
Won't You Be My Neighbor? An Audio Portrait of Seattle's Neighborhoods
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Podcasts
Caption: RadioActive's Nina Tran went on a bicycle tour of her south Beacon Hill neighborhood. Listen to the podcast to hear what she found., Credit: KUOW PHOTO / NINA TRAN
Neighborhoods shape our perspectives and our personalities. They become a part of us, an identity we carry even if we leave. On the latest RadioAct...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 19:21
What Does Colorism Look Like In Seattle?
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Podcasts
Caption: RadioActive youth producers Ahlaam Ibraahim and Esa Tilija. Ibraahim says 'when you're born, they call you a lighty, and it's praised.', Credit: Esa Tilija
"When you're born, they call you a lighty, and it's praised." RadioActive Youth Producers Ahlaam Ibraahim and Esa Tilija explore the world of colo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 14:18
These Are My Mom's Beautiful, Painful Hands
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: Shina William's mother worked for many years in factories. When she was working she felt a pain, tingling over her hands., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/SHINA WILLIAMS
Look at your hands, and think of all the things you do with them: hold an ice cream cone, drive your car, scroll through Facebook. What if all of t...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 2
The Ghosts of the Gwangju Uprising
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: May 18 Memorial in Gwangju, Korea, Credit: May 18 Memorial Foundation
On May 18, 1980, the people of Gwangju, South Korea rose up for reunification and an end to U.S.-backed military dictatorships. Their actions chan...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRIR, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Sep 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Scott Gerson MD chooses The Ancient Indian Healing Art of Ayurvedic Medicine as a Way to help Cancer Patients Naturally
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Scott Gerson MD choses The Ancient Indian Healing Art of Ayurvedic Medicine as a Way to help Cancer Patients Naturally. Currently, Dr. Gerson is t...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 2
Partition Museum
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Amar Kapoor's Diary, Credit: Partition Museum
This August 15th marked 70 years of India’s independence. But this also marks 70 years of one of India’s greatest human tragedies. The partition ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Makers Series 5: Marou, Faiseurs de Chocolat
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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Marou, Faiseurs de Chocolat, was founded in 2011 by Vincent Mourou and Samuel Maruta and is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The company is the ...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 39:58
This is my piece!
From: Josephine Jones
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This is my short decription.

Bought by Demo OP, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and New Enlightenment Network


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: :44
  • Purchases: 3
Bobby at JJ's Hair Supply
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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a visit with Bobby and his customers at JJ's Hair Supply

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 2
Vijay Iyer's "Entropy and Time"
From: Tomal Hossain
Caption: Album art of Vijay Iyer's 2011 album, "Tirtha"
A song review of the track "Entropy and Time" off of Vijay Iyer's 2011 album, Tirtha.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:54
Bridge Of Souls
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Music Notes
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What is known as the Asian Holocaust of World War II, is a far-reaching tale of tragedy that affected Asian cultures all around the world. Producer...

Bought by WTIP, KQAL, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Not in My Name
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Not in My Name protest, Credit: Sandip Roy
On a rain-drenched monsoon evening recently a bit of old American history found new life on the streets of India.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
The Erhu (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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At one time, the erhu was the muse of Central Asian nomads; this small, two-stringed fiddle could be played on horseback (imagine folk modifying an...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Erhu (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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At one time, the erhu was the muse of Central Asian nomads; this small, two-stringed fiddle could be played on horseback (imagine folk modifying an...

Bought by KBYI


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chinese Ensembles (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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About 2,500 years ago, the body of a Chinese nobleman was placed in a tomb with items he cherished most: furnishings, bronze vessels, weapons and s...

Bought by KBYI


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chinese Ensembles (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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About 2,500 years ago, the body of a Chinese nobleman was placed in a tomb with items he cherished most: furnishings, bronze vessels, weapons and s...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Gary Koivu and Kim Koivu
From: StoryCorps
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Vincent Chin was a 27-year-old draftsman living near Detroit. On a June night in 1982, he and a group of friends went out to celebrate his wedding,...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 2
Crossing East: Relations
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
Caption: Ellen Choy-Asians4BlackLives, Credit: Brooke Anderson Photography
Crossing East: Relations is one-hour documentary special produced by Dmae Roberts, executive producer of MediaRites’ Crossing East series with Roby...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 5
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
From: Sonya Dunn
Series: MilitaryHomeLife - Talk Radio
Caption: MHL Talk Radio
Host Sonya Dunn Interviews Guamanian American Air Force Officer Lt. Col. Kathryn Palozzi in commemoration of Asian and Pacific Islander American He...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 47:00
The Draft, Duty, and Dissent: G.I. Resistance to War
From: Making Contact
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It was the 1960s – and throughout the United States, opposition to the War in Vietnam was growing. The Draft forced young men to make a choice abo...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Guzheng (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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It's among the most popular instruments in China. Over most of its 2,500-year-history, the guzheng has been a mainstay in everything from opera to ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, Hawaii Public Radio, KBYI, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Guzheng (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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It's among the most popular instruments in China. Over most of its 2,500-year-history, the guzheng has been a mainstay in everything from opera to ...

Bought by Raven Radio and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
Percussion Music (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Have you ever heard of a wooden fish, a flowerpot drum or a nipple gong? They are part of a raucous, colorful-and wildly popular-feature in Chinese...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, Hawaii Public Radio, KBYI, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 4

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