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HOUR ONE: "You Had To Be There" - A new generation rediscovers pleasure palaces of the past, abandoned movie theaters and concert halls. What are t...
- Added: Jul 07, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
The electrifying Ramayana Monkey Chant, performed for thousands of visitors to Bali each year, was created by a guy named...Walter?
- Added: Aug 21, 2020
- Length: 17:05
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
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
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
For Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, we revisit best-selling memoirist and fiction writer, Anchee Min. 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Indians don’t just happen to be good at math and science. The effects and fears of the Cold War, and the united leadership of India and the United ...
- Added: Sep 26, 2012
- Length: 29:42
The most popular exhibit and biggest money-maker at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was the "Philippine Reservation." 1,000 Filipinos lived in thi...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Jun 04, 2012
- Length: 17:32
- Purchases: 1
Wayne Wang talks high heels, bound feet, and radical Quakers
- Added: Jul 12, 2011
- Length: 16:21
Sound-rich documentary about Hmong-Americans living in the U.S.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WESM 91.3 FM, KWIT, KHEN-LP, KUNM and more
- Added: Sep 10, 2008
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 10
Intriguing story of an India-American woman spy from World War-II
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: May 04, 2008
- Length: 18:36
- Purchases: 1
The story of one man's discovery that resulted in saving a historic landmark from demolition, and keeping an important part of the American story f...
Bought by Listenwise, Vocalo.org, Here and Now, and KCUR
- Added: Jun 08, 2005
- Length: 07:28
- Purchases: 4