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S05 Ep29: Looking East, Part 3, 3/20/2021
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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Our trip around the globe continues as we look East to Asia, and the blend of Eastern and Western music.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
InsideApp201021: 3 Stories About Fierce Appalachian Women, 10/15/2020
From: West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Series: Inside Appalachia
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This episode is all about one of Appalachia’s most critical natural resources — fierce women. We hear what happens when Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
Choosing Joy Over Boxes
From: Diana Opong
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Living life as a multi-ethnic person in the entertainment industry can have it's challenges, but one performer has found a way to choose joy despit...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 03, 2020
  • Length: 14:26
  • Purchases: 1
LOVE AND BANANAS -- Lek Chailert, Ashley Bell, and John Michael McCarthy Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ashley Belle, John Michael McCarthy. and Lek Chailer, San Francisco, CA 5/25/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lek Chailert, Ashley Bell, and John Michael McCarthy talk choices, chirping, and how an elephant can be like a Prius.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 28:48
FINDING KUKAN -- Robin Lung Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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
OH LUCY! -- Atsuko Hirayanagi Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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
Listening to Ladies: Mari Kimura
From: Elisabeth Blair
Series: Listening to Ladies
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Composer Mari Kimura on growing up in an experimental solar house, taking care of a terrified audience, and improvising as a way to find one’s self.

  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 30:20
THE TIGER HUNTER -- Lena Khan Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Lena Khan, San Francisco, CA 2/9/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lena Khan talks choreographing a slap fight, giving credit where it’s due, and surrendering to Seinfeld.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2017
  • Length: 11:13
HOOLIGAN SPARROW -- Nanfu Wang Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Nanfu Wang, San Francisco, CA 1/4/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Nanfu Wang talks paranoia, creative radicalism, and dreaming big.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 27:03
THE EAGLE HUNTRESS -- Otto Bell Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Otto Bell, San Rafael, CA, 10/14/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Otto Bell talks legacies, options, and bucking traditions.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 14:13
Episode 2: Tradition!
From: Mother
Series: MOTHER: A PODCAST
Caption: MOTHER: A PODCAST, Credit: Logo created by Justin Schnarr (justinschnarr.com/).
After Annie Cho gave birth to her son this spring, she struggled to make traditional Chinese "confinement" practices (hygiene rules + special postp...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Toshiko Akiyoshi
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Credit: Amanda Brown
"The fact is my parents lost all of their assets. If I didn't have something (I was) really into, in my case was piano and jazz, I think it would h...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 2
The Queen's Trek
From: Outer Voices
Caption: the Queen with Meerak, Credit: Jack Chance
Bhutan is a land of prayer flags and happiness. But people are people, and human suffering, including domestic violence, is as prevalent here as i...

Bought by KUER, KZYX, KQED, KFOK-LPFM, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 24:36
  • Purchases: 5
Churning Milk in Nepal
From: Laura Spero
Series: What's Cooking
Caption: Reporter Laura Spero looks for giu while Aamaa watches in the background...with a smile., Credit: Laura Spero
Let's talk about locally produced food--you've never had milk like this. In the village of Kaskikot, Nepal, Aamaa shows reporter Laura Spero how t...

Bought by WBEZ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2009
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
Kawthoolei
From: Outer Voices
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Along the Thai-Burma border, we meet the women peace activists working in the midst of the world's longest running civil war.

Bought by KUER, WUFT, WGBH Radio Boston, KWIT, KUER and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2006
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
Kawthoolei with newshole
From: Outer Voices
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Along the Thai-Burma border, we meet the women peace activists working in the midst of the world's longest running civil war.

Bought by KQED, WUFT, KGLT, KUER, WSKG and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Girls from Cambodia with newshole
From: Outer Voices
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Girls From Cambodia - an honest look into sex trafficking in Cambodia

Bought by WUFT, KUT-HD, WOSU, KQED, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2006
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 9
Mei Mei, A Daughter's Song
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Winner of the Peabody award, MEI MEI, A DAUGHTER'S SONG is the personal story of cross-cultural and cross-generational conflict produced by Dmae Ro...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, PRX Remix, The Story, SALTcast Podcast, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2005
  • Length: 26:35
  • Purchases: 17
The Journey of Lady Buddha
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A mythological and personal documentary about Kuan Yin, the Asian Goddess of Mercy and Compassion

Bought by Room Tone Selects, WCPN, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2004
  • Length: 56:43
  • Purchases: 11
Don't Take The Colors Apart
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Amerasian Playwright Velina Hasu Houston learned early on to have pride in her identity through her African American father and Japanese mother.

Bought by KVSC, WESM 91.3 FM, KUER, KVSC, KUT and more


  • Added: May 17, 2004
  • Length: 26:09
  • Purchases: 17
City Lights
From: Jennifer Dunn
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Members of China's floating population recount their hopes and challenges as rural-urban migrants.

Bought by WBEZ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 27, 2004
  • Length: 20:37
  • Purchases: 2
Wu Man - Pipa player
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Famed pipa virtuoso Wu Man in her own words and her music

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, WCQS, WEKU, KCUR and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2003
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 7