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A British-born author who has lived in China for decades tells a true-crime tale of the unsolved murder of a young British girl in 1937 in colonial...

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
Caption: A proud grandmother shows of her grandson in Southern China
Pressed by paternal grandparents to have a boy, couples in China engage in creative ways of tricking the system and having a son without openly vio...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Commemorate Chinese New Year with Music and Words

  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: JRS staff from around the world discuss issues surrounding urban refugees while meeting at the St. Gabriel Personnel Development Center in Bangkok, Thailand, March 22, 2012. , Credit: Christian Fuchs — Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
(Washington, D.C.) April 27, 2012 - Jesuit Refugee Service has long recognized that serving urban refugee populations is a major challenge. Isolati...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:52:56
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A feature on the Pasadena-based Makoto Taiko Japanese Drum Ensemble.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2011
  • Length: 05:42
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A look into the complicated relationships between Nations in the Far East.

Bought by KQED, KPVL, KUOW, and KGNU


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Faramus Ibrahimov., Credit: Joshua Sarantitis
Many refugees in the United States have complicated stories to tell. The plight of the Meskhetian Turks spans six decades and four countries. Now s...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Liu Xiaobo, Credit: wikipedia
Two writers with ties to 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo talk about his life and writings. Xiaobo is serving an 11 year prison sentence in...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 49:39
Caption: Liu Xiaobo, Credit: wikipedia
Two writers with ties to 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo talk about his life and writings. Xiaobo is serving an 11 year prison sentence i...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 4
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Every day, women in Darfur walk miles to gather firewood for cooking, often risking being kidnapped or raped by bandits along the way. So, the engi...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
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When he finally went home to Viet Nam, he began using a name from an I.D. card he had purchased: Ho Chi Minh ... which means "bringer of light." An...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
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Four months after violence against immigrants, Kyrgyzstan is forming a new government. How will this contribute to stability? Crisis Group’s Centr...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:33
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On 7 November, Myanmar will hold its first elections in 20 years. This could tear the border regions between Myanmar and China in ethnic conflict. ...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2010
  • Length: 02:57
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Eugene Washington took a huge leap of faith by quitting his job in order to devote his life to helping Montagnard refugees adjust to life in the US.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 30:38
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Action Speaks!-Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial air...

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, Interlochen Public Radio, WRPI, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
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The price of rice is the price of life in Vietnam: the country is now the second largest exporter of rice in the world. But one out of every seven ...

Bought by KZYX, WRPI, KQED, KWIT, KRCB-FM and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2009
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Excavating sites like this one in China link China's ancient seafarers with people throughout the Pacific, Credit: Bishop Museum
The origin of people living on islands throughout the Pacific has been a mystery for years. Now some archaeologists in Hawaii believe they have th...

  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 05:10
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An interview with leading Tibet Scholar Robert Thurman on why the Dalai Lama matters

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 11:13
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On the 14th night of the Indian calendar, Hindus gather for one of their most significant religious celebrations. Vinita Singla reports from Flushi...

  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 02:49
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Novato, California, where he visited his former host family mother, Ms. Libba Patterson.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:13
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The Mark Johnson Show airs weekdays 9 to 11 am on WDEV in Vermont

  • Added: Aug 02, 2007
  • Length: 21:21
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HIV carriers in rural China struggle for livelyhood and justice

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: May 17, 2007
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
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How does the public education system accomodate English language learners?

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
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Will North Korea's nuclear test spark a NE Asia arms race?

  • Added: Oct 08, 2006
  • Length: 05:04