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Radio Curious visits with filmmaker Kristine Samuelson, co-creator of the documentary, “Tokyo Waka: A City Poem” about the 20,000 crows that inhabi...
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 29:01
Filmmaker Debbie Lum talks facing her fears, keeping the conversation going, and why she ended up as a character in her own documentary.
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 14:25
From: Jennifer Dunn
Series: China's One Child Policy: Stories of Struggles with its Unintended Consequences
Series: China's One Child Policy: Stories of Struggles with its Unintended Consequences
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...
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- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 05:59
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Born and raised in the desert state of Rajasthan, Neha recently moved to Redmond, WA. Neha speaks of her privilege in growing up in family who was ...
- Added: Jan 31, 2013
- Length: 03:50
With Indian parents, a childhood spent in Pakistan, and now living in America, Nazleen has a unique perspective on Indian dress. She tells us her s...
- Added: Jan 31, 2013
- Length: 03:48
"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...
- Added: Dec 18, 2012
- Length: 12:08
A chaotic system of divorce by folk beliefs and text messages may be nearing its end.
- Added: Nov 18, 2012
- Length: 28:44
At nearly thirty years of age, she heard the call to leave her family behind and take her adventurous spirit on the road to Japan, where she joined...
- Added: Oct 08, 2012
- Length: 01:56
In a world where the pressure to be "perfect" overwhelms aspiring teens, one can be her own worst critic. Overwhelmed with even minor mistakes, Chl...
- Added: Sep 01, 2012
- Length: 07:37
Jo is African American. Jo lives in Yuyao, China. Jo gets a lot of attention.
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- Added: Aug 27, 2012
- Length: 13:14
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In China, marriage-aged men outnumber women by the millions. Experts predict that by 2020, the number of men unable to find wives will reach the po...
- Added: Jul 23, 2012
- Length: 11:38
Yeohlee Teng talks about her design philosophy and her work with Making Midtown, an initiative to reinvigorate creative production in NYC’s garment...
- Added: Jul 19, 2012
- Length: 28:50
On Jeju island in the North Pacific a community of women dive for pearls and food. They've been doing this for centuries. On this podcast Mikhail K...
- Added: Jun 04, 2012
- Length: 07:58
Maxine Hong Kingston discusses her path-breaking books. [22:55]
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 22:55
Dmae Roberts produced a special half-hour radio memorial on the 10th anniversary of her mom’s death. Remembrance: On Time And Distance is part memo...
- Added: Apr 30, 2012
- Length: 29:01
An interview with actress, model, martial artists and author Yangzom Brauen and her mother, Sonam Brauen, about Yangzom’s new book, Across Many Mou...
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 14:32
Maxine Hong Kingston, whose latest book is "I Love a Broad Margin to My Life" is now out in trade paperback, discusses her work and career with hos...
- Added: Feb 13, 2012
- Length: 28:53
Dmae Roberts talks with acclaimed author Lisa See about her novels, her research process, and about the horrors of the "Great Leap Foward" in mid-c...
- Added: Jul 29, 2011
- Length: 29:01
Wayne Wang talks high heels, bound feet, and radical Quakers
- Added: Jul 12, 2011
- Length: 16:21
"A silk dress with a bamboo crinoline hangs upside down over a lake in the center of a former power station. The dress' reflection, distorted by a ...
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- Added: Jun 21, 2011
- Length: 09:42
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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...
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- Added: Jun 09, 2011
- Length: 24:36
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A woman becomes a mom at the precise moment that her own mother decides to stop being a mother.
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- Added: Apr 20, 2011
- Length: 12:28
- Purchases: 1
When she took office in January, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan had a laundry list of promises to make good on, and ideas to make reality. To talk about h...
- Added: Mar 16, 2011
- Length: 07:18
When Jean Quan began campaigning to be the mayor of Oakland, she promised to clean up Oakland’s neighborhoods and improve the city’s schools. Quan’...
- Added: Mar 16, 2011
- Length: 05:41
On this edition of Culture Clique, we continue our coverage of Acupuncture with Jade Fang of Winona Minnesota. We will learn what acupuncture is li...
- Added: Nov 23, 2010
- Length: 22:22
