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Postcards from Asia radio spots: Recent submissions
Now showing items 161-180 of 312
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Greed is Bad
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2009-01-14)Broadcast Transcript: From Seoul comes the story of a financial advisor who appeared on a TV talk show and said that people were making unwise investment decisions because they were too greedy. As a result, he was fired. ... -
Virtual Eunuchs
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2009-01-07)Broadcast Transcript: So you want to be a eunuch--and why not? In Imperial China, eunuchs were among the most powerful of the courtiers: It was the eunuch Zheng He, don't forget, who convinced the emperor to let him sail ... -
Don't Have a Cow
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-03-19)Broadcast Transcript: Happy New Year! On February 7, 2008, the Year of Pig officially came to a close and the Year of the Rat began. Rat years are known for business success and pet shops here in China are already feeling ... -
Hiroshima Piano
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-08-01)Broadcast Transcript: Humans were not the only casualties on that fateful day in 1945 when the US dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima. There was also... a piano. This piano, made in 1932 by the forerunner of Yamaha, was sitting ... -
Fugu II
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-11-19)Broadcast Transcript: Fugu Part II: In the last Postcard, we talked about fugu, the poisonous poisson that has been a favorite in Japan for centuries. Well, it seems that a fish farm has recently raised fugu that are ... -
Fugu I
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-11-12)Broadcast Transcript: The Japanese have serious thrill issues, dude. For hundreds of years, they've eaten fugu, a type of puffer fish whose liver is the seat of a poison called tetrodotoxin that causes paralysis then death ... -
The Eel Thing
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-11-05)Broadcast Transcript: It's hot in Tokyo in the summer. And when the heat closes in, young Japanese men's fancies turn to thoughts of... eels. Hence eel-eating days here in Japan. An honored tradition that was first mentioned ... -
Tones
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-10-29)Broadcast Transcript: Chinese is a tonal language. That means the tones are semantic markers. That means the way you say a word affects its meaning. Thus if you say "ma" it means mother but if you say "ma" it means horse. ... -
Tea Ceremony
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-10-22)Broadcast Transcript: Cha, or tea, has a long and splendid history in Japan. Imported by a monk in the 8th Century, introduced to the samurai in the 12th, embraced by the common people in the 14th, ritualized in the chado, ... -
Shrine Festival
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-10-15)Broadcast Transcript: It's autumn in Japan and in autumn men's fancies turn to...bashing each other with large portable shrines. At least here in Himeji they do. Really. I'm not kidding. From October 14th through the 15th ... -
Confucian Weekend Classes
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-09-03)Broadcast Transcript: An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. Confucius said that. And fifty years ago, kong zi, as he is known in China, was vilified by an oppressive government led by Chairman Mao. ... -
Korean Confusion
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-08-27)Broadcast Transcript: American educators, take heart: US students are not the only ones in the world with a shaky grasp of their own country's history. Students in South Korea are alarmingly in the dark about circumstances ... -
Go Believe Buns
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-08-20)Broadcast Transcript: They're tasty. They're popular. And they're a marketing nightmare. China's well-loved goubuli steamed buns are the pride of Tianjin, but their name translates literally to "a dog would ignore it." ... -
Friendlies Curse
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-08-13)Broadcast Transcript: By now, everyone has seen the five Olympic Friendlies: the colorful mascots created to welcome this summer's Olympic Games. The little guys are also known as fuwa which means "good luck dolls" in ... -
Cows Causing Global Warming
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-08-06)Broadcast Transcript: Remember when President Reagan blamed trees for air pollution? Well now the Japanese are blaming cows for global warming. Apparently, the methane emissions from burping cows account for 5% of all ... -
Shoe-Shee
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-07-30)Broadcast Transcript: Rice and Asia. Rice and Asia. Go together like... like... well, I can't really think of a rhyme at the moment but rice and Asia are as intertwined as conjoined twins. The history of the rice culture ... -
Carry Along Karaoke
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-07-23)Broadcast Transcript: Do you karaoke? Japan does. In fact, karaoke was invented here. Sadly, however, kids under 18 sometimes find themselves barred from bars that offer karaoke because these places serve alcohol. Well, ... -
Speedmatching
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-06-25)Broadcast Transcript: Picture this: Japanese parents meeting other Japanese parents to discuss marriage for their sons and daughters. A scene out of 17th Century Tokyo? Afraid not. It's a scene out of 21st Century Tokyo ... -
Sushi Crashcourse
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-06-18)Broadcast Transcript: So is sushi raw fish or what? And if sushi is raw fish, then what the heck is sashimi? This Postcard is devoted to clearing up, once and for all, any lingering confusion about these two popular dishes ... -
The Ironic Curtain
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-06-11)Broadcast Transcript: In a communist state, the government guarantees a job for every citizen. So it is in North Korea though some jobs here are more about form than function. Take the traffic ladies of Pyongyang for ...
