ATTENTION: The software behind KU ScholarWorks is being upgraded to a new version. Starting July 15th, users will not be able to log in to the system, add items, nor make any changes until the new version is in place at the end of July. Searching for articles and opening files will continue to work while the system is being updated.
If you have any questions, please contact Marianne Reed at mreed@ku.edu .
Postcards from Asia radio spots: Recent submissions
Now showing items 181-200 of 312
-
Stroke Order
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-06-04)Broadcast Transcript: English has 26 letters. Learn 'em and chances are that, silent g, silent k and the whole bough, cough, through, though and rough thing aside, you'll be able to sound out any word you come across. ... -
The "Ex" Factor
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-05-28)Broadcast Transcript: Ex-presidents often enjoy greater popularity out of office than in. This is true across cultural borders; think ex-President Richard Nixon, whose questionable actions in the White House did not prevent ... -
Pirate Viagra
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-05-21)Broadcast Transcript: Piracy is a booming industry here in China. Even the casual shopper will have no trouble locating pirated books or pirated CDs or pirated videos. And now: pirated drugs. Pirated male performance ... -
Bathroom Makeover
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-05-14)Broadcast Transcript: Beijing might have spent billions of dollars creating the very model of a modern Olympic venue but they don't know squat about bathrooms. At least not according to the world class athletes whose voluble ... -
The Cat's Meow
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-05-07)Broadcast Transcript: As a rule, we expect to find Hello Kitty on fashion not in it. Well, VogueNippon aims to change all that. How? By making this pop culture icon--stubby legs and square body notwithstanding--into a ... -
Phones of Love
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-04-23)Broadcast Transcript: Loves me... Loves me not... Loves me... Loves me not... While the rest of us technoclods are still using daisies as a means of ascertaining our sweethearts' feelings, here in South Korea, hi-tech ... -
Exculpatory Breasts
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-04-16)Broadcast Transcript: From the exculpatory breasts file: Good news from Japan for those of you who have been looking for a legitimate reason to schedule that breast enlargement surgery: big breasts can work in your favor ... -
Cricket Competition in China
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-04-09)Broadcast Transcript: It ain't over until the fat cricket sings. OK, maybe not the fat cricket but the cricket with the loudest and deepest sound. At least, that's the way it is in the world of Chinese cricket singing ... -
Fortune Cookies
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-04-02)Broadcast Transcript: For everyone who thinks that everything was first invented by the Chinese, here's a surprise: fortune cookies were NOT. That's right. New research shows that fortune cookies, those ubiquitous desserts ... -
Married Women
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-03-26)Broadcast Transcript: There's marital duplicity going on here in South Korea. Namely, secret bank accounts. Put together by women. Unbeknownst to their husbands. Apparently, more than 65% of married Korean women are salting ... -
Tokyo Street Lights
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-03-12)Broadcast Transcript: Here in Tokyo, at least one form of culture shock comes as a most pleasant surprise. In the US, when you cross the street, almost before you've stepped off the curb, the "Walk" sign has blinked off ... -
Mr. Toilet
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-03-05)Broadcast Transcript: Father of the Nation, Old Blood and Guts, the Godfather of Soul: with historical acts come historical handles. For South Korean Parliamentarian Sim Jae-duck, it's Mr.Toilet. Sim worked to improve ... -
Fear Research
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-02-27)Broadcast Transcript: From the "Why did we need this again?" file comes scientific news from Japan: Using genetic engineering, Japanese scientists have switched off the instinct that causes a mouse to stay away from a cat. ... -
New Buddhism
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-02-20)Broadcast Transcript: During the seven weeks that the Buddha sat under his bodhi tree back in the sixth century BC, it's unlikely that he envisioned the scenario enacted here in Japan in the 21st Century. Buddhist monks ... -
Invasive Bluegills
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-02-13)Broadcast Transcript: Those pesky invasive species! How to deal with them? You can shoot them. You can spray them. Or you can call them haute cuisine and eat them which is what is being done here in Japan to combat the ... -
Super Spider Silk
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-02-06)Broadcast Transcript: What do you get if you cross a spider with a silkworm? Super socks. Don't get it? Frankly, neither do we but it's a fact. A Japanese sock manufacturer in Nara Prefecture has joined forces with a ... -
Smoke-Free Olympics
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-01-30)Broadcast Transcript: Beijing is talking the talk about cleaning up for the '08 Olympic Games, but it would appear that at least one segment of the population is not ready to walk the walk: Smokers. China is one of the ... -
Long Brushes into Water
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-01-09)Broadcast Transcript: They are polishing up the new sidewalks at the corner of Wangfujin. They crouch above their machines, pressing them hard to the stone. The granite dust muffles them. Their faces are swathed in towels. ... -
Shaolin SUV
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-01-02)Broadcast Transcript: Should monks and modernity mix? This is the question being asked around Henan province now that the head abbot of the Shaolin monastery has been given a $125,000 SUV as a perk for boosting local ... -
Moon Probe
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-11-26)Broadcast Transcript: Back in the 20th Century, when the USSR launched Sputnik and catapulted us into the Space Age, Chairman Mao lamented "China is a country that cannot even launch a potato into space." Well, the China ...
