Postcards from Asia radio spots: Recent submissions
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Bombed Shelters
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-07-24)Broadcast Transcript: In this time of reusing, recycling, repurposing, pretty much anything can become anything else: tires to playground turf, soda bottles to fleece parkas, rails to trails. Here in Shanghai, they've got ... -
Lei Feng Falls From Favor
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-06-19)Broadcast Transcript: Back in the days of the Cultural Revolution here in China, Lei Feng was the person every young Communist wanted to be and Mao Zedong proclaimed him the shining star in Communism's pantheon.. He was ... -
Psy Take II
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-06-12)Broadcast Transcript: Gangnam Style is a hard act to follow especially if it it's your own. Psy's new video release, Gentleman, may have shattered the record for the most first-day views for songs when it was released but ... -
Chinese Jews
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-06-05)Broadcast Transcript: For the past 200 years, it's been difficult to get the answer to questions about kosherness here in Kaifeng. Once home to a thriving community of Persian Jews, Kaifeng's Jewish population became ... -
Buddhist Bars
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-05-29)Broadcast Transcript: Tired of the excessive asceticism and restrictions many Buddhist sects require in order to achieve enlightenment? Well, then jodo shinshu is the sect for you. It follows the doctrine of reliance on ... -
Dog Whisperer
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-05-22)Broadcast Transcript: As we mentioned in an earlier Postcard, dogs have only recently become favored pets rather than favorite meals here in China. And, if you needed further proof of this transformation, here it is: Cesar ... -
Chinese Behaving Badly
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-05-15)Broadcast Transcript: Back in the day, Chinese people often had to push and shove to get to the front of the food line. This was a matter of survival and, naturally, informed their overall etiquette. These days, however, ... -
Buddha Merchandising
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-03-20)Broadcast Transcript: So when it comes to the Buddha, what's kosher and what's not kosher regarding image placement? This question arises because of a recent flap over the image of Buddha on a toilet lid in a hotel in ... -
Extreme Tourism
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-03-13)Broadcast Transcript: The stereotype of the Japanese tourist with his camera has been taken to an extreme by one Toshifumi Fujimoto. Mr. Fujimoto likes to don camo clothing and sneak up to the front lines of international ... -
Santasan
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-03-06)Broadcast Transcript: Traditionally, Japan has had two major religions: Shinto and Buddhism with Buddhism supplying the Shinto practitioners with the comfort of an afterlife. Christianity might not have much of a presence ... -
Toilet Theme Park
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-02-27)Broadcast Transcript: It's been quite a while since we've done a real potty Postcard. Lack of material. But, all things come to those who wait as proven by this Postcard. Suwon, South Korea. The home of Samsung Electronics. ... -
Grandpa Top Model
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-02-20)Broadcast Transcript: Cross-dressing is not a new concept in China--not much is, when you get right down to it. Anyway, there is a long and honorable tradition of men playing the parts of women in Beijing Opera performances. ... -
Expensive Tuna
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-02-13)Broadcast Transcript: On January 5th, the owner of a Japanese sushi franchise bought a Bluefin tuna that was THIS big. No. Really. It weighed 488 pounds. No. Really. And the guy who bought it paid 155.4 million yen or about ... -
Big Bang Nuns
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2013-02-06)Broadcast Transcript: This is how the world began: not with a bang but with a spinning slap kick. At least, this is what His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa implied when he brought a group of teen-age Buddhist kung-fu nuns to ... -
Moriin Khuur
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-12-12)Broadcast Transcript: The horse is central to Mongolian culture, a revered and beloved partner in the harsh life and rugged recreation of the steppes. Horses in Mongolia are not your sleek, slender-limbed thoroughbreds. ... -
Gaokao
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-11-05)Broadcast Transcript: The gaokao, or national college entrance exams, are ferociously competitive here in China. Students are under great pressure to study and get a good score because spaces are limited in the top ... -
Filial Piety in China Redux
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-11-28)Broadcast Transcript: "The 24 Paragons of Filial Piety" is a sort of extreme parent-care manual. Written 600 years ago, the book features tales like the one of the son who sat awake all night without his shirt to draw ... -
Goebbel's Violin
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-11-21)Broadcast Transcript: Once there was a Japanese violin prodigy named Nejiko Suwa. Born in 1920, Suwa made her debut in 1939, in Paris, just one year before the Nazis invaded. In 1943, while in Berlin, she received a ... -
Gangnam Style
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-10-14)Broadcast Transcript: Gangnam Style has taken the teen culture by force. The music video has gone viral and the song's creator, a dude who goes by the name of Psy, has achieved world fame with his crazy horse dance. It's ... -
Chinese Era Names
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-11-07)Broadcast Transcript: As if keeping track of the more than 20 Chinese dynasties weren't hard enough, scholars of Chinese history also have to keep track of "era titles," arbitrarily assigned names given to a set of years ...
