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Postcards from Asia radio spots: Recent submissions
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Restaurant Exam
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-02-07)Broadcast Transcript: From the "Certification Mania in Japan" files comes this recent report: Tokyo is launching a campaign to "crack down" on those restaurants on foreign soil that bill themselves as Japanese but don't ... -
Bully Bonanza
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-01-31)Broadcast Transcript: Did you know that fully 21 world religions express some version of the Golden Rule: from Buddhism to Daoism, from Shinto to Confucianism, from Christianity to Islam to Judaism, each one has its own ... -
The Ugly Chinese
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-01-24)Broadcast Transcript: Remember the Ugly American? The 1958 bestseller that gave us a phrase that denotes embarrassing American blunders abroad? Well, as China relaxes its strict rules on travel and its population becomes ... -
Fake Starbucks
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-01-17)Broadcast Transcript: Repeat after me: doo-yoo kah-peh rah-teh seh-gop . Roughly translated, that means "triple soy latte" in Korean. Why do you need to know this? Because, in a modern-day David and Goliath story, Starbucks ... -
Information Cul de Sac
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-01-10)Broadcast Transcript: There is no internet access in North Korea. Okay. It's true: this is partly because so few people even have electricity, but it's mostly because information is so strictly controlled here in the most ... -
Tokyo Tower
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-01-03)Broadcast Transcript: Scanning the skyline of the Japanese capital today, it's hard to catch sight of Tokyo Tower. Modeled on the Eiffel Tower and 333 meters in height, the orange-and-white landmark is the world's tallest ... -
One Little King
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-12-27)Broadcast Transcript: China's one-child policy has accomplished what it set out to do: decrease the population of the world's most populous nation, but it has also changed the typical family configuration and created the ... -
Kimono Professionals
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-12-20)Broadcast Transcript: Let the North Koreans have their nuclear missile test; here in Japan, it's the kimono test that's in the news. Kimono, the traditional robe worn by both men and women, and obi, the elaborate and ... -
Double Spring Year
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-12-13)Broadcast Transcript: South Korean fiancés are under pressure and the country's esteemed fortune tellers are turning up the heat. Why? Because this lunar year has two first days of spring--one last January, and another ... -
Nuclear Golf
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-12-06)Broadcast Transcript: Pay no attention to that nuclear warhead behind the 18th hole; just shout "Fore!" and drive your Titleist down the fairway. In a development that is bizarre even by North Korean standards, the country ... -
Bar Fight Bar
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-11-29)Broadcast Transcript: Annoyed with your boss? Got a bone to pick with your spouse? Angry at that sales clerk who ignored you? Come on down to The Rising Sun Anger Release Bar and beat those suckers up. Well, not those ... -
There's a Baby in My Stomach!
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-11-22)Broadcast Transcript: From the "Accessories for Pregnant Women in Japan" file, this just in: Rail companies in Japan are offering badges to pregnant women to encourage other riders to give up their seats for them on Tokyo's ... -
Stripper Funerals
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-11-15)Broadcast Transcript: Bad news. All of you who were counting on having your body taken to China's Jiangsu province in order to have strippers appear at your funeral had better start making other plans. Local officials are ... -
Ash Buddhas
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-11-08)Broadcast Transcript: In at least one Buddhist temple in Japan, ancestor worship is way more substantive than you might imagine. The temple is called Isshinji and it is in Osaka which is located in the western part of ... -
Nuclear Celebrations
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-11-01)Broadcast Transcript: The North Korean situation is frightening for many reasons but none, perhaps, more eerily disturbing than images of North Koreans celebrating in brightly colored costumes just days after the nation's ... -
Pop Music Battle
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-10-26)Broadcast Transcript: This installment of Postcards from Asia is brought to you by the letters J and K and the number 1 with a bullet. That's J for J pop and K for K pop, and number 1 with a bullet is where they're headed ... -
Wibro
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-09-27)Broadcast Transcript: Korea, in its quest to be the country with "cuttingest" technology edge, has recently tested wireless broadband, aka "wibro". "Wibro" gives users high-speed internet access even in vehicles moving ... -
Party Mascot Game
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-09-20)Broadcast Transcript: Move over Super Mario. Here comes Lei Feng. Who? Lei Feng, the youthful national hero of the Communist Party. Feng is the subject of China's latest video game hit. As Feng, players mend socks, live ... -
Genghis Offspring
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-09-13)Broadcast Transcript: Genghis Khan: conqueror, leader, extreme progenitor. It's said that as many as 16 million males in the geographic area once known as the Mongolian Empire carry the genetic signature of this 13th Century ... -
Train Poetry Exchange
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2006-09-06)Broadcast Transcript: First there were Maoist slogans. Then there were ads for cosmetic surgery. Soon there will be poems by English masters such as Wordsworth and Blake. Where? On Shanghai public transportation, that's ...
