Postcards from Asia radio spots: Recent submissions
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Peas Prize
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-09-19)Broadcast Transcript: The winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards were recently announced but, unlike that prize they give out in Sweden, they didn't make much of a splash in the world news pool. Ramon Magsaysay was a popular ... -
SOV
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-09-12)Broadcast Transcript: "Agree with you the council does. Your apprentice Skywalker will be." Yoda said that. So here's my question: Was Yoda Mongolian? His syntax says yes. Syntax, as you already know, refers to the arrangement ... -
Whoops! Wrong Flag
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-09-05)Broadcast Transcript: North Korea has a long-standing and deeply-rooted feeling of distrust in, well, pretty much the rest of the world. An accident at the preliminary women's soccer match between Colombia and North Korea ... -
Shaman Revival
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-08-29)Broadcast Transcript: Thirty years ago, the chances of finding a cow's head impaled on a trident while people danced around it to bring good luck to fisherman here in South Korea were pretty darn small. But these days, ... -
Men and Parasols
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-07-22)Broadcast Transcript: Parasols or higasa, have long been the stronghold of women here in Japan, who have used them for hundreds of years to protect their skin from tanning. At long last, higasa have achieved the crossover ... -
Bunker Bar
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-08-15)Broadcast Transcript: Lin Biao had a secret cave in the mountains near Beijing. Here, he ran the Chinese military and oversaw propaganda campaigns, including the Cult of Mao, a part of China's Cultural Revolution, a dark ... -
New York Haiku
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-08-08)Broadcast Transcript: Haiku might just be considered the national poetry style of Japan. Its disciplined form restricts writers to a scant three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables each. In a novel, modern twist, it was recently ... -
Song Dynasty Tale
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-08-01)Broadcast Transcript: It's been said that a cat may look at a king and, a story from 12th Century China shows that a cat may make or break a king also. Gaozong was the 10th emperor of the Song Dynasty. In 1129, his only ... -
Urine Eggs
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-07-25)Broadcast Transcript: In spring, a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of urine-soaked eggs. You heard that right. Here in Dongyang, China, eggs boiled in the urine of 10-year-old boys are a considered a delicacy of spring. ... -
Fugu Deregulation
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-07-18)Broadcast Transcript: Fugu is back in the news. Fugu, you might remember, is that poisonous blowfish that the Japanese have been playing a sort of culinary Russian roulette with for centuries. Fugu prep was an art form: ... -
Whiskey International Airport
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-07-11)Broadcast Transcript: From Wrigley Field to Verizon Stadium, we've grown quite used to seeing company names on public venues. As if any further proof were needed that it's a corporate world, here's a story from China. Two ... -
Ancient Chinese Kitchens
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-06-04)Broadcast Transcript: Few people don't love Chinese food: The delicate flavors; the bite size pieces; the flavorful sauces; the healthful spices. Well, here's at least one reason why Chinese food is so good: they've been ... -
Wii
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-05-02)Broadcast Transcript: It had to come to this. You know it did. Sega, the Japanese video game maker that brought you Sonic the Hedgehog has developed a new hands-free video game. No. You don't control it using your mind or ... -
Umami
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-03-25)Broadcast Transcript: The four basic tastes: salty, sweet, sour and bitter were good enough for Democritus, Plato and Aristotle but not, apparently, for Escoffier in France or Kikunae Ikeda in Japan. Ikeda was a chemist ... -
Occupy Men's Toilets
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-04-18)Broadcast Transcript: Traditionally, public protests in China resulted in death or imprisonment. A recent event in Guangzhou indicates that this has changed. Due to a standard that requires a one-to-one ratio of women's ... -
Juche 100
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-04-11)Broadcast Transcript: In light of recent events namely the fact that Kim Jong Un and the US have opened a dialogue, it seems okay to mention an upcoming celebration in North Korea. April 15th marks the 100th anniversary ... -
Name Changing
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-04-04)Broadcast Transcript: Mongolians consider names to be very important. The ner hairlah or naming ceremony for a newborn is taken very seriously. But the name ceremony notwithstanding, Mongolians are not against changing ... -
Naming Ceremonies
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-03-28)Broadcast Transcript: Here in Mongolia, name giving is a family affair. Soon after a baby is born, on a day designated by a lama--but never on a Tuesday or Saturday--there is a ner hairlah or naming ceremony. The whole ... -
Japanese Alphabets
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-02-22)Broadcast Transcript: The Japanese are adept at hiragana. Also katakana. No. They're not Samurai methods of ritual suicide. They're alphabets. And very specific alphabets at that. Hiragana is a set of 48 phonetic symbols, ... -
Chinggis Khaan
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-02-15)Broadcast Transcript: When it comes to makeovers, few people need one more than Genghis Khan. Or Chinggis Xaan as he is known here in Mongolia. Free associate and you'll probably come up with bloodshed and barbarian or ...
