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Postcards from Asia radio spots: Recent submissions
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No Good Deed
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-07-06)Broadcast Transcript: No good deed goes unpunished but no property deed might. And for young Chinese bachelors the punishment for having no property deed is no dates. The one-child policy coupled with the Chinese preference ... -
Blue Pork
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-05-29)Broadcast Transcript: The Chinese have a centuries-old love affair with pork. It constitutes 70% of the meat in their diet. Mao Zedong even called pork a "national treasure." However, that pork was the "the other white ... -
Anime News
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-06-15)Broadcast Transcript: They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So, if there is no picture for a news story, just make something up! This is the premise a Hong Kong-based computer animation company has based its success ... -
Talmud in Korea
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-06-01)Broadcast Transcript: The Talmud is the Jewish sacred text containing commentary by legendary rabbis pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs, philosophy etc. It has been the go-to text for more than 5,000 years for Jews ... -
Exploding Watermelons
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-05-25)Broadcast Transcript: Explosions are nothing new here in China. The Chinese did, after all, invent gunpowder. But exploding watermelons? I kid you not. Recently, watermelons in Jiangsu province just began exploding. The ... -
NK Art Show
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-04-27)Broadcast Transcript: As the leisure-suited hereditary leader of communist North Korea, Kim Jong-Il maintains strict control over the art produced in the country. Acceptable subjects include landscapes, mountains and flowers ... -
Kim Jong Un Wife
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-04-20)Broadcast Transcript: There are many pressing questions about North Korea. Will they launch another nuclear attack? Will they be able to feed their people? Will there be a reunion of the two Koreas? Who will marry Kim Jong ... -
Filial Lawsuit
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-04-13)Broadcast Transcript: "See you next week," Mom says, "Or I'll see you in court." Most mothers of adult children use guilt to encourage more frequent visits, but here in China they may be able to add the threat of a lawsuit ... -
Excited Insects
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-04-06)Broadcast Transcript: In America, we don't celebrate bugs nearly enough. I mean, when was the last time you were happy, really happy to see a bug, spiders included? Be honest. I thought so. We might not necessarily kill ... -
Bottoms Up
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-03-30)Broadcast Transcript: "Bottoms up!" Or, "gan bei," as they say here in China. But what are you drinking? It could either be the authentic 144-proof sorghum-based liquor Moutai, or a clever counterfeit. Moutai has been ... -
Tsunami
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-03-23)Broadcast Transcript: Usually our postcards talk about the lighter side of culture and events in China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia. Today's will be a departure from that. In light of recent events in Japan, we would do well ... -
Cosmo Mongolia
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-03-02)Broadcast Transcript: Nothing says loss of traditional cultural values more completely than the appearance of your own nation-specific edition of Cosmopolitan magazine. Sixty countries around the world already boast their ... -
Dogs Are Not for Dinner
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-02-23)Broadcast Transcript: Dogs. They're not just for dinner anymore. Over the years, many a Chinese diner has cooked and served dog and there's a story about an emperor from ancient times whose favorite meat was dog meat. And ... -
Hairy Crabs
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-02-16)Broadcast Transcript: So in Japan, the vending machines act alive: they talk to you and make recommendations. Here in China, the vending machines are not alive but their contents are. At a subway station in Nanjing, people ... -
Plague From China
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-02-09)Broadcast Transcript: Those of you who have been paying attention to Postcards these past three years are already aware that China takes credit for many of the world's firsts, including pasta, gunpowder and golf. Well, ... -
Talking Vending Machines
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-02-02)Broadcast Transcript: From the nightingale floor that sang to warn the shogun of intruders to the bowlingual dog bark translation device, the Japanese have always liked clever -- and talking -- gadgets. So this latest ... -
Taiwanese Trash Trucks
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-01-26)Broadcast Transcript: Here in Taiwan, culture plays a cruel joke on American children. What's that down the street? A slow-moving truck? playing a cheerful, synthesized ditty on a sunny afternoon? Yay! The kids beg for ... -
Chinese Afterlife
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2010-12-08)Broadcast Transcript: Is the afterlife, like, the best vacation spot ever or is it just your standard bureaucracy with a rigid power structure and officials ranked according to seniority? Written evidence from the Shang ... -
Chinese Idol
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2010-12-01)Broadcast Transcript: Back in the sixties, China's national idol was Lei Feng, the dedicated soldier whose accidental death by electrocution at the age of 24 secured his status as an icon. For more than 40 years now, Lei ... -
Octopus Heads
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2010-11-24)Broadcast Transcript: How many octopus heads is too many? This is the question that is on the minds of diners, restaurateurs, fishermen and government officials here in Seoul. The question is not about how many heads an ...
