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September 2007

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HEADING TO HAMBURG: We explore the topic of gender equality in Tibetan Buddhism with the issue of full ordination for Tibetan nuns... (8 min)

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TIBET YOUTH RADIO PRESENTS: THE SPIRIT OF '59: We begin a new series TIBET YOUTH RADIO with a young Tibetan woman's personal narrative of August's mass protest by Tibetans in New Delhi (6 min)

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News Desk Headlines (3 min)

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DOCUMENTARY: JOURNEY TO NAKO/PART ONE The story of a modern-day pilgrimage to take teachings from the Dalai Lama in a remote North Indian village...(10:17)

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SPECIAL FEATURE: PORTRAIT: MEETING MILAREPA Who was Milarepa? We explore the life and legacy of Tibet's most celebrated yogi and spiritual bard through interviews and song...(14:28)

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ASK TENZIN: What is a sentient being?(3:02)

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AUDIO POSTCARD: Ani Choying Drolma singing 'Song of Yogi's Joy' from one of the 1000 Songs of Milarepa

August 2007

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An interview with charismatic Tibet scholar ROBERT THURMAN on war, colonialism, and a myriad other things: 20 mins (May 2006)

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Award Winning Recording Artist TECHUNG demonstrates traditional & modern Tibetan music as the touchstone of an endangered culture. (November 2006)

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FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: Tibetan children try to keep their culture alive in Los Angeles: 9 mins (May 2006)

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Pasadena becomes Little Tibet during the Dalai Lama's teachings. Producer JULIE ADLER caught the atmosphere on the steps of the Civic Auditorium: 5 mins (September 2006)

July 2007

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FROM THE NEWS DESK: The latest on the HUNGER STRIKE in New Delhi... The recent destruction of a Buddhist statue at Tibet's oldest monastery and what it means for religious freedoms in Tibet... AND MORE.. 18 mins

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FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: 21st CENTURY BUDDHISTS? The relevance of Buddhism to the lives of young Tibetans exiles: 11 mins

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INTERVIEW: Can Buddhism survive modernity? How does science play a role? These questions and more with scholar and Western Buddhist teacher, B. Alan Wallace: 18 mins

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ASK TENZIN: Tibet scholar TENZIN DORJEE answers the question: CAN MONKS MARRY? 4 mins

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AUDIO POSTCARD: Sounds of soccer fans in the Tibetan settlement of Bylakkupe: 2 mins

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May 2007, Anniversary Show

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Points from the NEWS DESK with Students For a Free Tibet's TENZIN DORJEE and his dramatic Everest protest of China's 2008 Olympic Games: 16 mins

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Poet and activist TENZIN TSUNDUE speaks about his commitment to non-violence and the art of activism: 10 mins

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An interview with the Dalai Lama's translator THUPTEN JINPA on the delicate craft of interpreting the message of this "simple monk": 14:30 mins

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ASK TENZIN explains the uniquely Tibetan system of reincarnate teachers or 'tulkus': 3 mins

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April 2007

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FROM THE NEWS DESK: Which Way Tibet? AUTONOMY versus INDEPENDENCE and the future of the freedom movement: 14 mins

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DHARAMSALA MASALA: A walk through the 'Little Lhasa' of India: 11:30 mins

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Swiss anthropologist MARTIN BRAUEN on his new book 'Dreamworld Tibet' that demystifies one of the world's most mystical places: 16 mins

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ASK TENZIN: When is a rinpochey NOT a rinpochey? Tibet expert TENZIN DORJEE explains this often misused term: 4 mins

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AUDIO POSTCARD: Bloopers from Dharamsala: the tribulations of recording in one of the world's noisiest places: 1 min

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March 2007

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FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: Tibetans reflect on the significance of March 10th that marked the largest popular resistance to the Chinese occupation: 11 mins

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FROM THE NEWS DESK: How Tibetan Uprising Day was celebrated worldwide and the fate of the Panchen Lama--Tibet's stolen child--with journalist ISABEL HILTON

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ASK TENZIN: Tibet scholar, TENZIN DORJEE, explains the terms 'autonomy' and 'independence' in the different political goals of Tibet's freedom movement: 3 mins

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Artist PEMA NAMDOL THAYE talks about his mission to create a Tibetan Pure Land in the mountains of Southern California.

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Guess who's coming to dinner? The GYUTO MONKS! Producer Julie Adler describes her unusual sleepover with 14 Tibetan monks: 12 mins

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February/ March 2007

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FROM THE NEWS DESK: Follow up with International Campaign for Tibet on the fatal Himalayan shooting of Tibetan refugees.

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JONATHAN LEWIS director of the ground-breaking PBS documentary series CHINA:FROM THE INSIDE

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Tibetan Buddhist monk and author YESHI DORJEE on Tibet's strange & fascinating folktales: 9 mins

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Journalist THOMAS LAIRD and his new book THE STORY OF TIBET based on a decade of interviews with the Dalai Lama.

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ASK TENZIN: HOW TO GREET A TIBETAN Tibet scholar TENZIN DORJEE discusses the origins of the Tibetan language: 3 mins

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AUDIO POSTCARD: Sounds of LOSAR (Tibetan New Year): 1 min

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January 2007

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Cyber-journalist XENI JARDIN and how exiled Tibetans are making technology their own.

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Notes from the NEWS DESK

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FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: The ancient Buddhist pracice of ANIMAL LIBERATION makes a splash on LA's Westside: 10 mins

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Photojournalist MANUEL BAUER on his dramatic Himalayan reportage following in the footsteps of Tibetan refugees: 19 mins

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ASK TENZIN: The first in our Q & A series with scholar TENZIN DORJEE...why are so many Tibetans called Tenzin?: 3 mins

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AUDIO POSTCARD: Prayers for Snowy the cat: 1 min

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November 2006

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FROM THE NEWS DESK: Hear the inside story of the fatal shooting of Tibetans as they tried to cross a Himalayan pass: 20 mins

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ARLENE SAMEN on the challenges and joys of training mid-wives in the remote Tibetan plateau: 10 mins

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Award Winning Recording Artist TECHUNG demonstrates traditional & modern Tibetan music as the touchstone of an endangered culture.

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His Holiness the DALAI LAMA on Compassion in Action

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House Speaker NANCY PELOSI on China & Tibet

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September 2006

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My dad's a monk! JESSICA BRUNA tells us what it's like to be the daughter of a monk: 3 mins

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FROM THE NEWS DESK: Hear what happened when the DALAI LAMA met with Muslim leaders for the first time in history: 13 mins

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Tibetan Nuns Project director RINCHEN KHANDRO on the quiet feminism of Tibetan Nuns: 17 mins

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TIBET CONNECTION interview with HH DALAI LAMA

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Pasadena becomes Little Tibet during the Dalai Lama's teachings. Producer JULIE ADLER caught the atmosphere on the steps of the Civic Auditorium: 5 mins

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AUDIO POSTCARD: Korean, Chinese, Mongolian, Vietnamese & Tibetan monastics chant the Heart Sutra: 1 min

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August 2006

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FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: The story of a homeless addict who became a monk...and a role model for troubled teens: 13 mins

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FROM THE NEWSDESK: The controversial new railway that brings China that much closer to Tibet: 20 mins

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Part 2 of our interview with author MIKEL DUNHAM on the CIA's secret war in Tibet: 17 mins

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July 2006

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Author MIKEL DUNHAM on the CIA's secret war in Tibet (Part 1): 17 mins

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Buddhist Monk MATTHIEU RICARD has been called 'the happiest man alive'. We find out why: 20 mins

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FROM THE NEWS DESK: Why Chinese authorities are taking a sudden interest in the fashion sense of Tibetan language broadcasters: 13 mins

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A few words from the DALAI LAMA on suffering: 2 mins

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May 2006

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FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: Tibetan children try to keep their culture alive in Los Angeles: 9 mins

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FROM THE NEWS DESK: We speak with the mother of the first Tibetan to die in the war in Iraq: 10 mins

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An interview with charismatic Tibet scholar ROBERT THURMAN on war, colonialism, and a myriad other things: 20 mins

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A few words from the DALAI LAMA on the suffering of his people and compassion for one's enemies: 1 min

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AUDIO POSTCARD: The Tibetan National Anthem as sung by the children of the Tibetan Language Class: 1 min

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