Program Schedule

OPEN MIND: This week in our Open Mind segment, we ask the question: What is happiness, and how can we achieve it? Venerable Matthieu Ricard, a French Buddhist monk and former scientist, gives us his view in an excerpt from his audiobook, "The Skill of Happiness".

Venerable Matthieu Ricard Website

Sounds True

NEWS DESK: NGABO NGAWANG JIGME, perhaps the most complex figure in recent Tibetan history died in Beijing on December 23, 2009. He was 99 years old. His death has raised some obvious and some hidden questions about Tibetan history that has passed, but more importantly, the history that is being made right now.

NEWS ROUND UP: we beginn with the stunning news that the search engine Google may leave the China market. The powerful shockwaves this story sent around the world were only surpassed by the horrific earthquake in Haiti. It certainly has put China once again under the global spotlight for something we’ve been reporting on quite extensively in the last year: that is the use of cyber attacks to harass and intimidate activists and dissidents.

Reuters

AUDIO POSTCARD: THE SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS - China formally withdrew two Chinese films from the Palm Springs film festival in protest of the scheduled screening of a documentary about Tibet and the Dalai Lama. While Chinese officials told the festival’s director that the filmmakers themselves had decided to withdraw their state-financed works, it is widely believed that it is the state sending a message, rather than the individuals.That documentary about Tibet, “The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet’s Struggle for Freedom,” follows the Dalai Lama over a year through protests over the status of Tibet that were timed to coincide with preparations for the Beijing Olympics.

Phayul

Hollywood Reporter Review

Variety Review

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