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PROGRAMS 2009

December 2009

November 2009

October 2009

August 2009

 Interview with Israeli filmmaker Nati Baratz about his new documentary UNMISTAKEN CHILD that follows the search for the reincarnation of a Tibetan master; THE WILL TO SURVIVE: One Man's Amazing Escape From Tibet; OPEN MIND: No Self No Problem an interview with Anam Thubten...

June 2009

TIANANMEN 20 YEARS ON: The remarkable secret journal of a discredited Chinese premier offers new insights; TIBET: A CLIMATE EMERGENCY "TIPPING POINT" with English Biologist John Stanley; OPEN MIND: THE BACKDOOR TO ENLIGHTENMENT an interview with Za Choeje Rinpoche...

May 2009

DOES DEMOCRACY IN CHINA EQUAL FREEDOM IN TIBET? Interview with Chinese democracy advocate CHIN JIN; TIBET CONNECTION EXCLUSIVE: The Dalai Lama's reaction to the news out of Tibet that five Tibetans now have been sentenced to death for their roles in the 2008 protests in Lhasa; OPEN MIND:  THE DALAI LAMA'S TIMELESS WISDOM FOR CHALLENGING TIMES: Special Report...

April 2009

GHOSTNET: Interview with security development specialist GREG WALTON about how some suspicious activity on the computer at the private office of the Dalai Lama led to the discovery of an international computer spy ring; OPEN MIND: MIND OVER MONEY? What happens when the 'Rich Dad' company head teams up with his sister, a Tibetan Buddhist nun...

March 2009

WHAT'S ON THE DALAI LAMA'S MIND? An interview with essayist PICO IYER; WITNESS TO HISTORY: What Dolma saw on those fateful days in Lhasa in March 1959; THE SERF QUESTION: An interview with DR. JOHN POWERS; TIBET UPDATE REPORT: What Tibetans in Tibet are feeling...

February 2009

China's revolutionary manifesto CHARTER 08 with Professor Perry Link; a Chinese journalist changes her mind about Tibet; the art of DREAM YOGA with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche; NEWS ROUND UP: Tibetan youth dies in custody; Chinese media edits President Obama's speech, and more...

PROGRAMS 2008

December 2008

An INTERVIEW with DAVID CROSBY; Story of the CIA-backed Tibetan Freedom Fighters with MIKEL DUNHAM; WOESER: The poet who forgot to be afraid; THE YEAR THAT WAS: Prominent Tibetans and activists look back; VOICES FROM EXILE: A young Tibetan artist on his conflict between compassion and activism...

November 2008

Report on historic SPECIAL MEETING of Tibetan exiles; writer and critic JAMYANG NORBU speaks out on the special meeting; Buddhist teacher REGINALD RAY on his new book 'Touching Enlightenment'; TIBET YOUTH RADIO on what the election of Barack Obama means to Tibetan youth...

October 2008

The Spanish High Court's landmark case against top-ranking Chinese officials; THE CANDIDATES & TIBET: Obama and McCain's position on the Tibet issue; ARRESTED IN TIBET: A Taiwanese-American speaks about her terrifying ordeal in Tibet this Summer; OPEN MIND: SOGYAL RINPOCHE on death & impermanence...

September 'Fall Review Special'

Women from a homeless shelter in Washington DC describe their visit from the Dalai Lama...The story of a homeless addict who became a buddhist monk...Author and scholar B. ALAN WALLACE speaks about the connection between science and Buddhism...FROM THE NEWS DESK: We hear from Mikel Dunham about the recent deportation order from the Nepal government...

August 'Olympic Special' 2008

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Media Coordinator Minky Worden on the legacy of the Olympics...The TIBETAN OLYMPICS: How exiled Tibetan took matters into their own hands...CHINA'S WAR ON MONKS with The Daily Telegraph's Richard Spencer..LEAVING FEAR BEHIND: Tibet Youth Radio reports on this documentary about what Tibetans in Tibet think of the Beijing Games...

July 2008

TRACKING THE STEEL DRAGON: How China's economic policies and the new railway are transforming Tibet...ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN, on his latest book: China's Great Train...VOYAGE TO TIBET: Senior Producer Christal Smith's travels to Tibet...behind the  public face of the Dalai Lama with MANUEL BAUER...INTO THE HEART OF THE WORLD with explorer Ian Baker...

June 2008

Bob Thurman on his latest book 'WHY THE DALAI LAMA MATTERS' ...WHEN WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH: Tibetan kids express their experiences through art...MUSICIAN KEN LEE on his experience as a Chinese-American in the Tibetan exiled communities of India KARMAPA IN AMERICA: Special Report...ASK TENZIN: How Buddhism came to Tibet...

May 2008

Writer PICO IYER on his personal connection to Tibet; BLINDSIGHT: Documentary filmmaker Lucy Walker and the remarkable journey of 6 blind Tibetan children up one of Tibet's highest mountains; A Chinese-American on her recent eye-opening trip to Beijing; REPORT from DHARAMSALA: Tibetan monks pray for Chinese quake victims, the first Tibetan protester since March 10th to escape into exile, the Tibetan Olympics, and more...

April 2008

Interview with Chinese student GRACE WANG; UNREPORTED STORIES: Tibetan human rights group struggles to protect the lives of its sources; thoughts from a Tibetan government representative; TIBET THROUGH CHINESE EYES with Dr. John Powers; OPEN MIND with TSULTRIM ALLIONE; Call to action from ROBERT THURMAN

March 2008

WITNESS TO UPRISING: first-hand account of the protests in Lhasa, Tibet; SPECIAL REPORT: Overview of the recent protests in Tibet; THESE DAYS IN DHARAMSALA: Sound Images From Exile; RETURN TO TIBET? 100 monks begin a walk that they hope will take them back to their homeland; NEW DHARMA SERIES: OPEN MIND: Turning Poison into Medicine with PEMA CHÖDRON

January 2008

Choosing the NEXT DALAI LAMA with Tibet expert ROBBIE BARNETT; Contemporary Tibetan artists defying tradition; Rose Parade protest: ASK TENZIN: The four schools of Tibetan Buddhism [repeated from last month: Everest mountaineer LUIS BENITEZ on being a witness to murder on the Nangpa Pass; 10 Questions for the DALAI LAMA with filmmaker RICK RAY]

PROGRAMS 2007

December 2007

Everest mountaineer LUIS BENITEZ describes being a witness to murder on Nangpa Pass; 10 Questions for the DALAI LAMA with filmmaker RICK RAY; Guess Whose Coming to Dinner? THE GYUTO MONKS!; Training midwives on the Tibetan plateau; ASK TENZIN: What's unique about Tibetan Buddhsim?

November 2007

Interview with DAVID COSBY; ROSE BOWL PARADE protesters gear up for New Year; The DALAI LAMA visits a women's homeless shelter in Washington DC; JOURNEY TO NAKO/Part2; ASK TENZIN: The Meaning & Significance of the Dalai Lama

October 2007

Interview with long-time Tibet supporter Rep. TOM LANTOS; SPECIAL REPORT from Washington DC on the DALAI LAMA'S CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL; Interview with LHADON TETHONG & TENZIN DORJEE of Students for a Free Tibet; the growing unrest in Lithang, Eastern Tibet;

September 2007

The question of full ordination for Tibetan nuns; TIBET YOUTH RADIO: The Spirit of '59; Journey to Nako/PART 1; SPECIAL FEATURE: Meeting Milarepa--Tibet's yogi saint; ASK TENZIN: What is a sentient being?

August 2007 Summer Review Special

July 2007

May 2007

April 2007

March 2007

February 2007

January 2007

PROGRAMS 2006

November 2006

September 2006

August 2006

July 2006

May 2006

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