TARS Season 4 Episode 40 Part 1 [...]]]> In the first part of THE ASIAN RADIO SHOW this week, our panel of mothers discuss whether there is more pressure on Asian youth to achieve academically than that of their western peers.

In the second part of THE ASIAN RADIO SHOW this week; Simon Maude reports on the local Malaysian community’s demand for free and fair elections back in Malaysia, then in the studio we talk to Zia Mandviwala who’s just set off to Canne with her short film ‘Night Shift’ which is nominated for the short Palme D’Or.

TARS Season 4 Episode 39 Part 1 (5/05/2012) by Theasianradioshow on Mixcloud

In the second part of THE ASIAN RADIO SHOW this week, Glynis Bartlam is in Arrowtown retracing the steps of some of our earliest Chinese migrants; those that settled next to the Arrowtown river in search of Gold. In the studio we talk to David Kim from the Korean New Zealand Business Council about what a potential free trade agreement between New Zealand and South Korea will mean for New Zealand.

TARS Season 4 Episode 38 Part 1 (28/04/2012) by Theasianradioshow on Mixcloud

In the second part of THE ASIAN RADIO SHOW this week, Thom Watts goes beyond the “Team America” depiction of Kim Jong Il and discovers the movement to save 30 people from public execution in North Korea. Then in the studio we talk to K.K. – a former LA Crips gang member who is now teaching street kids in Cambodia how to dance.

TARS Season 4 Episode 37 Part 1 (21/04/2012) by Theasianradioshow on Mixcloud

In the second part of this week’s THE ASIAN RADIO SHOW, Glynis Bartlam discovers a writing workshop for New Kiwi Women, that not only unites their passion for writing but unites them in their shared experiences of being a migrant. We also talk to Nadia Lim, Masterchef New Zealand winner from 2011, about the recent release of her first recipe book “Nadia’s Kitchen” that embraces her Malaysian/Kiwi heritage.

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In the second part of THE ASIAN RADIO SHOW: With all the pressure on Asian students to become lawyers, doctors or engineers, Simon Maude finds out whether it’s possible to be an ‘ordinary’ Asian teenager. Then we chat with the CEO of P3 and New Zealand ambassador for Hopeland Shruti Vijaykumar about spending time in the Amazon, being an Asian-environmentalist and how to bring positive change home.

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In the second part of THE ASIAN RADIO SHOW this week, Glynis Bartlam looks at how war shapes peoples perceptions of Asian countries and then we chat to Claire Barker, a fashion designer of Asian origin – successful in New Zealand but now expanding back to her roots in China.

TARS Season [...]]]> In the first part of THE ASIAN RADIO SHOW this week; our panel discusses “unlocking the bamboo door” and “breaking the bamboo ceiling” – Asian employment and career progression. Our panel guests are Shawn Tan and Nathan Chan.

In the second part of this week’s THE ASIAN RADIO SHOW, Thom Watts has a close encounter with some Red Pandas at the Wellington Zoo whilst learning about how the zoo is “taking action for Asia” then in the studio we chat to Annie Goldson, who shares her experience of making the documentary “Brother Number One”, a New Zealand documentary on the torture and murder of New Zealand yachtie Kerry Hamill by the Khmer Rouge in 1978.

TARS Season 4 Episode 32, Part 1 (17/03/2012) by Theasianradioshow on Mixcloud

In the second part of THE ASIAN RADIO SHOW this week; Sahar Lone is in Berlin for Berlinale, finding out how New Zealand compares to European countries as a destination for Bollywood films then we talk to Pervyn Kaur of the Australian band The Bombay Royale ahead of their performance at WOMAD in New Zealand.