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THE WILL TO SURVIVE: The story of one man's amazing escape from Tibet... and on POWER OF ONE: we'll give you the latest on how you can help Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0809-webwholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 38px; height: 54px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-1389359108000305044?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0809-webwholeshow.mp3" length="29047365" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0809-webwholeshow.mp3" fileSize="29047365" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>OUR AUGUST 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE OPEN MIND: No Self, No Problem, an Interview with Anam Thubten...THE UNMISTAKEN CHILD: we speak with the director of the documentary about the search for a Tibetan reincarnation... THE WILL TO SURVIVE: The story of</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>OUR AUGUST 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE OPEN MIND: No Self, No Problem, an Interview with Anam Thubten...THE UNMISTAKEN CHILD: we speak with the director of the documentary about the search for a Tibetan reincarnation... THE WILL TO SURVIVE: The story of one man's amazing escape from Tibet... and on POWER OF ONE: we'll give you the latest on how you can help Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen... Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for June 2009</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#3987635731420776168</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:17:58 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-3987635731420776168</guid><description>OUR JUNE 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE NEWS DESK: the memoirs of former Chinese premier ZHAO ZIYANG. Journalist Adi Ignatius speaks about his book PRISONER OF THE STATE: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang... TIBET: A GLOBAL PLAYER IN CLIMATE CHANGE: John Stanley discusses Tibet's critical role in climate change... BACKDOOR TO ENLIGHTENMENT: Tibetan teacher Za Choje Rinpoche discusses what 'enlightenment' means as part of our ongoing OPEN MIND series...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/june09.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 38px; height: 54px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-3987635731420776168?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/june09.mp3" length="16857889" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/june09.mp3" fileSize="16857889" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>OUR JUNE 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE NEWS DESK: the memoirs of former Chinese premier ZHAO ZIYANG. Journalist Adi Ignatius speaks about his book PRISONER OF THE STATE: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang... TIBET: A GLOBAL PLAYER IN CLIMATE CHANGE</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>OUR JUNE 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE NEWS DESK: the memoirs of former Chinese premier ZHAO ZIYANG. Journalist Adi Ignatius speaks about his book PRISONER OF THE STATE: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang... TIBET: A GLOBAL PLAYER IN CLIMATE CHANGE: John Stanley discusses Tibet's critical role in climate change... BACKDOOR TO ENLIGHTENMENT: Tibetan teacher Za Choje Rinpoche discusses what 'enlightenment' means as part of our ongoing OPEN MIND series... Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for May 2009</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#8282124678570348893</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 23:25:41 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-8282124678570348893</guid><description>OUR MAY 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE NEWS DESK: the Dalai Lama reacts to news of death sentences for Tibetans involved in the 2008 uprising in Lhasa...on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen square, a Chinese Democracy Activist visits the Tibetan community in exile in Dharamsala...OPEN MIND: in the states the Dalai Lama talks about the most important lesson he has taken from being in exile...plus the POWER OF ONE, a monthly suggestion of one thing you alone can do to make a difference...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0509-webwholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 38px; height: 54px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-8282124678570348893?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0509-webwholeshow.mp3" length="28247809" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0509-webwholeshow.mp3" fileSize="28247809" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>OUR MAY 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE NEWS DESK: the Dalai Lama reacts to news of death sentences for Tibetans involved in the 2008 uprising in Lhasa...on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen square, a Chinese Democracy Activist visits the Tibetan</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>OUR MAY 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE NEWS DESK: the Dalai Lama reacts to news of death sentences for Tibetans involved in the 2008 uprising in Lhasa...on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen square, a Chinese Democracy Activist visits the Tibetan community in exile in Dharamsala...OPEN MIND: in the states the Dalai Lama talks about the most important lesson he has taken from being in exile...plus the POWER OF ONE, a monthly suggestion of one thing you alone can do to make a difference... Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for April 2009</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#2168405778931272000</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:50:13 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-2168405778931272000</guid><description>OUR APRIL 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: Some suspicious activity on the computer at the private office of the Dalai Lama leads to the discovery of an international computer spy ring...This month, our OPEN MIND series presents: MIND OVER MONEY? What happens when the 'Rich Dad' company head, an entrepreneur who's made millions teaching people how to become rich, teams up with his sister, a Tibetan Buddhist nun, and more...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0409-webwholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 38px; height: 54px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-2168405778931272000?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0409-webwholeshow.mp3" length="29390092" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0409-webwholeshow.mp3" fileSize="29390092" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>OUR APRIL 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: Some suspicious activity on the computer at the private office of the Dalai Lama leads to the discovery of an international computer spy ring...This month, our OPEN MIND series presents: MIND OVER MONEY? What happens when th</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>OUR APRIL 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: Some suspicious activity on the computer at the private office of the Dalai Lama leads to the discovery of an international computer spy ring...This month, our OPEN MIND series presents: MIND OVER MONEY? What happens when the 'Rich Dad' company head, an entrepreneur who's made millions teaching people how to become rich, teams up with his sister, a Tibetan Buddhist nun, and more... Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for March 2009</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#3449781351493060610</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:54:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-3449781351493060610</guid><description>OUR MARCH 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE NEWS DESK: WHAT'S ON THE DALAI LAMA'S MIND? Acclaimed travel writer and essayist PICO IYER speaks with Christal Smith about how the Tibetan leader is thinking at this critical historical juncture...WITNESS TO HISTORY: Dolma was just giving birth to a baby girl. Pema Dhondup brings this report about what Dolma saw on those fateful days in March 1959...THE SERF QUESTION: We speak with  DR. JOHN POWERS a professor of Asian Studies and Histories at Australian National University, did China liberate Tibetans from the yoke of feudalism as Beijing claims?...TIBET UPDATE REPORT: Executive Producer and Asian Correspondent  Rebecca Novick speaks with reporter LHAKPA KYIZOM about what Tibetans in Tibet are feeling and why they continue to protest even in the face of China's severe crackdown...NEWS ROUND UP: Chinese government announces 50th anniversary celebrations of "democratic reform" in Tibet; Tibetans boycott New Year; Tibetan youth dies in custody; clashes with police and monks in Eastern Tibet, and more...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0309-webwholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 38px; height: 54px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-3449781351493060610?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0309-webwholeshow.mp3" length="27840299" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0309-webwholeshow.mp3" fileSize="27840299" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>OUR MARCH 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE NEWS DESK: WHAT'S ON THE DALAI LAMA'S MIND? Acclaimed travel writer and essayist PICO IYER speaks with Christal Smith about how the Tibetan leader is thinking at this critical historical juncture...WITNESS TO HISTOR</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>OUR MARCH 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE NEWS DESK: WHAT'S ON THE DALAI LAMA'S MIND? Acclaimed travel writer and essayist PICO IYER speaks with Christal Smith about how the Tibetan leader is thinking at this critical historical juncture...WITNESS TO HISTORY: Dolma was just giving birth to a baby girl. Pema Dhondup brings this report about what Dolma saw on those fateful days in March 1959...THE SERF QUESTION: We speak with DR. JOHN POWERS a professor of Asian Studies and Histories at Australian National University, did China liberate Tibetans from the yoke of feudalism as Beijing claims?...TIBET UPDATE REPORT: Executive Producer and Asian Correspondent Rebecca Novick speaks with reporter LHAKPA KYIZOM about what Tibetans in Tibet are feeling and why they continue to protest even in the face of China's severe crackdown...NEWS ROUND UP: Chinese government announces 50th anniversary celebrations of "democratic reform" in Tibet; Tibetans boycott New Year; Tibetan youth dies in custody; clashes with police and monks in Eastern Tibet, and more... Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for February 2009</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#4984740480820279100</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:07:31 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-4984740480820279100</guid><description>OUR FEBRUARY 09  PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE NEWS DESK: Where is the Crime in Charter 08? a report on a revolutionary manifesto that's gaining ground among Chinese free-thinkers...FROM CRITIC TO DEFENDER:  a maverick Chinese journalist who found her voice as an unlikely  defender of the Tibetan people...OPEN MIND: This month we talk to Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche about the Tibetan tradition of dream yoga...NEWS ROUND UP: Chinese government announces 50th anniversary celebrations of "democratic reform" in Tibet...AUDIO POSTCARD: voices from the Tibetan community in Dharamsala...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0209-WEB-fixed.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 38px; height: 54px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-4984740480820279100?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0209-WEB-fixed.mp3" length="27694849" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0209-WEB-fixed.mp3" fileSize="27694849" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>OUR FEBRUARY 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE NEWS DESK: Where is the Crime in Charter 08? a report on a revolutionary manifesto that's gaining ground among Chinese free-thinkers...FROM CRITIC TO DEFENDER: a maverick Chinese journalist who found her voice as</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>OUR FEBRUARY 09 PROGRAM FEATURES: FROM THE NEWS DESK: Where is the Crime in Charter 08? a report on a revolutionary manifesto that's gaining ground among Chinese free-thinkers...FROM CRITIC TO DEFENDER: a maverick Chinese journalist who found her voice as an unlikely defender of the Tibetan people...OPEN MIND: This month we talk to Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche about the Tibetan tradition of dream yoga...NEWS ROUND UP: Chinese government announces 50th anniversary celebrations of "democratic reform" in Tibet...AUDIO POSTCARD: voices from the Tibetan community in Dharamsala... Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for December 2008</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#2570503426130414779</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:47:44 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-2570503426130414779</guid><description>OUR DECEMBER 08 HOLIDAY SPECIAL PROGRAM FEATURES: YEAR IN REVIEW...Tibetan Youth Radio: What do Tibetan think about Barack Obama?...This month's NEWS DESK: several prominent Tibetans and Tibet supporters look back on the year that was...MIKEL DUNHAM'S: "The CIA's secret war in Tibet"...DAVID CROSBY about his deep connection to Tibet...VOICES FROM EXILE: A young Tibetan artist, Karma Sichu, speaks about his conflict between compassion and activism...THE POETRY OF WOESER: "The Fear in Lhasa"...AUDIO POSTCARD: Canadian Band RUSH and more...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1208-wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 38px; height: 54px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-2570503426130414779?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1208-wholeshow.mp3" length="82101011" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1208-wholeshow.mp3" fileSize="82101011" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>OUR DECEMBER 08 HOLIDAY SPECIAL PROGRAM FEATURES: YEAR IN REVIEW...Tibetan Youth Radio: What do Tibetan think about Barack Obama?...This month's NEWS DESK: several prominent Tibetans and Tibet supporters look back on the year that was...MIKEL DUNHAM'S: "T</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>OUR DECEMBER 08 HOLIDAY SPECIAL PROGRAM FEATURES: YEAR IN REVIEW...Tibetan Youth Radio: What do Tibetan think about Barack Obama?...This month's NEWS DESK: several prominent Tibetans and Tibet supporters look back on the year that was...MIKEL DUNHAM'S: "The CIA's secret war in Tibet"...DAVID CROSBY about his deep connection to Tibet...VOICES FROM EXILE: A young Tibetan artist, Karma Sichu, speaks about his conflict between compassion and activism...THE POETRY OF WOESER: "The Fear in Lhasa"...AUDIO POSTCARD: Canadian Band RUSH and more... Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for November 2008</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#6400589989052356642</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:59:18 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-6400589989052356642</guid><description>OUR NOVEMBER 08 PROGRAM FEATURES: A report on the historic  SPECIAL MEETING of Tibetan exiles in Dharmasala...Tibetan critic JAMYANG NORBU speaks out on the special meeting, his hope for Tibet's future and his very own Shangri-la syndrome... TIBET YOUTH RADIO finds out what the election of Barack Obama as US president means to Tibetan youth...a conversation with Western Buddhist teacher and author, REGINALD RAY on his latest book "Touching Enlightenment"...NEWS ROUND UP: Britain changes century-old position on Tibet; YouTube monk rearrested; Tibetan government workers in clash; more sentences for march protest; snowstorms leave victims in Tibet; Chinese lawyer defends Dalai Lama's Middle Way and more...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1108-wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 38px; height: 54px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-6400589989052356642?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1108-wholeshow.mp3" length="80979417" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1108-wholeshow.mp3" fileSize="80979417" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>OUR NOVEMBER 08 PROGRAM FEATURES: A report on the historic SPECIAL MEETING of Tibetan exiles in Dharmasala...Tibetan critic JAMYANG NORBU speaks out on the special meeting, his hope for Tibet's future and his very own Shangri-la syndrome... TIBET YOUTH RA</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>OUR NOVEMBER 08 PROGRAM FEATURES: A report on the historic SPECIAL MEETING of Tibetan exiles in Dharmasala...Tibetan critic JAMYANG NORBU speaks out on the special meeting, his hope for Tibet's future and his very own Shangri-la syndrome... TIBET YOUTH RADIO finds out what the election of Barack Obama as US president means to Tibetan youth...a conversation with Western Buddhist teacher and author, REGINALD RAY on his latest book "Touching Enlightenment"...NEWS ROUND UP: Britain changes century-old position on Tibet; YouTube monk rearrested; Tibetan government workers in clash; more sentences for march protest; snowstorms leave victims in Tibet; Chinese lawyer defends Dalai Lama's Middle Way and more... Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for October 2008</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#8742990314801058289</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:11 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-8742990314801058289</guid><description>OUR OCTOBER 08 PROGRAM FEATURES: Spain's High Court investigates a landmark case brought against top-ranking Chinese officials for crimes against humanity in Tibet...Our OPEN MIND series presenting Tibetan Buddhist teachers continues with SOGYAL RIMPOCHE...THE CANDIDATES &amp;amp; TIBET: We look at Obama and McCain's position on the Tibet issue and what US-China relations would look like under their administrations...ARRESTED IN TIBET: We hear from 24-year-old Taiwanese-American Wen Yan-King about her terrifying ordeal in Tibet this Summer...NEWS ROUND-UP: The Dalai Lama's health, earthquakes rock Tibet, Tibetan filmmaker released on probation, the missing Tibetan aids activist, Tibetan envoy talks tough, and more...Author and scholar B. ALAN WALLACE speaks about the connection between science and Buddhism and whether Buddhism can survive modernity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1008-wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-8742990314801058289?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1008-wholeshow.mp3" length="79727692" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1008-wholeshow.mp3" fileSize="79727692" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>OUR OCTOBER 08 PROGRAM FEATURES: Spain's High Court investigates a landmark case brought against top-ranking Chinese officials for crimes against humanity in Tibet...Our OPEN MIND series presenting Tibetan Buddhist teachers continues with SOGYAL RIMPOCHE.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>OUR OCTOBER 08 PROGRAM FEATURES: Spain's High Court investigates a landmark case brought against top-ranking Chinese officials for crimes against humanity in Tibet...Our OPEN MIND series presenting Tibetan Buddhist teachers continues with SOGYAL RIMPOCHE...THE CANDIDATES &amp;amp; TIBET: We look at Obama and McCain's position on the Tibet issue and what US-China relations would look like under their administrations...ARRESTED IN TIBET: We hear from 24-year-old Taiwanese-American Wen Yan-King about her terrifying ordeal in Tibet this Summer...NEWS ROUND-UP: The Dalai Lama's health, earthquakes rock Tibet, Tibetan filmmaker released on probation, the missing Tibetan aids activist, Tibetan envoy talks tough, and more...Author and scholar B. ALAN WALLACE speaks about the connection between science and Buddhism and whether Buddhism can survive modernity. Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for September 28, 2008</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#7659442112741704980</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:11 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-7659442112741704980</guid><description>OUR FALL 2008 REVIEW SPECIAL PROGRAM FEATURES: SOMEONE WORTH FINDING: The story of a homeless addict who became a respected high school teacher, and then took ordination as a Tibetan Buddhist monk...NEWS ROUND-UP: The death of the Dalai Lama's elder brother, Spain's High Court hears testimony against top Chinese officials, a US resolution urges China to dialogue on Tibet, mass beatings of monks in Eastern Tibet and more...FROM THE NEWS DESK: We hear from writer and researcher Mikel Dunham about the recent deportation order from the Nepal government and what it means for the 20'000 Tibetans in Nepal...CAN BUDDHISM SURVIVE MODERNITY?: Author and scholar Alan Wallace speaks about the connection between science and Buddhism...Women from a homeless shelter in Washington DC describe their visit from the Dalai Lama...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0908-wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-7659442112741704980?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0908-wholeshow.mp3" length="80652428" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0908-wholeshow.mp3" fileSize="80652428" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>OUR FALL 2008 REVIEW SPECIAL PROGRAM FEATURES: SOMEONE WORTH FINDING: The story of a homeless addict who became a respected high school teacher, and then took ordination as a Tibetan Buddhist monk...NEWS ROUND-UP: The death of the Dalai Lama's elder broth</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>OUR FALL 2008 REVIEW SPECIAL PROGRAM FEATURES: SOMEONE WORTH FINDING: The story of a homeless addict who became a respected high school teacher, and then took ordination as a Tibetan Buddhist monk...NEWS ROUND-UP: The death of the Dalai Lama's elder brother, Spain's High Court hears testimony against top Chinese officials, a US resolution urges China to dialogue on Tibet, mass beatings of monks in Eastern Tibet and more...FROM THE NEWS DESK: We hear from writer and researcher Mikel Dunham about the recent deportation order from the Nepal government and what it means for the 20'000 Tibetans in Nepal...CAN BUDDHISM SURVIVE MODERNITY?: Author and scholar Alan Wallace speaks about the connection between science and Buddhism...Women from a homeless shelter in Washington DC describe their visit from the Dalai Lama... Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for August 31, 2008</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#8609267539503414075</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:11 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-8609267539503414075</guid><description>OUR 'OLYMPIC SPECIAL' PROGRAM FEATURES: The legacy of the Beijing Games with Human Rights Watch Media Coordinator MINKY WORDEN... FROM THE NEWS DESK: CHINA'S WAR ON MONKS: We hear from reporter Richard Spencer about the new measures taken by China's authorities against religious freedom in Tibet since the Olympics... LEAVING FEAR BEHIND: Amateur filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen and his monk cameraman Golok Jigme's remarkable film about what Tibetans in Tibet feel about the Beijing Olympics...FORGET BEIJING, HERE'S THE TIBETAN OLYMPICS: two documentary filmmakers who followed the participants of the TIBETAN OLYMPICS and found the Olympic Spirit alive among Tibetan youth...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0808-wholeshowupdate.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-8609267539503414075?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0808-wholeshowupdate.mp3" length="81059943" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0808-wholeshowupdate.mp3" fileSize="81059943" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>OUR 'OLYMPIC SPECIAL' PROGRAM FEATURES: The legacy of the Beijing Games with Human Rights Watch Media Coordinator MINKY WORDEN... FROM THE NEWS DESK: CHINA'S WAR ON MONKS: We hear from reporter Richard Spencer about the new measures taken by China's autho</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>OUR 'OLYMPIC SPECIAL' PROGRAM FEATURES: The legacy of the Beijing Games with Human Rights Watch Media Coordinator MINKY WORDEN... FROM THE NEWS DESK: CHINA'S WAR ON MONKS: We hear from reporter Richard Spencer about the new measures taken by China's authorities against religious freedom in Tibet since the Olympics... LEAVING FEAR BEHIND: Amateur filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen and his monk cameraman Golok Jigme's remarkable film about what Tibetans in Tibet feel about the Beijing Olympics...FORGET BEIJING, HERE'S THE TIBETAN OLYMPICS: two documentary filmmakers who followed the participants of the TIBETAN OLYMPICS and found the Olympic Spirit alive among Tibetan youth... Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for July 27, 2008</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#6261345221715312877</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:11 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-6261345221715312877</guid><description>FROM THE NEWS DESK: THE TRAIN &amp;amp; TIBET, how China's economic policies and the new railway are transforming Tibet... ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN: a reporter whose journey on the train led to his book 'CHINA'S GREAT TRAIN: Beijing's Drive West and the Campaign to Remake Tibet.'...Senior Producer CHRISTAL SMITH travelled to Tibet last year, and found a place packed with beauty, mystery, and contradiction... INTERVIEW WITH PHOTOGRAPHER MANUEL BAUER: about getting behind the public face of the Dalai Lama...INTO THE HEART OF THE WORLD: author IAN BAKER talks about his life's work, experiencing the fabled hidden lands of Tibet...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/TCWHOLESHOWJULY2008.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-6261345221715312877?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/TCWHOLESHOWJULY2008.mp3" length="80702946" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/TCWHOLESHOWJULY2008.mp3" fileSize="80702946" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>FROM THE NEWS DESK: THE TRAIN &amp;amp; TIBET, how China's economic policies and the new railway are transforming Tibet... ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN: a reporter whose journey on the train led to his book 'CHINA'S GREAT TRAIN: Beijing's Drive West and the Campaign to </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>FROM THE NEWS DESK: THE TRAIN &amp;amp; TIBET, how China's economic policies and the new railway are transforming Tibet... ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN: a reporter whose journey on the train led to his book 'CHINA'S GREAT TRAIN: Beijing's Drive West and the Campaign to Remake Tibet.'...Senior Producer CHRISTAL SMITH travelled to Tibet last year, and found a place packed with beauty, mystery, and contradiction... INTERVIEW WITH PHOTOGRAPHER MANUEL BAUER: about getting behind the public face of the Dalai Lama...INTO THE HEART OF THE WORLD: author IAN BAKER talks about his life's work, experiencing the fabled hidden lands of Tibet... Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for June 29, 2008</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#8309225556733159828</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:11 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-8309225556733159828</guid><description>FROM THE NEWS DESK: An Interview with Bob Thurman about his latest book 'WHY THE DALAI LAMA MATTERS: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World.?...WHEN WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH: How a unique program ART REFUGE UK is helping Tibetan kids in exile to express their experiences... INTERVIEW WITH MUSICIAN KEN LEE on his experience as a Chinese-American in the Tibetan exiled communities of India... KARMAPA IN AMERICA: Special Report on the first visit to the West of His Holiness 17th Karmapa... ASK TENZIN: The Tibet Connection's Answer Man tells us how Buddhism came to Tibet...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0608-wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-8309225556733159828?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0608-wholeshow.mp3" length="82066802" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0608-wholeshow.mp3" fileSize="82066802" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>FROM THE NEWS DESK: An Interview with Bob Thurman about his latest book 'WHY THE DALAI LAMA MATTERS: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World.?...WHEN WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH: How a unique program ART REFUGE UK is helping Tibetan kids</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>FROM THE NEWS DESK: An Interview with Bob Thurman about his latest book 'WHY THE DALAI LAMA MATTERS: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World.?...WHEN WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH: How a unique program ART REFUGE UK is helping Tibetan kids in exile to express their experiences... INTERVIEW WITH MUSICIAN KEN LEE on his experience as a Chinese-American in the Tibetan exiled communities of India... KARMAPA IN AMERICA: Special Report on the first visit to the West of His Holiness 17th Karmapa... ASK TENZIN: The Tibet Connection's Answer Man tells us how Buddhism came to Tibet... Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for May 25, 2008</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#1360923143957916318</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:11 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-1360923143957916318</guid><description>PICO IYER's personal Tibet Connection; BLINDSIGHT: New Vision in Tibet: interview with award-winning documentary filmmaker LUCY WALKER about her latest film; From the NEWSDESK: Thoughts from the streets of Beijing; Report from DHARAMSALA: An interview with the first Tibetan protester to come out of Tibet since March 10th; the Chinese lawyers who tried to defend the protests; the press conference with the Dalai Lama's envoys to China; the Tibetan Olympics; the march to Tibet; how Tibetans inside and outside Tibet are responding to China's devastating earthquake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"&gt;&lt;span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0508-wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-1360923143957916318?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0508-wholeshow.mp3" length="85506815" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0508-wholeshow.mp3" fileSize="85506815" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>PICO IYER's personal Tibet Connection; BLINDSIGHT: New Vision in Tibet: interview with award-winning documentary filmmaker LUCY WALKER about her latest film; From the NEWSDESK: Thoughts from the streets of Beijing; Report from DHARAMSALA: An interview wit</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>PICO IYER's personal Tibet Connection; BLINDSIGHT: New Vision in Tibet: interview with award-winning documentary filmmaker LUCY WALKER about her latest film; From the NEWSDESK: Thoughts from the streets of Beijing; Report from DHARAMSALA: An interview with the first Tibetan protester to come out of Tibet since March 10th; the Chinese lawyers who tried to defend the protests; the press conference with the Dalai Lama's envoys to China; the Tibetan Olympics; the march to Tibet; how Tibetans inside and outside Tibet are responding to China's devastating earthquake. Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for April 27, 2008</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#4561028247377291313</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:11 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-4561028247377291313</guid><description>On this month's NEWS DESK: The latest news on Tibet including an interview with GRACE WONG, a Chinese student whose attempts to mediate between Chinese and Tibetans on an American campus turned into a personal nightmere; UNREPORTED STORIES: Producer Rebecca Novick reports on the logistic and ethical challenges faced by human rights groups in authenticating stories of human rights violations coming out of Tibet where no independent journalists are allowed; Interview with Tibetan spokesperson THUPTEN SAMPHEL on the latest situation in Tibet and the implications for the future; TIBET THROUGH CHINESE EYES: Buddhist scholar and Tibet historian DR. JOHN POWERS offers insights into how the Chinese people's traditional view of Tibet is affecting Beijing's policy; TSULTRIM ALLIONE speaks about 'feeding your demons'; CALL TO ACTION from PROF ROBERT THURMAN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0408-wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-4561028247377291313?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0408-wholeshow.mp3" length="69631573" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0408-wholeshow.mp3" fileSize="69631573" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>On this month's NEWS DESK: The latest news on Tibet including an interview with GRACE WONG, a Chinese student whose attempts to mediate between Chinese and Tibetans on an American campus turned into a personal nightmere; UNREPORTED STORIES: Producer Rebec</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>On this month's NEWS DESK: The latest news on Tibet including an interview with GRACE WONG, a Chinese student whose attempts to mediate between Chinese and Tibetans on an American campus turned into a personal nightmere; UNREPORTED STORIES: Producer Rebecca Novick reports on the logistic and ethical challenges faced by human rights groups in authenticating stories of human rights violations coming out of Tibet where no independent journalists are allowed; Interview with Tibetan spokesperson THUPTEN SAMPHEL on the latest situation in Tibet and the implications for the future; TIBET THROUGH CHINESE EYES: Buddhist scholar and Tibet historian DR. JOHN POWERS offers insights into how the Chinese people's traditional view of Tibet is affecting Beijing's policy; TSULTRIM ALLIONE speaks about 'feeding your demons'; CALL TO ACTION from PROF ROBERT THURMAN Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for March 2008</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#4014507813311750601</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:11 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-4014507813311750601</guid><description>WITNESS TO UPRISING: A Western tourist describes what it was like to be in Lhasa when the unrest began. SPECIAL REPORT: Overview of the events in Tibet; DHARAMSALA DIARY: Sound Images of how Tibetans in exile in India are responding to the crisis in their homeland; RETURN TO TIBET? 100 Tibetans begin a journey on foot that they hope will take them all the way back to Tibet. But will they make it that far? We launch a new series OPEN MIND: This month PEMA CHODRON, a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, on turning poison into medicine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0108-wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0308-wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-4014507813311750601?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0108-wholeshow.mp3" length="82083729" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0108-wholeshow.mp3" fileSize="82083729" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>WITNESS TO UPRISING: A Western tourist describes what it was like to be in Lhasa when the unrest began. SPECIAL REPORT: Overview of the events in Tibet; DHARAMSALA DIARY: Sound Images of how Tibetans in exile in India are responding to the crisis in their</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>WITNESS TO UPRISING: A Western tourist describes what it was like to be in Lhasa when the unrest began. SPECIAL REPORT: Overview of the events in Tibet; DHARAMSALA DIARY: Sound Images of how Tibetans in exile in India are responding to the crisis in their homeland; RETURN TO TIBET? 100 Tibetans begin a journey on foot that they hope will take them all the way back to Tibet. But will they make it that far? We launch a new series OPEN MIND: This month PEMA CHODRON, a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, on turning poison into medicine. Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for January 2008</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#6475712569732115445</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:11 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-6475712569732115445</guid><description>On this month's NEWS DESK: SHOOTING AT NANGPA PASS: One year later, a Himalayan mountain guide speaks out... CHOOSING THE NEXT DALAI LAMA: Why an atheist government is taking a sudden interest in Tibetan Buddhism...10 QUESTIONS FOR THE DALAI LAMA with filmmaker Rick Ray....Four CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS challenge artistic tradition...ROSE PARADE PROTEST: How successful were activists protesting China's float at the world famous event? ASK TENZIN: The four schools of Tibetan Buddhism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0108-wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-6475712569732115445?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0108-wholeshow.mp3" length="82083729" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0108-wholeshow.mp3" fileSize="82083729" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>On this month's NEWS DESK: SHOOTING AT NANGPA PASS: One year later, a Himalayan mountain guide speaks out... CHOOSING THE NEXT DALAI LAMA: Why an atheist government is taking a sudden interest in Tibetan Buddhism...10 QUESTIONS FOR THE DALAI LAMA with fil</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>On this month's NEWS DESK: SHOOTING AT NANGPA PASS: One year later, a Himalayan mountain guide speaks out... CHOOSING THE NEXT DALAI LAMA: Why an atheist government is taking a sudden interest in Tibetan Buddhism...10 QUESTIONS FOR THE DALAI LAMA with filmmaker Rick Ray....Four CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS challenge artistic tradition...ROSE PARADE PROTEST: How successful were activists protesting China's float at the world famous event? ASK TENZIN: The four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for December 2007</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#178407587610078235</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:11 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-178407587610078235</guid><description>On this month's NEWS DESK: SHOOTING at NANGPA PASS: What would you have done? 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama: Documentary filmmaker Rick Ray on an interview that became a personal quest... Guess who's coming to dinner? The GYUTO MONKS! One Heartbeat at a time: ARLENE SAMEN on her work training midwives on the Tibetan plateau...ASK TENZIN: What is unique about Tibetan Buddhism?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1207-wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758739114741234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-178407587610078235?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8ziKVaBzfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/14USZfH3b2U/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1207-wholeshow.mp3" length="79938972" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1207-wholeshow.mp3" fileSize="79938972" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>On this month's NEWS DESK: SHOOTING at NANGPA PASS: What would you have done? 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama: Documentary filmmaker Rick Ray on an interview that became a personal quest... Guess who's coming to dinner? The GYUTO MONKS! One Heartbeat at a</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>On this month's NEWS DESK: SHOOTING at NANGPA PASS: What would you have done? 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama: Documentary filmmaker Rick Ray on an interview that became a personal quest... Guess who's coming to dinner? The GYUTO MONKS! One Heartbeat at a time: ARLENE SAMEN on her work training midwives on the Tibetan plateau...ASK TENZIN: What is unique about Tibetan Buddhism? Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for November 2007</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#9078546908241945849</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:11 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-9078546908241945849</guid><description>On this month's NEWS DESK: An Olympic showdown in California... Will an intrepid group of activists convince the city of Pasadena to ban a float celebrating the Beijing games from the legendary New Year's Rose Parade?... Bending it to his will - an INTERVIEW with David Crosby...Hello Dalai! His Holiness visits N Street Village, a women's homeless shelter in Washington DC....FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: JOURNEY TO NAKO/PART TWO: The story of a modern-day pilgrimage to take teachings from the Dalai Lama in a remote North Indian village...ASK TENZIN: On the heels of the Dalai Lama's Congressional Gold Medal, we explore the meaning and significance of the Dalai Lama to Tibetans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1107-wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8zhhVaBzeI/AAAAAAAAAB0/25jjqOoE9Jg/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173758034740104674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to Entire Program&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-9078546908241945849?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/R8zhhVaBzeI/AAAAAAAAAB0/25jjqOoE9Jg/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1107-wholeshow.mp3" length="80522025" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1107-wholeshow.mp3" fileSize="80522025" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>On this month's NEWS DESK: An Olympic showdown in California... Will an intrepid group of activists convince the city of Pasadena to ban a float celebrating the Beijing games from the legendary New Year's Rose Parade?... Bending it to his will - an INTERV</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>On this month's NEWS DESK: An Olympic showdown in California... Will an intrepid group of activists convince the city of Pasadena to ban a float celebrating the Beijing games from the legendary New Year's Rose Parade?... Bending it to his will - an INTERVIEW with David Crosby...Hello Dalai! His Holiness visits N Street Village, a women's homeless shelter in Washington DC....FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: JOURNEY TO NAKO/PART TWO: The story of a modern-day pilgrimage to take teachings from the Dalai Lama in a remote North Indian village...ASK TENZIN: On the heels of the Dalai Lama's Congressional Gold Medal, we explore the meaning and significance of the Dalai Lama to Tibetans. Listen to Entire Program</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for October 2007 (flash)</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#4847925452934922169</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:24:34 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-4847925452934922169</guid><description>NEWS DESK: On the occasion of HH the Dalai Lama receiving the CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL, we bring you a special report from the nation's capital on the people and celebrations... PLUS an exclusive interview with REP. TOM LANTOS, one of the key sponsors of the Dalai Lama's Congressional Gold Medal award and a key note speaker at the ceremony... NEWS REPORT on the latest developments in Lithang, Eastern Tibet, where a grassroots resistance movement is making China nervous... FEATURE INTERVIEW: We speak with LHADONG TETHING, president of Students for a Free Tibet, about her recent undercover trip to Beijing, China's Olympics and more....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;div.fetish object, div.fetish embed {width:218px;height:155px;visibility:visible;z-index:5;}div.fetish div.fetishButton {display:block;position:relative;top:-35px;z-index:6;text-align:center;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;div class="fetish"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.mp3asset.com/swf/mp3/myflashfetish-mp3-player.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" flashvars="myid=5650496&amp;amp;path=2007/10/30&amp;amp;mycolor=0x610101&amp;amp;mycolor2=0x4D1414&amp;amp;mycolor3=0xFFFFFF&amp;amp;autoplay=false&amp;amp;rand=0&amp;amp;f=3&amp;amp;vol=100" name="myflashfetish" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="155" width="218"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/JnB0PTExOTM4MDQzMTY2NTYmcD0xODAzMSZkPSZuPWJsb2dnZXI=.jpg" border="0" height="0" width="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1007-wholeshowweb.mp3"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-4847925452934922169?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1007-wholeshowweb.mp3" length="82324477" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1007-wholeshowweb.mp3" fileSize="82324477" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>NEWS DESK: On the occasion of HH the Dalai Lama receiving the CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL, we bring you a special report from the nation's capital on the people and celebrations... 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FEATURE INTERVIEW: We speak with LHADONG TETHING, president of Students for a Free Tibet, about her recent undercover trip to Beijing, China's Olympics and more.... div.fetish object, div.fetish embed {width:218px;height:155px;visibility:visible;z-index:5;}div.fetish div.fetishButton {display:block;position:relative;top:-35px;z-index:6;text-align:center;} </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for October 2007</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#3134568731676653403</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:11 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-3134568731676653403</guid><description>NEWS DESK: On the occasion of HH the Dalai Lama receiving the CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL, we bring you a special report from the nation's capital on the people and celebrations... PLUS an exclusive interview with REP. TOM LANTOS, one of the key sponsors of the Dalai Lama's Congressional Gold Medal award and a key note speaker at the ceremony... NEWS REPORT on the latest developments in Lithang, Eastern Tibet, where a grassroots resistance movement is making China nervous... FEATURE INTERVIEW: We speak with LHADONG TETHING, president of Students for a Free Tibet, about her recent undercover trip to Beijing, China's Olympics and more....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1007-wholeshowweb.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/RjTopeyy85I/AAAAAAAAAAM/rLja3gGhs0A/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058924080782308242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to the program (55 min)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-3134568731676653403?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/RjTopeyy85I/AAAAAAAAAAM/rLja3gGhs0A/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1007-wholeshowweb.mp3" length="82324477" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc1007-wholeshowweb.mp3" fileSize="82324477" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>NEWS DESK: On the occasion of HH the Dalai Lama receiving the CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL, we bring you a special report from the nation's capital on the people and celebrations... PLUS an exclusive interview with REP. TOM LANTOS, one of the key sponsors of </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>NEWS DESK: On the occasion of HH the Dalai Lama receiving the CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL, we bring you a special report from the nation's capital on the people and celebrations... PLUS an exclusive interview with REP. TOM LANTOS, one of the key sponsors of the Dalai Lama's Congressional Gold Medal award and a key note speaker at the ceremony... NEWS REPORT on the latest developments in Lithang, Eastern Tibet, where a grassroots resistance movement is making China nervous... FEATURE INTERVIEW: We speak with LHADONG TETHING, president of Students for a Free Tibet, about her recent undercover trip to Beijing, China's Olympics and more.... Listen to the program (55 min)</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for September 2007</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#8475138667749421718</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:12 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-8475138667749421718</guid><description>NEWS DESK: HEADING TO HAMBURG: We explore the topic of gender equality in Tibetan Buddhism with the issue of full ordination for Tibetan nuns... We also begin a new youth series 'TIBET YOUTH RADIO' with a young Tibetan woman's personal narrative of August's mass protests by Tibetans in new Delhi... PLUS the latest news on the Tibet front; FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: JOURNEY TO NAKO Part One of a modern day pilgrimage to the Dalai Lama's teachings in a remote village in North India; SPECIAL FEATURE: MEETING MILAREPA  The life and legacy of Tibet's most celebrated yogi and spiritual bard through interviews and song; ASK TENZIN: What is a sentient being?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0907-newshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/RjTopeyy85I/AAAAAAAAAAM/rLja3gGhs0A/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058924080782308242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to the program (55 min)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-8475138667749421718?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/RjTopeyy85I/AAAAAAAAAAM/rLja3gGhs0A/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0907-newshow.mp3" length="78857499" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0907-newshow.mp3" fileSize="78857499" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>NEWS DESK: HEADING TO HAMBURG: We explore the topic of gender equality in Tibetan Buddhism with the issue of full ordination for Tibetan nuns... We also begin a new youth series 'TIBET YOUTH RADIO' with a young Tibetan woman's personal narrative of August</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>NEWS DESK: HEADING TO HAMBURG: We explore the topic of gender equality in Tibetan Buddhism with the issue of full ordination for Tibetan nuns... We also begin a new youth series 'TIBET YOUTH RADIO' with a young Tibetan woman's personal narrative of August's mass protests by Tibetans in new Delhi... PLUS the latest news on the Tibet front; FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: JOURNEY TO NAKO Part One of a modern day pilgrimage to the Dalai Lama's teachings in a remote village in North India; SPECIAL FEATURE: MEETING MILAREPA The life and legacy of Tibet's most celebrated yogi and spiritual bard through interviews and song; ASK TENZIN: What is a sentient being? Listen to the program (55 min)</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for August 2007</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#9021161632824875889</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:12 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-9021161632824875889</guid><description>Our August 'SUMMER REVIEW' Special features an Interview with Tibet scholar Professor ROBERT THURMAN; a lyrical stroll through Tibetan music with TECHUNG; a feature documentary of Tibetan children keeping their culture alive in the city; reflections from the Dalai Lama's teachings; PLUS the latest news on the Tibet front&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0807wholeshow.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/RjTopeyy85I/AAAAAAAAAAM/rLja3gGhs0A/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058924080782308242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to the program (55 min)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-9021161632824875889?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/RjTopeyy85I/AAAAAAAAAAM/rLja3gGhs0A/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0807wholeshow.mp3" length="79233029" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0807wholeshow.mp3" fileSize="79233029" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Our August 'SUMMER REVIEW' Special features an Interview with Tibet scholar Professor ROBERT THURMAN; a lyrical stroll through Tibetan music with TECHUNG; a feature documentary of Tibetan children keeping their culture alive in the city; reflections from </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Our August 'SUMMER REVIEW' Special features an Interview with Tibet scholar Professor ROBERT THURMAN; a lyrical stroll through Tibetan music with TECHUNG; a feature documentary of Tibetan children keeping their culture alive in the city; reflections from the Dalai Lama's teachings; PLUS the latest news on the Tibet front Listen to the program (55 min)</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for July 27th, 2007</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#7528951858650929251</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:12 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-7528951858650929251</guid><description>NEWSDESK: We take a look at the recent destruction of a Buddhist statue at Tibet's oldest monastery and what it means for religious freedoms in Tibet... we probe the implications of the 6th round of talks between Beijing and the Tibetan government-in-exile and MORE; FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: 21st CENTURY BUDDHISTS? On the occasion of the first Buddhist teaching to Tibetan youth by the Dalai Lama, we explore the relevance of Buddhism to the lives of young Tibetans in exile; INTERVIEW: Can Buddhism survive modernity? How does science play a role? We take an in-depth look at these questions and more with leading scholar and Western Buddhist teacher, Alan Wallace; ASK TENZIN: TENZIN DORJEE answers the question: Can monks marry?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/TC0707-new.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/RjTopeyy85I/AAAAAAAAAAM/rLja3gGhs0A/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058924080782308242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to the program (55 min)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-7528951858650929251?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/RjTopeyy85I/AAAAAAAAAAM/rLja3gGhs0A/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/TC0707-new.mp3" length="78964703" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/TC0707-new.mp3" fileSize="78964703" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>NEWSDESK: We take a look at the recent destruction of a Buddhist statue at Tibet's oldest monastery and what it means for religious freedoms in Tibet... we probe the implications of the 6th round of talks between Beijing and the Tibetan government-in-exil</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</itunes:author><itunes:summary>NEWSDESK: We take a look at the recent destruction of a Buddhist statue at Tibet's oldest monastery and what it means for religious freedoms in Tibet... we probe the implications of the 6th round of talks between Beijing and the Tibetan government-in-exile and MORE; FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: 21st CENTURY BUDDHISTS? On the occasion of the first Buddhist teaching to Tibetan youth by the Dalai Lama, we explore the relevance of Buddhism to the lives of young Tibetans in exile; INTERVIEW: Can Buddhism survive modernity? How does science play a role? We take an in-depth look at these questions and more with leading scholar and Western Buddhist teacher, Alan Wallace; ASK TENZIN: TENZIN DORJEE answers the question: Can monks marry? Listen to the program (55 min)</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>radio,connection,Tibet,Asia,Buddhism,travel,religion,dalai,lama,spirituality,china,the,tibet,connection</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>The Tibet Connection for May 25th, 2007</title><link>http://tibetconnection.blogspot.com/index.html#2968024873290560814</link><author>sarah@thetibetconnection.org</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:43:12 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572477715587430126.post-2968024873290560814</guid><description>Maverick poet and activist TENZIN TSUNDUE talks about the art of activism. NEWSDESK: Pema Dhondup interviews the protesters who were arrested at the base of Mount Everest to draw attention to China's proposed route for the Olympic torch... will their efforts affect the International Olympic Committee's decision to have the route go through Tibet? Plus: An INTERVIEW with THUPTEN JINPA, translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0507-wholeshow2.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/RjTopeyy85I/AAAAAAAAAAM/rLja3gGhs0A/s320/dorjered_click.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058924080782308242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Listen to the program (55 min)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7572477715587430126-2968024873290560814?l=tibetconnection.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TqUevB4uh6w/RjTopeyy85I/AAAAAAAAAAM/rLja3gGhs0A/s72-c/dorjered_click.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><enclosure url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0507-wholeshow2.mp3" length="77771644" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.thetibetconnection.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/tc0507-wholeshow2.mp3" fileSize="77771644" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Maverick poet and activist TENZIN TSUNDUE talks about the art of activism. 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