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This week on Full Frame: The future is Asian

This week on Full Frame: How technology shapes our social structures

Not since the Industrial Revolution has technology so fundamentally altered how we work and communicate. These innovations made us more efficient and connected, but they also set off unprecedented changes with consequences we’re still struggling to understand.

This week on Full Frame: Space Exploration

Humans are going to Mars; that’s a fact. But when, how long will it take to get there, and who will make it there first? All that and more in this week’s episode on Space Exploration.

Yuen Yuen Ang with Mike Walter

This week on Full Frame: Poverty Alleviation

China’s path out of poverty has not been easy. It built markets that were once never there. This led to one of the greatest human achievements of our time. This week on Full Frame: Poverty Alleviation.

Full Frame Season Premiere: Overpopulation

Full Frame returns with their new season on the dire issue of overpopulation and whether the world can sustain so many of us.

Full Frame Close Up: The Chalk Creatures of Ann Arbor

Find out how a box of chalk changed artist David Zinn’s life.

Recipe for Life: Ann Xu

When Baltimore baker and illustrator Ann Xu is feeling down, she heads to the kitchen and cooks something from scratch. Check out what deliciousness she and Asieh made in this week’s Recipe for Life.

Full Frame Close Up: Drawing the World

Check out Shi Lun’s world class sketches in this week’s Full Frame Close Up.

Full Frame Close Up: Persian Puppets Go to China

“Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic” is a shadow puppet play like no other that’s been drawing big, sold-out crowds in the U.S. and around the world. Now the Iranian production is being performed in China, where puppetry originated.

Full Frame Close Up: A Good Book(Town)

Check out how Hobart was saved by literature and ingenuity in this week’s Full Frame Close Up.

China Unknown: Saving Chinatown

Get ready to be “in the know” about Boston’s Chinese communities.

Full Frame Close Up: Beauty in Ruins

One year after the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey destroyed her studio, artist Avisheh Mohsenin has found beauty, and life, among the ruins.

Full Frame Close Up: Just Tri It!

Journalist and tri-athlete Jackie Faye has proven that she can do anything an (IRON)man can do and hopes young women worldwide will be inspired to try new challenges.

China Unknown: Growing Art

Get ready to be “in the know” about Shenyang’s annual amusement park of rice paddy art.

Full Frame Close Up: Elevated Independence

WEQX is synonymous with indie rock, but the music isn’t the only thing with an independent streak at this radio station.

Full Frame Close Up: Female Empowerment, One Caption at a Time

Anne Taintor’s clever art has created a niche genre of consumer goods that deal with domestic stereotypes, bringing mid-century advertisements back to life with her wit and charm.

Full Frame: Meet China’s “Handsomest Monk”

There’s much more to China’s “handsomest monk” than his imposing height and striking looks. As CGTN’s Sean Callebs discovered, he’s breaking stereotypes and changing perceptions about his faith one fan at a time.

Recipe for Life: Sam Lek

Sam Lek’s unique cocktails are very popular with his long-time clientele in D.C. But most people will tell you that it’s Sam himself that makes “happy hour” a truly memorable experience.

Full Frame Close Up: One Memory at a Time

With the aim of giving his new caregivers an insight into the man he was before Alzheimer’s disease stole his memories, journalist Jay Newton-Small wrote her father’s life story like one of her magazine articles. The impact transformed his care and now her organization, MemoryWell, aims to give other families living with Alzheimer’s disease the same resources.

Full Frame: Happiness in a Can

SPAM® — the canned meat product loved by millions of people around the world — has a surprising history. In Hawaii, where the blue cans have their own annual festival, it’s always been a pantry staple, but now it’s also popping up on fine-dining menus. This week, Full Frame digs into all things SPAM®!

Full Frame Close Up: Grandma’s “Timeless” Memories

Emma Yang is a teenager on track to change the world with her many talents — including an app that can help people living with Alzheimer’s disease.

Full Frame Close Up: Prescribing Pain

The United States is deep in the throes of an opioids addiction epidemic. Behind every disturbing statistic, there is a family in mourning. But Colin Riebel’s parents are committed to sharing the story of his struggle with as many people as possible — so that his death, and their pain, are not in vain.

China Unknown: Go Fly a Kite!

In China, kites have a long history. And they didn’t start out as the fun children’s toys we know them as today.

Recipe for Life: Chris Hill

CGTN’s Asieh Namdar caught up with chef, author and restaurateur Chris Hill and tried her hand at a true Southern classic – shrimp and grits. We’re pretty sure her friends and family in her adopted hometown of Atlanta, Georgia will approve!

Full Frame Close Up: All the World’s a Stage

“Xiqu” or “Chinese Opera” is one of the oldest forms of performance art in existence. Students, from many different cultural backgrounds, at the University of Hawaii at Manoa are learning the many – and demanding – nuances of the art form. Proving that the Bard was on to something when he declared “all the world [to be] a stage”.

Full Frame Close Up: Braided with Aloha

Leis are much more than an accessory in Hawaii – they’re an opportunity to celebrate all that the “aloha spirit” embodies. And for expert lei-maker Meleana Estes, they are a tribute to legacy and tradition.

Full Frame Close Up: Solo Act

Sarah Chang has is widely recognized as one of the most accomplished soloists on today’s classical music scene. She shares her journey from child prodigy to headliner in this Full Frame Close Up.

China Unknown: Bookworms Rejoice!

Get ready to be in the know about a very unique library in China that is attracting attention for much more than its book collection.

Full Frame: Lights, Camera, BIG Action!

Movie magic is made everyday at the world’s largest film studio – 11,000 KM from Hollywood.

Full Frame Close Up: What is the name of your water?

For artist John “Prime” Hina, helping young people find the path to their potential involves cans of spray paint and life lesson to build on.

Full Frame Close Up: Enduring Credit

Filmmaker Robin Lung has made a career of bringing minority and female stories to life. In her documentary, “Finding Kukan”, Lung quests to solve the mystery surrounding a landmark American film that has been lost to audiences for decades and is only now giving credit where credit is due.

Full Frame Close Up: Barnyard Buddies

We’re willing to bet that Little Dude and all of his barnyard buddies will steal your heart. Don’t miss this Full Frame Close Up!

Full Frame Close Up: China’s Favorite Foreigner

Full Frame caught up with China’s favorite (and most famous) foreigner on his stand-up comedy tour in Canada.

Full Frame Close Up: The Oakland Vandal (or is it Thief?)

Street art in public spaces has had a contentious history. But for artist Eddie Colla, it’s merely a question of access.

Recipe for Life: Anna Bran-Leis

CGTN’s Asieh Namdar tries her hand at Chile Rellenos, Guatemalan style!

Full Frame Close Up: Washing Memory into History

Chinese American artist Hung Liu bridges the gap between East and West with subjects that highlight the shared human experience of resilience.

Recipe for Life: Irena Stein

Restaurateur Irena Stein believes that food is the universal equalizer that could resolve almost any conflict. CGTN’s Asieh Namdar visited Irena at home where she shared her passion for cooking and how it has empowered her to promote acceptance and understanding when faced with hate.

Full Frame Close Up: Putting His Best Paw Forward

To his four-legged (and winged) clients, Derrick Campana is a hero and a magician. Meet the man whose helped nearly 20,000 animals in a very unexpected way.

Recipe for Life: Gazelle Hashemian

CGTN’s Asieh Namdar takes a lemonade break with Gazelle Hashemian – tech executive turned homeopathic entrepreneur.

Full Frame Close Up: Get Your Goat!

May is National Pet Month in the United States. If your loving pet happens to be a goat, you have a natural landscaper on your hands!

Recipe for Life: Rick Dunetz

CGTN’s Asieh Namdar bakes gingerbread cookies with high school volleyball coach, Rick Dunetz.

Full Frame: The Echo of Your Heart and Mind

Yuan Sha has mastered the guzheng, a traditional Chinese string instrument. Now she uses her deep connection with the melodies of the guzheng to cross cultural barriers and share Chinese heritage with the world.

Full Frame Close Up: The Fight Master

En garde! CGTN’s Mike Walter catches up with fight choreographer David Leong. And you don’t want to miss the ending of this story!

Full Frame: Planting Tomorrows

Urban farming has increased in popularity in recent years and as one California family shows us, it can have am impact way beyond the dinner table.

Full Frame: Not Just One of the Boys

There is a growing demand for female bodyguards in China and as CGTN’s Mike Walter found out, these women are a force to be reckoned with!

Recipe for Life: Ilyse Fishman Lerner

CGTN’s Asieh Namdar tries her very first chocolate egg cream – and is surprised to learn that the classic drink doesn’t contain any eggs or cream!

Recipe for Life: Dr. Nimali Fernando

CGTN’s Asieh Namdar joins young chefs in the kitchen as they learn why healthy eating – and cooking – can provide a lifelong recipe for health.

Full Frame Close Up: A Brush with Life

Portrait artist Claudia Bicen set out to find the “meaning of life” and discovered that human connections are life’s most precious gift.

Recipe for Life: Hilda Labrada Gore

Ironically, health coach Hilda Labrada Gore didn’t always have the healthiest diet. Asieh Namdar dropped in on her to find out how that changed (and proved that the garlic press struggle is real!).

Full Frame Close Up: Life and Death, in Focus

Photographer Nancy Borowick’s loving tribute to her parents will break you heart. And renew your faith in the healing power of love.

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