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      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Dec 2019 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>On this edition of Long Distance Off-Season: Gabe has always felt distant from his parents. But things change when he moves back home to Allentown, Pennsylvania to work at a Filipino festival and to donate a kidney to his father. This story is produced by <a href="https://selfevidentshow.com/">Self-Evident</a>, a podcast about Asian America's stories.</p><p><a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/off-season-the-talk" target="_blank"><i>Learn more at LongDistanceRadio.com.</i></a></p><p><a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/how-to-support" target="_blank"><i>Support our work.</i></a></p><p><strong>CREDITS:</strong></p><p>Long Distance is written, mixed, hosted, and produced by Paola Mardo.</p><p>Music in this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions, Epidemic Sound, and Dee Yan Key.</p><p>Theme Song is "Comin' Along" by C. Light and the Prisms.</p><p>Full credits on the <a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/off-season-the-talk" target="_blank">show website.</a></p>
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        <![CDATA[<p>On this edition of Long Distance Off-Season: Gabe has always felt distant from his parents. But things change when he moves back home to Allentown, Pennsylvania to work at a Filipino festival and to donate a kidney to his father. This story is produced by <a href="https://selfevidentshow.com/">Self-Evident</a>, a podcast about Asian America's stories.</p><p><a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/off-season-the-talk" target="_blank"><i>Learn more at LongDistanceRadio.com.</i></a></p><p><a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/how-to-support" target="_blank"><i>Support our work.</i></a></p><p><strong>CREDITS:</strong></p><p>Long Distance is written, mixed, hosted, and produced by Paola Mardo.</p><p>Music in this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions, Epidemic Sound, and Dee Yan Key.</p><p>Theme Song is "Comin' Along" by C. Light and the Prisms.</p><p>Full credits on the <a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/off-season-the-talk" target="_blank">show website.</a></p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>On the first installment of Long Distance Off-Season: An update on the upcoming season and a story about an OFW in Lebanon who finds love in a country where she's treated as an outsider.</p><p>This story is produced by <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/9saGbXxo">Kerning Cultures</a>, a podcast that tells stories from the Middle East and the spaces in between.</p><p><a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/offseason-loving-lynn" target="_blank"><i>Learn more at LongDistanceRadio.com.</i></a></p><p><a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/how-to-support" target="_blank"><i>Support our work.</i></a></p><p><strong>CREDITS:</strong></p><p>Long Distance is written, mixed, hosted, and produced by Paola Mardo.</p><p>Music in this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions and Dee Yan Key.</p><p>Theme Song is "Comin' Along" by C. Light and the Prisms.</p>
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        <![CDATA[<p>We want to hear from you. Call 213-293-6024 and leave a voicemail message with your name, where you're from, and your Long Distance story or what it's like being Filipino in your part of the diaspora.</p><p><a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/give-us-a-call" target="_blank"><i>Learn more at LongDistanceRadio.com.</i></a></p><p><a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/how-to-support" target="_blank"><i>Support our work.</i></a></p><p><strong>CREDITS:</strong></p><p>Long Distance is written, mixed, hosted, and produced by Paola Mardo. Producer is Patrick Epino. Cover art by Celina Calma. Title design by Paola Mardo.</p><p>Music in this episode is by the Blue Dot Sessions. Theme Song is "Comin' Along" by C. Light and the Prisms. </p>
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        <![CDATA[<p>We want to hear from you. Call 213-293-6024 and leave a voicemail message with your name, where you're from, and your Long Distance story or what it's like being Filipino in your part of the diaspora.</p><p><a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/give-us-a-call" target="_blank"><i>Learn more at LongDistanceRadio.com.</i></a></p><p><a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/how-to-support" target="_blank"><i>Support our work.</i></a></p><p><strong>CREDITS:</strong></p><p>Long Distance is written, mixed, hosted, and produced by Paola Mardo. Producer is Patrick Epino. Cover art by Celina Calma. Title design by Paola Mardo.</p><p>Music in this episode is by the Blue Dot Sessions. Theme Song is "Comin' Along" by C. Light and the Prisms. </p>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Ex-high school sweethearts turned overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) reconnect almost forty years later.</p><p><a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/5-long-distance-love-story" target="_blank"><i>Learn more at LongDistanceRadio.com.</i></a></p><p><a href="https://www.longdistanceradio.com/how-to-support" target="_blank"><i>Support our work.</i></a></p><p><strong>CREDITS:</strong></p><p>Long Distance is written, mixed, hosted, and produced by Paola Mardo. Co-Producer is Patrick Epino. Cover art by Celina Calma. Title design by Paola Mardo. </p><p>Music in this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions and Dee Yan Key. Theme Song is "Comin' Along" by C. Light and the Prisms.</p><p>Special thanks to Sandy Tolan, Karen Lowe, Sasha Khokha, and the radio documentary class at the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Journalism.</p>
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