Dive into the fascinating world of Chinese characters with Hari and Kimi! Discover the incredible history of this logographic writing system, one of only four independently invented writing systems still in use today. Journey from its origins in oracle bone inscriptions from the Shang dynasty to its evolution through various script styles like clerical and regular script. Learn how characters generally represent morphemes, units of meaning, unlike alphabets that represent sounds. Explore how characters spread across the Sinosphere, adapting to write languages like Japanese (kanji), Korean (hanja), and Vietnamese (chữ Hán). Uncover the principles behind their structure, including pictographs, indicatives, compound ideographs, and the most common type, phono-semantic compounds. Find out how modern technology, from typewriters to computers, adapted to handle thousands of distinct characters. Don't miss this insightful look into a writing system with over three millennia of documented history and its enduring cultural impact!

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Join Hari and Kimi on Wiki Featured - Stories from Wikipedia's Daily Featured Articles as they dive into the complex and controversial story of Ezra Pound. A pivotal figure in modernist poetry, Pound's life saw him hobnob with literary giants like James Joyce and W. B. Yeats, publish influential works, and champion new artistic movements like Vorticism. But his path took a dark turn as he embraced fascism and antisemitic ideas, culminating in wartime radio broadcasts for Italy that led to an indictment for treason. Explore the aftermath, including his time in a disciplinary training center and psychiatric hospital, the uproar surrounding the Bollingen Prize awarded for The Pisan Cantos, and the enduring debate over his legacy. It's a fascinating, unsettling look at genius intertwined with troubling ideology.

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Join Hari and Kimi on Wiki Featured as they delve into Mary Cassatt's striking 1878 painting, "In the Loge". Explore how this Impressionist masterpiece captures the tension of gender and gaze in 19th-century society. Discover why a woman in a loge, confidently observing the scene while being observed herself, was a powerful statement on female independence and evolving social norms. Get ready to see this iconic work in a new light!

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This episode, Hari and Kimi explore the dazzling Red-capped Parrot of southwest Australia. With its unmistakable bright crimson crown and green-yellow cheeks, a purple-blue belly, and a distinctive elongated 'hookbill', this bird isn't easily confused with other parrots and certainly stands out from the crowd!

Discover its clever seed-eating tricks, particularly extracting seeds from marri nuts, why its unique bill led to its placement in its own genus, Purpureicephalus, and why, despite being affected by land clearing and historically shot as a pest, its population is actually growing and it is considered of least-concern by the IUCN. Tune in for the fascinating story of this colourful Australian gem!

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Join Hari and Kimi as they uncover the incredible story of the Portland spy ring, a shadowy group that passed highly classified naval secrets from the UK's Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Discover the network's members – including KGB agent Konon Molody (Gordon Lonsdale) and American atomic spies Lona and Morris Cohen (Helen and Peter Kroger) – their methods of espionage, such as using microdots and hidden transmitters, and how they were ultimately exposed in this thrilling episode of Wiki Featured.

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Join Hari and Kimi as they delve into the fascinating world of Madagascar's lemurs through the pages of the definitive field guide, Lemurs of Madagascar. Discover how this landmark book has evolved over three editions, revealing a growing diversity of these unique primates and sparking debate among researchers. From stunning illustrations to crucial conservation insights and tips for spotting these creatures in the wild, prepare for an exciting journey to the heart of lemur territory.

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Get ready for a wild ride with Hari and Kimi as they plunge into the surreal and unsettling world of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask! A terrifying moon hurtles towards Termina, and Link has only three days to stop it in this groundbreaking adventure filled with time loops, bizarre transformations, and a darkness unlike any other Zelda game. Can he save the world before time runs out?

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Hosts Hari and Kimi uncover the fascinating story of Amsterdam's Royal Palace! Originally a grand town hall in 1655, discover how it became a royal residence for Dutch monarchs, witnessing centuries of history and glittering state occasions. Prepare for tales of Dutch Baroque splendour and royal intrigue!

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