When Leta Hong Fincher’s book “Leftover Women” was first published ten years ago, it was considered a seminal work on Chinese feminism. The book outlines the structural discrimination, wholly reinforced [ … ]
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NüVoices Podcast Episode #111: A Conversation with Fuchsia Dunlop about her book, “Invitation to a Banquet”
Thank you for your interest in our bimonthly, independent podcast. To support our editorial goals and help us keep producing podcast episodes, please consider donating through our Paypal page or [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast Episode #110: Feminist Activism Then & Now, a Conversation with Wanqing Zhang, Lijia Zhang & Jessie Lau
This week, NüVoices board members and co-hosts Jessie Lau and Lijia Zhang are in conversation with Wanqing Zhang, an independent journalist, to discuss China’s feminist movement taking place online. Despite [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast Episode #109: ‘How to Have an American Baby’ with documentary filmmaker Leslie Tai
Everyone in our NüVoices community: happy 2024! To start the new year, host Solarina Ho delves into the new captivating documentary, “How to Have an American Baby” with filmmaker Leslie [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast Episode #108: #MeToo in Taiwan, a Conversation with Darice Chang and Rita Jhang
It has been more than half a year since a Facebook post referencing the Netflix drama Wave Makers sparked a wave of #MeToo revelations across Taiwanese society. In this episode, [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast x Ghost Island Media Panel: Covering Taiwan, Centering Local Perspectives, with Silva Shih, Afore Hsieh, Wen-Yee Lee, and Emily Y. Wu
In this special collaboration with Ghost Island Media, host Emily Y. Wu discusses the importance of local and diverse perspectives when it comes to global coverage of Taiwan. Taipei-based journalists Silva Shih, [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast Episode #107: Pearl Low on their platform, Cantonese Connection, and heritage language learning
Have you ever been laughed at by family or friends when you tried speaking a new language? It’s particularly disheartening when it’s the language your family speaks. In this episode, we [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast Episode #106: Taiwan’s LGBTQ History with Wen Liu
We’re back with another episode as part of our Taiwan mini series! In this week’s installment, we dive into the LGBTQ history of Taiwan. Since its groundbreaking legalization of same-sex [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast Episode #105: Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian on her new book, Beijing Rules
This week, Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, China reporter at Axios, joins host Joanna Chiu to dive deep into her latest book, Beijing Rules. In its pages, Bethany details China’s sophisticated strategy of leveraging its [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast Episode #104: Clarissa Wei and Ivy Chen on their new cookbook, Made in Taiwan
Journalist Clarissa Wei and chef Ivy Chen join us this week to talk about their new book Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation. According to host [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast Episode #103: Julia Lovell on China’s Hidden Century, an exhibit at The British Museum
We’re flying into fall with new episodes for two weeks in a row! Scholar and author Julia Lovell is in conversation with host Lijia Zhang about her role as chief [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #102: A Conversation with Yun-Ching Ko about the Taiwan Innocence Project
Happy end of summer! We’re continuing our Taiwan series with Yun-Ching Ko, campaign director for the Taiwan Innocence Project (TIP), the only NGO in Taiwan that’s committed to exonerating the [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #101: Adapting YA bestseller ‘Loveboat, Taipei’ to the big screen with Abigail Hing Wen
Author Abigail Hing Wen joins NüVoices to discuss her NYT best selling YA novel, Loveboat, Taipei and its film adaptation Love in Taipei, based on the summer study tour that started more than half [ … ]
Our 100th Podcast Episode Special! Remembering Coco Lee, Janet Yellen’s Visit to China, and More
This week, we’ve reached the 100th episode of the NüVoices podcast! To celebrate, we’ve brought together hosts Megan Cattel, Solarina Ho, and Sophia Yan for a panel discussion with a [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #99: Introducing our Taiwan Mini-Series, Yu-Jie Chen on China-Taiwan relations
For the next half year leading up to the elections in Taiwan, we will be bringing you a mini-series focusing entirely on the island, from domestic politics to its relationship [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #97: Highlighting human-centric China stories with Ye Charlotte Ming and Beimeng Fu
This week, NüVoices co-host and editor of the podcast, Megan Cattel speaks to Ye Charlotte Ming and Beimeng Fu, two founders of the Far & Near Substack newsletter. Far & Near [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #96: A Conversation with Crystal Tai about Chinese digital nomads
Chinese millennials are fed up with the 996 grind (working from 9 AM until 9 PM, 6 days a week) and are going remote. Office workers across the country are [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #95: Jan Wong on her Legendary Journalism Career
This week, NüVoices host and co-founder Joanna Chiu speaks to Canadian journalist and author Jan Wong. Jan was one of very few foreigners able to travel to China during the [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #94: A Conversation with Yaxue Cao, founder of ChinaChange.org
This week, Yaxue Cao, the founder and editor of ChinaChange.org, joins the NüVoices podcast. ChinaChange.org is an English-language website devoted to news and commentary related to civil society, rule of law, and [ … ]