Note: As current events regarding Covid are rapidly changing, we want to acknowledge this episode was recorded in early January 2023. The text below is a paraphrased version of host [ … ]
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NüVoices Podcast #87: Our 2022 Year-End Recap! A Discussion with the NüVoices Podcast Team
As 2022 draws to a close, so must this season of the NüVoices podcast. But fear not! Before we sign off for a winter hiatus, we wanted to bring together [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #86: Angela Hui about her memoir, Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter
Growing up in the Welsh countryside and working at her family’s Chinese takeaway was anything but peaceful, writes Angela Hui in her memoir, Takeaway. With her parents at the helm, [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #85: Becoming a Stand-up Comedian with He Huang
“Hello everyone, my name is He. It’s spelled as H-E. Yes, it is my name, not my pronoun.” Last month, Sydney-based comedian He Huang went viral with her 4-minute Australia’s [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #84: A Conversation with Sue-Lin Wong on ‘The Prince’ podcast & China’s 20th Party Congress
“People have been asking me…what do people need to know about Xi Jinping? And over the course of this podcast, I learned he really fears chaos and he’s obsessed with [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #83: A Map for the Missing, a Conversation with Belinda Huijuan Tang
This week, we talk to Belinda Huijuan Tang about her sweeping and tender debut novel, A Map for the Missing, which was recently longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #82: Chinese Canadian Immigrant Histories with Arlene Chan and Melanie Ng
In this episode of the NüVoices podcast, historians Arlene Chan and Melanie Ng chat with us about the first Chinese migrants who made their way to Canada in the 19th [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #81: Food journalism & Taiwanese cuisine with Clarissa Wei
This week, veteran food journalist Clarissa Wei joins us on the NüVoices podcast! Clarissa was previously a senior reporter for Goldthread – a publication incubated by the South China Morning [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #79: Taiwan and US Foreign Policy with Meia and Veerle Nouwens
Show notes:“Nancy Pelosi’s Trip to Taiwan Is Too Dangerous” an op-ed in The New York Times by Bonnie S. Glaser and Zack Cooper This week we’re interrupting our summer hiatus [ … ]
Podcast Crossover: Self-Evident, ‘A Day at the Mall’
Hello from our summer hiatus! While we’re away, the pod squad is thrilled to share episodes from podcasts we love and admire. This week, we have an episode from Self-Evident, [ … ]
Podcast Crossover: Time To Say Goodbye on ‘Ascension’, a documentary about Chinese consumerism and labor force
Hello from our summer hiatus! While we’re away, the pod squad is thrilled to share episodes from podcasts we love and admire. This week, we have an episode from Time [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #78: Outsourcing Repression, a Conversation with Lynette Ong
Professor Lynette Ong joins us on the podcast this week to discuss her new book Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China. While in conversation with Joanna Chiu, Lynette discusses China’s [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #77: Voice Actress Nancy Wu on Diversity in Audiobooks
Nancy Wu, a masterful voice actress and audiobook narrator, joins the NüVoices podcast this week to talk about her storied career. She has narrated the “Avatar the Last Airbender” prequels [ … ]
NüVoices is hiring a podcast producer!
The NüVoices podcast is looking for a new producer! We’d love someone who is experienced in audio editing, cutting tape, and working with hosts to create compelling bi-weekly episodes (every [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #76: A Conversation with Elaine Hsieh Chou on her debut novel, Disorientation
TIME STAMP, SPOILERS FOR DISORIENTATION BEGIN AT: 33:20 We’re delighted to have Elaine Hsieh Chou (pronounced “Shay-Chow”) come on the NüVoices podcast to discuss her debut novel, Disorientation, which came out [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #75: Dancing on Bones book launch, a conversation with Katie Stallard
This week, journalist and former foreign correspondent Katie Stallard joins the NüVoices podcast in a special, live stream recording to celebrate the launch of her new book Dancing on Bones: History [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #74: Business, billionaires, and global supply chain woes with journalist Hope King
Business reporter Hope King joins the podcast this week on a conversation about China’s pandemic lockdowns impacting global supply chains, the surprising amount of female self-made billionaires, and multinational companies [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #73: China’s stance on the Russian war in Ukraine with Elizabeth Wishnick
China’s perspective on the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been what experts call a “checkered response”. While Chinese authorities maintain they are neutral in the war and encourage peace negotiations, [ … ]