Sep 25, 2023
Welcome to Season 3,
Episode 37. We’re taking a couple weeks off for vacation, so we’re
posting a few ICYMI Encore Episodes. Today we’re re-posting The
History of Stereotypical Chinatown Architecture from Season 2,
Episode 58. Most Chinatowns across the world have similar
structural elements: pagodas, specific...
Sep 18, 2023
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 36. Today’s
conversation is with the amazing Professor Elise
Wang. We’re fascinated by conspiracy theories and how
people twist themselves into logical knots to believe them. This
led us to Dr. Wang’s very informative and engaging
TEDx Talk on
Why Some Conspiracy Theories
Just...
Sep 11, 2023
Welcome to Season 3,
Episode 35. Today we talk about The History of the Hmong in
America. The Hmong are a people without a country. An ethnic,
indigenous minority that are believed to have originated in
southern China, the Hmong diaspora are international but are
predominantly in China, Laos, Vietnam, the US, and...
Sep 4, 2023
Welcome to Season 3,
Episode 34. Today we have a conversation with author, illustrator,
and amazing artist, Sally
Deng. She creates pieces on a variety of meaningful
topics for The New Yorker, NPR, Hermés, and the Asia Society (just
to name a few). Her award-winning work can be found in various
publications, in gallery...
Aug 28, 2023
Welcome to Season 3, Episode
33. If you assumed that white rice came from Asia, then you’d be
right. But do you know the history of rice cultivation and
domestication? It may have happened 8000 or more years ago. How did
it spread across Asia and the rest of the world? When was rice
introduced in America? In this...