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9. In search of the "socially acceptable" (Queering Premodern Asia - series finale!)
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8. For the Record... (Queering Premodern Asia - a limited series)
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7. Performing Gender (and Gender Benders)
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Feed drop: Immigrantly
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6. The West: Savior or Demonizer? - Part 2
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6. The West: Savior or Demonizer? - Part 1
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Feed drop: Mx Asian American
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Feed drop: Fruitbowl - An oral history of queer sex
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5. Gods, Sex, and the Patriarchy
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4. Love, Marriage & Their Casual Relationship (Queering Premodern Asia - a limited series)
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3. Fifty Shades of Gender (Queering Premodern Asia - a limited series)
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2. But where are the lesbians? (Queering Premodern Asia - a limited series)
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1. In search of Prince Charming & his King (Queering Premodern Asia - a limited series)
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S5: Queering Premodern Asia - Ep.0 - An Introduction
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Queering Premodern Asia - Nuances Season 5 Trailer
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S4 E11: Dr. Sophia Yen on birth control, #PeriodsOptional, menopause, emergency contraception, and what your BMI has to do with it.
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It’s AANHPI Heritage Month! Or Asian Heritage Month if you’re in Canada.
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S4 E09: Chef Jenny Dorsey on food politics, and the uneasy conversations that the food industry isn’t ready to have.
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S4 E08: Gideon - a quadrilingual high schooler with two awesome moms.
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S4 E07: Trans Day of Visibility special with Cece Chow & her son Gideon - the wholesome Asian trans representation you needed to hear.
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S4 E06: Dr. Sachi Schmidt-Hori on U.S. vs Japan culture, parenting, social norms, & why gender pronouns aren’t an issue in Japan
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S4 E05: Er-Gene Kahng found community, Florence Price, and her Asian American identity in Arkansas
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S4 E04: Ed Pokropski talks about his Emmy nominations, his comedy show about adoption, and doing his best even if he doesn’t always get it right.
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S4 E03: Ryan Alexander Holmes reminds us the importance of art to connect us with our humanity, and that Asians don’t all look alike.
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S4 E02: Dr. Paul Song on why medicare-for-all would help both patients and doctors. Also: Natural Killer cells & Alzheimer’s
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S4 E01: Soo Jin Lee’s mom never told her she was undocumented, but she just knew. Also: therapy isn’t the only way to heal.
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Podcast Recs - Part 1: 6 Degrees of Cats!
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S3 E15: Amanda B. on 6 degrees of cats, educating in the domestic violence space, and her experience as a trans-national & trans-racial adoptee.
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S3 E14: Charles Levan on his career working at EMI/Capitol Records, and becoming a licensing agent for independent artists.
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S3 E13: Samantha Ong on the need for representation in toys, colorism in Asian culture, and how her culturally accurate dolls sold out on launch day.
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S3 E12: Ivy Le on being a comic, a mom, and a flaming bisexual whose nature show, FOGO, explores the outdoors so you don’t have to!
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S3 E11: Nastassia Jagatsingh on deconstructing her Mauritian and Canadian identities, unlearning colorism, and living with chronic illness.
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S3 E10: June Chua on learning to love herself through dance, how her films led her to Norway & Nepal, and why she moved to Berlin from Canada.
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S3 E09: Rita Phetmixay: No such thing as boundaries in Asian culture - the Lao diaspora, owning the narrative, and healing intergenerational trauma wi...
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S3 E08: Kiran Kaur Gill on fighting Turban Myths with occupationally relevant training programs at the TSA, FBI, and other law enforcement agencies.
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S3 E07: Scott Okamoto on losing faith and becoming an English professor at an evangelical school + his thoughts on Oppenheimer
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S3 E06: Travis Nguyen, interpreter & translator, on working with the deaf & deaf/blind communities, how intergenerational trauma manifests in day-to-d...
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S3 E05: Dani Saldo is a hot, talented and disabled bisexual pop star on the rise who’s breaking up with her old (able-bodied) self.
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S3 E04: Teresa Suydam, Filipino & First Nations Ojibwe artist, on being a ”Lost Bird”, reconnecting with their biological mom, and making deliberate e...
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S3 E03: Dr. Manijeh Moradian on why Iran isn’t always considered part of Asia, and how the West may be misinterpreting what Iranians truly want out of...
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S3 E02: Cherie Hu on music, culture and technology, and why you can’t copy/paste deployment strategies across cultural contexts. We also talk about AI...
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S3 E01: DJ Mimi Chen on knowing her worth, standing up for herself, and having a blast doing it.
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Nuances Podcast Trailer
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Bonus: AAPIHM history, books, movies, music panel + Nuances celebrates 1 year!
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S2 E15: Justine Osilla, winemaker, talks career choices, diversity in wine, and the best wines to pair with some of our favorite Asian dishes.
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S2 E14: Nicolas Kee Mew on recognizing signs of dementia, the importance of planning, tips on choosing a care options, and how to support without infa...
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S2 E13: Waddy Dacay on how he sold his mom on an art degree back in the 70s, how anthropology helped expand his worldview, and how he adapted to the d...
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S2 E12: Rod Kim on why an Asian Bruce Springsteen is overdue, full circle moments with his parents & music, and reclaiming his youth. BONUS: see why h...
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S2 E11: AIR APPARENT (Neil Sethi) on his kinship with Southerners, what California could learn from Georgia, using his music as a platform for change,...
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S2 E10: Jess Pillay on juggling multiple cultural identities as an Indo-Fijian-American, finding applicable career advice as a woman of color, and rec...
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S2 E09: Offering Rain on reclaiming their Ecuadorian and Indian roots as a mixed-raced multimedia artist, and the importance of early access to the ar...
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S2 E8: Judy Leia on using music to process the trauma of surviving war, becoming disillusioned after signing with a label, then falling in love with m...
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S2 E7 - Darrel J. Delfin on being a Filipino-American actor, working with his childhood heroes, and finding his niche in voiceover.
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S2 E6: Summer Swee-Singh on becoming a successful pianist with zero connections, being female and Asian in the industry, the importance of representat...
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S2 E5 - A Holiday Special featuring our guests’ holiday traditions and how they have evolved over time.
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S2 E4: Qasim Rashid on how Islam inspires him to advocate for women, for the poor, and even for his haters, and how he remains focused in a world full...
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S2 E3: Tiffany Chou on never underestimating people, and why she founded Depo Market to give disabled people like her brother enjoyable, meaningful, a...
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S2 E2: Charlene Vela on dance aesthetics, Asian accents, and what to do if you don’t know how to pronounce someone’s name.
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S2 E1: Masaru Tanabe on attitudes towards disabled people in Japan vs. the U.S., anti-Asian hate in liberal states like Oregon, and the model minority...
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S1 E12: Ariadne & Sherry-Lynn reflect on season 1 and its impact on the creators and listeners of The Nuances Podcast.
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S1 E11: Dr. Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim on how bilinguals’ brains differ from monolinguals’, and how bilingualism improves performance at other tasks.
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S1 E10: Nathan Rogers on being an AAPI from the South and his evolution on his political beliefs
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S1 E09: Sally on working with young people, Asian representation in media, mental health, gender roles & bisexuality.
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S1 E08: Edmond Chan (brqvlnfoodie) on music,LGBTQ+ Asian hate, protecting elders,#prideineverycolor
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S1 E07: Cece Chow (@thetransplanter) on coming out as a trans woman after filling the role of eldest male in a Chinese family, the value of representa...
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S1 E06: Josh Decolongon (@sommeligay) on bringing diversity to the wine & beverage industry.
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S1 E05: AUSLIN, the artist supermom who’s breaking the cycle of intergenerational trauma she experienced as a Hmong American growing up in Wisconsin.
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S1 E04: Lisa Danaë on being both ”not Asian enough” and ”not white enough” as a mixed-race dark pop artist.
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S1 E03: Tonie on being a nonbinary Vietnamese-American pop artist and producer in NYC.
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S1 E02: Rahul Borkar on being a rock artist and producer from Louisville, KY.
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S1 E01: Introducing ”Nuances: Beyond first impressions with the Asian diaspora”
Nuances: Our Asian Stories
Nuances is an award-nominated audio space where guests from a wide range of Asian ethnic groups, careers, countries, and communities explore our often complicated relationships with our culture(s) and how they shape us. It can be a source of validation, a space for healing, a call to self-reflection, or a good laugh, often all at the same time. The current 5th season is a limited series exploring wholesome queer stories from premodern Asia, what they can teach us about our cultures, and why they were forgotten in modern times. It features scholars and guest co-hosts from the queer Asian...