Category: Intersectionality
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Episode 0: Queering Premodern Asia – An Introduction
Queering Premodern Asia – (Nuances Season 5) Queering Premodern Asia is a limited series and the 5th season of the Nuances podcast about Our Asian Stories. Each episode explores different aspects of sexual diversity in premodern Asia with commentary from guest scholars. Episodes are divided into a narrative portion, and a discussion with a guest co-host…
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Season 5: Queering Premodern Asia – June 2
Queering Premodern Asia – (Nuances Season 5) Queering Premodern Asia is a limited series and the 5th season of the Nuances podcast about Our Asian Stories. Each episode explores different aspects of sexual diversity in premodern Asia with commentary from guest scholars. Episodes are divided into a narrative portion, and a discussion with a guest co-host…
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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.
Dr. Sophia Yen on the best to worst method of birth control, emergency contraception like plan B/ella, and why your BMI matters in this context. She also talks about menopause and perimenopause care, why it’s important, and why making periods optional reduce women’s risks of ovarian, endometrial and colon cancer!
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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.
Chef Jenny Dorsey left the corporate world to become a professional chef, food writer, activist, researcher and photographer. The author the best-selling Avatar: The Last Airbender Official Cookbook joins host LAZOU to talk about exploitation in the food industry, and how grassroots efforts can open up conversations the industry just isn’t ready to have.
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S4 E08: Gideon – a quadrilingual high schooler with two awesome moms.
Gideon is a quadrilingual highschooler with two awesome moms. We talk about growing up in Calgary, attending a Mandarin-immersion school, learning different languages, why failure is a necessity to improve, and how older folks often underestimate his generation.
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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.
Trans Day of Visibility – wholesome story alert! When Cece transitioned, at 42, she was married, with two kids, and had been struggling with gender dysphoria and suicidal ideation her whole life. She feared she might lose everything but instead, she found support and healing. Today, her body feels like home.
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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
Sachi Schmidt-Hori refused to work with people who only tolerated her. Now a professor of Japanese literature, she is thriving in academia. We have a great convo about American vs Japanese language, culture, parenting, business etiquette and more in this fun podcast interview!
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S4 E05: Er-Gene Kahng found community, Florence Price, and her Asian American identity in Arkansas
Er-Gene Kahng used to find safety in the anonymity of an urban crowd. Moving to Arkansas helped her learn how to truly be part of a community by giving back as much as you take. We talk about her discovery of Black Arkansan composer Florence Price, and how classical musicians can participate in conversations around…
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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.
If you enjoy this show and would like to help me spread the word about it, or support it financially, you can find out more at nuancespod.com/support GUEST BIO Edward Yoo Pokropski is one of the Executive Producers of the Asian Comedy Fest and Emmy Nominated Senior Writer/Producer at NBCUniversal. He is also a comedian…
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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.
“It’s not that I don’t look Asian, you just haven’t seen an Asian like me before” – Ryan Alexander Holmes shares his journey embracing both his Black and Chinese roots, and his passion for creating art that speaks to people.