Nuances: Our Asian Stories

By: LAZOU
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  • 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 community. We talk about the careers we’ve pursued: winemaker, writer, actor, musician, politician, activist, brain scientist, care worker, doctor, & so many more. Our intersectional conversations explore how our experiences affect our views on anti-racism, disability justice, feminism, LGBTQIA+ rights, religion, etc., and how we can create change in our own circles to build solidarity across moveme...
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  • 6. The West: Savior or Demonizer? - Part 1

    6. The West: Savior or Demonizer? - Part 1
    Sep 8 2024

    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 from the queer Asian community.

    • Introduction & content warnings
    • Why is this series focusing on premodern Asia?
    • The West isn't the only imperial power
    • From the Silk Road to the Age of Exploration
    • British colonization of India, Section 377 & vagrancy Laws
    • Premodern Chinese law about sexual crimes (w. Prof. CunCun Wu)
    • Portuguese vs British India (w. Prof. Anjali Arondekar)
    • Spanish colonization of the Philippines
    • French colonization of Vietnam/Cambodia/Laos
    • Discussion with co-host Stella
    • Acknowledgments

    Guest co-host: Stella is a writer, editor, and co-host for the Brazn Azn podcast along with the lovely Virginia Duan.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Feed drop: Mx Asian American

    Feed drop: Mx Asian American
    Aug 18 2024

    This week's feed drop will have familiar voices!

    Remember Karen Zheng, who co-hosted Ep. 2 But Where Are The Lesbians? with me?

    Well, this time she's interviewing me on her podcast, Mx Asian American!
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    32 mins
  • Feed drop: Fruitbowl - An oral history of queer sex

    Feed drop: Fruitbowl - An oral history of queer sex
    Aug 11 2024

    Did you enjoy the last episode "5. Gods, Sex and the Patriarchy"?

    I'll be back with episode 6 of Queering Premodern Asia very soon! A new opportunity to interview another scholar came up and I couldn't pass it up. I think it would greatly add to the remaining episodes, hence the wait. But I didn't want to leave you hanging so in the meantime, I'm doing a few feed swaps with podcasts that I think you might enjoy if you're enjoying this series.

    Warning: this episode has explicit content and is definitely not suitable for work or young ears.

    We’ve been focusing on premodern queer history on this show, but the Fruitbowl podcast is an oral history of queer sex today. The first 4 seasons of fruitbowl were interviews with queer individuals sharing their coming of age stories and their journey discovering their sexual identity. The current season is a compilation of the past interviews that outline the common threads in these diverse stories.

    The episode I’m sharing today is S2E2 with Aditya who grew up in India, and eventually moved to NYC.

    Episode description:

    Raised in Hyderbad, India, Aditya didn’t come out until his second year of college in New Delhi. Luckily his family and friends accepted him, but an awkward experience he had at a bath house in Hong Kong served as a reminder that queer people can often be as racist and socially elitist as straight people. Over the years, Aditya has learned to follow his instincts as he has navigated his journey from India to New York City. It hasn’t been easy, but he eventually found his tribe.

    If you enjoy this episode, feel free to subscribe to Fruitbowl wherever you listen or connect with them on Instagram.

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    Host: Lazou

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    1 hr and 9 mins
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Very engaging and well produced

Every season keeps getting better. The interviewer does her research, and you can tell. She guides the conversation well and makes each guest shine. You'll laugh, cry, do a happy dance, or wonder why you never knew about certain topics covered. There's no rambling or extraneous details without a point, which makes this stand out compared to other interview-style podcasts.

The diversity of guests is really fun. You never know who you'll meet: a brain scientist, an activist, a historian, an artist, a winemaker, a businessman, a care home worker. If you like hearing about different careers you will enjoy this show. You'll also enjoy this if you like conversations that discuss the intersection of various social issues through personal stories. The summary at the end is also a nice actionable recap for each episode.

It's a good podcast to listen to on your commute or while doing chores around the house. Puts me in a good mood every time.

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