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BOOK TIME with Eugene Lim
Today’s episode is a conversation with Eugene Lim, the author of the novel Search History. Eugene’s one of our favorite writers. We talk about experi…
4 years, 3 months ago
Beijing Olympics and Linsanity
Hi from Seoul!
The podsquad returns for a wide-ranging chat on all things, sort of, broadly, sometimes diasporically China.
Awkwafina made the rounds…
4 years, 4 months ago
'Ascension' and the Chinese Dream, with Jessica Kingdon and Kira Simon-Kennedy
Hello from a crypto farm in rural China!
This week Andy talks with the director (Jessica Kingdon) and producer (Kira Simon-Kennedy) of the new film As…
4 years, 4 months ago
Inflated burritos and SCOTUS race quotas
Hi from a Korean hot-stone bed!
It’s Jay and Tammy this week, talking trash about Andy.
Plus:
* Pandemic alcoholism and human bonds: We read and discus…
4 years, 4 months ago
Racism, speech, and tenure + "we Americans" on China
Greetings from the Philly planetarium!
This week, we discuss academic tenure, “disgusting” ideas, and left foreign policy.
0:00 – A troll-y tenured la…
4 years, 4 months ago
Blaming teachers' unions for Covid
Hello from pandemic year 3!
There seems to be a panic over school closures—and a backlash against teachers and their unions. But how many US public sc…
4 years, 5 months ago
RIP 2021 and "Don't Look Up"
New year, new pod!
“Same pod, though…”
0:00 – We discuss various New Year’s Day soups and East Asian black beans.
7:50 – Many influential writers died …
4 years, 5 months ago
Gary Shteyngart, our country friend
Hello from a pandemic bungalow!
This week, we are joined by Gary Shteyngart, creator of the brilliant new novel, Our Country Friends. We talk about i…
4 years, 5 months ago
Democrat dilemmas with Brian Stryker
Hello from the Quiz Bowl room!
Today we’re talking with Democratic pollster and Andy’s high school friend Brian Stryker of ALG research.
Recently, the…
4 years, 5 months ago
Crypto leftism? With Alex Rivera
Hello from a blockchain!
This week, Jay and Tammy talk with Alex Rivera, a filmmaker, media artist, immigrant rights activist, and MacArthur genius, a…
4 years, 6 months ago