Welcome back to the Nuances podcast! I hope you’re having a wonderful holiday week if you celebrate. If not, I hope you get some rest at the very least as we wind down 2024. Last week I told you that my next release will be for you if you’re not into the festive vibe, but would rather hear something spooky! Well, I am here to deliver on that promise with our latest feed drop. Today I’d love to introduce you to the podcast “That Scares Me Too”. In it, Dr. Sophie Yang and K.A Statz discuss myths a...
Dec 29, 2024•37 min•Ep. 17
Subscribe to LAZOU's Substack Review Nuances: Our Asian Stories BOOKS!! Support Asian diaspora authors this holiday season! MUSIC “Have You Noticed the Season?” by 23rd Hour “Let a Day Together Be Christmas” by 23rd Hour Spotify | Apple | Website CONTACT Instagram | TikTok | Blog | LinkedIn | Twitter GUESTS Rahul Borkar - S1 E2 Tonie Nguyen - S1 E3 | S5 E3 Lisa Danaë - S1 E4 Cece Chow - S1 E7 | S4 E7 | S5 E6 (2) Edmond Chan - S1 E8 | S5 E1 Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim - S1 E11 Charlene Vela - S2 E2 Tiff...
Dec 22, 2024•44 min•Ep. 16
Season finale!!!! See full show notes for references & additional info. 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 from the queer Asian community. Ep. 9: In search of the “socially acceptable” Introduction Military makeup and go...
Nov 10, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 10
See full show notes for references & additional info. 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 from the queer Asian community. Ep. 8: For the Record Introduction & content warnings We were here Other sources than official ...
Oct 27, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 8
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 from the queer Asian community. Content warnings Introduction Performing gender in Indonesia, Philippines, Japan Cross-dressing in theater in Korea, China, India, Japan Gender bender icons ...
Oct 13, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Queering Premodern Asia is a limited series of Nuances: 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 China & the missionaries China, Britain, and the Opium Wars Japan, gun boat diplomacy, and rapid modernization Thailand, Iran, Turkey Regulating prostit...
Sep 22, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 7
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 La...
Sep 08, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 6
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 . View the full show notes . Subscribe to LAZOU's substack. GUEST BIO Shreya Sharma, pronouns she and her, is a podcast marketer by day who finds herself immersed in questions about intersectional identity by night. Thankfully for her, she is a writer too. She occasionally publishes her love affairs with sounds and audio on the Shreya's Audio...
Jul 28, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Queering Premodern Asia is a limited series and 5th season of the podcast Nuances: 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. 4. LOVE, MARRIAGE & THEIR CASUAL RELATIONSHIP Introduction & content warnings Marrying for love China China - Male-Male marriages in Fujian China - Marrying g...
Jul 14, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 4
See the FULL SHOW NOTES for references, links & more. 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 from the queer Asian community. Introduction & content warnings Third Gender as spiritual leaders/ people with special powers A...
Jun 30, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 5Ep. 3
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 from the queer Asian community. Introduction & content warnings China – Literacy as a barrier (Prof. Wu) China – Li Yu's "The Fragrant Companion" (read by Karen) China – Lesbian consor...
Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 2
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 from the queer Asian community. Ep. 1: In search of Prince Charming and his King Introduction & content warnings Official records (Prof. Wu) China - The Half-eaten peach (read by Edmond...
Jun 02, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Full transcript here | Support the show here . In search of our queer Asian roots The idea for this series came about a year ago, inspired by my interviews with the queer Asian community. Many of the guests shared a desire to connect more with their culture, but also a feeling of being rejected by it because of their queerness, like Cece S1 E07 Queer representation in the media has primarily centered white narratives which is often not relatable to queer Asian folks, like Josh explains in S1 E0...
May 26, 2024•11 min
My gender identity and who I’m attracted to is nature, right? Well, actually it’s complicated. Everything I thought I knew about love, gender and sexuality has been turned upside down. Hi, my name is LAZOU and I'm the host of Nuances: Our Asian Stories. Typically it’s an interview show but I’m switching things up for season 5 with a limited series called Queering Premodern Asia. Why? Because before the modern era, there was a LOT of sexual diversity in Asia. But I bet your Asian parents didn’t k...
May 21, 2024•2 min
GUEST BIO Dr. Sophia Yen is a Co-Founder of Pandia Health, expert online women’s hormonal healthcare: from birth control to menopause and more. She graduated MIT, UCSF Medical School, and UC Berkeley with an MPH. With 20+ years in medicine, she’s also a Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford Medical School in Adolescent Medicine. Her passion is making women’s lives better She’s also the Mother of 2 future sheheroes and wife of a feminist. Taiwanese-American married to a Korean-American (feel f...
May 12, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 11
For more detailed shownotes including transcripts, go to nuancespod.com If you enjoy this show and would like to show some love, go to nuancespod.com/support ABOUT THIS EPISODE Happy Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month! Wow, that was a mouthful. Who’s idea was it to group us all together in such a long acronym? It’s a long story but let me know if you’d like me to do a deep dive on that next time. If you’re in Canada, Happy Asian Heritage Month. At least ...
May 05, 2024•17 min•Season 4Ep. 10
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 Jenny is a professional chef and food writer, researcher, and educator who studies food as the foundation for human meaning-making and identity formation. She holds a Master of Education from Harvard University and is currently a Fulbright-National Geographic Fellow in Singapore, researching food security in the context of hawker centres....
Apr 21, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 9
GUEST BIO Gideon is a 17 year old Canadian high school student, raised by two mothers. He strives to provide a balanced youthful perspective; formed from his diverse friend group and unique life experience. He's spent 12 years studying Mandarin under a Mandarin bilingual program and 3 years studying French whilst speaking Cantonese and English at home. Throughout all his studies he has been exposed and connected to many different East-Asian and North American cultures and holds it as a central p...
Apr 07, 2024•31 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Today is Trans Day of Visibility (March 31). I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than to share this wholesome portrait of Cece Chow, an Asian trans woman who transitioned later in life, with support from their ex-spouse and kids, and who finally feels at home in her own body. GUEST BIO Cece Chow is an autistic, ADHD, disabled, Canadian born Chinese trans woman, parent, model, and transgender rights advocate. She strongly believes that representation changes lives and is dedicated to cr...
Mar 31, 2024•48 min•Season 4Ep. 7
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 Prof. Sachi Schmidt-Hori is interested in investigating how gender, sexuality, corporeality, and power are represented and negotiated in pre-seventeenth-century Japanese narratives and illustrations. Her first book, Tales of Idolized Boys: Male-Male Love in Medieval Japanese Narratives (University of Hawai`i Press, 2021) is on medieval ch...
Mar 17, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 6
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 Er-Gene is a Korean-American violinist and college professor who lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. As an immigrant, she was always interested in assimilation as a survival strategy until she discovered Florence Price, the first Black American woman composer whose compositions were performed by major symphony orchestras. Since then, she has...
Mar 10, 2024•55 min•Season 4Ep. 5
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 touring his storytelling show, Case 84: Adopted in the U.S.A.. The show touches on how the media shapes our view and misconceptions about adoption. . Instagram | Twitter | LinkedI...
Mar 03, 2024•41 min•Season 4Ep. 4
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 Ryan Alexander Holmes [何仁安] is an actor and content creator based out of Los Angeles, CA. Having garnered a sizable presence on social media by using his platform to embrace his mixed Chinese/African American background through comedic story telling and poignant writings about his family’s perseverance, Ryan has made it his goal to encour...
Feb 25, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 3
GUEST BIO Paul Y. Song is an MD, entrepreneur and health activist. He is currently CEO of NKGen Biotech. Dr. Song served as the very first visiting fellow on healthcare policy in the California Department of Insurance in 2013. His last clinical role was Asst. Professor at the Samuel Oschin Cancer Center at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He currently serves on several boards including: the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago Mercy Corps, The Center for Health and D...
Feb 18, 2024•38 min•Season 4Ep. 2
GUEST BIO Soo Jin Lee is a licensed therapist, the author of 'Where I Belong: Healing Trauma and Embracing Asian American Identity,' and a guiding force at the Yellow Chair Collective. Her journey from an undocumented immigrant to a mental health advocate shapes her unique approach to healing. When not writing or in session, she’s reconnecting with nature on a hike. Let’s dive into her story!. Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Facebook | LinkedIn | Web DEFINITIONS DREAM act:short for The Developmen...
Feb 11, 2024•53 min•Season 4Ep. 1
https://nuancespod.com/2023/09/24/amanda-b/ GUEST BIO Amanda B. is the executive producer and host of 6 Degrees of Cats, a cat-themed culture, history and occasionally science podcast that investigates the surprising intersections between human and feline kind, with the help of a interdisciplinary roster of guest experts. She has worked internationally in the fields of clinical research, public health, social impact and tech, and is a trained advocate for violence survivors and youth mental heal...
Sep 24, 2023•45 min•Season 3Ep. 12
https://nuancespod.com/2023/09/17/charles-levan/ GUEST BIO Established in 2002, Charles Levan, C.E.O/Owner of Blue Buddha Entertainment, LLC specializes in sync placement for independent artists and labels, serving as a premier conduit for contemporary groundbreaking artists and repertoire. Past sync placements include: Shrinking, Found, All American, This Is Us, Supreme Models, & Grey's Anatomy to name a few. With over 27 years of experience in the music industry, Charles' passion in the sy...
Sep 17, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 14
https://nuancespod.com/2023/09/10/samantha-ong/ GUEST BIO Samantha Ong is an entrepreneur, business owner, and mother to two young girls based in Toronto, Canada. Samantha founded Joeydolls in response to the rise in anti-Asian hate around the world during the pandemic lockdowns. Her goal is to help young children feel proud of their heritage and feel valued in society by creating diverse Asian cultural dolls that celebrate every culture. As the founder and CEO of Joeydolls, Samantha is on a mis...
Sep 10, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 13
https://nuancespod.com/2023/09/03/ivy-le/ GUEST BIO Ivy Le is a Vietnamese American comedian, actress, and writer based in Austin, Texas. She is the creator of the critically-acclaimed Spotify Studios podcast FOGO: Fear of Going Outside, a nature show by the most reluctant host ever. FOGO is featured on Delta flights and recommended by The Guardian, CBC, Oprah and, inexplicably, Outside. She hosts the only queer comedy open mic in Austin, and performs at comedy festivals all over the country. Sh...
Sep 03, 2023•42 min•Season 3Ep. 12
For the full show notes, go to https://nuancespod.com/2023/08/27/nastassia-jagatsingh GUEST BIO Nastassia is a 31 Indo-Mauritian Montrealer currently based in so-called Vancouver. After a little under a decade in the banking and ESL teaching spaces, she’s exploring non-traditional avenues for work and embracing slow living as she learns to live with chronic illness. During the “summer of racial reckoning” she, like many, turned to social media spaces and literature to make sense of the world aro...
Aug 27, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 11
