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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...

Lunar New Year in Mongolia, Korea, Vietnam, Mauritius & China

27 mins; February 15, 2026

The evolution of Iran-U.S. relations, from the shah to the 1979 revolution to the Women Life Freedom (Jin Jiyan Azadi) movement

61 hours 14 mins; February 01, 2026

Season 6: Submit your Lunar New Year stories by Jan 25 2026!

4 mins; January 11, 2026

Introducing: That Scares Me Too

36 mins; December 29, 2024

Re-release: Holiday Special!

43 mins; December 22, 2024

9. In search of the "socially acceptable" (Queering Premodern Asia - series finale!)

78 hours 12 mins; November 10, 2024

8. For the Record... (Queering Premodern Asia - a limited series)

83 hours 32 mins; October 27, 2024

7. Performing Gender (and Gender Benders)

75 hours 43 mins; October 13, 2024

Feed drop: Immigrantly

46 mins; October 06, 2024

6. The West: Savior or Demonizer? - Part 2

64 hours 4 mins; September 22, 2024

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

78 hours 29 mins; September 08, 2024

Feed drop: Mx Asian American

31 mins; August 18, 2024

Feed drop: Fruitbowl - An oral history of queer sex

68 hours 52 mins; August 11, 2024

5. Gods, Sex, and the Patriarchy

78 hours 11 mins; July 28, 2024

4. Love, Marriage & Their Casual Relationship (Queering Premodern Asia - a limited series)

76 hours 21 mins; July 14, 2024

3. Fifty Shades of Gender (Queering Premodern Asia - a limited series)

82 hours 23 mins; June 30, 2024

2. But where are the lesbians? (Queering Premodern Asia - a limited series)

67 hours 20 mins; June 16, 2024

1. In search of Prince Charming & his King (Queering Premodern Asia - a limited series)

61 hours 30 mins; June 02, 2024

S5: Queering Premodern Asia - Ep.0 - An Introduction

11 mins; May 26, 2024

Queering Premodern Asia - Nuances Season 5 Trailer

1 min; May 21, 2024

S4 E11: Dr. Sophia Yen on birth control, #PeriodsOptional, menopause, emergency contraception, and what your BMI has to do with it.

75 hours 36 mins; May 12, 2024

It’s AANHPI Heritage Month! Or Asian Heritage Month if you’re in Canada.

16 mins; May 05, 2024

S4 E09: Chef Jenny Dorsey on food politics, and the uneasy conversations that the food industry isn’t ready to have.

58 mins; April 21, 2024

S4 E08: Gideon - a quadrilingual high schooler with two awesome moms.

30 mins; April 07, 2024

S4 E07: Trans Day of Visibility special with Cece Chow & her son Gideon - the wholesome Asian trans representation you needed to hear.

47 mins; March 31, 2024

S4 E06: Dr. Sachi Schmidt-Hori on U.S. vs Japan culture, parenting, social norms, & why gender pronouns aren’t an issue in Japan

61 hours 56 mins; March 17, 2024

S4 E05: Er-Gene Kahng found community, Florence Price, and her Asian American identity in Arkansas

55 mins; March 10, 2024

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.

40 mins; March 03, 2024

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.

59 mins; February 25, 2024

S4 E02: Dr. Paul Song on why medicare-for-all would help both patients and doctors. Also: Natural Killer cells & Alzheimer’s

38 mins; February 18, 2024

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.

52 mins; February 11, 2024

Podcast Recs - Part 1: 6 Degrees of Cats!

23 mins; October 18, 2023

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.

45 mins; September 24, 2023

S3 E14: Charles Levan on his career working at EMI/Capitol Records, and becoming a licensing agent for independent artists.

32 mins; September 17, 2023

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.

35 mins; September 10, 2023

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!

41 mins; September 03, 2023

S3 E11: Nastassia Jagatsingh on deconstructing her Mauritian and Canadian identities, unlearning colorism, and living with chronic illness.

63 hours 30 mins; August 27, 2023

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.

64 hours 27 mins; August 20, 2023

S3 E09: Rita Phetmixay: No such thing as boundaries in Asian culture - the Lao diaspora, owning the narrative, and healing intergenerational trauma wi...

59 mins; August 13, 2023

S3 E08: Kiran Kaur Gill on fighting Turban Myths with occupationally relevant training programs at the TSA, FBI, and other law enforcement agencies.

48 mins; August 06, 2023

S3 E07: Scott Okamoto on losing faith and becoming an English professor at an evangelical school + his thoughts on Oppenheimer

66 hours 58 mins; July 30, 2023

S3 E06: Travis Nguyen, interpreter & translator, on working with the deaf & deaf/blind communities, how intergenerational trauma manifests in day-to-d...

57 mins; July 23, 2023

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.

71 hours 6 mins; July 16, 2023

S3 E04: Teresa Suydam, Filipino & First Nations Ojibwe artist, on being a ”Lost Bird”, reconnecting with their biological mom, and making deliberate e...

39 mins; July 09, 2023

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...

62 hours 28 mins; July 02, 2023

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...

58 mins; June 25, 2023

S3 E01: DJ Mimi Chen on knowing her worth, standing up for herself, and having a blast doing it.

48 mins; June 18, 2023

Nuances Podcast Trailer

4 mins; June 16, 2023

Bonus: AAPIHM history, books, movies, music panel + Nuances celebrates 1 year!

14 mins; May 01, 2023

S2 E15: Justine Osilla, winemaker, talks career choices, diversity in wine, and the best wines to pair with some of our favorite Asian dishes.

36 mins; March 12, 2023

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...

33 mins; March 05, 2023

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...

42 mins; February 26, 2023

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...

59 mins; February 19, 2023

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,...

44 mins; February 12, 2023

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...

56 mins; February 05, 2023

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...

36 mins; January 29, 2023

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...

41 mins; January 22, 2023

S2 E7 - Darrel J. Delfin on being a Filipino-American actor, working with his childhood heroes, and finding his niche in voiceover.

43 mins; January 15, 2023

S2 E6: Summer Swee-Singh on becoming a successful pianist with zero connections, being female and Asian in the industry, the importance of representat...

61 hours 7 mins; January 08, 2023

S2 E5 - A Holiday Special featuring our guests’ holiday traditions and how they have evolved over time.

41 mins; December 23, 2022

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...

57 mins; December 18, 2022

S2 E3: Tiffany Chou on never underestimating people, and why she founded Depo Market to give disabled people like her brother enjoyable, meaningful, a...

41 mins; December 11, 2022

S2 E2: Charlene Vela on dance aesthetics, Asian accents, and what to do if you don’t know how to pronounce someone’s name.

44 mins; December 04, 2022

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...

51 mins; November 27, 2022

S1 E12: Ariadne & Sherry-Lynn reflect on season 1 and its impact on the creators and listeners of The Nuances Podcast.

38 mins; July 17, 2022

S1 E11: Dr. Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim on how bilinguals’ brains differ from monolinguals’, and how bilingualism improves performance at other tasks.

50 mins; July 10, 2022

S1 E10: Nathan Rogers on being an AAPI from the South and his evolution on his political beliefs

50 mins; July 03, 2022

S1 E09: Sally on working with young people, Asian representation in media, mental health, gender roles & bisexuality.

59 mins; June 26, 2022

S1 E08: Edmond Chan (brqvlnfoodie) on music,LGBTQ+ Asian hate, protecting elders,#prideineverycolor

58 mins; June 19, 2022

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...

59 mins; June 12, 2022

S1 E06: Josh Decolongon (@sommeligay) on bringing diversity to the wine & beverage industry.

48 mins; June 05, 2022

S1 E05: AUSLIN, the artist supermom who’s breaking the cycle of intergenerational trauma she experienced as a Hmong American growing up in Wisconsin.

56 mins; May 29, 2022

S1 E04: Lisa Danaë on being both ”not Asian enough” and ”not white enough” as a mixed-race dark pop artist.

44 mins; May 22, 2022

S1 E03: Tonie on being a nonbinary Vietnamese-American pop artist and producer in NYC.

47 mins; May 15, 2022

S1 E02: Rahul Borkar on being a rock artist and producer from Louisville, KY.

41 mins; May 08, 2022

S1 E01: Introducing ”Nuances: Beyond first impressions with the Asian diaspora”

13 mins; May 01, 2022

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