Best M Pose Podcasts (2024)

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Christina Yi et al., "Passing, Posing, Persuasion: Cultural Production and Coloniality in Japan's East Asian Empire" (U Hawaii Press, 2023) 1:16:35

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Passing, Posing, Persuasion: Cultural Production and Coloniality in Japan's East Asian Empire (U Hawaii Press, 2023) interrogates the intersections between cultural production, identity, and persuasive messaging that idealized inclusion and unity across Japan’s East Asian empire (1895–1945). Japanese propagandists drew on a pan-Asian rhetoric that …

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Ed Pulford, "Past Progress: Time and Politics at the Borders of China, Russia, and Korea" (Stanford UP, 2024) 1:10:14

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Anxiety may have been abounding in the old Cold War West that progress - whether political or economic - has been reversed, but for citizens of former-socialist countries, murky temporal trajectories are nothing new. Grounded in the multiethnic frontier town of Hunchun at the triple border of China, Russia, and North Korea, Ed Pulford traces how se…

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Viren Murthy, "Pan-Asianism and the Legacy of the Chinese Revolution" (U Chicago Press, 2023) 1:28:22

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Recent proposals to revive the ancient Silk Road for the contemporary era and ongoing Western interest in China’s growth and development have led to increased attention to the concept of pan-Asianism. Most of that discussion, however, lacks any historical grounding in the thought of influential twentieth-century pan-Asianists. In Pan-Asianism and t…

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From Surgery to Psych: Meg Conover's Versatile PA Career 46:16

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Send us a Text Message. "So You Want to Work in Healthcare" is a podcast hosted by Leigha Barbieri, designed to provide an insider's perspective on various healthcare professions. In this episode, Leigha interviews Meg Conover, a seasoned Physician Associate (PA) with 15 years of experience, currently working in internal medicine at a psychiatric h…

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Youngna Kim, "Korean Art Since 1945: Challenges and Changes" (Brill, 2024) 30:04

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In this beautiful new book, Dr. Youngna Kim draws on her vast understanding of Korean art to provide an overview of the peninsula’s contemporary art scene. Korean artists have become increasingly active at an international level, with many being invited for residencies and exhibitions all over the world. Nonetheless, for various reasons, the genera…

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BONUS | Pit Stains and Power Poses: Surviving My PA School Interview 11:32

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Send us a Text Message. Interview Tips! In this bonus episode of the "So You Want to Work in Healthcare" podcast, host Leigha shares her personal experience with the PA school interview process. Originally an audio from a YouTube video, Leigha offers practical tips and candid advice for aspiring physician assistants. She recounts her own interview,…

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From Med School to Med Tech: Omar Khateeb’s Unconventional Journey 57:45

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "So You Want to Work in Healthcare," host Leigha Barbieri interviews Omar Khateeb, an entrepreneur and host of the "State of Medtech" podcast. Omar shares his unique journey from medical school dropout to successful medical device sales and marketing professional, and eventually to starting his own company…

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Joan E. Cho, "Seeds of Mobilization: The Authoritarian Roots of South Korea's Democracy" (U Michigan Press, 2024) 1:02:35

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South Korea is sometimes held as a dream case of modernization theory, a testament to how economic development leads to democracy. Seeds of Mobilisation: The Authoritarian Roots of South Korea's Democracy (University of Michigan Press, 2024) by Dr. Joan E. Cho takes a closer look at the history of South Korea to show that Korea’s advance to democra…

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South Korea after the 2024 Parliamentary Elections 23:23

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How do election campaigns in South Korea look like? Why have satellite parties become an important instrument of power politics? What do the election results mean for the Yoon government’s ability to implement its policy agenda? In April 2024, South Koreans went to the polls to elect a new parliament but many regarded the elections also as a refere…

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BONUS: Breaking Down PA Salaries | What You Need to Know About Top Paying Specialties 23:20

2M ago23:20

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of the "So You Want to Work in Healthcare" podcast, hosts Leigha Barbieri and guest Heather Struhl, both physician assistants, delve into the top ten highest paying specialties for PAs. They kick off with a discussion on the painful experience of IUD insertion, advocating for better pain management guidelines…

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Andre Schmid, "North Korea's Mundane Revolution: Socialist Living and the Rise of Kim Il Sung, 1953-1965" (U California Press, 2024) 1:11:04

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Histories of North Korea typically focus on one man — Kim Il Sung — and one narrative — his grand rise to absolute power. Andre Schmid’s new book, North Korea's Mundane Revolution: Socialist Living and the Rise of Kim Il Sung, 1953-1965 (University of California Press, 2024), tells a much more complex and richly textured story. Moving away from the…

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Breaking Barriers in Healthcare: Lauren Leckliter's Path from ICU Nurse to Clinical Specialist 34:50

3M ago34:50

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "So You Want to Work in Healthcare?" host Leigha Barbieri interviews Lauren Leckliter, a seasoned nurse and clinical specialist in thoracic perfusion. Lauren shares her deeply personal journey into healthcare, shaped by her father's accident and her own medical challenges as a child. She discusses the real…

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BONUS: Breaking Down the Top Ten Jobs in Healthcare 20:37

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of the "So, You Want to Work in Healthcare?" podcast, host Leigha and returning guest Heather discuss the top ten healthcare jobs as reported by U.S. News. They provide insights into each profession, discussing aspects like median salaries, job projections, and educational requirements. The episode also touch…

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The Onc Doc: Bridging Gaps in Oncology and Beyond 53:44

4M ago53:44

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Send us a Text Message. This episode of the "So You Want to Work in Healthcare" podcast features Dr. Sanjay Juneja (you may know him as @theoncdoc), a hematologist-oncologist, entrepreneur, podcast host, and social media personality. Host Leigha Barbieri delves into Dr. Juneja's journey into medicine, his passion for teaching, and his personal expe…

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SunAh M. Laybourn, "Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants" (NYU Press, 2024) 40:36

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Dr. SunAh M. Laybourn’s Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants (NYU Press, 2024) explores the experiences of Korean adoptees, the largest population of adult transnational adoptees in the United States. Over 125,000 Korean children have been adopted into primarily white US families since the 1950s, and despite being raised as US citiz…

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BONUS: Inside Orthopedic Surgery | A PA's Perspective 16:01

4M ago16:01

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Send us a Text Message. As the host of the So You Want to Work in Healthcare podcast, I shared a bonus episode to provide more content to my listeners. In this episode, I discussed my experience as a Physician Assistant (PA) in orthopedic surgery, highlighting why I chose this field and why I find it rewarding. I emphasized the hands-on experience,…

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Exploring the Realities of a Career as a Nurse Anesthetist with Chrissy Massaro, CRNA 48:02

4M ago48:02

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Send us a Text Message. Join us on the "So You Want to Work in Healthcare" podcast where your host, Leigha, dives into the diverse world of healthcare professions. In this insightful episode, Leigha interviews Chrissy Massaro, a seasoned nurse anesthetist, co-founder of Confident Care Academy, podcast host, and influencer. Chrissy shares her person…

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David Savran, "Tell It to the World: The Broadway Musical Abroad" (Oxford UP, 2024) 58:53

4M ago58:53

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Tell It to the World: The Broadway Musical Abroad (Oxford UP, 2024) offers a look at how the Broadway musical travels the world, influencing and even transforming local practices and traditions. It traces especially how the musical has been indigenized in South Korea and Germany, the commercial centers for Broadway musicals in East Asia and contine…

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Neuro Endovascular Surgeon Dr. Mohamed Teleb, Creator of the VAN Stroke Assessment 51:25

5M ago51:25

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "So You Want to Work in Healthcare," host Leigha dives into the world of healthcare professions, providing listeners with an insider's perspective on various career paths. Today's guest, Dr. Mohamed Teleb, an endovascular surgical neurologist based in Arizona, shares his journey from engineering to medicin…

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Sandra Fahy, "Dying for Rights: Putting North Korea’s Human Rights Abuses on the Record" (Columbia UP, 2019) 51:33

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“The things that are happening to North Korea are happening to all of us…they are part of the human community. To say that this is just a problem for North Korea is to say that North Koreans are not part of the human community.” In her new book, Dying for Rights: Putting North Korea’s Human Rights Abuses on the Record (Columbia University Press, 20…

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Advancing Your Nursing Career: Tips and Advice from the Experts 48:55

6M ago48:55

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "So You Want to Work in Healthcare," I'm joined by two esteemed guests, Kaitlyn Patrick and Gina St. Jean, who bring a wealth of experience in the nursing field. Katy, with 16 years of service, is currently at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, while Gina boasts 20 years of experience …

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Andrew David Jackson, "The Late and Post-Dictatorship Cinephilia Boom and Art Houses in South Korea" (Edinburgh UP, 2023) 1:06:02

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Dr. Andy Jackson’s The Late and Post-Dictatorship Cinephilia Boom and Art Houses in South Korea (Edinburgh University Press, 2024) examines an unexplored area of South Korean cinema history – the 1985-1997 growth of art film exhibition, consumption, and cinephilia. This moment of heightened interest in art film altered how many Koreans conceptualis…

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Hwisang Cho, "The Power of the Brush: Epistolary Practices in Chosŏn Korea" (U Washington Press, 2020) 56:31

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The invention of an easily learned Korean alphabet in the mid-fifteenth century sparked an "epistolary revolution" in the following century as letter writing became an indispensable daily practice for elite men and women alike. The amount of correspondence increased exponentially as new epistolary networks were built among scholars and within famil…

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Inside the World of Podiatry: A Conversation with Dr. Bryanna Vesely 40:28

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, the host Leigha welcomes Dr. Bryanna Vesely, a podiatry fellow with a masters in public health, to discuss her experience in the medical field thus far. Dr. Vesely shares her journey from being a ballet dancer to pursuing a career in medicine after a hip injury. She explains her interest in orthopedics and h…

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The Bone Doctor Himself: Dr. Cory Calendine, Orthopedic Surgeon 40:43

7M ago40:43

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of the "So You Want to Work in Healthcare" podcast, the host interviews Dr. Cory Calendine, an orthopedic surgeon and influential figure in the field. Dr. Calendine shares his journey into healthcare and his passion for connecting with people. The episode takes place at a meeting attended by thousands of indi…

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Alyssa M. Park, “Sovereignty Experiments: Korean Migrants and the Building of Borders in Northeast Asia, 1860-1945" (Cornell UP, 2019) 1:06:17

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Even in states where borders and sovereignty are supposedly well established, large movements of transnational migrants are seen to present problems, as today’s crises show the world over. But as Alyssa Park’s book Sovereignty Experiments: Korean Migrants and the Building of Borders in Northeast Asia, 1860-1945 (Cornell University Press, 2019) show…

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Nobuko Ishitate-Okunomiya Yamasaki, "Prostitutes, Hostesses, and Actresses at the Edge of the Japanese Empire" (Routledge, 2023) 1:07:49

8M ago1:07:49

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Analysing materials from literature and film, this book considers the fates of women who did not or could not buy into the Japanese imperial ideology of "good wives, wise mothers" in support of male empire-building. Although many feminist critics have articulated women's active roles as dutiful collaborators for the Japanese empire, male-dominated …

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Elise Hu, "Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital" (Dutton, 2023) 33:29

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In August, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter to complain about how U.S. regulations are holding local sunscreens back compared to the rest of the world. And while she didn’t name any specific country, the video featured headlines that did name one nation: South Korea. On social media, Korean cosmetics are now viewed as the wor…

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June Hee Kwon, "Borderland Dreams: The Transnational Lives of Korean Chinese Workers" (Duke UP, 2023) 1:00:13

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Migration is a theme intertwined with hopes and dreams. In Borderland Dreams: The Transnational Lives of Korean Chinese Workers (Duke UP, 2023), June Hee Kwon explores the trajectory of the “Korean dream” that has fueled the massive migration of Korean Chinese workers from the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in northeast China to South Korea s…

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Pre-PA Tips with Savanna Perry, Dermatology PA & Creator of The PA Platform 55:31

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "So You Want to Work in Healthcare," host Leigha delves into the world of healthcare professions with guest Savanna Perry, a dermatology Physician Assistant (PA) and the founder of The PA Platform. As only the second episode of the podcast, Leigha sets the stage for a series dedicated to giving listeners a…

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Heather the Injector: Advice from an Aesthetics PA 33:55

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Send us a Text Message. Episode 1 of the So You Want to Work in Healthcare podcast, with Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic medicine Physician Assistant, Heather Struhl! I really need your feedback- How YOU feel about this episode will determine if I continue with my podcast dreams or not. So leave your reviews in the comments, like, subscribe, whatever…

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Stephanie K. Kim, "Constructing Student Mobility: How Universities Recruit Students and Shape Pathways between Berkeley and Seoul" (MIT Press, 2023) 53:07

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Constructing Student Mobility: How Universities Recruit Students and Shape Pathways between Berkeley and Seoul (MIT Press, 2023) challenges the popular image of the international student in the American imagination, an image of affluence, access, and privilege. In this provocative book, higher education scholar Stephanie Kim argues that universitie…

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Shellen Xiao Wu, "Birth of the Geopolitical Age: Global Frontiers and the Making of Modern China" (Stanford UP, 2023) 49:27

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From the 1850s until the mid-twentieth century, a period marked by global conflicts and anxiety about dwindling resources and closing opportunities after decades of expansion, the frontier became a mirror for historically and geographically specific hopes and fears. From Asia to Europe and the Americas, countries around the world engaged with new i…

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Hannah Michell, "Excavations: A Novel" (One World, 2023) 37:06

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Sae, former journalist turned a young mother of two in 1992 Seoul, is waiting for her husband, an engineer for a small construction company. He’s late. A neighbor rushes down with the news: a high-rise downtown has collapsed, trapping hundreds inside–the same high-rise that Sae’s husband is working. That disaster, which parallels the real-life Samp…

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Joo Ok Kim, "Warring Genealogies: Race, Kinship, and the Korean War" (Temple UP, 2022) 50:23

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“[W]hat is our relationship to the Korean War and to the affinities” of different institutions that produce knowledge about the Korean War? (130) In her book, Warring Genealogies: Race, Kinship, and the Korean War (Temple UP, 2022), Joo Ok Kim “conceptualizes racialized formations of kinship emerging from the Korean War as a problem of knowledge” (…

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Hieyoon Kim, "Celluloid Democracy: Cinema and Politics in Cold War South Korea" (U California Press, 2023) 59:24

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Before South Korea became the democracy and media powerhouse that it is today, it underwent several decades of authoritarian rule during the Cold War from the late 1940s to late 1980s. Amidst this authoritarian period, South Korea’s filmmakers, distributors, and exhibitors nevertheless found ways to push the boundaries of both cinema and politics. …

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A Better Way to Buy Books 32:44

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Bookshop.org is an online book retailer that donates more than 80% of its profits to independent bookstores. Launched in 2020, Bookshop.org has already raised more than $27,000,000. In this interview, Andy Hunter, founder and CEO discusses his journey to creating one of the most revolutionary new organizations in the book world. Bookshop has found …

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Suzy Kim, "Among Women Across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War" (Cornell UP, 2023) 1:11:35

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In Among Women across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War (Cornell University Press, 2023), Suzy Kim follows Korean women’s engagement in a broader international women’s movement from the beginnings of the Korean War in the 1940s until International Women’s Year in 1975. Obscured by layers of “cascading erasures,” the communist women of Nort…

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Chuyun Oh, "K-pop Dance: Fandoming Yourself on Social Media" (Routledge, 2022) 38:09

12M ago38:09

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K-pop Dance: Fandoming Yourself on Social Media (Routledge, 2022) is about K-pop dance and the evolution and presence of its dance fandom on social media. Based on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, choreography, and participation-observation with 40 amateur and professional K-pop dancers in New York, California, and Seoul, the book …

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Don J. Wyatt, "Slavery in East Asia" (Cambridge UP, 2022) 42:57

12M ago42:57

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Today I talked to Don J. Wyatt about his book Slavery in East Asia (Cambridge UP, 2022). In premodern China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, just as in the far less culturally cohesive countries composing the West of the Middle Ages, enslavement was an assumed condition of servitude warranting little examination, as the power and profits it afforded to …

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Olga Fedorenko, "Flower of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising at a Crossroads" (U Hawaii Press, 2022) 1:18:04

1y ago1:18:04

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An ethnography of advertising in postmillennial South Korea, Flower of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising at a Crossroads (U Hawaii Press, 2022) details contests over advertising freedoms and obligations among divergent vested interests while positing far-reaching questions about the social contract that governs advertising in late-capitalist soc…

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Miya Qiong Xie, "Territorializing Manchuria: The Transnational Frontier and Literatures of East Asia" (Harvard UP, 2023) 55:57

1y ago55:57

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Xiao Hong, Yom Sang-sop, Abe Kobo, and Zhong Lihe—these iconic literary figures from China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan all described Manchuria extensively in their literary works. Now China’s Northeast—but a contested frontier in the first half of the twentieth century—Manchuria has inspired writers from all over East Asia to claim it as their own, e…

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Michael J. Seth, "Korea at War: Conflicts That Shaped the World" (Tuttle Publishing, 2023) 44:01

1y ago44:01

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The Korean War “ended” exactly fifty years ago at Panmunjom. On July 27, 1953, United States and United Nations commanders on one side, and the North Koreans and Chinese commanders on the other, agreed to an immediate cessation of hostilities. Most histories of the Korean War stop there. Yet the war merely ended in a truce, not a proper peace agree…

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Sheila Miyoshi Jager, "The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia" (Harvard UP, 2023) 50:11

1y ago50:11

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Dr. Sheila Miyoshi Jager presents dramatic new telling of the dawn of modern East Asia, placing Korea at the center of a transformed world order wrought by imperial greed and devastating wars in her new book The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia (Harvard University Press, 2023). In the nineteenth century, Russ…

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Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo, "Korea: A New History of South and North" (Yale UP, 2023) 50:01

1y ago50:01

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As a member of the U.S. National Security Council, Victor Cha flew over the DMZ separating North and South Korea in 2007, following negotiations with Pyongyang. He writes in Korea: A New History of South and North (Yale University Press, 2023)—his latest book with co-author, and previous podcast guest, Ramon Pacheco Pardo—about how he was struck by…

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Suk-Young Kim, "Surviving Squid Game: A Guide to K-Drama, Netflix, and Global Streaming Wars" (Applause Books, 2023) 48:09

1y ago48:09

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In Surviving Squid Game: A Guide to K-Drama, Netflix, and Global Streaming Wars (Applause Books, 2023), scholar Suk-Young Kim reflects on Netflix's most-viewed series and one of the most influential Korean dramas, Squid Game. The series premiered in September 2021, when the pandemic cloud still hung heavy over viewers and seemed to mirror the socie…

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Chris Suh, "The Allure of Empire: American Encounters with Asians in the Age of Transpacific Expansion and Exclusion" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:58:22

1y ago1:58:22

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The Allure of Empire: American Encounters with Asians in the Age of Transpacific Expansion and Exclusion (Oxford UP, 2023) traces how American ideas about race in the Pacific were made and remade on the imperial stage before World War II. Following the Russo-Japanese War, the United States cultivated an amicable relationship with Japan based on the…

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Monica Macias, "Black Girl from Pyongyang: In Search of My Identity" (Duckworth, 2023) 37:09

1y ago37:09

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Monica Macias, the youngest daughter of Equatorial Guinea’s first president at just seven years old, lands in Pyongyang, North Korea in 1979. Her father had sent her to the country to study, but what was meant to be a shorter visit grew to a decade-long stay when her father was ousted in a coup. Monica stays in Pyongyang until 1994, when she gradua…

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Neither Friend nor Enemy: Sweden-North Korea Relations 27:01

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Welcome to the fourth NIAS-Korea episode. We invite Dr. Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein to discuss Sweden-North Korea relations. It may seem odd that among the Western countries, Sweden is the one that has maintained friendlier relations with North Korea. For example, Sweden was the first Western country that opened an embassy in Pyongyang, and the em…

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David Weiss, "The God Susanoo and Korea in Japan’s Cultural Memory: Ancient Myths and Modern Empire" (Bloomsbury, 2022) 55:46

1+ y ago55:46

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The God Susanoo and Korea in Japan’s Cultural Memory: Ancient Myths and Modern Empire (Bloomsbury, 2022) traces reiterations and reinterpretations of the deity Susanoo regarding his relationship with Korea vis-a-vis Japan. Through careful examination of mythological texts and other primary sources, David Weiss examines Susanoo’s role in the constru…

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