Best Lara Momesso Podcasts (2024)

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Irene: The journey of an Egyptian-British professional who has been an expat for most of her life 45:12

3M ago45:12

45:12

In this episode, Irene, an Egyptian-British professional who has lived in many countries around the world explores the “mosaic of cultures” she is. Irene is of Egyptian origin but was born in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), where she lived the first fifteen years of her life. After that, she spent the rest of her life between Egypt, the UAE, the UK, and Alb…

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Marjan: The journey of a Dutch woman, a sculptor and an active citizen who has been in England for more than forty years 43:28

3M ago43:28

43:28

In this episode, Marjan, a Dutch sculptor who has been in the UK for more than four decades, explores Lancashire landscape and society through the eyes of an artist and active citizen. Arrived in Liverpool for the first time in 1978, for a summer voluntary work opportunity, she returned in 1979 for what she thought was going to be a gap year. Howev…

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Gosha: the journey of a Polish artist who became a Pol-Lancs lass 44:50

4M ago44:50

44:50

In this episode, Gosha, a Polish artist who arrived in Lancashire twenty years ago, recollects her story of adaptation to and integration with the local society. In her early twenties, Gosha left Poland hitchhiking, with the goal to go to Portugal for a holiday. She never arrived in Portugal: in Spain she met a British man who then became her partn…

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Ihor: the journey of a young Ukrainian who left his country at war and arrived in the UK with a sponsor visa 38:59

4M ago38:59

38:59

In this episode, Ihor, a young migrant from Kozyatyn (Ukraine) who arrived in the UK in 2022, explores the challenges and the opportunities his decision to leave his country at war entailed. Entered in the UK with a sponsor visa, now Ihor lives in Chorley where he quickly got used to life in the little market town, also thanks to the precious suppo…

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Bahar: The journey of a Turkish young woman, a traveller, an entrepreneur and a history lover 46:25

4M ago46:25

46:25

In this episode, Bahar, a Turkish young woman who arrived in the UK in 2017, explores the meaning and challenges of a travelling lifestyle. Having spent most of her life in Adana, Southern Turkey, Bahar decided to quit her job and discover the world. Her curiosity and entrepreneurship brought her in various places around Europe and, eventually, in …

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Lhen: The journey of a Filipino woman from a breadwinner to mother and entrepreneur 34:35

5M ago34:35

34:35

In this episode, Lhen, a Filipino woman who arrived in Buckshaw Village in 2021, shares her story as the main breadwinner of a big family with 12 siblings. Lhen moved from a small town in Mindoro to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, where she worked in the fashion industry and, eventually, met the man she fell in love with and married. After many…

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Terry: the journey of an introverted Hong Kong professional whose dream was to become an arboriculturist 31:56

5M ago31:56

31:56

In this episode, Terry, a young woman from Hong Kong who arrived in Preston five years ago, explores how she got used to the slow-paced life in Lancashire after a life lived in big cities such as Hong Kong and Toronto. Curious and open towards other cultures and languages, Terry learns patterns of good behaviour and useful expressions by observing …

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Enisa: the journey of an Albanian photographer who discovered new selves in the quietness of Lancashire life 36:07

6M ago36:07

36:07

In this episode, Enisa, a woman from Tirana (Albania) who arrived in Skelmersdale through a family reunion in 2020, talks about the importance of personal interests and hobbies in helping with the integration process when we move to a new place. A portrait photographer in Tirana, Enisa learnt about and connected with the local society through her c…

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Comics Journalism in Taiwan: The Reporter File 31:25

6M ago31:25

31:25

This episode’s host, Adina Zemanek, invited Sherry Lee, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO of the non-profit, independent media organization The Reporter, for a conversation on a recent graphic journalism series, The Reporter File. We talked about what inspired the inauguration of this series and its role alongside traditional news reporting, t…

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Graciela: The journey of an Argentinian woman who reinvented herself many times 38:46

6M ago38:46

38:46

In this episode, Graciela, a woman from Buenos Aires (Argentina) who arrived in Britain in 1993, talks about her experience in the UK as a sales assistant at the airport, a seed grower in her Adlington garden, a mother of three children, and, more generally, a passionate woman who follows her heart. After 30 years in the UK, in 2023 Graciela decide…

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Sojin: the journey of a South Korean student who eventually became a successful academic 40:23

7M ago40:23

40:23

In this episode, Sojin, an immigrant from South Korea who arrived in the UK as a student many years ago and eventually established herself as a thriving academic, talks about her life in the UK as she tried to reach a degree of life/work balance, managed a few racist episodes, and learned to be a good citizen in this country. Arrived in Preston 7 y…

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Lana: the journey of a Palestinian refugee who became a British citizen 33:07

7M ago33:07

33:07

In this episode, Lana, an immigrant of Palestinian origin born in the United Arab Emirates, who entered the UK as a refugee, talks about the challenges of staying behind while her husband was making a dangerous journey to Europe and the difficulties in getting adapted to a new life in the UK. Now British citizen, she has been living in Lancaster fo…

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Book Chat: Eco-translation from Taiwan and Wu Ming-yi’s The Stolen Bicycle 單車失竊記, with Darryl Sterk 32:13

7M ago32:13

32:13

In this episode, our host, Ti-han, invited Dr Darryl Sterk, a Canadian eco-translator who is now based in Lingnan University in Hong Kong and dedicated his work in Taiwanese eco-literature and translation. In our conversation, Darryl told us how he ends up choosing a career path for eco-translation and how he defines “eco-translation” in his own wa…

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Alessandro: the journey of an Italian nurse who was looking for a good life-work balance and found it in the UK 29:17

8M ago29:17

29:17

In this episode, Alessandro, an immigrant from a small town in the Italian Alps, talks about the long journey that brought him to Thornton Cleveleys eight years ago. Now working as a nurse in various Lancashire hospitals, Alessandro seems to have found a good balance between work and family life here, despite the challenges of his profession. In th…

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Voices Of Lancashire Trailer 1:53

9M ago1:53

1:53

In this podcast series, the host, Lara Momesso, interviews immigrants residing in Lancashire, a county in northwest England, and explores with them their migration stories, integration experiences, aspirations, and contributions to their adopted home. With a goal to promote intercultural exchange and challenge stereotypes about immigrants in the UK…

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Book Chat: Literature in the Age of the Anthropocene: An Ecocritical Study of the Taiwanese Writer Wu Ming-yi 31:39

11M ago31:39

31:39

Hello everyone. This is Ti-han 張迪涵_, one of the hosts of our Taiwan On-Air podcast series, sponsored by the European Association of Taiwan Studies and today we are here for a Book Chat. Our guest today is a rising-star French scholar who specialised in Taiwanese and Chinese literary studies and translation, Professor Gwennaël Gaffric from Universit…

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Film Chat: Hsin-Chien Huang on VR Film in Taiwan 36:01

12M ago36:01

36:01

The host was Adina Zemanek, in conversation with Hsin-Chien Huang, a new media creator with a background in art, design and digital entertainment, whose works have been exhibited and won awards at many renowned international venues. We talked about his experience in creating immersive films, major themes his works have addressed, the role of immers…

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Academic Chat: "Detention" and Other Horror Videogames: Avatars, Memory and Trauma 35:38

1y ago35:38

35:38

The host of this episode, Adina Zemanek, interviewed Chee-Hann Wu, who obtained her PhD in Drama and Theatre from the University of California, Irvine and UC San Diego. They talked about the following themes: horror videogames in Taiwan and historical trauma; the potential roles of such games for local and international audiences, and thus for Taiw…

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Book Chat: "The Suspended Island: Taiwan and the Balance of the World" (LUISS UP, 2022) 33:53

1y ago33:53

33:53

In this podcast, the host, Lara Momesso, interviews Dr Stefano Pelaggi, Adjunct Professor at Sapienza University in Rome. The two discuss Dr Pelaggi’s most recent book, L’Isola Sospesa. Taiwan e Gli Equilibri del Mondo (The Suspended Island: Taiwan and the Balance of the World) published by LUISS University Press in 2022. In this engaging chat, Dr …

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Academic Chat: Reflecting on Hu Tai-li’s Indigenous Ethnographic Work in Taiwan 11:49

1+ y ago11:49

11:49

In this episode, our host, Niki Alsford, invites Prof Scott Simon, the Chair of Taiwan Studies at the University of Ottawa, to share his thoughts and reflections on Prof Hu Tai-li 胡台麗, who pioneered documentary ethnography in Taiwan. Prof Simon talks about how he considers Hu's contributions and influence in academia, especially on the subject of e…

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Book Chat: "Human Glitches" (2020) 34:48

1+ y ago34:48

34:48

In this episode, our podcast host, Ti-han Chang, invited Ms Lin Hsin-hui, a bourgeoning Taiwanese Sci-fi writer to talk about her award-winning short story collection, Human Glitches. Lin comments on our transforming process as cyborgs. For Lin, sci-fi no longer represents futuristic imagination, but the very reflection of our technologically condi…

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Book Chat: "Taiwan’s Green Parties. Alternative Politics in Taiwan" (Routledge, 2021) 29:00

1+ y ago29:00

29:00

In this podcast, the host, Lara Momesso, interviews Prof Dafydd Fell, Director of the Centre of Taiwan Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. The two discuss Prof Fell’s most recent book, “Taiwan’s Green Parties. Alternative Politics in Taiwan” published by Routledge in 2021. In this engaging chat, Prof Fell shares with th…

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Film Chat: Vietnamese Refugee Camps in Penghu 29:18

1+ y ago29:18

29:18

In this podcast, the host, Lara Momesso, interviews the Taiwanese movie director Asio Liu on his most recent movie project on the Vietnamese refugee camps in Penghu. Many of us are familiar with the inexorable flow of Vietnamese boat people right after the end of the war in Vietnam. Though, very few know that some of the Vietnamese boat people land…

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Book Chat: Comics in Taiwan 42:05

1+ y ago42:05

42:05

For this installment, we had the pleasure of hosting Norbert Danysz, a PhD candidate at Université Lumière Lyon 2. We chatted about recent developments related to comics in Taiwan – the definition of “Taiwan comics”, their typology, and state promotion of this medium with the aim of building Taiwan’s soft power. To find out more about niche and mai…

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Book Chat: Queering the Anthropocene in Taiwan Sci-Fi 34:15

1+ y ago34:15

34:15

In this episode, we have the pleasure to have Mr Chi Ta-wei, a renowned Taiwanese writer, talk about his acclaimed LGBTQ+ novel, The Membranes. Chi reviews this work which was published in the 90s and provides his reflection on how to re-read the novel in the context of the Anthropocene. We also chat about the influence of Japanese manga and anime …

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Film Chat: Queer, Sci-Fi and the Family 38:28

1+ y ago38:28

38:28

For this installment, we had the pleasure of hosting Maja Korbecka, a PhD candidate at Freie Universitat Berlin. We chatted about five East Asian films released between 2016 and 2022, and the topics of queer, sci-fi and the family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Northern Institute of Taiwan Studies

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Book Chat: "Puppets, Gods and Brands. Theorizing the Age of Animation from Taiwan" (U Hawaii Press, 2019) 56:24

1+ y ago56:24

56:24

For this instalment, we had the pleasure of hosting Teri Silvio, who works as Research Fellow at the Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology. We chatted about Teri’s recently published book, Puppets, Gods and Brands. Theorizing the Age of Animation from Taiwan (2019), her previous work and current projects. To find out more about performance and ani…

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Book Chat: Oceanic Writing 53:48

1+ y ago53:48

53:48

In this episode, our host, Ti-han Chang, conducted an interview chat with the ecowriter, Liao Hung-chi about his oceanic and cetacean writings. The interview covers the writer's view on the oceanic narrative formation in Taiwan, his perspective on non-human agency and Hokkien (Hoklo) language employment in literary writing, as well as his dedicatio…

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Film Chat: "Whale Island" (2020) 55:51

1+ y ago55:51

55:51

In this episode, our host, Ti-han Chang, conducted an interview chat with the film director, Huang Chia-chu about his making of the eco-film, Whale Island (2020). The interview covers the Director's engagement with this amazing project to tell a "sea story" of Taiwan, his encountering with the writer, Liao Hung-chi and the photographer, Jin Lai, hi…

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Book Chat: "Women Migrants in Southern China and Taiwan" (Routledge, 2021) 46:27

1+ y ago46:27

46:27

In this podcast, the host, Lara Momesso, interviews Dr Beatrice Zani, author of the book Women Migrants in Southern China and Taiwan. Mobilities, Digital Economies and Emotions, published by Routledge in 2021. The two scholars chat about novel ethnographic methods, such as itinerant ethnography and digital ethnography, solidarity between migrant wo…

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Book Chat : "The Great Exodus from China: Trauma, Memory and Identity in Modern Taiwan" (Cambridge UP, 2020) 53:23

1+ y ago53:23

53:23

In this podcast, the host, Lara Momesso, interviews Dr Dominic Meng-hsuan Yang, author of the book The Great Exodus from China: Trauma, Memory, and Identity in Modern Taiwan published by Cambridge University Press in 2020. The two scholars chat about important turning points in the production of the book, the author’s positions. Most importantly, h…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Lara Momesso Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Voices of Lancashire

Lara Momesso

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Taiwan On-Air 空中直播台灣

The Northern Institute of Taiwan Studies

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Irene: The journey of an Egyptian-British professional who has been an expat for most of her life 45:12

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Marjan: The journey of a Dutch woman, a sculptor and an active citizen who has been in England for more than forty years 43:28

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Gosha: the journey of a Polish artist who became a Pol-Lancs lass 44:50

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Ihor: the journey of a young Ukrainian who left his country at war and arrived in the UK with a sponsor visa 38:59

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Bahar: The journey of a Turkish young woman, a traveller, an entrepreneur and a history lover 46:25

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Lhen: The journey of a Filipino woman from a breadwinner to mother and entrepreneur 34:35

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Terry: the journey of an introverted Hong Kong professional whose dream was to become an arboriculturist 31:56

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Enisa: the journey of an Albanian photographer who discovered new selves in the quietness of Lancashire life 36:07

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Comics Journalism in Taiwan: The Reporter File 31:25

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Graciela: The journey of an Argentinian woman who reinvented herself many times 38:46

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Sojin: the journey of a South Korean student who eventually became a successful academic 40:23

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Lana: the journey of a Palestinian refugee who became a British citizen 33:07

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Book Chat: Eco-translation from Taiwan and Wu Ming-yi’s The Stolen Bicycle 單車失竊記, with Darryl Sterk 32:13

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Alessandro: the journey of an Italian nurse who was looking for a good life-work balance and found it in the UK 29:17

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Voices Of Lancashire Trailer 1:53

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Book Chat: Literature in the Age of the Anthropocene: An Ecocritical Study of the Taiwanese Writer Wu Ming-yi 31:39

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Film Chat: Hsin-Chien Huang on VR Film in Taiwan 36:01

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Academic Chat: "Detention" and Other Horror Videogames: Avatars, Memory and Trauma 35:38

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Book Chat: "The Suspended Island: Taiwan and the Balance of the World" (LUISS UP, 2022) 33:53

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Academic Chat: Reflecting on Hu Tai-li’s Indigenous Ethnographic Work in Taiwan 11:49

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Book Chat: "Human Glitches" (2020) 34:48

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Book Chat: "Taiwan’s Green Parties. Alternative Politics in Taiwan" (Routledge, 2021) 29:00

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Film Chat: Vietnamese Refugee Camps in Penghu 29:18

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Book Chat: Comics in Taiwan 42:05

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Book Chat: Queering the Anthropocene in Taiwan Sci-Fi 34:15

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Film Chat: Queer, Sci-Fi and the Family 38:28

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Book Chat: "Puppets, Gods and Brands. Theorizing the Age of Animation from Taiwan" (U Hawaii Press, 2019) 56:24

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Book Chat: Oceanic Writing 53:48

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Film Chat: "Whale Island" (2020) 55:51

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Book Chat: "Women Migrants in Southern China and Taiwan" (Routledge, 2021) 46:27

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Book Chat : "The Great Exodus from China: Trauma, Memory and Identity in Modern Taiwan" (Cambridge UP, 2020) 53:23

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