Nuances: Our Asian Stories

About 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 community. We talk about the careers we’ve pursued: winemaker, writer, actor, musician, politician, activist, brain scientist, care worker, doctor, & so many more. Our intersectional conversations explore how our experiences affect our views on anti-racism, disability justice, feminism, LGBTQIA+ rights, religion, etc., and how we can create change in our own circles to build solidarity across moveme...

Publisher

LAZOU

Category

education · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

1 May 2022

Latest episode

15 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

93 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Feb 2026

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

   See full show notes for transcript: https://nuancespod.com/2026/02/15/lunar-new-year-episode/ @nuancespod on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook.

2. 

   1 Feb 2026

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

   To participate in our Lunar New Year episode, see instructions on nuancespod.com (final deadline Feb 8) Today's episode is a re-run of my nuanced conversation with Dr. Manijeh Moradian, an Iranian American feminist and professor at Barnard College. The episode originally aired in 2023. You can view the original full show notes here.https://nuancespod.com/2023/07/02/s3-e03-dr-manijeh-moradian-on-why-iran-isnt-always-considered-part-of-asia-and-how-the-west-may-be-misinterpreting-what-iranians-truly-want-out-of-the-current-feminist-revolution/

3. 

   11 Jan 2026

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

   Request for submissions for Lunar New Year episode in February.

Who has been a guest on Nuances: Our Asian Stories

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• Ridwan (Ryan) Ah Seek
• Dr Izat El Amoor
• Stella Gold
• Saadia Khan
• Cece

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

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Books guests

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