Red Sister, White Brother: U.S./China Culture & Politics

About Red Sister, White Brother: U.S./China Culture & Politics

Unedited Version of the Popular "Ameritalk" podcast in Mainland China. Dr. Charlotte Li is a Professor of English Literature. She specializes in English Literature, English as a Second Language Acquisition, and East Asian languages and cultures. Due to political fallout from her home country, she is required to use a pseudonym. Keith Cunningham is a writer/screenwriter and political columnist based out of Los Angeles, CA. His areas of interest and knowledge include: U.S. politics/history, science, environmental issues, East Asian religions/meditation; U.S. culture, music and film.

Publisher

Keith Cunningham; Charlotte Li

Category

history · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 May 2020

Latest episode

19 Jul 2020

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Jul 2020

   Ep. 06 - 23andme Results

   A Discussion of Charlotte's 23andme results and some surprising revelations about her Han ancestry,

2. 

   22 Jun 2020

   Ep. 05 - Population Growth, Fertility Rates, Modern Culture

   Charlotte and Keith discuss the decline in fertility rates across the modern world, as well as overall population declines in the coming years.

3. 

   3 Jun 2020

   Ep. 04 - Nature vs. Nurture (Bonus Freewill)

   Charlotte and Keith discuss the popular 2018 documentary "Three Identical Strangers", which details the story of three identical twins who were separately put up for adoption in the 1960s and later reunited. Unbeknownst to them, they were placed as test subjects in a professionally coordinated psychology experiment. We discuss the implications of their life-story and how it relates to the nature vs. nurture debate.

4. 

   25 May 2020

   Ep. 03 - Family Dynamics in China

   Li discusses the Confucian concept of "filial piety" in Chinese culture, which is the reverence of parents, elders and ancestors and how it contributes to the modern Chinese worldview, for both native-born Chinese and Chinese-Americans. Keith describes how this concept is largely at odds with Western ideas of individualism and right to autonomy.

5. 

   24 May 2020

   Ep. 02 - Women in China

   In this episode Dr. Li provides personal anecdotes and observations about the status of women in East Asia, as well as contrast against Keith's western perceptions of women in society.

6. 

   20 May 2020

   Ep. 01 - The COVID-19 Outbreak in the U.S.

   In this introductory episode, Charlotte inquires about the Covid-19 outbreak in America; how did it get so bad? who's to blame? and what have been the reactions of the American people so far?

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