Tom Knight from Soul Shake on the joys and challenges of leading a hotel band […]
Interviews
Dalton Grant Jr. of Floating World Animation on story and China’s burgeoning animation industry.
After a longer than usual monologue, I got to talk to Dalton Grant Jr (). […]
China sports insider Mark Dreyer
China sports insider Mark Dreyer on Olympic protest rules, prepping for the Beijing Games
Alex Shi on Chinese superstitions, Chinese comedy, and her mom
This week’s guest is Alex Shi, the first Chinese comic to appear on The Beijing […]
Attack by TITAN!
By Ryan Dyer Since 2017, the various cities of China have had their outlining walls […]
Alpaca- Shanghai Sludge
By Ryan Dyer Alpaca is a group of a few doom heads who congregated in Shanghai to write […]
An interview with French musician and artist Djang San ahead of his 2021 Music Day tour.
Interview by Xiao Sang Created in 1982, Fête de la Musique (Music Day in English) […]
Director Tong Hui on his new film Curtain Up! and Chinese identity
In 2019, students from New York City’s public school 124 staged stripped-down version of Disney’s […]
Stand-up comic and France 24 China correspondent Charles Pellegrin on Paris, suppositories, and vaccines
Host Haig Balian speaks with Charles Pellegrin, China correspondent for France 24/stand-up comedian. We get […]
The Six: How 6 Chinese men survived the Titanic
Everyone knows the story of the Titanic. On a frigid evening in 1912, the passenger […]
New podcast with jazz musician and composer Sejin Bae.
Sejin Bae is a jazz pianist, a composer, a teacher, and an arranger. Her band, […]
The Beijing Sessions #12 – Axis Neptune
Josh Cotterill is the force behind Axis Neptune. He released his new album, Reasons, earlier […]
Eric Allen: Americana in China, an interview
Hi Eric, can you introduce yourself? Hi. I’m Eric Allen, an American blues and folk/outlaw […]
Eric Allen: Americana in China, an interview (China version)
Hi Eric, can you introduce yourself? Hi. I’m Eric Allen, an American blues and folk/outlaw […]
Promoter Claire Courtney
Claire is the impresario behind Jing & Tonic, a monthly variety show that’s become a […]
Nine Treasures – Mongolian Metal Maestros Delete the Past for a Brighter Future
Nine Treasures – Mongolian Metal Maestros Delete the Past for a Brighter Future By Ryan Dyer […]
William Lou: Tianjin, Basketball, Toronto Raptors, an interview by Haig Balian
William Lou: Tianjin, Basketball, Toronto Raptors, an interview by Haig Balian My family came to […]
He Xiaopei – A film maker interview
As the Queer collective CINEMQ put it, filmmaker He Xiaopei dives “into the deep […]
Haig Balian interviews Paul French
I spoke with New York Times bestselling author Paul French about Peking Noir, his newBBC […]