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Sound Poem: Have you eaten? (Radio Atlas)

‘Have you eaten?’ is a common Chinese greeting, like asking ‘how are you?’ in English. The piece uses the phrase to redraw a line of connection between her current home in New York and her grandmother.

Person Doc: Lala(拉拉)

"Lala" is a colloquial term used in Chinese to refer to lesbians. In this story, a Chinese woman wonders what made her gay and how should she face the hidden self from her conventional family.

(Cover translation: The most special gift my mother ever gave me was teaching me how to appreciate a rainbow.)

Personal Doc: Ashamed Orgasm

The night after her grandfather passed. She reaches for the vibrator. Shame engulfs her immediately and never fades. She never shared this with anyone, until now.

Profile: Making Pattern Till I Die

Jinjoo Cho is a Korean garment pattern maker living in New York. She said the pattern maker is like an engineer making garments' blueprints. She also said, "I have to do this until I die."

Non-narration: Stay or Leave

Two Hong Kong young people have to decide leave their hometown or not after a lot of things in HK changed.

Sound Poem: Can You Live Without Caffeine?

You know how these days people just can't live without caffeine? So do I. But this morning, I found out I'm out of caffeine, and this, is BAD.