Hong Kong: an ex-British colony, a political frontline, my father’s hometown. An audio journal of my life in Hong Kong from 2018-2019, from my diasporic ears to yours.

diasporic field notes was produced for 24 Hours of Radio Art — CiTR 101.9FM’s annual program featuring a full day of weird and experimental sound on the radio waves.

This sound art piece aired in January 2020 for 24 Hours of Radio Art and May 2020 for Motherlands — CiTR’s Asian Heritage Month programming.

Potent poetry is equal parts fear, vulnerability and strength. Rhyme & Resilience is a two-part conversation with Nuu-chah-nulth poet Mitcholos Touchie and Cree-Métis poet Samantha Nock. Mitcholos and Samantha share their experiences as Indigenous poets living and creating in what’s colonially known as Vancouver.

This radio documentary was produced for Carving Space, CiTR 101.9FM’s debut Indigenous radio doc series, co-coordinated by Autumn Schnell and I in 2018. Carving Space has also been featured in The Ubyssey. Learn more about the series and listen to more radio docs here.

From the BBQ meat fights in the 1970s to the 105 Keefer Street fight today, youth have always been resisting legislated and social discrimination in Vancouver's Chinatown. The Young and The Resistant follows the stories of past and present youth organizers, Paul Yee, Ramona Mar, Yulanda Lui, and Amanda Wan. Though Chinatown has changed, there is one thing that connects these resistant youth across time.

This doc was made possible by the Quan Lee Excellence Fund for Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies This radio documentary was produced in 2018 for Keep it Local: CiTR Docs Season 3. More documentaries from the series can be found here.

For most, introducing ourselves becomes second nature early in life. Names are not things we think twice about. But if you ask anybody, their name probably has a meaning and a backstory. For some reason or another, these backstories have been neglected  — collecting dust in the back of our brains. This documentary explores the family name of Vancouver-based artist, Joshua Badu, to uncover how much profundity a name can hold. Let’s sweep the dust off the story of “Badu” and ask: what’s in a name?

This radio documentary was produced in 2017 for CiTR Docs Season 2. More documentaries from the series can be found here.