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Gatty Rewind PodcastEpisode 125: Benjamin Tausig, Department of Music, SUNY-Stony Brook UniversityIn this episode, Francine Barchett sits down to interview Dr. Benjamin Tausig, an Associate Professor of Critical Music Studies at SUNY Stony Brook University. Dr. Tausig shares his work on the transnational dialectic of queerness and race in Cold War-era Thailand. He describes the complex intersections of American military influence, local nightlife, and the socio-economic transformations that shaped Thai culture. Later, he also reflects on the murder of Darrel Berrigan, asking: how do non-heteronormative relationships play a role within this unique cultural moment? Through it all, he invites us to rethink how sound and silence can reveal hidden layers...2025-03-1349 min
The CGAI Podcast NetworkThe Global Exchange: Assessing and Implementing the Indo-Pacific StrategyOn this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to Hugh Stephens and Phil Calvert about the Indo-Pacific Strategy and its implementation
Participants’ Biographies:
Hugh Stephens is a CGAI Fellow and a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. https://www.cgai.ca/hugh_stephens
Phil Calvert is a CGAI Fellow and a Senior Fellow with the China Institute of the University of Alberta. – https://www.cgai.ca/philip_calvert
Host biography
Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson
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Canada’s New...2023-05-1553 min
The Cultural FrontlineFiction and our climate emergencyAuthors from around the world tell us why and how they reflect on our global climate crisis in their stories. Tina Daheley talks to three authors about the challenges and opportunities in putting climate change in their books - how to be realistic but encourage the reader to take action rather than despair. Bestselling thriller writer Peter May joins us from France. His new book, A Winter Grave, uses crime fiction to get a climate message across to readers who might not expect it. Bijal Vachharajani in India writes and commissions books for children. Her...2023-02-1127 min
World Book ClubWorld Book Cafe: BrooklynWorld Book Café, the programme where writers reveal the secrets of their home cities, goes to Brooklyn.In a lively and engaging conversation from the heart of the neighbourhood, Asian American authors will share insights into their creative lives, the obstacles they face and the joy they find in words and writing.Presenter Michelle Fleury will be joined on stage by Brooklyn-based writers Elaine Hsieh Chou, Crystal Hana Kim, Matthew Ortile, Pitchaya Sudbanthad and Jen Lue.2022-06-1849 min
elzazi's mundo8. Pitchaya Sudbanthad: Bangkok Wakes to Rain with Valentina"Books can tell different things to different readers." Valentina, who is an avid reader, currently lives in Bangkok. During this discussion, we discussed the book: Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad, one of the Thai contemporary writers. Books for Vale is a way to get to know other cultures; a way for symbolic and real travelling, meeting "the other" and know yourself better. Therefore, she has a deep connection with plenty of books. Just to name a few: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, The Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, everything by Verne or Jane Austen; furthermore Italian...2022-02-201h 03
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival PodcastUWRF19 Podcast | Is All Contemporary Fiction Speculative Fiction?Speculative fiction has lurked in the shadows of the literary scene for years while realism hogged the limelight. Now, as the natural and political spheres crumble around us, speculative fiction’s dystopian worlds don’t seem so different from our own. In this timely conversation, our panelists ask whether we’re now at the point where all contemporary fiction is in fact speculative fiction.
Featuring Astrid Edwards, Michelle Tanmizi, Krissy Kneen, Pitchaya Sudbanthad, and Claire G. Coleman.2020-05-011h 02
Books and Boba#71 - Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya SudbanthadOn this episode, we discuss our Books and Boba April 2019 book club pick, Bangkok Wakes to Rain, by Pitchaya Sudbanthad, a book featuring stories of a myriad of characters, all connected through time and space to a single building in the city of Bangkok. We discuss the book's musings on the cycles of history, and the tensions between memory,culture, and technological progress.
For additional thoughts and discussion on the monthly pick, visit the Books & Boba Goodreads forums.
This Month's Book Club Panelists:
Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)
Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)
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Books and Boba#70 - Author Chat with Henry LienOn this episode, we chat with Henry Lien, the author of The Peasprout Chen Series, a middle grade series about Peasprout Chen, a new student and immigrant to an academy that teaches wu liu, the art of martial arts figure skating. Henry shares about his journey of going from a career in law to writing fiction for youth, as well as what he's learned about himself through the process.
For additional thoughts and discussion visit the Books & Boba Goodreads forums
This Episode's Hosts:
Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)
Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)
This Episode's Guest:2019-04-1650 min
Books and Boba#69 - April Book NewsIt's the April Books & Boba mid-month news roundup. On this episode, we check in with the latest publishing announcements and news out of the world of Asian American literature.
For additional thoughts and discussion on the monthly pick, visit the Books & Boba Goodreads forums.
This Month's Book Club Panelists:
Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)
Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)
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The Books & Boba April 2019 pick is Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
2019-04-1624 min
Books and Boba#68 - Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib KhorramOn this episode, we discuss our Books and Boba March 2019 book club pick, Darius the Great Is Not Okay, by Adib Khorram, the story of Darius, a teenage kid who loves Star Trek and Tolkien, and his trip to his mother's home country of Iran to visit his ailing grandfather for the first time. We discuss Darius' journey of finding his inner strength in Iran while dealing with clinical depression (CW: discussion of depression) and his anxieties of never really feeling like he fits in.
For additional thoughts and discussion on the monthly pick, visit the Books...2019-04-031h 07
The Avid Reader ShowPitchaya SudbanthadGood afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Pitchaya (pitch eye a) Sudbanthad (soot banth odd) author of Bangkok Wakes To Rain, published this month by Riverhead.Bangkok Wakes To Rain is Pitchaya’s first novel. He has received Fellowships in fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the McDowell Colony and is the fiction editor for The Conundrum Engine Literary Review. He spends time in both Bangkok and Brooklyn._______________________________________Bangkok Wakes To Rain is a difficult novel to explain. It has no epigraph bu...2019-02-2134 min
The Avid Reader Show1Q1A Pitchaya Sudbanthad Bangkok Wakes to RainGood afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Pitchaya (pitch eye a) Sudbanthad (soot banth odd) author of Bangkok Wakes To Rain, published this month by Riverhead.Bangkok Wakes To Rain is Pitchaya’s first novel. He has received Fellowships in fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the McDowell Colony and is the fiction editor for The Conundrum Engine Literary Review. He spends time in both Bangkok and Brooklyn._______________________________________Bangkok Wakes To Rain is a difficult novel to explain. It has no epigraph bu...2019-02-2101 min
Immerse Yourself In Your Day With A Uplifting Full Audiobook.Bangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel by Pitchaya SudbanthadPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343503to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Bangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel
Author: Pitchaya Sudbanthad
Narrator: Euan Morton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes
Release date: February 19, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
'Recreates the experience of living in Thailand's aqueous climate so viscerally that you can feel the water rising around your ankles.' —Ron Charles, Washington Post 'Important, ambitious, and accomplished.' —Mohsin Hamid, New York Times bestselling author of Exit West A missionary doctor pines for his native New England even as he succumbs to the vibrant chaos of n...2019-02-1911h 25Embrace This Mind-Blowing Full Audiobook — Perfect This Weekend.Bangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel by Pitchaya SudbanthadPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343503to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Bangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel
Author: Pitchaya Sudbanthad
Narrator: Euan Morton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes
Release date: February 19, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
'Recreates the experience of living in Thailand's aqueous climate so viscerally that you can feel the water rising around your ankles.' —Ron Charles, Washington Post 'Important, ambitious, and accomplished.' —Mohsin Hamid, New York Times bestselling author of Exit West A missionary doctor pines for his native New England even as he succumbs to the vibrant chao...2019-02-1911h 25
All the Books!E196: 196: New Releases and More for February 19, 2019This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Bangkok Wakes to Rain, The White Book, The Study of Animal Languages, and more great books.
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Books discussed on the show:
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
The Source of Self Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison
Bangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel by Pitchaya Sudbanthad
The Study of An...2019-02-1933 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for February 19, 2019This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Bangkok Wakes to Rain, The White Book, The Study of Animal Languages, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Audible and Blinkist.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website...2019-02-1934 minDownload Best Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary FictionBangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel by Pitchaya SudbanthadPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343503to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Bangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel
Author: Pitchaya Sudbanthad
Narrator: Euan Morton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes
Release date: February 19, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
'Recreates the experience of living in Thailand's aqueous climate so viscerally that you can feel the water rising around your ankles.' —Ron Charles, Washington Post 'Important, ambitious, and accomplished.' —Mohsin Hamid, New York Times bestselling author of Exit West A missionary doctor pines for his native New England even as he succumbs to the vibrant chao...2019-02-1911h 25Download Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Bangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel by Pitchaya SudbanthadPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343503to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Bangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel
Author: Pitchaya Sudbanthad
Narrator: Euan Morton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes
Release date: February 19, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
'Recreates the experience of living in Thailand's aqueous climate so viscerally that you can feel the water rising around your ankles.' —Ron Charles, Washington Post 'Important, ambitious, and accomplished.' —Mohsin Hamid, New York Times bestselling author of Exit West A missionary doctor pines for his native New England even as he succumbs to the vibrant chaos of n...2019-02-1911h 25Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalBangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel by Pitchaya SudbanthadPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343503to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Bangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel
Author: Pitchaya Sudbanthad
Narrator: Euan Morton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes
Release date: February 19, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
'Recreates the experience of living in Thailand's aqueous climate so viscerally that you can feel the water rising around your ankles.' —Ron Charles, Washington Post 'Important, ambitious, and accomplished.' —Mohsin Hamid, New York Times bestselling author of Exit West A missionary doctor pines for his native New England even as he succumbs to the vibrant chaos of n...2019-02-1911h 25
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Title: Bangkok Wakes to Rain: A Novel
Author: Pitchaya Sudbanthad
Narrator: Euan Morton
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:25:51
Language: English
Release date: 02-19-19
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Asian American Literature
Summary:
'Recreates the experience of living in Thailand's aqueous climate so viscerally that you can feel the water rising around your ankles.' —Ron Charles, Washington Post
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