Culture, Power, and the Pen
Culture, Power, and the Pen is a podcast dedicated to amplifying the voices of Asian minority communities through conversations with writers, activists, and storytellers. Hosted by Andy Liu, each episode explores how language and literature become tools for reclaiming identity, challenging dominant narratives, and illuminating cultures that are often overlooked. If you’re passionate about literature, social justice, or simply curious about the stories that shape our world, you’re in the right place!
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 4
- Years Active
- 2025
Nothing is Arbitrary: A Conversation with Katie Ka Vang
In the fourth episode of Culture, Power, and the Pen, host Andy Liu speaks with Hmong American playwright and performer Katie Ka Vang about the role of theater in shaping identity, memory, and commun…
Poetry as Resistance: A Conversation with Abduweli Ayup
In the third episode of Culture, Power, and the Pen, host Andy Liu speaks with Uyghur poet, linguist, and human rights advocate Abduweli Ayup about the power of language to preserve culture in the fa…
Voice for the Voiceless: A Conversation with Tenzin Tsundue
In the second episode of Culture, Power, and the Pen, host Andy Liu speaks with Tibetan poet, writer, and activist Tenzin Tsundue about what it means to grow up in exile, caught between a lost homela…
Writing from the Gap: A Conversation with Kao Kalia Yang
In this debut episode of Culture, Power, and the Pen, host Andy Liu sits down with award-winning Hmong-American author Kao Kalia Yang to explore the role of storytelling in reclaiming identity, prese…