NüVoices

This week, NüVoices podcast host Stephanie Tam interviews Lillian Li, the author of the new novel Bad Asians, which was released in February 2026. Lillian is also the author of Number One Chinese Restaurant which was selected as an NPR Best Book and longlisted for the Women’s Prize and the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. In this episode, Lillian discusses writing fanfiction as a teen, writing about friendships and finding unique perspectives in Asian American literature. ...

This week the Nüvoices podcasting team is thrilled to share a special crossover podcast episode from The Polycrisis. Our Nüvoices podcast interview with Kate McKenzie, co-founder of The Polycrisis, an independent publication, newsletter, and podcast, aired on June 2, 2026, and can be found here. Stay tuned for new Nüvoices episodes next month as we start our fall season. — Learn more about this episode of The Polycrisis, originally aired on April 15, 2026, here. A key them...

This week, NüVoices podcast cohost Chenni Xu interviews M Lin, author of the recent short story debut, Memory Museum, out everywhere where books are sold. Chenni met M at her NY book tour stop at McNally Jackson Seaport where she read to a packed audience of friends, family, and new fans. The Beijing-born, US-based writer joins NüVoices Chair Chenni Xu to discuss how distance (from home, from language, from certainty) became the engine of her fiction. They also get into writing characters w...

This week, our host Solarina Ho is joined by writer, podcaster and consultant Kate McKenzie to discuss the business of climate change amid geopolitical competition and the global energy transition. In this episode, Kate McKenzie shares her insights into the latest trend of climate collaboration, renewable energy development, and how we could save our planet at a time of geopolitical uncertainty.

This week, we have host and Chair of NuVoices, Chenni Xu, discussing AI competition between US and China, technonationalism, writing and craft, with journalist and researcher Selina Xu (no relation). In this episode, Selina Xu discusses her views on the current AI competition, areas of cooperation, why Americans and Chinese view technology differently, her thesis on sinofuturism, and thoughts on writing non-fiction and fiction, including speculative fiction.