Books, podcasts and the history of science in China with Carla Nappi

Sinica Podcast

Kaiser Kuo

Currentaffairs, Business, News, China Politics, Shenzhen, Chinese, Chongqing, China News, Politics, China, Culture, Sichuan, Hangzhou, Beijing, International Relations, China Economy, Chengdu, Film, Shanghai, Guangzhou

4.7 • 710 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In addition to teaching history at the University of British Columbia, Carla Nappi hosts the New Books in East Asian Studies and New Books in Science, Technology and Society podcasts. She is also the author of The Monkey and the Inkpot, a book about the Ming dynasty doctor, herbalist and natural scientist Li Shizhen, who is known for his Materia Medica. Carla joined Kaiser and Jeremy for a wide-ranging conversation covering topics from Li Shizhen to British scientist and writer Joseph Needham, from the history of science in China to podcasting, and from Carla’s voracious book appetite to her decidedly unorthodox approach to teaching. Recommendations: Jeremy: Sounding Islam in China. Carla: The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins, by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing. Kaiser: Scalawag magazine. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:45.7	That's audible.com slash Wondery UK. Welcome to the Sinica podcast, the week in discussion of current affairs in China, produced in partnership with SubChina.
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1:11.3	political, and cultural news about a nation that is reshaping the world.
1:15.5	I'm Kaiser Guo, coming to you today from the Seneca South Studio in downtown Durham, North
1:20.3	Carolina.
1:21.2	I am joined from Nashville, Tennessee by persecuted cult leader, I mean, new religious movement
1:25.6	leader, Jeremy Goldcorn, who fled China in
1:28.1	2015, peace unto you, oh holy Jeremy.
1:33.1	Get on with it.
1:34.7	All right.
1:35.2	Yeah, okay.
1:35.6	So, you know, Jeremy, we've both remarked on the fact that there just aren't a lot of
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