Perry Yung

225. Perry Yung on racism, listening and HBO’s Warrior

Perry Yung is best known as Father Jun in the HBO series Warrior and fan-favorite Ping Wu in Steven Soderberg’s Cinemax show The Knick.
He was the founder of the Asian American performance collective SLANT Performance Group and is also a traditionally trained Japanese shakuhachi flute craftsman and musician.

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Greg Rucka on the imbalance of wealth in the world

207. Greg Rucka on the imbalance of wealth in the world

For those that read Greg Rucka’s incredible Lazarus comic, you will notice disturbing similarities between the world he built to the one we are living in today.  Greed and wealth inequality are major themes in the comic.  We discuss these parallels between our society and the Lazarus world.  He also shares his research and creative process for world building.

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Greg Rucka on misinformation

198. Greg Rucka on misinformation

In this episode Greg Rucka  responds to the most frequent objections to voting and reasons for abstaining. There is a lot of information out there on the world wide web. However, there is also a lot of misinformation! This conversation is highly political, so I hope you listen with an open mind. After all, listening is a great way to learn.

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