I've wanted to do an episode (series, really) on Mao and his policies for a long time now, peppered with interviews from in-laws (my partner is Chinese American and her mother lives with us; her parents were among those paraded through the streets during the Cultural Revolution and some of their relatives starved to death during the GLF)…
I've wanted to do an episode (series, really) on Mao and his policies for a long time now, peppered with interviews from in-laws (my partner is Chinese American and her mother lives with us; her parents were among those paraded through the streets during the Cultural Revolution and some of their relatives starved to death during the GLF), but honestly, because there are many family members still currently living in China (and knowing for a fact that one has a file on him in the Ministry of State Security, long story and not mine to tell) I probably never will, since...well, it's kind of hard not to come away from the story of Mao without a bitter taste and as small potatoes as my own podcast is, I don't feel like being responsible even for the possibility of state retribution.
That said, I still have a series about the fall of the Qing Dynasty being kicked around in my head.
I've wanted to do an episode (series, really) on Mao and his policies for a long time now, peppered with interviews from in-laws (my partner is Chinese American and her mother lives with us; her parents were among those paraded through the streets during the Cultural Revolution and some of their relatives starved to death during the GLF), but honestly, because there are many family members still currently living in China (and knowing for a fact that one has a file on him in the Ministry of State Security, long story and not mine to tell) I probably never will, since...well, it's kind of hard not to come away from the story of Mao without a bitter taste and as small potatoes as my own podcast is, I don't feel like being responsible even for the possibility of state retribution.
That said, I still have a series about the fall of the Qing Dynasty being kicked around in my head.