Filmmaker and writer about Chinese history and culture, whose books include The Long March: The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth and A Year in Tibet
Shuyun Sun on KCRW
More from KCRW
Judge blocks many of George Gascón’s criminal justice reforms
Los AngelesOn Monday, a judge blocked LA District Attorney George Gascón from enforcing one of his major promises: ending the use of prison sentencing enhancements in thousands of criminal cases.
This Week in Weed: Cannabis workers now outnumber pilots and engineers
Cannabis“There's now more cannabis workers than there are aircraft pilots and engineers, dentists, painters or EMTs and electrical engineers,” says David Downs, Senior Editor at Leafly.com.
Foreign policy under the Biden administration
PoliticsSecretary of State Antony Blinken’s first full day on the job was Wednesday.
When you’re surprised anyone is surprised
PoliticsJosh Barro and Ken White talk about former President Trump’s new-new lawyers, who were named just days before his impeachment trial is to begin.
The role of land and landownership in shaping our history
Health & WellnessFrom Bronze Age farmers to New World colonialists, land ownership has been prized, sought after, inherited and fought over.
First impressions of the second impeachment
PoliticsJosh Barro and Ken White talk about President Trump’s lawyers’ first day of impeachment arguments, more on the legal cases of those arrested during the riot.
LGBTQ bars fight to stay open during pandemic, turn to loans and GoFundMe for help
CoronavirusAs LA’s queer community grapples with the closures of popular bars like Rage, Oil Can Harry’s and Flaming Saddles, other bars are struggling to keep the lights on.
LA plans to redirect some police funds and launch universal basic income in certain areas
PoliticsThis week, the Los Angeles City Council voted to override a veto by Mayor Eric Garcetti and approve a new proposal for how millions of dollars taken from the LA Police Department will…
More vaccines, more executive orders and... GameStop
NationalJosh Barro talks with David Dayen and Lanhee Chen about President Biden’s more aggressive vaccine goals, policy by executive action, immigration and GameStop.