"The State of Migration in 2018" Event @ the BAC, December 2018 | MIKE SHAW, CHRISLYN CHOO, CARA GLEESON, JONATHAN GARRISON, BRENDAN DAVIS
Today I’m presenting a live recording of a special event I did at the Beijing American Center at the US Embassy to China back in December, 2018 with my former Migration Media partners Mike Shaw and Chrislyn Choo, plus Cara Gleeson. We were introduced by Janice Englehart at the BAC, the event was organized by Leslie Dong, and my esteemed friend and colleague Jonathan Garrison was kind enough to moderate the discussion. Enjoy!
Speaking at the US Embassy in Beijing | BRENDAN DAVIS
(^ We couldn’t pose for a group photo, so I used their stock image and made one… ^)
#086: Speaking at the US Embassy in Beijing | BRENDAN DAVIS
Today I can announce that I am honored to have been invited, along with my Migration Media cohort, to speak at the US Embassy here in Beijing on Thursday, December 13 in celebration of International Migrants Day. We've put together what should hopefully be a fun and fascinating evening, and I hope you’ll join us if you can. More information and the SIGN UP link are in the blog post below.
SIGN-UPs are ONLY available through this official link from the US Embassy:
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/4iJpub48QnokqyFzvcZc7A
Sign up by clicking the picture above!
EVENT SUMMARY
With over 258 million people living outside their country of birth, the global migrant community is the fastest-growing major demographic in the world. Yet their voices are often missing from mainstream media. The population that the UN labels as “international migrants” goes by many names: Expats, foreigners, refugees, digital nomads, 海龟. But who are they? Where do they live? Why do they move? What does “home” mean for them? Living between cultures, what kind of culture do they create, and how do they impact their communities?
In honor of International Migrants Day, participate in a discussion about these questions with a diverse group of Americans who are living the migration experience in their own ways and who are working to elevate migrant stories worldwide. Speakers include Mike Shaw, Chrislyn Choo, Brendan Davis, Cara Gleeson, and Jonathan Garrison, who will share their journeys from “the nation of immigrants” to China. The program will include a presentation about the state of global migration, as well as a panel discussion about the challenges and opportunities that international migrants face when they make the choice to live outside their country of origin.
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Thursday, December 13
Time: 18:00-21:00 (3 hours)
Location: Beijing American Center (BAC), US Embassy
Address: No. 55 An Jia Lou Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing (East Gate of the U.S. Embassy)
Expected Attendance: Up to 200
Event Language: American English
Event Agenda:
18:00-18:30: BAC Introduction
18:30-18:45: Presentation, The Reality of Migration
18:45-19:00: Discussion w/panel moderator
19:00-19:45: Panel discussion
19:45-20:15: Audience Q&A
All personnel to exit by 21:00
Big Fish Side Dish: Launching Migration Media | MIKE SHAW, CHRISLYN CHOO, BRENDAN DAVIS
#076 - Big Fish Side Dish: Launching Migration Media | Mike Shaw, Chrislyn Choo, Brendan Davis
In this episode of “Big Fish Side Dish”, I sit down with Mike Shaw, the founder of Migration Media (MM) and host of “Migratory Patterns”, and Chrislyn Choo, fellow MM team member and the creator of her 2-pronged project “Chrysalis”, to discuss the MM platform, the proper launch of the 1.0 version of the MM website, our various shows, my NEW show “How China Works” with Yingying Li, and much more. Good fast talk. Enjoy!
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SPONSOR:
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LINKS:
Migration Media: https://www.migrationmedia.net
Brendan on Mike’s show “Migratory Patterns”: https://anchor.fm/migratory-patterns/episodes/002-Brendan-Davis-e1p3nb/a-a4a8kn
Mike on “Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom”: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/2017/12/6/mike-shaw
Chrislyn on "Migratory Patterns”: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/cchoo2
Chrislyn on “Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom”:
“Chrysalis”: https://www.chrislynchoo.com/chrysalis/
“How China Works” - iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/HowChinaWorks-iTunes / Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/HowChinaWorks-Soundcloud / Android / Windows / all devices: https://tinyurl.com/HowChinaWorks-LibSyn
ALADIN FARRÉ | Filmmaking & Podcasting in Beijing
#075 Filmmaking & Podcasting in Beijing | ALADIN FARRÉ
Aladin Farré is a Parisian documentary filmmaker and editor based in Beijing. He is also the host of “Middle Earth: China’s Cultural Industry Podcast”, a monthly show that I happen to like a lot. In this episode we discuss all of the above as well as Aladin’s experiences navigating his way into the Chinese film industry and the absolute necessity of finding a good local partner. Plus, I share some news about Migration Media, my new show with Yingying Li called “How China Works”, and more. Enjoy!
Please SUBSCRIBE to “Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom” and rate / leave a nice REVIEW at Apple Podcasts / iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/big-fish-in-the-middle-kingdom/id1237037187?mt=2 or search and subscribe wherever YOU get your podcasts!
SPONSOR:
“The Complete Podcasting Course” - https://www.udemy.com/complete-podcasting-course/learn/v4/overview
Aladin Farré online:
https://twitter.com/Aladin_F
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aladin-farr%C3%A9/
https://www.instagram.com/aladin__f/
"Middle Earth - China's cultural industry podcast”:
https://middle-earth-chinas-cultural-industry-podcast.simplecast.fm
WeChat official account: middleearthpodcast
Other GUEST links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Townsend_Ward (one the first "foreign experts" to China in the 1860's)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Farr%C3%A9 (Aladin's dad)
Auphonic (audio enhancement services):
https://auphonic.com/landing
“HOW CHINA WORKS”:
https://www.migrationmedia.net/how-china-works
“BFMK" HOST / SHOW:
“Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom” on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigFishMiddleKingdom/
Brendan Davis on WeChat: BrendanDavis
Brendan Davis on Twitter: @VeritasInLux
Other links to LISTEN: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/podcast-link
From Vintage Cars To Clean Air | SEAN KOOPMANS
#073 - From Vintage Cars To Clean Air | Sean Koopmans
This week’s episode features Sean Koopmans. Sean is a Dutch Canadian who moved to Beijing in 2002. He left a world of vintage cars and clean air and came to China, where he found little of either. There’s not much of a big local community for the former, but after some other stops along the way, he decided to do something about the latter. Enjoy!
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SPONSOR:
“The Complete Podcasting Course” - https://www.udemy.com/complete-podcasting-course/learn/v4/overview
SEAN KOOPMANS info:
Web: www.airmazing.co
Phone (Beijing): 13501173463
WeChat: xiaoen5
“BFMK" HOST / SHOW Links:
“Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom” on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigFishMiddleKingdom/
Brendan Davis on WeChat: BrendanDavis
Brendan Davis on Twitter: @VeritasInLux
Other links to LISTEN: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/podcast-link
CHRISLYN CHOO / “Chrysalis”: https://www.chrislynchoo.com/chrysalis/
MIKE SHAW / “Migratory Patterns”: https://anchor.fm/migratory-patterns
BLUE NELSON articles -
New York Times: https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/automobiles-car-collector-blue-nelson/
Porsche: https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/christophorus/porsche-christophorus-history-classic-blue-nelson-356-718-boxster-los-angeles-13181.html
“Jay Leno’s Garage”: https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/18/how-one-collector-found-a-250000-vintage-porsche-in-a-forgotten-garage.html
"BFMK" Throwback with CHRISLYN CHOO
#071 - “BFMK” Throwback with CHRISLYN CHOO
There’s BIG NEWS coming from the Migration Media world over the next couple of months, and today’s show highlights a great interview you might’ve missed with Chrislyn Choo, one of the MM partners, recorded shortly after I first met her, along with a new introduction to give you the rest of the story since the initial release. This show is being released on the same day that Chrislyn is releasing her NEW blog / video series, THE CHRYSALIS CHRONICLES, linked below - it is fantastic and you should check it out now! The whole thing has been remixed, remastered, and re-contextualized to give you a cool new experience listening to it. Please enjoy, and check out Chrislyn’s new video series and blog via the links in the show notes!
THE CHRYSALIS CHRONICLES links:
BLOG: https://www.chrislynchoo.com/chrysalis/
TEASER VIDEO: https://tinyurl.com/chrysalislaunch
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SPONSOR:
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CHRISLYN CHOO: Storytelling & Identity
#047 - Storytelling & Identity | Chrislyn Choo
This week’s guest is Chrislyn Choo. Chrislyn is a storyteller, which takes shape in the form of writing, photojournalism, video, and in her daily life. She’s young but already highly accomplished, with a degree in Neuroscience from Duke University and a regional Emmy-award for her work documenting the harvesting of clean energy from pickle water - which I had no idea was even a thing! She’s also a curious inquirer of different cultures and a dedicated student of the nature of identity. Chrislyn is on a still-evolving identity reclamation project of her own, currently on a mission to discover the parts of herself that have strong roots in China, and we had a really fast but thought-provoking conversation ranging from identity issues to dealing with the effects of generational trauma, and more.
What’s funny is that what was planned as essentially a mentoring meeting turned into an impromptu interview request. I first met Chrislyn at the EO event that I posted a recording of last week, and was struck by just how present and engaged she was in serious issues, but with a sense of humor and perspective that seemed pretty unique to me. As far as having her on the show, as we started talkign in our meeting yesterday I realized that she’s on a unique China adventure herself, and I thought her story would be relatable to a lot of people now, and to more and more as people like her - Americans and other foreigners who are ethnically part of the Chinese diaspora returns home to rediscover their Asian roots - so I was very happy to invite her to share it here. Enjoy.
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GUEST:
Chrislyn Choo website: http://www.chrislynchoo.com/
StoryDriven: http://www.wearestorydriven.com
Chrislyn Choo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrislynchoo/
HOST / SHOW:
“Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom” on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigFishMiddleKingdom/
Brendan Davis on WeChat: BrendanDavis
Brendan Davis on Twitter: @VeritasInLux
Other links to LISTEN: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/podcast-links/