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Cha-Tea Circle: A Podcast Series on Asian American Spiritualities

Cha-Tea Circle: A Podcast Series on Asian American Spiritualities

By: Chanhee Heo Elaine Lai Chenxing Han and Xianfeng Shi
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Cha-Tea Circle is a podcast series on Asian American spiritualities.

We feature in-depth conversations with inspiring artists, educators, healers, and superheroes (anti-heroes too!), and also soundscapes from places of spiritual refuge.

Join us with your favorite cup of tea. We've got ours ready. :)

Generously funded by the Asian Pacific American Religious Research Initiative (APARRI). Hosted by Chanhee Heo, Chenxing Han, Elaine Lai, and Xianfeng Shi. Sound edited by Cahron Cross and Destiny Cunningham.

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Episodes
  • Introducing Cha-Tea Circle!

    Introducing Cha-Tea Circle!
    Jun 21 2024

    In this episode, Cha-Tea Circle hosts Chenxing Han, Chanhee Heo, Elaine Lai, and Xianfeng Shi introduce the podcast series we developed, and the seven different episodes we feature.

    We draw out larger themes from our podcast series including: finding a sense of home through community building, reckoning with Asian American identity, artistic practice as spirituality, and empathetic pedagogical approaches in higher education.

    Meet us here.

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    44 mins
  • Helena Soholm on Contemporary Shamanism and Healing Work

    Helena Soholm on Contemporary Shamanism and Healing Work
    Jun 23 2024

    Chanhee interviews Helena Choi Soholm, a Korean American shaman and healer who channels Korean Indigenous traditions into therapy practice for intergenerational and cultural trauma. Helena shares her insights on the roles of the contemporary shaman healer, Indigenous technology and knowledge, her immigration experience, and the relationship of immigrants to this Indigenous land.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Julian Saporiti (No-No Boy) on Singing Asian American History and Buddhism

    Julian Saporiti (No-No Boy) on Singing Asian American History and Buddhism
    Jun 23 2024

    Chanhee interviews Julian Saporiti, a musician-historian whose celebrated No-No Boy project creates folk songs as a way of telling Asian American history. Julian takes us on a wide-ranging journey, covering his relationship to Buddhism and activism, his subversive style and storytelling approach through music, and the challenges and connections he feels with the term “Asian American."
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    59 mins

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