The Fire These Times

117/ The Impossible Cities: Hong Kong & Beirut w/ Karen Cheung

Jul 15, 2022

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The Impossible City

02:35

Ukrainians Are Not Safe in the Long Term, or Could Not Be Safe

03:53

The Fire These Times Podcast

02:22

Introduction

2min

The Impossible City

3min

Is Hong Kong a British Holly?

2min

Is There a Back-Up Option?

3min

Hong Kong and the Hanover

2min

What a Lucky Life Is, You Know?

2min

I'm a Lebanese, I've Been Here for a Long Time, I Don't Know What I Am Feeling Right Now

4min

I'm Not Going to Target So Many People Who Are Today

2min

Is There a Community in Hong Kong?

5min

10.

SARS Fit Hong Kong

2min

11.

The Parallels With 2020 in My Hand

2min

12.

The Parallels Between Lebanon and Syria

2min

13.

The Mnemonic Imagination

4min

14.

What's the Difference Between Hong Kong and London?

2min

15.

Is There a Critical Distance Between You and Hong Kong?

2min

16.

Ukrainians Are Not Safe in the Long Term, or Could Not Be Safe

4min

17.

The Risks of a Writer

2min

18.

Is the National Security Police Really Acting on Their Own Coalition?

2min

19.

Hong Kong

2min

20.

The Explosion in Beirut

2min

21.

The Long Grants Launched on Podcast

4min

22.

Is It a Colonial Culture?

2min

23.

The Culture of Disappearance by Abaz

2min

24.

What Is Happening in Hong Kong?

2min

25.

Is It Possible to Find a Community Overseas?

6min

26.

The National Security Law

2min

27.

Is There a Certain Stability in Your Life?

3min

28.

I've Been Joking That Like Because the Theorem 29 Is Over

2min

29.

The Memory of the Diaspora in Beirut

4min

30.

Hong Kong

2min

31.

What Are Your Three Books That You Would Like to Read?

2min

32.

I'm Going to Butcher I Don't Want to Stay to Work With Her Guard

2min

33.

The Fire These Times Podcast

2min

This is a conversation with Karen Cheung, author of the book "The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir." As you'll hear, we ended up finding a lot of things in common between our two cities and experiences.

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Recommended Books:

Hong Kong Without Us:A People's Poetry edited by The Bauhinia Project
Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
Either/Or by Elif Batuman

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