Thorns Have Roses

Pandemic feelings & language, dumplings, and food travel shows

Further thoughts on using language to individualize systemic failures and world catastrophes.

May 4, 2021 •

Climate fiction & reimagining the future

Listen now (41 min) | Further thoughts on the 'cult of the individual' versus the collective in cultural and fictional imagination.

Apr 25, 2021 •

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Bonus: 'We're just data'

Listen now (26 min)

Apr 18, 2021 •

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Psychiatry in the time of corona

Listen now (40 min) | Further thoughts on the rise of therapy in modern times.

Apr 11, 2021 •

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One of many: China's 'social credit system'

Listen now (38 min) | Further thoughts on how English misinterpreted the original Chinese phrase of 'social credit.'

Apr 4, 2021 •

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Anti-Asian violence, teen depression, and ghost forests

Listen now (44 min) | Further thoughts on the Asian-American experience.

Mar 28, 2021 •

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Intro: What can you expect from Thorns Have Roses?

Listen now (2 min) | Further introductions of our backgrounds & what topics are on our minds.

Mar 15, 2021 •

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Thorns Have Roses

We are a podcast and newsletter run by Anurag Papolu and Christina Li looking at the complexities of our modern world through culture, technology, and politics.

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