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Conversations between global citizens on culture observation, identity and self-actualisation. Host Camellia Yang, a Chinese New Zealander, interviews people she met on her digital nomad journey who are on a unique path to creating a better future and shares the lessons and…
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#169: Call it destiny. Call it fate. (opens the original)
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Have you ever looked back at your life path and realized that your most "calculated" choices were actually driven by an invisible hand? Sparked by Paolo Sorrentino’s film Parthenope and its haunting theme song, I reflect on a decade of wandering, from an improbable visa in New Zealand, to a chaos-filled leap to London, to a sudden surrender on the cobblestone streets of Lisbon. We talk about why our rational brains construct neat narratives after the fact, how the Portuguese concept of Saudade o
#168: On Roadside Picnic & Stalker (opens the original)
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What if the universe isn't hostile, nor is it benevolent, but completely indifferent to human existence? In this episode, I talked about two masterpieces of existential science fiction: the 1972 novel Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and its legendary 1979 film adaptation, Stalker , directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. In This Episode, We Cover: The Cosmic Picnic Metaphor: Why human civilization might just be an anthill next to someone else's discarded trash. Tarkovsky’s Visual Metaphysi
#167: On Nolan’s Odyssey (opens the original)
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Fresh from watching Christopher Nolan’s epic film The Odyssey , I'm taking a deep dive into the cinematic logic of one of modern cinema’s most misunderstood auteurs. Looking across his filmography, Nolan is a master structural engineer who uses unyielding logic to chase a singular emotional obsession. This episode traces Nolan’s complete creative trajectory: from questioning the validity of perception ( Memento ), to engineering miracles within physical laws ( Inception , Interstellar ), to lead
#166: The Gaze of the Gods | On Cosmic Compassion (opens the original)
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What if our awe of the sacred isn’t a one-way street? What if, to an immortal observer, the fleeting intensity of a fragile human life is the true miracle? In this episode, I'm taking you to a quiet, cold night on a rocky hill in Athens, sitting beneath the golden lights of the Parthenon. From that vantage point, we explore a shift in perspective. The View from Athens: Solitude, the Mediterranean night wind, and sitting opposite the Parthenon. The Two-Way Mirror: What does a human life look like
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