Release date: 27 February 2025
Welcome to the Listen by Heart Podcast, where we feature Stories from Women of the South China Sea hosted by Jasmine H. Low.
He Huang is a comedian from ChongQing China now based in Australia. Witty and inspiring, she broke the scene when she made an appearance on Australia’s Got Talent. Here’s are four videos I have selected of HE in action:
“I Was Made in China” – Funniest EVER AGT Audition | Australia’s Got Talent 2022
He Huang – 2021 RAW Comedy National Grand Final
Learn more about HE HUANG COMEDY by visiting her website:
Watch this video about how HE divided Chinese social media with her comments in this BBC report: https://youtu.be/MUeWcZRj9xc?si=6V-2b2vfLCXGDRHL
And an NPR article expands on the big divide, where some Chinese felt offended and were not on the same page as HE’s jokes. Read it here: Comedian He Huang on the criticism her ‘Australia’s Got Talent’ set received : NPR
In my humble opinion, HE’s intellect is evident through her satirical play of words and cultural nuances of being Chinese.
As a Chinese leftover, she reaffirms her position as a female who is vocally reclaiming her space on the planet.
Happy International Women’s Day to all of my fellow Chinese leftovers! Leftovers taste so good the morning after, you may want to have more, only to find that it’s gone in three mouthfuls. After meeting HE, I have started ordering a little more just so that I can take away my meals for some leftovers the next day.
Humbly yours,
Jasmine Low
Listen by Heart Podcast Host and Producer
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What is Listen by Heart all about?
Background: The Listen by Heart Podcast is inspired by my mother Shirl, who has dementia and a survivor of two brain tumour operations. A former English and Art school teacher, she loves telling me stories from her youth and when I started recording our conversations, I started to really listen. It was an amazing experience for us both. So, on International Women’s Day 8th of March 2021, I embarked on this project and have given myself al the time in the world to complete this. It shall be an open-source, oral history archival project and I hope to work with universities, institutes and foundations that have a similar interest. I feel we need more stories of women of this region, putting HER into HIStory.
The plan is to record 99 women, and myself as the 100th. Tall order! Women of Southeast Asian heritage, who have an affinity with countries bordering the South China Sea, an area of much contention of late. Listen by Heart Podcast is also a project that will advocate peacekeeping through audio interviews that are freely available across most platforms such as this one here on YouTube, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, also Amazon and Audible and the official website is a good start to learn more about the podcast:
https://listenbyheart.webprojx.com.
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