Silver Lining is a podcast that offers nuanced conversations about East Asian societies in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. We wanted to bring in the expertise of graduate students studying East Asia to make the world of academia more accessible and less esoteric under the guidance of the Columbia Global Collaboratory. ​ By hearing from experts about topics ranging from economic policy to popular culture, we hope to offer a candid exploration of ideas relating to East Asia and the pandemic. Few podcasts cover East Asian current affairs. Now, more than ever, we believe it is imperative to listen, empathize, and find the silver lining.

Latest episodes of the podcast Silver Lining S2: East Asia in the Pandemic

• S2 - Episode 6 (Wenjiao Cai): Nature and the State in Early Modern Korean Borderlands
• S2 - Episode 5 (Victoria Liu): Tibetan Identity through the Lens of Portrait Photography
• S2 - Episode 4(Yuting Dong): Red Brick Know-how - Colonial Infrastructure in Manchuria
• S2 - Episode 3 (Catherine Tsai): Shinto Shrines in Colonial Taiwan
• S2 - Episode 2 (Becky Bae): Contemporary Korean Media - "The Handmaiden" and Webtoons
• S2 - Episode 1 (Abigail MacBain): The Origin of Buddhism in Japan