The Spark Podcast 火花

By Amy Tianyi Zhao & Meg Dowaliby

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The Spark is a podcast that explores what it means to traverse cultures and share stories that intersect Chinese and American culture to interrupt barriers and create connections. The Spark is a cultural haven - A space held by a friendship between two women from two different countries, meeting at the point where their cultures, identities and stories intersect. Their conversations are grounded in transparency as they move beyond previous perceptions and ideas of the other to form deep connections as human beings first. 这是一个由两个来自不同文化背景的女生创造的广播平台。Amy Tianyi Zhao (微博:赵枣儿Amy)虽然来自中国,但她的教育背景和生活履历让她与西方文化产生了强烈的共鸣。Megan Dowaliby 虽然来自美国,但来自中国的老公让她对中国产生了浓厚的兴趣。两个完全不同的女生在一张传统中国餐桌上相遇。语言的交流引发了思想的碰撞。在那次晚餐两年后的今天,火花电台诞生。我们相信,一个人的国籍,以及其居住地并不能代表TA的文化身份。在一个全球化的时代,我们在不同文化中看到自己的影子,每个人都可能是很多文化交流和互动的产物。我们希望通过她们的对话和讨论,加深人们对“跨文化”身份的认同,赋予人们了解世界的激情和力量,最终达到促进世界,尤其是中美两国互相理解的进程。

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Episode Date
Ep. 59: The Jacket | 那件夹克
May 01, 2026
Ep. 58: What We Carried | 我们带走的声音
Apr 23, 2026
Ep. 57: Hello From China | 来自中国的“你好”
Apr 16, 2026
Ep. 56: The Ones Who Came Before | 我们的先辈们
Apr 09, 2026
Ep. 55: What Enough Looks Like | “知足”到底是什么样?
Apr 02, 2026
Ep. 54: Becoming Someone New | 蜕变成另一个自己
Mar 26, 2026
Ep. 53: The Party Amy Didn’t Go To | 那场Amy选择缺席的派对
Mar 19, 2026
Ep. 52: The Next Best Thing | 眼前最好的一步
Mar 12, 2026
Ep. 51: Amy’s Eight-Year Career Reset|Amy 的职业重启
Jan 15, 2026
Ep. 50: Meg’s First Trip to China as a Mother | Meg作为母亲的首次中国之行
Dec 21, 2025
Ep. 49: Amy's 3-Day Wedding Celebration in Beijing | Amy的北京婚礼
Oct 28, 2025
Ep. 48: Since We Last Talked 久别重逢
Sep 03, 2025
Ep.47: One More Before I Go
Jan 09, 2025
Ep.46: Letting Go - A Winter Solstice & NYE Ritual
Dec 31, 2024
Ep.45: Alex Kim Heads to South Korea
May 02, 2024
Ep.44: Amy's Big Promotion
Apr 25, 2024
Ep.43: To China and Back
Apr 02, 2024
Ep.42: Home for the Chinese New Year
Feb 01, 2024
Ep.41: When is a Risk Worth Taking?
Jan 25, 2024
Ep.40: New Year, More Us
Jan 11, 2024
Ep.39: AI - The Future or the Foe?
Sep 19, 2023
Ep.38: Field Notes - Observations, Interpretations, and Reflections of a Life Lived Wholeheartedly
Sep 01, 2023
Ep.37: We're All Just Barbies Living in an Oppenheimer World
Aug 17, 2023
Ep.36: Summer Check-In
Aug 08, 2023
Ep.35: One Life, Multiple Cities
May 04, 2023
Ep.34: Two Things Can Be True
Mar 09, 2023
Ep.33: Let's Start at the Beginning
Feb 20, 2023
Ep.32: We're Back!
Jan 26, 2023
Ep.31: You Belong Here - A Conversation with Alex Kim
Jul 15, 2022
Ep.30:回到梦开始的地方——再次对话楼佳凯
Jun 27, 2022
Ep.29: A One-Way Ticket Home - Catching up with Jiakai Lou
May 03, 2022
Ep.28: Full Circle Moment - A Conversation with Diane Schäfer-Surén
Mar 24, 2022
Ep.27: 从电脑前到讲台前 - 对话网络工程师李泽尧
Mar 09, 2022
Ep.26: Developing Webs and Minds - A Conversation with Zeyao Li
Mar 09, 2022
Ep.25: You Are Here. Happy New Year
Feb 07, 2022
Ep.24: Our Mothers
Sep 01, 2021
Ep.23: Jenny Zheng
Aug 03, 2021
Ep.22: Dr. Wednesday Martin
Jun 15, 2021
Ep.21: 酷妈黛安娜
May 09, 2021
Ep.20: Cool Mum Dianna
May 09, 2021
Ep.19: Unlocking Creativity - A Conversation with Pelayo Alvarez
May 03, 2021
Ep.18: The Latitudes of 2020 - A Conversation with Shihui Zhou
Apr 16, 2021
Ep.17: From the Outside Looking In - A Conversation with Jiakai Lou
Mar 08, 2021
第十六集: 睁开双眼,敞开心扉 - 和Ariel Ziyi Cui的对话
Feb 08, 2021
Ep.15: Open Eyes, Open Heart - A Conversation with Ariel Ziyi Cui
Feb 08, 2021
Ep.14: The Journey Here - A Conversation with Haocheng Wang
Dec 06, 2020
Ep.13: There and Back Again - Traversing Between Cultures with Rachel Zheng (2)
Oct 22, 2020
Ep.12: There and Back Again - Traversing Between Cultures with Rachel Zheng (1)
Oct 08, 2020
Ep.11: It's Not My Place
Jul 08, 2020
Ep.10: "Wo-Men" Series Part 4 - With the Body
Apr 13, 2020
Ep.9: "Wo-Men" Series Part 3 - Where do "Wo-men" fit into the picture?
Mar 31, 2020
Ep.8: On Pause - Coronavirus
Mar 27, 2020
Ep.7: "Wo-Men" Series Part 2 - The Other Side
Mar 10, 2020
Ep.6:"Wo-Men" Series Part 1 - From Girls to Women
Feb 11, 2020
Ep.5: Two Cities, Multiple Lives
Jan 26, 2020
Ep.4: Hello 2020
Jan 20, 2020
Ep.3: Scared But Brave
Dec 30, 2019
Ep.2: About Identity
Nov 19, 2019
Ep.1: "The Spark"
Oct 08, 2019