Rounding out this run of episodes, writer Xue Li Zhang and filmmaker/community builder Kiran Patel talk through the messy, generous work of showing up for each other and the everyday act of building spaces where people can feel seen.

About Xue Li:

Xue Li Zhang is a writer born and raised in Tāmaki Makaurau, working across poetry, theatre, prose and journalism, with family roots in Fujian, China. She was editor of The Pantograph Punch and co-manager of Te Kāhui Creative Writing, and co-wrote the play Yang/Young/杨, staged at Basement Theatre. She's currently working on her debut novel.

➡️ Te Kāhui Creative Writing: tekaahuicreativewriting.org/about-1

About Kiran:

Kiran Patel is a third-culture kid — born in Aotearoa, raised in the Netherlands, with Indian heritage — and a community builder and filmmaker based in Auckland. He founded creative space MoveSpace in 2018 and created the storytelling card game Deeper Questions. He's currently behind Humans Are Awesome, a video portrait series spotlighting people making their corner of the world more awesome.

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This episode was made possible thanks to Foundation North and Creative New Zealand.