The Fire These Times

117/ The Impossible Cities: Hong Kong & Beirut w/ Karen Cheung

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This is a conversation with Karen Cheung, author of the book "The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir." As you'll hear, we ended up finding a lot of things in common between our two cities and experiences.

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