Filip Noubel is the Editor at Large for Global Voices, “an international community of writers, bloggers and digital activists that aim to translate and report on what is being said in citizen media worldwide,” and Senior China Analyst at AMO, the Prague-based Association for International Affairs. From 2006 to 2016, Filip was the Managing Director for Internews China, training Chinese journalists and lawyers before such work became impossible. He has lived all over Europe, in China and Central Asia, and worked in Ukraine and West Africa.

In our first show co-hosted by both of us—Maria Repnikova and Jeremy Goldkorn—we asked Filip how his experiences in other countries compare with what he sees in the United States right now, and how Americans can resist and remain resilient in these dark times.

The Rhyming Chaos podcast is produced by Jeremy Goldkorn and Maria Repnikova, and edited by Cadre Scripts. The theme music is Paper Boy, composed and performed on the guzheng by Wu Fei. Our closing music is Erik Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 1, arranged and performed by Wu Fei. Our cover art is by Li Yunfei.

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