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Media and Democracy | Podcast Asia

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A Dystopian Take on Rising Authoritarianism and Resistance

Asia Media and Democracy | Podcast March 04, 2026

Melissa Chan, Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Ryan Vest

Melissa Chan joins to discuss her career reporting across Asia and why she pivoted from journalism to co-creating the graphic novel "You Must Take Part In Revolution" with activist-artist Badiucao. We discuss the book’s visual style, the subversive Mao-derived title, and a near-future plot spanning Hong Kong to a 2035 war over Taiwan amid surveillance, drones, and AI.

The book discussed is “You Must Take Part in Revolution: A Graphic Novel.”

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Hosts: Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Ryan Vest

Producer: Jordan Morning

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