Breaking Barriers, Finding Radical Joy & Redefining Storytelling with May Lee

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In this episode of Life After News, Jason Ball sits down with international journalist May Lee.  May is a former CNN and ABC News correspondent, anchor, talk show host, professor, and now co-host of the hit podcast Shoes Off Inside.

✨ May shares her remarkable journey:

• From small-market local news to becoming CNN’s “disaster queen” covering global crises 🌍
• Breaking into Japanese media as one of the first Asian American journalists on NHK 🇯🇵
• Reporting through earthquakes, attacks, and cultural upheavals while living abroad
• Pivoting into activism during the pandemic and raising her voice against anti-Asian hate ✊
• Creating Shoes Off Inside with fellow trailblazers Kelly Hu and Tamlyn Tomita 💬
• Embracing radical joy and the Korean concept of Han as powerful forces in life and storytelling 💜

This intimate, powerful conversation explores identity, resilience, cultural pride, and how journalism shapes—and is shaped by—the people who live it.

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