Planet Speakeasy is a Chinese/English podcast discussing home and afar, and everything in between as we learn to navigate life across different worlds and contexts.

This week's guest is Professor David Craig from the University of Southern California. We crossed paths in Southeast Asia when he was in the field researching global influencers — an area he's been studying for a decade. Having transitioned from a Hollywood producer into academia, he's published three books and over two dozen articles about international creators, specifically on the Wanghongs, the influencers in China.

We ended up having an hours-long free-flowing chat at the podcast studio, where we traded our thoughts on how internet culture changed China and elsewhere, how it impacted our own lives, and how to find our footing in an unprecedented time where becoming a Wanghong has never been so dangerously tantalizing.

本期播客的嘉宾是南加州大学传播学院的David Craig教授。

David是曾经的好莱坞电影制片人、电视台高管，而今他所研究的领域则是截然不同的世界：YouTube, Tiktok, B站，抖音，快手，李佳琪，李子柒，Papi酱……在过去的十年里，作为一名研究互联网传播的学者，他关注的不仅仅是英文世界的「Influencer」们，还包括为数众多的中文内容创造者和「Wanghong」们。