Woman electronics engineer during the Cultural Revolution

Pangbianr 旁边儿 has soft launched pangbianr radio, a series of podcasts on art & culture in China. The first episode is “On Building Electronic Devices During The Cultural Revolution,” an interview with a woman who dabbled in making radios during that technology-starved era.

Highlights include an account of how she was the only woman at the black market for electronics components during the Cultural Revolution, as well as her having to build extra radios for her extended family, even when the thrill of building as a hobby was long gone.

Listen to the podcast here, in Chinese or English.