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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons (ft. Ada Cheng)

Asian Americans less likely to seek therapy, creating roadblocks to mental health care
WBEZ Chicago

1000 Immigrants with Solomon Asine

Redefining Success (ft. Ada Cheng)

Vicky Chen Podcast: Limitless
Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts

Hardest Lesson Ever Learned, Episode #57

Stories from Graceland Pond
Ada’s YouTube | Listen on Lybsyn

Storyteller, Performer and Professor Ada
Cheng Named 2023-24 Lund Gill Chair for
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at
Dominican University

Survivance with Ada Cheng

The Pisces Life Podcast 2021
Ada’s YouTube | Pisces Life Podcast Soundcloud

Gender Violence, Women Empowerment & Leadership

How to be a storyteller with Ada Cheng with Keyanna, Christobel, Zamire

Power Your Story
Listen

r(E)volutionary Woman

Tes Silverman
Listen

Village Voices: Ada Cheng

Mount Island
Read

Stories of Arts Resilience (SOAR)

Illinois Humanities
YouTube

This is America: Truths Through My Body

Cook County Racial Equity Week
Facebook | YouTube

Visions of Peace: A Letter to My Younger Self by Ada Cheng

Collaboraction’s Peacebook 2020
Ada’s YouTube | Collaboraction’s YouTube

Taiwanese Junior Chamber of Commerce Chicago

EP4 – Show and Tell
Facebook | YouTube

Cast photo including Chicago storyteller and former professor Ada Cheng at Tradewinds: An Asian-Pacific Storytelling Event

The EaTing Cast

E40 – Learning to Unlearn w/ Ada Cheng
Apple Podcasts | YouTube

ECAASU: East Coast Asian American Student Union

AAPI Graduation Messages
Segment starts at 20:30
YouTube 1 (full) | YouTube 2 (excerpt)

Queer Memoir: Queer Grief Observed

Segment starts at 34:00
Facebook | YouTube

The Echo Show

Echo Theater Collective (Maui Jones and Stephanie Iverson)
Segment starts at 16:30
Facebook | YouTube

Dr. Ada Cheng sits with fellow members of a panel on sex positivity in comedy.

Anti-Asian Racism, Xenophobia, and Coronavirus

OUT CHICAGO (Scott Duff and Ellen Miller)
segment starts at 1:30:00
Facebook | YouTube

Ada: Dear White Woman

Beyond Queer Stories (Dawn Brown)
Simplecast

Oral History Interview with Dr. Ada Cheng

UIC Queer Asian American Archive Project (Liz Thomson)
listen

Storytelling: Recording Our History in Action w/ Dr. Ada Cheng

The Banh Mi Chronicles (Randy Kim)
Google podcasts | anchor.fm

Legacy of Love “Across Borders,” A Vow to Do Better​

all about SOLO
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A Personal Journey of a Thousand Miles​

all about SOLO
view | download

On Culture, Sex, and Academia

The Gaysian Podcast
apple podcasts | anchor.fm

Chicago storyteller Ada Cheng performs her solo show Breaking Rules, Broken Hearts

Meet Dr. Ada Cheng: Professor-turned-storyteller, solo performer, and storytelling show producer​

Leadership Convention, NAAAP
view | download

Keynote: “Not Quite: Navigating Citizenship and Belonging”

Institute for Women’s Studies, University of Georgia
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Lit 50: Who Really Books In Chicago 2019 – Ada Cheng #46

Newcity Lit
view | download

A live-lit series wants you to ask yourself, Am I Man Enough?

Chicago Reader
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From College Professor to Performing Artist in Midlife: Ada’s Story

Hélène T Stelian Coaching
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Wisdom, Power and the Path to Conscientious Storytelling: An Interview with Ada Cheng​

Scapi Magazine
view

Storytelling in Chicago: The Art of Hosting Events and Pursuing One’s Dreams

Vocalo 91.1 / Jill Hopkins
listen

This Is What Chicago Sounds Like

Vocalo 91.1
listen

Ada Cheng: From Renegade Professor to Storyteller​

Woman Scape
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Chicago storyteller Ada Cheng performs.

A Former Professor Now Takes To The Stage To Share Her Stories

Newsy
view | download

Fringe 2017 Review ‘Not Quite’ by Ada Cheng

Single White Fringe Geek
view | download

Boulder International Fringe Festival

Daily Camera
view | download

American Frictions at Fringe — Passing and Ada Cheng’s Not Quite

Washington Post
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2017 Capital Fringe Review by Mike Bevel

DC Metro Theater Arts
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‘Not Quite’ at Public House Theatre by Justin Hayford

Chicago Reader
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Queer pride speaker Ada Cheng examines the Chicago skyline.