W5H Book Club

David Hsu & Luki Danukarjanto

Each month, Luki Danukarjanto and David Hsu do a deep dive discussion on a book they have read centred around the topic of that season. Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukidanu/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmhsu/ Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

  1. 11/18/2025

    Other Rivers: A Chinese Education by Peter Hessler

    This month, Apollo on Call and W5H Book Club are uploading together. Dave and Luki read Other Rivers: A Chinese Education by Peter Hessler. The book focuses on the quirks and challenges in the education system the author witnessed as a visiting professor in China. At the end, Dave and Luki reflect on an entire year of reading books about China, and how they feel at the end of this journey. Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

    47 min

  2. 10/21/2025

    Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick

    For this month’s W5H Book Club episode, we read Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick. The focus is on the children that were trafficked from China to the United States as a result of the CCP’s one-child policy. Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

    36 min

  3. 09/23/2025

    China's Great Wall of Debt by Dinny McMahon

    In this episode, Luki and I discuss the unbelievable growth of China on the world stage. So unbelievable, in fact, that some experts don’t believe it!

    33 min

  4. 06/16/2025

    AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order by Kai-Fu Lee

    This month, Luki and I sit down to talk about AI, and the AI arms race between China and the USA, which is entirely foretold in Kai-Fu Lee's 2018 book about AI!

    54 min

  5. Season 3, Episode 7 Trailer

    SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: W5H is back!

    Hey everyone, we are back with a special announcement.!We are bringing the W5H Book Club approach to the world of Medical Humanities! Through medhum.org. Dave has started a new podcast called Apollo On Call, a monthly discussion about medical humanities. The goal of medhum is to explore the human condition as expressed through medicine, literature, and the arts. To that end, Luki will be joining him there for regular discussion about books and podcasts. Check us out at the link here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/apollooncall Thanks for listening!

    2 min

  6. 04/07/2025

    Louisa Lim - The People's Republic of Amnesia

    W5H discusses Louisa Lim's 2014 book on the events of Tiananmen Square 1989.

    44 min

  7. 10/16/2024

    The Struggle for Taiwan: A History by Sulmaan Wasif Khan

    This month, Luki and Dave convene to talk about China through the lens of understanding the conflict between the U.S. and China over Taiwan.

    47 min

  8. 09/24/2024

    Wild Swans by Jung Chang

    This month, we sit down to discuss Wild Swans by Jung Chang, an epic look at three generations of women in a Chinese family that spans the history of modern China from the turn of the century through the 1990s.

    52 min
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Each month, Luki Danukarjanto and David Hsu do a deep dive discussion on a book they have read centred around the topic of that season. Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukidanu/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmhsu/ Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

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  • Creator
    David Hsu & Luki Danukarjanto
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © David Hsu & Luki Danukarjanto
  • Show Website
    W5H Book Club