Beneath the Surface with Irina Shuranova

What Is Hiding on the Cover

A short bonus episode on the symbolism of the cover of Petals and the Locked Sky: Luoxiang as the fan, Ji Yen as the ink stain, Xueliang as the embroidered osmanthus, and Lin Yu as the torn narcissus. Production note: This episode uses AI-assisted background music and AI-based voice enhancement. The script, narration, and editorial direction are my own. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kittenchic.substack.com [https://kittenchic.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Lin Yu, or The Cost of Loving What You Refuse to See

Season 2, Episode 4: Lin Yu, devotion, willful blindness, self-deception, and the psychology of loving someone you can already see clearly in Petals and the Locked Sky. Production note: This episode uses AI-assisted background music and AI-based voice enhancement. The script, narration, and editorial direction are my own. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kittenchic.substack.com [https://kittenchic.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Li Xueliang, or The Unbearable Freedom of Someone Who Is Already Whole

Season 2, Episode 3: Li Xueliang, autonomy, non-possessive care, self-sufficiency, and the psychology of why another person’s wholeness can become a wound in Petals and the Locked Sky. Production note: This episode uses AI-assisted background music and AI-based voice enhancement. The script, narration, and editorial direction are my own. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kittenchic.substack.com [https://kittenchic.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Ji Yen, or The Demon Who Was Already There

Season 2, Episode 2: Ji Yen, shadow, rationalization, motivated reasoning, and the psychology of a voice that reframes harm as virtue in Petals and the Locked Sky. Production note: This episode uses AI-assisted background music and AI-based voice enhancement. The script, narration, and editorial direction are my own. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kittenchic.substack.com [https://kittenchic.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Jin Luoxiang, or How a Good Man Becomes a Cage

Season 2, Episode 1: Jin Luoxiang, love, entitlement, surveillance, fear of loss, and the slow psychology of turning devotion into captivity in Petals and the Locked Sky. Production note: This episode uses AI-assisted background music and AI-based voice enhancement. The script, narration, and editorial direction are my own. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kittenchic.substack.com [https://kittenchic.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]