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Asian Americana
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A show about slices of distinctly Asian American culture and history.
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023 - Changing Places, New Spaces (from Mid Pacific)
May 31, 202300:41:12Tap to summarize Featured story from “Mid Pacific” podcast:For Chinatowns, Japantowns, K-Towns, and other Asian-American communities in the United States, the only constant these days is change. But our need for cultural connection remains the same. Take a tour with Mid Pacific host Sarah Mizes-Tan to see what these spaces mean today. Learn more about Mid Pacific on their website. 023 - Changing Places, New Spaces (from Mid Pacific) Asian Americana Or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or RadioPublic.
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Books & Boba - from the Potluck Podcast Collective
May 19, 202301:08:01Tap to summarize For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we’re bringing you an episode from Books & Boba, one of our fellow podcasts from the Potluck Podcast Collective. Books & Boba is a book club podcast featuring books by Asian and Asian American authors. In addition to discussing books from a wide range of genres, they also bring you interviews with Asian authors and monthly book news updates. You can learn more about Books & Boba and our other Potluck Podcasts by going to podcastpotluck.com. Maurene Goo (from Books & Boba) Asian Americana Or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or RadioPublic.
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Asians in Baseball - from the Potluck Podcast Collective
May 12, 202301:13:45Tap to summarize For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we’re bringing you an episode from Asians in Baseball, one of our fellow podcasts from the Potluck Podcast Collective. Each week, hosts Naomi Ko, Scott Okamoto, and Kim Cooper break down what’s notable with the Asian players in the MLB and then take a deeper dive into the Asians and Asian Americans who have shaped baseball as it is today.You can learn more about Asians in Baseball and all our other Potluck Podcasts by going to podcastpotluck.com. Ichiro Suzuki (from Asians in Baseball) Asian Americana Or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or RadioPublic.
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022 - Whose Chinatown? (from A Better Life?)
May 25, 202200:32:45Tap to summarize Featured story from “A Better Life?” podcast:In Los Angeles Chinatown, local shops and restaurants eagerly welcome back customers as they return to business after the height of the pandemic shutdown. But the neighborhood’s rebound from Covid has been uneven. The pandemic has shone a light on the divide separating the successful and the struggling, as well as concerns about the varied nature of anti-Asian violence.Producer Quincy Surasmith explores the starkly different visions for the future of L.A. Chinatown and the organizations promoting these competing ideas. 022 - Whose Chinatown? (from A Better Life?) Asian Americana Or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or RadioPublic.Read the full story and see other episodes at A Better Life?
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021 - I Want To Stay Here, Just Not Forever (from A Better Life?)
Apr 18, 202200:42:34Tap to summarize Mohammed Ahsanul and his wife Tropa on their trip across the U.S. Photo courtesy of Mohammed Ahsanul. Featured story from “A Better Life?” podcast:Mohammed Ahsanul is an international student at the University of Wyoming. Once he finishes his Ph.D., he expects to return home to Dhaka, Bangladesh—but not before his family reunites with him for the first time since the pandemic began. Producer Naina Rao joins Mohammed and his family for a trip to see America as she examines the ways a better life in the U.S. doesn’t always mean a permanent stay.Listen: 021 - I Want To Stay Here, Just Not Forever (from A Better Life?) Asian Americana Or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or RadioPublic.Read the full story and see other episodes at A Better Life?Learn more about Naina’s work on her website.You can find out more about Feet in 2 Worlds and apply to their Editing Fellowship at their website fi2w.org.
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020 - Searching For Solace (from A Better Life?)
Mar 30, 202200:36:31Tap to summarize Jasmine Jiwani lays roses at her the grave of her husband Asif Parbatani in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Photo by Zulekha Nathoo. Today we’re featuring a story from the “A Better Life?” podcast:Jasmine Jiwani is part of Atlanta’s large Ismaili Muslim community. Covid restrictions prevented the community from gathering for the funeral of her husband, who died of Covid-19. Producer Zulekha Nathoo reports on how the pandemic has created unique challenges for Jiwani and other Ismaili Muslims.Listen: 020 - Searching for Solace (from A Better Life?) Asian Americana Or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or RadioPublic.Read the full story and see other episodes at A Better Life?Learn more about Zulekha’s work on her website.You can find out more about Feet in 2 Worlds and apply to their Editing Fellowship at their website fi2w.org.
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019 - Country Music for a Baan Nok Boy
Nov 16, 202100:28:22Tap to summarize Photo courtesy Timothy Singratsomboune Timothy Singratsomboune had a complicated relationship to country music. How did his own experiences bring him away from and eventually back to the genre? And how does country music connect Tim to both Lao culture and the Lao communities he grew up around? In this episode, we explore the connections between Asian Americans, country music, and rural life.Listen: 019 - Country Music for a Baan Nok Boy Asian Americana Or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or RadioPublic.You can find more about Timothy on his website, singhasonh.com.Music from this episode included:Idle Hours ft. BJ Cole - The RoadGood Luck Ola - I’m On Your SideNathan Ramos-Park - Gay Asian Country Love SongTai Orathai - วันที่บ่มีอ้าย (Wan Thii Bo Mii Ai)Ko Viseth - Tai Dam Lam PhanBettySoo - Who Knows; Next Big Thing
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018 - Fifth Anniversary
Jun 24, 202101:34:48Tap to summarize Host and Producer Quincy Surasmith Five years ago in Spring of 2016, we launched Asian Americana. For our fifth anniversary, we take a moment to revisit all of the stories we’ve done from our first episode through the end of 2020. What happened after we stopped recording? What are those people doing now? Listen and find out.Listen: 018 - Fifth Anniversary Asian Americana Or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or RadioPublic. If you want to go back to listen to these episodes (again or for the first time), you can find them linked below or on our episodes page.Episode 14: Kala Bagai The Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour is starting up again! You can learn more and register on their website.Here’s the video of the Kala Bagai Way ribbon cutting ceremony from SAADA: Episode 13: That's Just The Way The Ball BouncesYou can find more about Julianne Sato-Parker on her website.Episode 12: Letters for Black LivesYou can find all the letters, translations, and resources on the Letters for Black Lives site.Here’s the video that we referenced being shown at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Episode 11: Helpers in the Time of CoronavirusYou can read the tragic news about Kouraku’s owner on Rafu Shimpo’s “Kouraku’s Hiroshi Yamauchi, 67, Passes Away”You can learn more about CCED and SEACA LA’s mutual aid efforts before they continued their work separately in this Facebook post.Episode 10: What We Inherit: Marie Kondo and the Security of StuffLearn more about Christina Ong and her work on her website...
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017 - Until it Happened To Us
Mar 25, 202100:58:49Tap to summarizeThe Covid-19 pandemic has been in the United States for over a year, but the way we each think about it is shaped heavily by how it does or doesn’t directly affect us individually. For some people, they’ve become all too familiar with the impact of the coronavirus. Contributor Denise Chan shares her family’s experience with Covid-19 from her podcast, Until it Happened to Us, which originally ran in December of 2020.
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016 - Comfort Food, part 2
Feb 15, 202100:53:31Tap to summarize Shin Ramyun with cheese. Photo credit: Quincy Surasmith This is the second part of our comfort food episode. In the previous episode, we focused on the ways food traditions get passed down through families, communities, and cookbooks, and the way they adapt over time. Today, we look at how simple foods, convenience foods, and even fast food restaurants can become part of our cherished memories and culture.Listen: 016 - Comfort Food, part 2 Asian Americana Or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, or RadioPublic. indo mie, indo you zine by Amy Wibowo. Art from BubbleSort Learn more Amy Wibowo’s work at BubbleSort! Her zine, indo mie, indo you can be found on her site. Art by Shing Yin Khor for Catapult Read Noah Cho’s piece <a href="https://catapult.co/stories/column-bad-kimchi-cheese-on-ramen-noodles-comfort-food-...
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