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.

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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 Bounces

You can find more about Julianne Sato-Parker on her website.

Episode 12: Letters for Black Lives

You 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 Coronavirus

You 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 Stuff

Learn more about Christina Ong and her work on her website.

Episode 9: Facial Hair

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