
ASIAN AMERICA: THE KEN FONG PODCAST
Ken Fong gets to the heart of Asian American culture, history, and spirituality. Through interviews with culture-makers and -shapers in the Asian American community -- some you know, others you've never heard of before -- prepare to laugh, cry, and be amazed.
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Religion & Spirituality
EP 418: Nat Vikitsreth On Helping Young Children Navigate Their/Your Feelings
Nat Vikitsreth is a recognized expert on how to teac...
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Mar 26 2023 1h 10m
EP 417: Rachelle Pastor Arizmendi On Being An Effective AAPI Leader
Just glancing at Rachelle Pastor Arizmendi's resume ...
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Mar 19 2023 44m
EP 416: Shirley Ann Higuchi On Setsuko's Secret and Intergenerational Trauma Stemming from EO9066
Attorney and author Shirley Ann Higuchi was puzzled ...
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Mar 12 2023 1h 4m
Ep 415: The Rev. Dr. James Kyung-Jin Lee On The Pedagogies of Woundedness
With his intersecting disciplines of Asian American ...
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Mar 5 2023 1h 5m
EP 414: Nell Yukiye Murphy On Raising More People's Awareness Of The Injustices Suffered By Japanese Americans
Nell Yukiye Murphy has been enthusiasticallyinvolved...
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Feb 26 2023 54m
EP: 413 Dr. James Zarsadiaz On The Significance of Monterey Park, The SGV And Other Ethnoburbs
If you don't live in Southern California, it's quite...
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Feb 20 2023 1h 4m
Ep 412: Kristina Wong On Her Becoming a Sweatshop Overlord During The Pandemic
Whenever I bring American comedic actor Kristina Won...
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Feb 12 2023 1h 3m
Ep 411: The Two Kens On Monterey Park and Memphis
In this first collaborative conversation between Ken...
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Feb 10 2023 37m
Ep 410: Eric Chen On Caring Now For The Victims Of The Monterey Park Shooting
In retrospect, Eric Chen and his friend literally do...
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Feb 5 2023 1h 2m
Ep 409: Dr. Jennifer Ho On Assimilating America's Culture of Gun Violence, Toxic Masculinity, and White Supremacy
University of Colorado's (Boulder) Dr. Jennifer Ho i...
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Jan 29 2023 58m
Ep 408: J. Elijah Cho in "Mr. Yunoishi" And The Problem of Yellow Face
Actor and writer J. Elijah Cho is performing his awa...
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Jan 26 2023 54m
Ep 407: Son of Paper On His Experience Of Anti-Asian Violence And Why His Music Is Now Centered In S.F.'s Chinatown
Recently rapper and filmmaker Kyle Jae Shin aka Son ...
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Jan 22 2023 57m
Ep 406: CA Assemblymember Evan Low On The Need For More Capable AAPI Politicians And Whether Enough Americans Will ...
California's 26th District Assemblymember Evan Low d...
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Jan 15 2023 33m
Ep 405: Lisa Phu on "Before Me" - Talking With Her Mom About What She Left Behind in Cambodia To Come To America
After many years of asking, award-winning Alaska-bas...
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Jan 8 2023 56m
Ep 404: The Two Ken's Podcast on the Evangelical Fanatics Who Fueled the J-6 Insurrection
In this final episode of 2022, podcaster-friends Ken...
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Dec 28 2022 52m
Ep 403: Anita Yokota on the Benefits of Doing "Home Therapy"
Anita had built a successful therapy practice over 2...
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Dec 25 2022 1h
Ep 402: Ranger Yenyen Chan on the Chinese Contributions to Creating Yosemite National Park
Ranger Yenyen Chan has been on the permanent staff o...
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Dec 18 2022 52m
Ep 401: Bernice Chao on How AAPIs Can Become More Visible
Bernice Chao continues to be recognized by her indus...
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Dec 11 2022 1h 4m
Ep 400: Ronald W. Wong on "The Race Epidemic" Documentary
What started as a film project to chronicle the camp...
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Nov 25 2022 1h 1m
Ep 399: Anu Bhatt on Reclaiming Agency
First appearing on this pod on 22 October 2019 (#219...
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Nov 20 2022 59m
Ep 398: The Two Kens - Reflections & Prognostications Following the 2022 Midterms
The recent midterm elections officially ended on Nov...
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Nov 11 2022 47m
Ep 397: Arthur Dong on Anna May Wong
Untold numbers of Americans are celebrating the issu...
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Nov 6 2022 54m
Ep 396: Christopher Huang
Christopher Huang is a professional photographer who...
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Oct 30 2022 58m
Ep 395: Scott MacMillan on Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed was a mild-mannered accountant ...
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Oct 23 2022 1h 4m
Ep 394: Winnie M. Li
This summer U.K.-based American author and activist ...
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Oct 16 2022 1h 4m