Asian Americana

Asian Americana
  • 3.5 (225)
  • SOCIETY & CULTURE

A show about slices of distinctly Asian American culture and history.

  1. 05/31/2023

    023 - Changing Places, New Spaces (from Mid Pacific)

    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.

    41 min

  2. 05/19/2023

    Maurene Goo (from Books & Boba)

    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.

    1h 8m

  3. 05/12/2023

    Ichiro Suzuki (from Asians in Baseball)

    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.

    1h 14m

  4. 05/25/2022

    022 - Whose Chinatown? (from A Better Life?)

    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.

    33 min

  5. 04/18/2022

    021 - I Want To Stay Here, Just Not Forever (from A Better Life?)

    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.

    43 min

  6. 03/30/2022

    020 - Searching for Solace (from A Better Life?)

    Featured story from “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.

    37 min
  7. 019 - Country Music for a Baan Nok Boy

    11/16/2021

    019 - Country Music for a Baan Nok Boy

    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.

    28 min
  8. 018 - Fifth Anniversary

    06/24/2021

    018 - Fifth Anniversary

    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.

    1h 35m
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About

A show about slices of distinctly Asian American culture and history.

Information

  • Creator
    Asian Americana
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2023
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2021 Asian Americana
  • Show Website
    Asian Americana