Oakland x Asian x Mom Podcast

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We're Cheryl and Sarah. We are Asian American working mothers raising multiethnic and multiracial kids in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland, California. Our podcast explores community, identity, and how these things help build a meaningful life.

  1. 02/24/2024

    Episode 43 (S2): Home Sweet Homeland

    Sarah interviews Cheryl's two sons, Zaccai and Santiago, about their first trip ever to Philippines - the homeland of their ancestors.

    47 min

  2. 11/17/2023

    Episode 42 (S2) Grace & Public Service

    Aimee Eng, former Board Member of the Oakland Unified School Board, joins us to speak about her family's roots of living and serving in Oakland over multiple generations. Aimee's rich familial and personal history includes anecdotes about public service, allies who supported her family, and treasured Oakland favorites. She also shares about the joys and challenges of her decade long tenure on the school board. We appreciate Aimee's expressiveness and energy as well as her resilience and grace.

    45 min

  3. 09/08/2023 ·  Bonus

    Episode 41.5 (S2) Send us your questions and feedback!

    Send us your questions or feedback via voice message or answer the Q&A in the Spotify app. Thank you!

    1 min

  4. 08/18/2023

    Episode 41 (S2): Creativity (and Parenting) Takes Courage

    Meet Lauren, a fellow friend from Sama Sama Cooperative and an early childhood arts educator by day and illustrator/mark-maker in life. Lauren, who has deep roots in the Bay Area (and a geographic affinity for San Pablo Ave in particular) shares her wisdom on how to nurture creativity in both little ones and the "little me's" inside of us grown ups. Along the way, she has made intentional time and space to reclaim her Filipino cultural heritage and continues to find delight in the everyday life of parenting her own child. We think you will get inspired to take your own child’s at all ages and stages) invitations to put down the screen and play more. And by the end of the episode, I bet you will feel very soothed by her stories and calming voice.

    1h 2m

  5. 06/23/2023

    Episode 40 (S2) Sweet Little Lies & Overalls

    Sarah and I catch up as we are in summer mode, swapping observations and random thoughts that go from stunningly comfortable overalls to Korean - Filipino couplings (or the lack thereof) to childhood "benevolent lies" to Expose (yup, the 80-90s Top 40 girl band). We're all over the place which is exactly what summer sometimes feels like. Thanks for hanging with us.

    36 min

  6. 05/22/2023

    Episode 39 (S2): The Kindness of Strangers

    On this mini episode, Sarah finds a way to talk about BTS (yet again), then we segue into the kindness of strangers, the ethics of keeping a library book after the due date, old bikes and candy, beans as dessert, different ways to prepare rice + coconut, and the basics of kimchi. Thanks for listening! Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinuguan

    30 min

  7. 04/28/2023

    Episode 38 (S2) All the Boobs That's Fit to Pump

    Florence is a multiracial new mom and journalist-in-training whose work has been published in The Oaklandside. Originally from the bordertown of El Centro, Calif., Florence settled in Oakland just a few years ago but has longtime family roots here. Florence made two big life changes during the pandemic - becoming a mom and switching careers - and shares what that experience has been like with authenticity and humor, including hilarious stories about pumping breastmilk as a busy journalism grad student. True to her journalist spirit, Florence is full of stories about the wonder and beauty of human connection and community here in Oakland. Happy listening! Check out Florence's work here: https://oaklandside.org/author/florence-middleton/

    58 min

  8. 03/24/2023

    Episode 37 (S2): Parenting Now & Then

    We share our thoughts on everyday parenting topics such as bedtime, sleepovers, and chores...and reflect about our own childhood experiences vs how we parent our own kids. We have some in the moment revelations too:) We apologize for the abrupt ending as we need to update our Zoom account! LOL.

    37 min
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We're Cheryl and Sarah. We are Asian American working mothers raising multiethnic and multiracial kids in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland, California. Our podcast explores community, identity, and how these things help build a meaningful life.

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