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165: Oh M0th3rf*ck$r…

Jenn Fang (@reappropriate) returns to cohost the podcast with Tony (@anthonynagatani) and Kevin (@kevinsxu) to talk about their COVID-19 quarantine experience, Kevin’s virtual townhall for people triggered or in fear of anti-Asian racism, and a... Read More

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164: Don Tamaki on Stop Repeating History, Protecting Civil Liberty During COVID-19 Pandemic

Don Tamaki, a lawyer and one of the leaders of the Stop Repeating History campaign, joins the podcast to discuss with Kevin (@kevinsxu) how the rationale behind locking up Americans of Japanese descent during WWII... Read More

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163: Traci Lee on Racializing Pandemics, Media Diversity, NBC Asian America

Traci Lee (@traciglee) former Managing Editor of NBA Asian America and current fellow at USC’s Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism talks to Kevin (@kevinsxu) about the racialization of pandemics during the COVID-19 health crisis,... Read More

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162: Amna Nawaz: Being the Best, Not the First

Amna Nawaz (@IAmAmnaNawaz), senior national correspondent of PBS NewsHour talks to Kevin Xu (@kevinsxu) about her career in journalism, being the first Asian American journalist to moderate a presidential debate, and how she deals with... Read More

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161: Super Tuesday, AAPI Exit Poll, Binary Primary

Cohosts Kevin Xu (@kevinsxu) and Tony Nagatani (@anthonynagatani) got together (virtually) on the Saturday after Super Tuesday to share some analysis of the results, the binary primary that’s shaping up between Sanders and Biden, the... Read More

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160: South Carolina, Super Tuesday, AAPI Policy Plans, COVID-19 [CoHost Jenn Fang]

Jenn Fang of Reappropriate.co returns to the podcast for our monthly recording with Kevin and Tony to discuss a whole host of issues: South Carolina Primary, Super Tuesday, how much will Joe Biden’s lack of... Read More

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159: “Reporting” from Nevada

Tony Nagatani (@AnthonyNagatani) our co-host spent a few days in Nevada helping the state democratic party prepare and run the Nevada Caucus. This is a special episode where Kevin talks to Tony about his on-the-ground... Read More

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158: Evan Low on Being an Uber #YangGang, Identity Politics, and Bridging Tech and Policy

Evan Low (@evan_low) California Assemblymember and national co-chair of Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign talks with Kevin Xu (@kevinsxu) about what it means to be a national co-chair, why he entered electoral politics at a young... Read More

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157: “Reporting” from Iowa, Public Charge [CoHost Jenn Fang]

Kevin Xu (@kevinsxu) is in Iowa to volunteer during the Iowa Caucus. Our guest cohost, Jenn Fang of Reappropriate.co and Tony Nagatani our long-time co-host, quizzes Kevin on all kinds of things Iowa. We also... Read More

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156: Caucus 101 — Part 4: Early State Mini-Series with Punya Krishnappa

Punya Krishnappa (@_punya_) returns to the podcast for Part 4 of our Early State Mini-Series to teach Kevin the fundamentals of how a caucus works, and recount the details and strategies of running one of... Read More

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155: Nevada — Part 3: Early State Mini-Series with Phil Kim (Cory Booker Campaign)

Phil Kim (@philkimtweets), Nevada State Director for the Cory Booker campaign joins us for Part 3 of our Early State Mini-Series to talk about the unique challenges of campaigning in a union-heavy, service-oriented economy like... Read More

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154: New Hampshire — Part 2: Early State Mini-Series with Suraj Budathoki (Bernie Sanders Campaign)

Suraj Budathoki, Constituency Director of New Hampshire for the Bernie Sanders Campaign, joins us for Part 2 of our Early State Mini-Series to talk about his incredible journey from being refugee in Bhutan and Nepal... Read More

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153: Iowa — Part 1: Early State Mini-Series with Grace Smith (Elizabeth Warren Campaign)

Grace Smith (@textFIGHT_24477), Field Organizer for the Elizabeth Warren campaign in West Des Moines joins us for Part 1 of our Early State Mini-Series to talk about her journey into the Warren campaign and how... Read More

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152: “Angry” Appa Unplugged (Guest: Paul Sun-Hyung Lee)

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (@bitterasiandude), Canadian actor who stars in the comedy TV series “Kim’s Convenience“, chronicles his life journey from a young struggling actor of color–persevering through bad roles and insulting stereotypes, to starring in... Read More

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151: Does AAPI Make Sense? (Guest CoHost: Jenn Fang)

Jenn Fang, founder of Reappropriate.co, hosts this last episode 2019 with Kevin Xu and Tony Nagatani to explore the perennial raison d’etre question: Does Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Make Sense? We reflect on how... Read More

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150: Hong Kong — Fighting For Its Soul (Guest: Jiayang Fan)

Jiayang Fan (@JiayangFan), China correspondent of the New Yorker, returns to the podcast to discuss in-depth her recent reporting on the Hong Kong protests: the city’s fight for its identity and soul, Jiayang’s own experience... Read More

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149: Future of Local Journalism (Guest: Theodora Yu)

Theodora Yu (@theodorayuhk), who covers Asian American local news at the Sacramento Bee, joins the show to talk about how she covers Asian American local issues, why local news is important, and her thoughts on... Read More

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148: Minority Voters are Strategic Voters (Guest CoHost: Jenn Fang)

Jenn Fang (@reappropriate), founder of Reappropriate.co, returns to the podcast to talk with Tony about Kamala Harris ending her campaign for President, Julian Castro's quest to change the whole game around the Presidential Primary Politics, and Andrew Yang's gimmicky campaign that might be confirming the Model Minority myth. Read More

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147: “A Team of Their Own” (Guest: Seth Berkman)

Author Seth Berkman joins the Model Majority Podcast to talk about his book, “A Team of Their Own,” which chronicles the story of the combined North/South Korea Olympic Women’s Hockey Team who played at the... Read More

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146: Where Did “Model Minority” Come From? (Guest: Ellen Wu)

Ellen Wu (@ellendwu), Associate Professor in the Department of History at Indiana University Bloomington and Director of the Asian American Studies Program, joins the podcast to trace the historical origin of the concept “Model Minority”.... Read More

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145: Leadership (Guest: Dr. Leana Wen)

Leana Wen (@DrLeanaWen), visiting professor at George Washington University and former president of Planned Parenthood, joins the podcast to discuss her work fighting the opioid crisis in Baltimore, dealing with “otherization” and representation as an... Read More

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144: Twitter -> Map, Online -> Offline (Guest CoHost: Jenn Fang)

Jenn Fang (@reappropriate), founder of Reappropriate.co the oldest Asian American feminist blog, returns to the podcast to cohost. We talked about the implications of Twitter’s ban of political ads, North Carolina’s heavily gerrymandered map that... Read More

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143: Hong Kong, North Korea, Historically Speaking (Guest: John Delury)

John Delury (@JohnDelury), Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, joins the podcast to put everything that’s been happening in Hong Kong, China, and North Korea in proper historical context.... Read More

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142: When Bigger Isn’t Better (on the 4th Democratic Primary Debate)

Kevin (@kevinsxu) and Tony (@AnthonyNagatani) discuss the 4th Democratic Primary debate in Ohio last week, specifically what was NOT talked about but SHOULD have been discussed, namely China/Hong Kong Protest, immigration, and climate change. We... Read More

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141: Who is Arthur Chu? (Guest: Yu Gu)

Yu Gu (@yuisrain) documentary filmmaker and co-director and producer of the award-winning documentary “Who is Arthur Chu?” joins the podcast to talk about the making of this documentary, its exploration of Asian American identity, social... Read More

166: Sung Yeon Choimorrow on National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum

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