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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jenn Fang (@reappropriate), founder of Reappropriate.co, returns to the podcast to co-host with *exclusive* audio clip from her on the record lunch gathering with presidential candidate, Andrew Yang, where they talked about Shane Gillis, his... Read More
Sophia Chang (@sophchang), a music business matriarchitect, who has managed multiple rap and R&B stars like the Wu Tang Clan’s RZA, GZA and ODB, chats with Kevin (@kevinsxu) about her new Audible-exclusive audio memoir, “The... Read More
Alton Wang (@altonwang) joins the podcast with Kevin (@kevinsxu) to discuss his op-ed in the Washington Post on why Andrew Yang’s Asian jokes are harmful and perpetuates the model minority myth. We also talked about... Read More
Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) of the Washington Post returns to chat with Kevin (@kevinsxu) in a wide-ranging interview from her new role covering money in politics, exploring the issue of diversity in the political... Read More
Anka Lee (@Anka_Lee) chats with Kevin (@kevinsxu) in this wide-ranging interview from Anka’s immigrant story, to first moment of political activism in high school, to a fascinating and illustrious career in foreign policy in D.C.,... Read More
Jenn Fang, founder of Reappropriate.co, returns to the podcast to co-host this Labor Day 2019 special edition, where we discuss the history of the Alaskeros (Filipino American laborers who were one of the first to unionize... Read More
Kimmy Yam (@kimmythepooh), Huffington Post Asian Voices editor returns to the podcast to chat with (@kevinsxu) and recap all that happened in Asian America in the past year, progress that still need to be made,... Read More
Vien Truong (@viendetta), policy expert on building equitable green economy and former president of Dream Corps, chats with Kevin (@kevinsxu) about growing up in a refugee family in the “wrong” zipcodes to devoting her life... Read More
Saira Hussain, staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and former staff attorney in the Criminal Justice Reform Program at Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus (ALC), joins the podcast to share her growing up... Read More
Chris Lu, former Deputy Labor Secretary and White House Cabinet Secretary during the Obama administration and frequent commentators on TV, re-joins the podcast for a third time to talk about his impression and suggestions on... Read More