Chang Chiu, co-founder of Chinese American Progressive Action, joins this podcast this week to talk about his story growing up in Texas to progressive politics. They talk about Chang’s unconventional entrance into the realm of…
Tony, Kevin, and Punya powwow from three different time zones to do a post-midterm discussion on the impact of Asian-American voters, what all this could mean for 2020, and giving recognition to all the candidates…
094: Field Organizers Will Make America Great Again
- November 1, 2018
- Tagged as: field organizer, gotv, midterm, parking, volunteer
Tony and Kevin share some stories and pro-tips for all the field organizers and volunteers who will be doing Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) for the 2018 Midterm Elections. Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Stitcher | Google…
Janelle Wong, professor of American Studies at University of Maryland, author and senior research at AAPIdata.com, joins the podcast to share her person story, perspective on the ongoing debate on affirmative action within and outside of…
Model Majority Podcast visits the University of Rochester to speak to students at an event hosted by the Asian American Alliance, where Kevin Xu and Punya Krishnappa discuss political activism, civic engagement, and AAPI identity…
091: Profound Humanity, Profound Identity [Guest: Cayden Mak]
- October 14, 2018
- Tagged as: 18 million rising, 18mr, brian kemp, cayden mak, georgia, stacy abrams
Cayden Mak, Executive Director of 18 Million Rising, joins the podcast to talk about his story growing up as a Midwest Asian, his first act of activism in high school, and now devoting his life…
090: TIALOD (There Is A Lack Of Data) [Guest: Dr. Howard Koh]
- October 7, 2018
- Tagged as: aapi health, aca, awkwafina, data, howard koh, kavanaugh
Dr. Howard Koh, former Assistant Secretary of Health at HHS and professor at Harvard, joins the pod to talk about his personal story from being a physician to a health policy maker to a professor,…
Kevin and Tony dedicate this episode to talk about the monumental Senate testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh on Kavanaugh’s sexual assault of Dr. Ford. We also take a moment of levity…
088: All Politics is Local [Guest: Tonia Bui]
- September 23, 2018
- Tagged as: campaign diversity, local politics, tonia bui
Tonia Bui, founder of Politics Within Politics (see detailed biography below), joins the podcast for its lucky 88th episode to talk about her extensive experience working on local and state-level campaigns, why local political engagement…
087: Getting Arrested is a Privilege [Guest: Piper Perabo]
- September 16, 2018
- Tagged as: activism, brett kavanaugh, organizing tricks, piper perabo
Piper Perabo, Golden Globe nominated actress and political activist joins the podcast to talk about why she’s become politically active, why she’s opposed to Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, and the many things everyone can do to…
Chris Lu, former Deputy Labor Secretary, White House Cabinet Secretary, and current Senior Fellow at the Miller Center of the University of Virginia returns to the podcast to do a wide-ranging interview to shed light…
Dr. Tung Nguyen, of the Asian American Research Center on Health, joins Kevin for the interview. They talk about Dr. Nguyen’s work in the Obama Administration, as well as his upbringing as a Vietnamese immigrant from…
Christine Johnson, Candidate for San Francisco Supervisor District 6, joins the podcast to talk about her growing up story, why she loves local politics and is running for the supervisor position, and how she plans…
083: NOT Your Model Minority [Guest: Sri Kulkarni]
- August 19, 2018
- Tagged as: aapi vote, congress, sri kulkarni, texas 22
Sri Kulkarni, Congressional Candidate in Texas-22 and long-time foreign service officer, shares his story growing up in rough neighborhoods, serving the United States abroad for more than a decade, and how his campaign outreach has…
082 CRA: #CrazyRichAsians
- August 14, 2018
- Tagged as: Constance Wu, crazy rich asians, henry golding, michelle yeoh
Special Pod! Our review of #CrazyRichAsians. Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | TuneIn Support Us on PATREON
082: Tell Our Story…Reappropriate-ly! [Guest: Jenn Fang]
- August 12, 2018
- Tagged as: charlottesville, Hollywood, jenn fang, reappropriate, whitewashing, yellowfacing
Jenn Fang, founder of Reappropriate.co, the longest running blog on Asian-American feminism and race activism, joins the podcast to share her personal story and experience with racism, early days of Asian-American online activism, the genesis of…
081: Gender, WMAF, Permission to Complain [Guest: Oxford Kondo]
- August 5, 2018
- Tagged as: gender, oxford kondo, plan a magazine, wmaf
Oxford Kondo, co-founder and team member of Plan A Magazine, an Asian-American identity focused online magazine, joins the podcast to talk about his journey into AAPI identity issues the origin of Plan A Magazine, WMAF,…
080: Dear Asians, Be Loud! [Guest: Kim Yam]
- July 29, 2018
- Tagged as: asian voices, huffington post, kim yam, noodles
Kimberly Yam, Editor at Asian Voices of the Huffington Post joins the podcast to share her journey, from being ashamed of her Asian heritage, to discovering Hideki Matsui and becoming proud of her identity, to…
079: China: Strong Man or Just Water Weight? [Guest: Jiayang Fan]
- July 21, 2018
- Tagged as: asian-american, china, jiayang fan, new yorker, US, zero sum
Jiayang Fan, correspondent and writer for the New Yorker covering China, U.S. and Asian-America, joins the podcast to talk about her upbringing, her Chinese American dual identity, how to write for the New Yorker, how…
078: (We)Chat about (AAPI) Data [Guest: Karthick Ramakrishnan]
- July 15, 2018
- Tagged as: aapi data, bitcoin, Karthick Ramakrishnan, mueller, russian
Karthick Ramakrishnan, founder and director of the AAPI Data Project and associate dean of the UC Riverside School of Public Policy, joins the Model MAJORITY Podcast, to talk about the genesis, goal, findings, and future…