Asian and Asian-American/Pacific Islander Studies Brooklyn

Episode 07: Linda Luu

In this episode, Chinese Ph.D. candidate for American Studies at New York University and CUNY Hunter alum Linda Luu is interviewed by Xiaoen Liang about her Asian American activism and experience in academia. Learn more about her achievements, more specifically, her time and contribution to Hunter's CRAASH-- the Coalition for The Revitalization of Asian American Studies. 

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Episode 06: Annie Ho with Nabil Islam

This episode explores the intricacies of the contemporary short film I'll Be Your Mirror, written and choreographed by Annie Ho, a queer Chinese American performance artist, writer, and now filmmaker. They brush upon their influences, the imposter syndrome, and what's in store for their future endeavors as an artist. As Professor Cherry Lou Sy puts it, “She wrote the poem that she is narrating here based on a prompt from our first day of class:…

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Episode 05: Melissa Llanes Brownlee with Annie Ho

This episode is Annie Ho's interview with Melissa Llanes Brownlee, a Native Hawaiian artist currently living in Japan. In this interview, we discuss the Hawaiian Home Lands Program, blood quantum, hot springs, and Pele, the Hawaiian Volcano deity. Stay tuned and you might even hear a ukulele performance. Podcast music by Annie Ho.

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Episode 04: Ebony Ngo with Bridget Robshaw

This episode features Bridget Robshaw’s interview with Ebony Ngo, a Vietnamese and Chinese American. She provides some insight into her and her family’s experience of being first, second, and third-generation Asian-Americans. You’ll also learn about her family’s tumultuous past. Music from Tunetank.com Alexey Anisimov – The Scent Of Love (Copyright Free Music) Download free: tunetank.com/t/7bha/5684-the-scent-of-love

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Episode 03: Jean Chen with Rhema Mills

This episode is Rhema Mill’s interview with Jean Chen, a Brooklyn College student studying Computer Science, who also identifies as both Chinese and Panamanian. In this episode, we talk about youth and what it’s like to navigate spaces as an Asian-Latino. We also speak about progress and what it would look like in New York, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Music from Tunetank.com Alexey Anisimov – The Scent Of Love (Copyright Free Music) Download free:…

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Episode 02: Iris and Gerry Miyoshi and Vickie Sakurada Schaepler with Jason Richter

This episode is in two parts. In the first half, Jason Richter interviewed Iris and Gerry Miyoshi. The Miyoshi’s are Japanese-Americans, born and raised in Colorado, where Jason is from. Most of Iris’ father’s side of the family lost their farms in California and were placed in a Japanese internment camp in Poston, Arizona during World War II. In the episode, they discuss what it was like growing up in Colorado, the large Japanese-American population…

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Episode 01: Loretta Chin with Niara Johnson

This episode is Niara Johnson’s interview with Loretta Chin who was both a student and employee of Brooklyn College for many years. Loretta held numerous positions from 1991-2019. During that time, she was a student from 2001-2013 and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Journalism. During those years, she was a student/employee advocate for Asian and Asian American Studies at Brooklyn College and CUNY and continues to this day to strive to achieve…

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