ASIAN AMERICA: THE KEN FONG PODCAST

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ASIAN AMERICA: THE KEN FONG PODCAST episodes

June 29, 2016 Chucky Kim
Musician Chucky Kim talks about his life in music. He also shares about his fascination with philosopher Foucault, the central place that suffering plays in the Korean narrative, and a crazy camel ride through Morocco. (Intro: True Value)
1 hr 34 min
June 21, 2016 Anthony Ocampo
Dr. Anthony Ocampo talks about his new book "The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race." He also discusses the recent killings at a gay bar in Orlando, as well as his own faith journey. (Intro: Orlando)
1 hr 7 min
June 13, 2016 Lynne Chen
Actress Lynn Chen talks about her career in film & television. She also discusses how she got into blogging about food and body image. Lynn gives her opinion on whitewashing in the entertainment industry. (Intro: Whitewashing)
1 hr 16 min
June 07, 2016 Will Wang Graylin
Will Wang Graylin talks about his long business career operating tech startups. Also detailed are exploits in the US Navy as a Nuclear Submarine Officer, his record-setting class schedule at MIT, and his conversion to Christianity. (Intro: Peter Liang sentencing)
1 hr 45 min
May 31, 2016 June Kuramoto
June Kuramoto is a master of the koto, an ancient Japanese instrument which she started playing as a 6-year-old. She discusses how she found her musical voice, and the deep connection between instrument and player. (Intro: Driving Lessons)
1 hr 18 min
May 24, 2016 Reggie Lee
Fans of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Prison Break" will immediately recognize actor Reggie Lee, currently starring as Sergeant Drew Wu on "Grimm". He talks about his career, his first big break, dancing for Prince, and his choreography for East West Players' production of "La Cage Aux Folles". (Intro: Beautiful)
1 hr 1 min
May 16, 2016 OffWhyte
Filipino American Rapper OffWhyte talks about how he first earned his "street cred", how competition made him a better artist, and how visiting his motherland connected him to his true identity. OffWhyte also discusses his new album "Dialogue", released under hip-hop label Galapagos4. (Intro: Contribution)
1 hr 32 min
May 09, 2016 Arthur Dong
Award-winning Arthur Dong talks about his storied career of making documentaries about Asian Americans. He also discusses the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the offensive 2016 Oscar award show telecast, and his new film THE KILLING FIELDS OF DR. HAING S. NGOR. (Intro: The Wall)
1 hr 40 min
May 03, 2016 Happy Anniversary!
It's the very first anniversary of ASIAN AMERICA: THE KEN FONG
PODCAST! In this episode, we reminisce about the amazing guests and
stories we covered in this first year, and what we are looking
forward to in the second year. Hope you like the new music! (Intro:
Passion & Purpose)
37 min
April 25, 2016 Hank Chen
Film and television actor Hank Chen discusses how he has managed
to carve out a successful career in Hollywood despite being both
Asian and openly gay. Hank also talks about his own spirituality
and how he navigated his way through three years at a Christian
college. (Intro: Lights Out!)
1 hr 18 min

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Ken Fong gets to the heart of Asian American culture, history, and spirituality. Through interviews with culture-makers and -shapers in the Asian American community -- some you know, others you've…