Joining me on this episode is my guest Randy Kim. He is a queer Viet-Khmer American based in the Chicagoland area, original home of the Kickapoo people.  Randy is the host and creator of The Banh Mi Chronicles Podcast.  He is a board member with The National Cambodian Heritage Museum in Chicago, and currently working on his Masters in Nonprofit Management at DePaul University.  He is currently working a 3 year fellowship with Healthy Communities Foundation.

In this episode we discuss:

• Randy’s experience in education and journalism
• From invalidation to making an impact
• How the The Banh Mi Chronicles podcast started
• Identity and invisibility
• Honoring guest stories as a podcast host
• Vicarious trauma as a podcast host
• Balancing passion and burnout as a podcaster
• Our ability as a collective to tell stories

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