Pacific Underground

What does it mean to be an Asian woman in America in 2017? In this special

Interntional Women's Day episode, the women of Pacific Underground explore

what the Asian American experience for women in a time when gender

expression, identity, and sex are being defined more flui...

In this uncharacteristically early morning episode (yes, we consider 9am

early, and yes, we're making this a recurring thing!), we have musician and

artist Jason Chu on mic guest hosting LIVE! 

We'll also be having two other guests on the show to share some of their

journe...

We all have a problematic favorite or two. It's those movies that we knew

were racist or problematic but there's something about it that you can't help

but like it anyway. We're talking about all those problematic favorites that

make up our American media, from childhood st...

In this special bonus episode of Pacific Underground, we discuss the recent

impact created by Trump's executive orders on immigration on immigrant

communities and speak with advocates to see how people are fighting to

protect people in vulnerable positions. Immigration atto...

This month we're feeling the effects of living in Trumpland so we're bringing

you interviews that inspire us to reach out and speak out for our community.

First, producer Tabitha Teo speaks with Portland Underground Grad School

(PUGS) founder, Douglas Tsoi. They talk abo...

Where do we go from here? This is a question we've been asking ourselves a

lot since the results of the presidential election were announced. To help

give us some understanding about how we move forward in fighting oppression,

we spoke with anti-fascist activist Scot Nakaga...

This month we're bringing you something from our archives, from all the way

back in February 2016. In this month’s episode of Pacific Underground, we

address the topic of fitting-in. We interview Albert Nguyen about his

experience of growing up in Minnesota and being an art...

For the last month of summer, Pacific Underground is presenting 4 different

segments around the theme "THIRST":

Alan Montecillo talks about thirst for revenge in a piece about Philippine

President Rodrigo Duterte

Pamela Santos unpacks the way Asian bodies are racialized,...

Weekly Disruption is back for another round of disrupting the news. This week

we disuprt the news about Korryn Gaines and the toxic masculinity behind a

killing of Anna Bui; the Khan family continue to disrupts Trump; Hollywood's

further whitewashing in animated films; Suic...

Pacific Underground is proud to premiere our latest project, Weekly

Disruption. While our regular monthly show focuses on telling the stories of

our API communities, Weekly Disruption gives us a chance to talk about

stories that are floating around social media and the head...