James Y. Shih is the filmmaker behind the short film "Ahma and Alan" starring Gregory Yuan and they both join us on this episode for a look at the production, the stories that connected them, Asian male masculinity and more.

So Yun Um filmed a short documentary called Liquor Store Babies and is currently producing the feature length version of that film called Liquor Store Dreams. We interview her about her life working with her family in their liquor store in Los Angeles, her career, her love of K Pop and more.

Writers Koji Steven Sakai, Phinny Kiyomura and artist Rob Sato join Oki for a look at their new graphic novel 442 that tells a historic story of the 442nd Regiment that was comprised of Japanese American soldiers fighting for the US in Germany.

Stand-up comic, actress and oft-time diversity consultant Atsuko Okatsuka joins us for a hilarious interview on her life growing up in LA, how her Japanese American teacher changed her name to Stacey and more. Be sure to check her out at the Comedy Comedy Festival on October 13 and her hour special on Hulu! Our apologies for the poor audio, we ran in to some technical difficulties but we hope you'll still enjoy this special show and look forward to having Atsuko back again to do things proper!

This week, we have actor and filmmaker Patrick Epino fresh off H.P. Mendoza's new film Bitter Melon. Patrick graced our studio with his presence to talk about his role in the film, how he got in to filmmaking and his past and future projects including National Film Society, Mr. Sadman and Awesome Asian Bad Guys.

Director Arvin Chen sits down with Oki to chat about his roots in California and Taiwan, his past work, and moving from the US to Taiwan where he brought his projects to life.

Artist, writer, musician and sometimes actor Jeremy Arambulo joins us for a special interview over some fine Montana whiskey. We discuss his upcoming graphic novel A Challenge which tells a fictionalized version of the true urban legend of Bruce Lee battling Wong Jack Man in 1964 San Francisco. Join us as we delve in the history of the story, Arambulo's beginnings in the world of comic books, acting and music and why these stories are important to tell. Check out more of his work at http://www.jeremyarambulo.com