Best Asian Culture Las Vegas Podcasts (2024)

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Remittances, A Homeland Connection 17:50

1+ y ago17:50

17:50

For the Season 2 Finale of Exit Spring Mountain, we’re talking about the care packages we send and receive to offer help and hope to our families and friends abroad. Balikbayan boxes are also a topic of conversation, as they have helped float the Phillippine country for decades. Many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders also send remittances - fun…

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Mixed race Asians: Surviving and Thriving 18:07

1+ y ago18:07

18:07

In this episode, we’re talking about the complexities of being mixed, sometimes known as Hapa, Blasian, Wasian, or multiracial. Who decides who’s Asian enough… or not? How does categorizing people by race impact mixed race Asian identity and community? Elle Jules, the professional model from Hawai'i, talks about her experience as a mixed-race Asian…

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Chefs Dish Authenticity 23:50

2y ago23:50

23:50

In this episode, we’re talking with chefs - the ones who feed us - fulfilling our basic needs - and ALSO passing down our cultural legacies. From a Las Vegas Filipina start-up to the old school icons - How do these professional chefs and restaurateurs feel about food culture authenticity? Where’s the line between food appreciation and food appropri…

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AAPI Women: Sex and Power 20:04

2y ago20:04

20:04

How do these stereotypes harm Asian American and Asian women? Can they lead to violence? Simultaneously - in what ways are some AAPI women taking control of their own sexual narratives? And how can we support the vulnerable, change the conversation, and move forward? A content warning for listeners: In this episode, we’re talking about sex traffick…

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Eastern Medicine vs. Western Medicine 20:33

2y ago20:33

20:33

In this episode, we’re discussing “Traditional Chinese Medicine,” sometimes called “Oriental Medicine” - also known as Eastern Medicine or Alternative Medicine. But what does it really mean - how did these terms come about? What makes Eastern Medicine any different from Western Medicine - if any? Also - stick around to hear about Nevada’s first hea…

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Tapping into the AAPI Voting Bloc Power 18:18

2y ago18:18

18:18

We've all heard the term AAPI Voting Bloc — but how is the Asian American and Pacific Islander community actually tapping into this growing political power? A long-time public servant, Karl Catarata tells us his journey on how he ran for Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents District Six. Community organizer, Amanda Khan gives us insig…

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The Potluck: Food and AAPI Identity 32:22

2+ y ago32:22

32:22

Episode 10 marks the end of season 1, so we decided to mark the event with a special episode: The Exit Spring Mountain team gathered (virtually) for a potluck of food and conversation. We each brought a dish to showcase stories and flavors that are meaningful to us, opening the door for deeper conversations: How do we talk about authenticity in foo…

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Navigating LGBTQ+ and AAPI in Nevada 28:24

2+ y ago28:24

28:24

Navigating the experience of being both AAPI and LGBTQ+ can be a fraught experience—but when you've found your community, it can be a joyful one, too. Miss Nevada 2021, Kataluna Enriquez, was the first openly trans winner of the Miss Nevada pageant, tells her story about discovering herself and stepping into her stunning ball gowns—and into her pow…

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Chinatown, Las Vegas 25:04

2+ y ago25:04

25:04

Las Vegas's Chinatown is a bustling three-mile stretch along Spring Mountain Road that's become a destination for foodies and travelers in-the-know. A long-time favorite of hospitality industry workers getting off their shifts, it's home to bakeries, bars, karaoke, and restaurants from around the world. But how did Chinatowns get their start in Ame…

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Count us in: The promise and perils of the U.S. Census in Nevada 27:20

2+ y ago27:20

27:20

The U.S. Constitution mandates a Census every 10 years—it's how we allocate seats in the House of Representatives (Nevada gained a fourth seat in 2010 after the Census showed our relative population increase) and how we determine federal funding for housing, education, and health. For each Nevadan who isn't counted, whether a citizen or not, our st…

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A year and counting of COVID in Las Vegas: The violence 26:03

2+ y ago26:03

26:03

This is the third in a three-part series about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Southern Nevada's AAPI communities. In this episode, we look at how Asian Americans in Southern Nevada are responding to the surge of anti-Asian violence in the wake of the pandemic. We visit a self-defense class organized by the Asian Community Development Counc…

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Leaves on a stream: An English-Tagalog mindfulness meditation exercise 7:56

2+ y ago7:56

7:56

This bonus episode accompanies episode 5: A year and counting of COVID in Las Vegas: The overworked. In that episode, Dr. Andrew Reyes, a professor of nursing at UNLV, tells us about the mindfulness exercises he is creating for healthcare workers—we developed one of the exercises he sent us into a scripted meditation, with a bilingual English-Tagal…

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A year and counting of COVID in Las Vegas: The overworked 32:33

2+ y ago32:33

32:33

This episode is the second in a three-part series about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Southern Nevada's AAPI communities. Earlier this year, a startling statistic came to light: While Filipino nurses make up just 4% of nurses nationwide, they accounted for 33% of nurse deaths during the early months of the pandemic. Why was there such an …

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A year and counting of COVID in Las Vegas: The unemployed 24:27

2+ y ago24:27

24:27

This episode is the first in a three-part series about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Southern Nevada's AAPI communities. Nevada was hit harder by the pandemic shutdowns than any other state—and the numbers continue to bear that out. As of this fall, Nevada still has the highest unemployment rate in the country. In particular, Asian immigr…

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Home Means Nevada? The First Asians in the Silver State 25:36

2+ y ago25:36

25:36

"Go home." "Go back to your country." "You don't belong here." These are phrases that many Nevadans of Asian descent have heard—it's rooted in a view of Asians as perpetual foreigners in this country, no matter how long they've lived here. As UNLV Professor Emeritus Sue Fawn Chung tells us, this modern-day sentiment is hardly new. It has roots in t…

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Voyagers: Pacific Islanders in Southern Nevada 27:17

2+ y ago27:17

27:17

According to the most recent Census data, the population of Pacific Islanders in the U.S. has risen nearly 30% in the last decade—in Nevada, it's risen by 60%. Las Vegas, famously, has the largest population of Hawaiians outside of Hawai'i, earning our city the nickname "the Ninth Island." But some Native Hawaiians take issue with the term, pointin…

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The Languages We Speak (Or: How to Attack the Monolith) 21:36

2+ y ago21:36

21:36

In Nevada's most recent legislative session, Assembly Bill 359 was passed with little fanfare: It requires businesses to provide translated documents for certain consumer financial services transactions, including credit card issuance and auto title loans. For some individuals in AAPI communities here in Las Vegas, this bill, which took effect on O…

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Exit Spring Mountain Trailer 1:08

2+ y ago1:08

1:08

Join us every other week as we look at the impact of history, politics, and the economy of members of AAPI communities. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are the fastest-growing ethnic or racial group in Clark County—but despite the Census data grouping, it's not one homogenous group. You'll learn about the hundreds of languages and dial…