Best CAAL Podcasts (2024)

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"Adoptee liberation is also connected to our shared liberation" 35:34

2y ago35:34

35:34

For our final episode of the MinneAsianStories Podcast: Season 2, we continue our look at adoptee justice organizing in Minnesota. Our host Julia Gay chats with community organizer and founding board member of CAAL Margie Jo Eun Joo Andreason about how transracial and transnational adoptees in Minnesota are creating adoptee centered spaces for proc…

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"Our healing is rooted in decolonizing ourselves" 39:27

2y ago39:27

39:27

For our final two episodes of the MinneAsianStories Podcast: Season 2, we're exploring how Asian Minnesotan transnational adoptees have been shifting the dominant narrative around adoption to center adoptee voices and experiences. Our MinneAsianStories Correspondent Hannah Kinzer chats with educator, writer, and DEI consultant Dr. SooJin Pate about…

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"We've always had queer Hmong artists as a part of SOY" 45:32

2y ago45:32

45:32

This week on the MinneAsianStories Podcast: Season 2, we continue our celebration of Pride Month with our look at Shades of Yellow (SOY), the first Hmong LGBTQ+ organization. Our host Julia Gay chats with Xay Yang, Queer Justice Director and Mental Health Therapist at Transforming Generations and former SOY participant and volunteer. Xay shares her…

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“We were finally able to celebrate that part of ourselves” 44:01

2y ago44:01

44:01

Happy Pride Month! As we transition from Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month to Pride Month this June, we are thrilled to highlight the significant work and contributions of queer Asian Minnesotan organizers in our community. This week on the MinneAsianStories Podcast: Season 2, our host Julia Gay chats with Ka Oskar…

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"How do you get men to support your organization?... You don't" 28:27

2y ago28:27

28:27

This week on the MinneAsianStories Podcast: Season 2, our host Julia Gay chats with Gaoly Yang, the former Executive Director of the Women’s Association of Hmong and Lao (WAHL), the first Hmong and Lao women's organization in Minnesota. Gaoly reflects on her early days of gender-based organizing and what inspired her to help found the first ever Hm…

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"Education should be used as a tool for liberation" 27:25

2y ago27:25

27:25

MK draws on the metaphor of root systems and waterways to highlight the healing bonds between community members amidst the toxic effects of racism. She shares her perspective on Ethnic Studies organizing and how she has incorporated lessons from mothering and movements across the country into the local fight for Ethnic Studies in our schools. We wa…

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"We were born out of the struggles of the people before us" 53:12

2y ago53:12

53:12

Joyce shares her perspective growing up in the civil rights era in a family that experienced both the privilege as Chinese scholars and persecution as immigrants in Minnesota. She highlights how activism in the Black community and different communities within the Asian community have shaped calls for Ethnic Studies in broader Asian American movemen…

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"Which came first, the dream or the dreamer?" 45:04

2y ago45:04

45:04

Marlina moved from New York City to the Twin Cities with her daughter in the early 90's and was welcomed with open arms by a community of Asian American dreamers. What started as potluck dinners, soon grew into a flourishing community of artists that organized the Asian American Cultural Renaissance Conference, the Don't Buy Miss Saigon protests an…

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"Don't give power to people who cannot see you" 38:54

2+ y ago38:54

38:54

This year, 2022, marks the 30th anniversary of the Asian American Renaissance, which was a community based Asian American arts organization which began in 1992 and was an anchor in the Asian community here in Minnesota for the decade that followed. The Asian American Renaissance gave birth to many of the Asian arts and cultural organizations we kno…

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"Is this what is means to be Asian in America?" 30:12

2+ y ago30:12

30:12

Hannah Kinzer, our MinneAsianStories Correspondent, joins us for this episode as our featured storyteller! As a Filipino adoptee, Hannah has continually re-examined her identity as “Asian American,” but an unsavory encounter while waiting for the light rail one evening puts her Asian Americaness in perspective against the dark backdrop of increasin…

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“This country viewed my mother as ‘unworthy’ of receiving a basic human right” 18:24

2+ y ago18:24

18:24

The exhausting hours put into running her family’s independent motel catalyzed Monali to become a healthcare advocate. She looks back on her upbringing to look ahead at the future of health for immigrant families in America. Hear more stories from the Asian Minnesotan community at www.caalmn.org/podcast. Tune in to WFNU to hear MinneAsianStories in…

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“I ask myself, when will others accept me as an American?” 25:04

2+ y ago25:04

25:04

Kim Kevin Sin has dedicated himself to community, even when he questions if others will ever accept him as American. He traces how his journey from Cambodia to the US has challenged and inspired him to uplift communities, especially the Cambodian community, in the face of adversity. Learn more about The Village Agricultural Cooperative at www.rochv…

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“Would I remember all their names if they looked more like me?” 16:35

2+ y ago16:35

16:35

Amidst the wave of activism springing from the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, Julia, a Chinese adoptee, pauses to ask herself what activism means to her. She pushes herself to consider how to define “enough” when it comes to embodying Black Asian solidarity. To learn more about this podcast and for more episo…

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I felt the strength that I needed to be out there capturing history 25:01

2+ y ago25:01

25:01

Dymanh, is a TV news videographer who reflects on his experience covering the murder of George Floyd. He reflects on his perspective coming from Cambodia to Minnesota, and how he is first on the scene to capture perspectives on events in his neighborhood. Learn more about ThreeJournalism Journalism at threesixty.stthomas.edu. Visit www.caalmn.org/p…

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“My classmates didn’t believe that I was Asian, so I brought in my mother for show-and-tell” 10:39

2+ y ago10:39

10:39

Through a kaleidoscope of images and scenes, Comrade depicts his experience at the boundaries of classification. He returns to a familiar yet alternative version of a classic video game icon, a Shiny Pikachu. Visit www.caalmn.org/podcast for more stories from the Asian Minnesotan community.

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We shared a love and pride for our people... Isn’t that what friendship is? 12:44

2+ y ago12:44

12:44

Pete met Orpheus Black while training with a mixed martial arts group in Los Angeles. As their friendship grows, Pete is forced to grapple with the internalized racism and anti-Blackness that was reinforced in him at a young age. Listen in as Pete shows us how solidarity can play out powerfully in our relationships with those closest to us. Visit w…

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“She was stomping and shooing me away like I’m some kind of wild animal" 10:10

2+ y ago10:10

10:10

Astrid, a Diversity Equity & Inclusion practitioner, recounts a startling encounter in the Minneapolis skyways at the start of the pandemic followed by a thought provoking discussion between Astrid and our MinneAsianStories Correspondant Hannah Kinzer. Visit www.caalmn.org/podcast, for more stories from our Asian Minnesotan communities.…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

CAAL Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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MinneAsianStories Podcast

CAAL, The Uptake & WFNU Frogtown Community Radio

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"Adoptee liberation is also connected to our shared liberation" 35:34

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"Our healing is rooted in decolonizing ourselves" 39:27

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"We've always had queer Hmong artists as a part of SOY" 45:32

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“We were finally able to celebrate that part of ourselves” 44:01

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"How do you get men to support your organization?... You don't" 28:27

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"Education should be used as a tool for liberation" 27:25

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"We were born out of the struggles of the people before us" 53:12

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"Which came first, the dream or the dreamer?" 45:04

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"Don't give power to people who cannot see you" 38:54

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"Is this what is means to be Asian in America?" 30:12

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“This country viewed my mother as ‘unworthy’ of receiving a basic human right” 18:24

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“I ask myself, when will others accept me as an American?” 25:04

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“Would I remember all their names if they looked more like me?” 16:35

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I felt the strength that I needed to be out there capturing history 25:01

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“My classmates didn’t believe that I was Asian, so I brought in my mother for show-and-tell” 10:39

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We shared a love and pride for our people... Isn’t that what friendship is? 12:44

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“She was stomping and shooing me away like I’m some kind of wild animal" 10:10

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