Foreign National explores the stories and sounds impacted by the globalization of culture. Tune in every Tuesday as your host, Erik Bruner-Yang, explores how people discover their own sense of self identity through the discovery of other worlds. This show records and broadcasts LIVE on Full Service Radio from the lobby of the LINE DC in Adams Morgan, Washington DC.
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Pichet Ong, pastry chef of Brothers & Sisters, is a chef who specializes in desserts. Best known for eschewing the heavy use of sugar and applying savory technique such as reductions into creating more flavorful desserts, he mixes classic technique and whimsical culinary style.By Full Service Radio
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Jason Caddel of indie-rock band Dismemberment Plan joins this weeks episode of Foreign National.By Full Service Radio
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Colin Sugalski & Ryan Kibler are this weeks guests on Foreign National.By Full Service Radio
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Raymond Wong, Chinese lion dancer/trainer
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55:29This week's guest on Foreign National is Raymond Wong, Chinese lion dancer/trainer. Raymond talks about cultural Chinese traditions and foods along with the history of DC's Chinatown.By Full Service Radio
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Adriel Luis, Curator of Digital and Emerging Media at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
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52:08This week's guest on Foreign National is Adriel Luis, a musician, poet, visual artist, curator and coder from the California Bay Area. Adriel is currently based in Washington, D.C. as the Curator of Digital and Emerging Media at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, where his team has been developing a series of “culture labs” as community…
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This week's guest on Foreign National is Derrick McCrae, little league coach, community leader and former music industry manager.By Full Service Radio
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Vietnamese Cuisine + Cultural Identity with Lu Duong
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45:32This week on Foreign National, Erik & Seda chat with Senior Manager-Head of Program Communications for Fund II UNCF STEM about Vietnamese cuisine + cultural identity.By Full Service Radio
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On a special episode of Foreign National, Erik & Seda are joined by Mu Sochua, a Cambodian former politician and rights activist. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Battambang from 2013 to 2017, a seat which she previously held from 1998 to 2003. She was a member and Vice President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) until its dissolv…
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Todd Thrasher, bartender, distiller and sommerlier
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43:23Todd Thrasher, a DC bartender, distiller and sommelier who has received consistent recognition from the James Beard Foundation as one of the country’s “Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professionals.", joins the first episode of Foreign National to talk to hosts Erik Bruner-Yang and Seda Nak about the concept behind Brothers & Sisters, cocktails, identit…
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