Best Leap Leadership Education For Asian Pacifics Podcasts (2024)

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Season 3 Finale: "Finding Our Way" interview with Min Jin Lee 57:31

1y ago57:31

57:31

We end our Season 3 podcast with a special finale episode with our esteemed guest, Min Jin Lee. This episode was streamed from our 2023 Leadership Awards Celebration, “Finding Our Way” where the theme was designed to highlight the accomplishments of those who have defied odds to protect their culture and identity, as well as ensure our stories are …

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Part 1 of 3: Exploring multi-racial identity with Karla Thomas 49:11

1y ago49:11

49:11

Listen to this special 3 part episode with hosts Linda Akutagawa, LEAP President CEO and Dr. Yon Na, Organizational Psychologist as they interview Karla Thomas Deputy Director of Empowering Pacific Islander Communities(EPIC). EPIC was established in 2009 by a group of young Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (NHPI) leaders who recognized the urgenc…

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Part 2 of 3: Exploring multi-racial identity with Curtiss Takada Rooks Ph.D 1:04:08

1y ago1:04:08

1:04:08

This episode is a continuation of exploring bi-racial identity. In this episode, our hosts interview Curtiss Takada Rooks, Ph.D., a critical race and ethnic studies scholar in Asian and Asian American Studies at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). Currently, Dr. Takada Rooks serves as the LMU Asian Pacific American Studies program coordinator teachi…

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Part 3 of 3: Exploring multi-racial identity with Akemi Mechtel 39:07

1y ago39:07

39:07

In the finale of the 3 part episode, the exploration of bi-racial identity ends with LEAP’s Assistant Director of Leadership Development, Akemi Mechtel. Akemi has a decade’s worth of experience working across non-profit and profit sectors.After graduating from Augsburg University in Minneapolis, she started her career in education working as a tire…

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Who Tells Our Stories: An Asian American lens 53:26

1y ago53:26

53:26

The increase presence of API stories in film is evidence of how our stories of identity are shifting. Tune in the LEAP Podcast Episode 6 with Linda Akutagawa, LEAP President CEO and Yon Na, organizational psychologist discuss with Center for Asian American Media(CAAM) Director of Media Don Young who is a longtime documentary production executive an…

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Shaping the Asian American Narrative - Uncovering Millennial and Gen Z personas 47:56

1y ago47:56

47:56

Kana is a narrative strategist and nonprofit leader with 10 years of experience launching programs, organizations, mobile apps and digital campaigns. In addition to Asian American Futures, Kana has worked on the May 19th Project, the Butterfly lab for Immigrant Narrative Strategy at Race Forward, Emerging Radiance, Omidyar Network and YCore. Kana h…

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Living a life of cultural “in-between-ness” and a road to multi-rooted belongings 50:02

1+ y ago50:02

50:02

Dr. Vishayka Desai, who spent her childhood in post-Independence India, her graduate and doctoral education in the U.S. and had a globe spanning career as an Asian art scholar, President of a major cultural institution and is now a special advisor to the President and scholar at Columbia University, shares her story of her childhood, pieces of her …

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Pursuing an Artistic Life as an Asian American Poet 44:18

1+ y ago44:18

44:18

Lee Herrick is the the 10th California Poet Laureate, the first Asian American in his role, and is the 2nd guest on LEAP’s Season 3 podcast. He is the author of three books of poems, Scar and Flower, Gardening Secrets of the Dead and This Many Miles from Desire. Herrick was born in South Korea and was adopted to a family in California. In this epis…

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Food & The Search for Home and Identity 45:37

1+ y ago45:37

45:37

Linda Akutagawa & Yon Na's first guest speaker is Kim Sunee, food editor, author, and chef. Kim Sunee was born in South Korea, raised in New Orleans, and then lived in France for ten years. She has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Ladies’ Homes Journal, People, ELLE, and Glamour. Her writing has appeared in Food & Wine, The…

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Get to know Linda and Yon! 5:52

1+ y ago5:52

5:52

Linda Akutagawa, President and CEO of LEAP, and Dr. Yon Na, organizational psychologist and consultant, are your cohosts for Season 3 of The LEAP Podcast! In this episode, get to know a bit about Linda and Yon as they share their personal reasons for hosting and how this season will be centered on exploring identity within a leadership context, and…

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A History of Leadership with Linda Akutagawa 50:25

2+ y ago50:25

50:25

There is no one better to wrap up Season Two than Linda Akutagawa, President & CEO of LEAP. In this episode, Catt Phan and Tammy Tran speak to Linda about her family of Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivors and how generations of violence against the API community has shaped her leadership to passionately advocate for a seat at the table for all API lead…

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Generational Leadership with CA Attorney General Rob Bonta 44:56

2+ y ago44:56

44:56

Born to activists who went to church with Martin Luther King, Jr. and organized in the Farmworkers Movement with Cesar Chavez, Rob Bonta inherited leadership from parents and paved his own path to being the first Filipino American to be California's Attorney General. In this episode, Tammy Tran and Catt Phan speak to California's chief law officer …

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Diversity in Mental Health with Anjuli Amin, Ph.D 46:35

2+ y ago46:35

46:35

In this episode, Tammy Tran and Catt Phan speak to Anjuli Amin, Ph.D, about the cultural mosaic of the API community, how cultural nuances affect our mental health, and how we build resilience in our communities as well as ourselves. Studies have shown that a strong sense of ethnic identity is linked to lower suicide risks and predicts higher resil…

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Saying Yes to Yourself with Bo Thao-Urabe 42:17

2+ y ago42:17

42:17

With the new year on the horizon, we end the last episode of 2021 with a conversation focused on creating work that is community-centered, asset-based solutions to ensure meaningful outcomes and lasting change. Bo shares her experiences about the classic immigrant child struggle of being the interpreter and translator for our elders while also figu…

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Turning Fear into Possibility with Sonal Shah 52:59

2+ y ago52:59

52:59

One of the foremost global leaders on social impact and innovation, Sonal Shah is the founding President of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF). She has also started and led social impact efforts in academia, government, and the private and philanthropic sectors for over twenty-five years. TAAF is a convener, incubator, and funder committed to acc…

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Building an Equitable World with Bing Chen 45:40

3y ago45:40

45:40

We're starting Season 2 off with a bang with Bing Chen. Bing is an impact entrepreneur and new world builder, leveraging storytelling and systems to deliver greater socioeconomic equity. He is President and Co-founder of Gold House, the premier collective of Asian founders, creative voices, and leaders dedicated to uniting the world’s largest popul…

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The Power of Storytelling with 'Alisi Tulua 43:16

3y ago43:16

43:16

‘Alisi Tulua, M.S., is the Project Director for the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) and the Data/Communications Lead for the Southern California Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response Team (SoCal PICRT). Systemically Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) in the Un…

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Pride in Leadership with Stacia Kato & Erik Takayesu 52:10

3y ago52:10

52:10

Coming together at the intersection of AAPI, LBGTQ+, and intersectional leadership, partnerships, and support for one another, this amazing conversation closes the 1st season of the LEAP Podcast in the PRIDE month. Stacia Kato-Takayesu and Erik Takayesu, the dynamic wife and husband duo, recall the moment of being called out by their transgender ch…

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Empowerment & Impact with Melanie Ramil 46:25

3+ y ago46:25

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Melanie Ramil is a Filipina-American who participated in LEAP’s Leadership in Action summer internship program as a student in 2005. She now runs Emerge California, an organization committed to helping women get elected to political offices. Melanie charts her journey from a LEAP internship to working for then-US Senator Kamala Harris and to advoca…

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Courageous Leadership with Liji Thomas 30:01

3+ y ago30:01

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Liji Thomas is South Asian and an inclusion and diversity executive for the Beauty Counter. She discusses what it means to truly be inclusive, how we help each other by creating space for others, and being courageous enough to take leaps of faith in our careers that can transform organizations and communities. Liji offers advice on negotiating your…

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Authentic Leadership with Tammy Tumbling 34:23

3+ y ago34:23

34:23

Tammy Tumbling is an African American leader who has a corporate and non profit background, has been a mentor to both Tammy and Tami at different times in our career and now the COO to one of the largest philanthropic foundations in Southern California. In this episode, we talk about what it means to walk in our purpose and having the courage to pe…

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Family and Culture with Susan Jin Davis 44:41

3+ y ago44:41

44:41

Susan Jin Davis and her daughter Sophia Jin Malatesta share the joys and challenges facing Asian and biracial families in the United States. They discuss cultural identity and leadership development for Asian-Americans, and navigating challenges in raising children in biracial families. The mother and daughter reflect on their upbringings in differ…

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Speaking Out with Manju Kulkarni 43:36

3+ y ago43:36

43:36

With the rise of hate crimes and violence against the AAPI community, it is important to unpack what has been happening during the pandemic and how it started even before. In March 2020, Manju Kulkarni co-founded Stop AAPI Hate, the nation’s leading aggregator of COVID-19-related hate incidents against AAPIs. Manju shares her personal leadership jo…

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Taking Leaps of Faith with Tami Bui & Tammy Tran 38:31

3+ y ago38:31

38:31

Tami Bui and Tammy Tran share how their friendship, personal journeys, and conversations with women in power have led them to starting a podcast with LEAP. They share how they met, how their journeys share similarities and also are different and yet how they’ve stayed true to their friendship and how it's helped the many sides of their lives -- as …

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Leap Leadership Education For Asian Pacifics Podcasts

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Season 3 Finale: "Finding Our Way" interview with Min Jin Lee 57:31

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Part 1 of 3: Exploring multi-racial identity with Karla Thomas 49:11

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Part 2 of 3: Exploring multi-racial identity with Curtiss Takada Rooks Ph.D 1:04:08

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Part 3 of 3: Exploring multi-racial identity with Akemi Mechtel 39:07

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Who Tells Our Stories: An Asian American lens 53:26

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Shaping the Asian American Narrative - Uncovering Millennial and Gen Z personas 47:56

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Living a life of cultural “in-between-ness” and a road to multi-rooted belongings 50:02

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Pursuing an Artistic Life as an Asian American Poet 44:18

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Food & The Search for Home and Identity 45:37

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Get to know Linda and Yon! 5:52

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A History of Leadership with Linda Akutagawa 50:25

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Generational Leadership with CA Attorney General Rob Bonta 44:56

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Diversity in Mental Health with Anjuli Amin, Ph.D 46:35

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Saying Yes to Yourself with Bo Thao-Urabe 42:17

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Turning Fear into Possibility with Sonal Shah 52:59

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Building an Equitable World with Bing Chen 45:40

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The Power of Storytelling with 'Alisi Tulua 43:16

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Pride in Leadership with Stacia Kato & Erik Takayesu 52:10

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Empowerment & Impact with Melanie Ramil 46:25

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Courageous Leadership with Liji Thomas 30:01

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Authentic Leadership with Tammy Tumbling 34:23

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Family and Culture with Susan Jin Davis 44:41

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Speaking Out with Manju Kulkarni 43:36

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Taking Leaps of Faith with Tami Bui & Tammy Tran 38:31

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