Best Nancy Wu Asian American Podcasts (2024)

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'My immigrant mom's pride and disappointment' | A conversation about parents and children 1:02:07

5M ago1:02:07

1:02:07

The children of immigrants often have a complicated relationship with their parents. It’s not unusual for first-, one-and-a-half and second-generation immigrants to translate both language and cultural norms for their elders. And parents can feel the pressure of being their children’s only connection to the traditions, language and values of home. …

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'They come to me when they're hungry' | A conversation about food and love 31:40

6M ago31:40

31:40

The holiday season is upon us, and so many of our celebrations are centered around a table full of delicious food. In AAPI families, cooking food is practically its own love language. In this special episode, we explore the ties between food, culture, identity and family, with Kentucky restauranteurs Dan Wu and Toa Green.…

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Joyce and Xiao-Yin Chen | 'I'm from here now' 48:15

9M ago48:15

48:15

On this episode, Dan Wu introduces us to mother-and-daughter duo Joyce Chen and Xiao-Yin Chen. Joyce reflects on her early life in China and how she ended up in Harlan, Kentucky (which wasn't full of chicken farms, to her surprise). As a mom, she was determined that Xiao-Yin wouldn't miss out on any typical American experiences, and would have oppo…

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Nancy Ngo | 'A bridge between America and Vietnam' 28:22

9M ago28:22

28:22

It's not unusual for young people to keep things secret from their parents. Having to repeat a college course, letting the apartment get too messy... but Nancy Ngo's secret was a little different. She didn't tell her parents she was in the running to be a 2022 Kentucky Derby Princess. "I only told them I applied after I got into the first round, be…

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Angela Singla | 'If she can do this, I can do this too' 53:43

10M ago53:43

53:43

When Dr. Angela Singla was a little girl, she got sick during a trip to India. While hospitalized there, she had an eye-opening experience. "I saw a female physician come in," she says. "And I was just blown away, because I had never seen a female physician before." It started her on a path that eventually led her to become an OB-GYN. On this episo…

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Nima, Charlene and Dan | 'Can we reclaim our names?' 30:13

10M ago30:13

30:13

Your name is usually the first thing you share when you meet new people. And if you're an immigrant, your name can either make you blend in, or mark you as a perpetual other. Some immigrants change or shorten their original names. Some have their names changed by bureaucrats. Some keep them. And each outcome has its own set of emotional and cultura…

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Kaili Moss | 'People can hold multiple truths' 37:22

11M ago37:22

37:22

It’s a phenomenon uncomfortably familiar to many biracial people. Not enough to belong to one group, too much to belong to another. In this episode, Charlene Buckles sits down with public interest lawyer Kaili Moss to explore this “third space” between Okinawan and Black, and how being a queer woman adds yet another dimension.…

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Language and Identity | 'You speak English so well!' 24:34

11M ago24:34

24:34

Every immigrant family has to decide what their relationship will be with their first language. Some parents insist their kids speak it, some turn away from it entirely, and some land somewhere in between. In this round-table episode, Dan Wu, Charlene Buckles and Nima Kulkarni unpack the nuanced ways language informs our self image and how we fit i…

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Teja Sudhakar | 'Things that I loved too much to ignore' 42:51

12M ago42:51

42:51

In this episode, Dan Wu introduces us to Teja Sudhakar, a poet and University of Kentucky graduate, originally from Chennai, India. Teja talks about her chapbook, "Looking for Smoke," and reads a poem called "The Interviewer Stands." She describes her lifelong love of writing, and how she made the decision to embrace it as a vocation. -----Before y…

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Chef Edward Lee | 'Things change because we plant seeds' 29:23

1y ago29:23

29:23

We’re back with an all-new season, and our first guest is Chef Edward Lee. When he was around 11, he told his parents he wanted to be a chef. “They were like, sure, and Bobby’s gonna be an astronaut. Great.” He never changed his mind about that calling. But along the way, he added other titles to his bio. Like author, small business owner, mentor, …

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A conversation about the Lunar New Year shootings 29:44

1+ y ago29:44

29:44

Hi friends, it's been a while. And tragically, we find ourselves in a situation similar to the one that inspired us to start this show in the first place. Violence has affected our community again, with two mass shootings in California during celebrations of the Lunar New Year. Our need to process these events is too urgent to wait for our next sea…

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Midterm Elections, the First AAPI Super PAC, and Asian American Political Candidates with AAPI Victory Fund President and Funny Or Die DC's Brad Jenkins 41:40

2y ago41:40

41:40

With midterm elections around the corner, Brad Jenkins discusses how Asian Americans are the margin of victory for Democrats and how to support AAPI candidates for office. Brad and Nancy also discuss Brad's unique career path from working in a hedge fund to serving in the Obama administration to becoming a producer. About Brad: AAPI Victory Fund Pr…

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How Do Gen Z Asian Americans Feel About Politics, and Serving the AAPI Community with Senior Advisor for RUN AAPI, Linh Nguyen 49:11

2y ago49:11

49:11

We're kicking off AAPI Heritage Month with Linh Nguyen, Senior Advisor for RUN AAPI. We talk about being the only Asian women at the table in politics, how to get more AAPI Gen Z to get excited about and involved in politics, the importance of AAPI representation in politics, and how to better serve the Asian American community in politics. We even…

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Legal Definition of a Hate Crime, #StopAAPIHate, Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Supreme Court, and Affirmative Action with Former Federal Prosecutor, Shanlon Wu 56:28

2y ago56:28

56:28

Today’s guest is Shan Wu. As a former federal prosecutor, nationally known criminal and student defense lawyer, and frequent guest on CNN and other news outlets, Shan is regularly called on to explore political and legal topics, ranging from election and impeachment questions to high-profile Title IX cases. We discuss: -The spike in hate crimes aga…

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Are Democrats Doing Enough to Keep Young Voters Engaged? With Alliance for Youth Organizing Executive Director, Dakota Hall 43:54

2y ago43:54

43:54

The Alliance for Youth Organizing, released the full results of their first National Youth Survey of 2022 (that was just covered in TIME). This survey takes a look at how young voters from across the political spectrum feel about the future of the country, what policies the Biden Administration should prioritize, how they plan to be civically engag…

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Being a Citizen Change Maker, Voting in Local Elections, and Protecting Democracy with Future Hindsights Host, Mila Atmos 44:29

2y ago44:29

44:29

Nancy speaks with Mila Atmos about being a citizen change maker and making your voice heard, voting close to home, engaging in civic action on your terms, forming an ideal democracy, and more. About Mila Mila Atmos fiercely believes in the power of individuals to shape our society, and to cultivate and protect American Democracy. On her podcast, Fu…

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Medical School to Filmmaking, Serving vs. Saving, and Life Coach Advice with Artist Yiqing Zhao 36:49

2y ago36:49

36:49

Nancy is joined with Yiqing Zhao to discuss her career as an actress, filmmaker, and life coach. Yiqing Zhao is an award-winning actor, filmmaker, and a certified life coach. Besides her artistic pursuits, she help creatives belong, become, and create the life they want. Before becoming an artist, Yiqing was a medical student in China. Yiqing's lin…

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Violence Against Asian Women in NYC, Christina Yuna Lee and Michelle Go, Hate Crime or Not, and Stop Asian Hate with Host Nancy Wu 21:07

2y ago21:07

21:07

Here's a solo episode where Nancy talks about the recent murder of Christina Yuna Lee and Michelle Go in NYC. How do we move forward and prevent this from happening again outside of the prison industrial complex? Is that even the way to go in the short term? Join us in this rant about being an Asian woman in the United States, the sense of safety g…

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Increased Representation of POC in Politics, Turning Swing States Blue Ahead of Midterm Elections, and Changing Demographics with Sister District's Political Director, Jarvis Houston 37:43

2+ y ago37:43

37:43

Jarvis Houston, the Organizing and Political Director of Sister District. Jarvis Houston has ten years of advocacy and campaign experience at the local, state, and national levels. He is a lifelong organizer and a proud graduate of Howard University. With armchair analysts portending a dark upcoming decade for Democrats, Jarvis speaks to a positive…

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Surprise Bonus Episode! 16:02

2+ y ago16:02

16:02

Sure, our season's over... but we miss you already! So in this bonus mini episode, our hosts Dan Wu and Charlene Buckles reflect on season one, which ran the gamut from interpersonal decolonization to Doritos and buttermilk. We're gonna go work on season two now, so let us know what you want to hear more about at wyrf@louisvillepublicmedia.org or a…

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Lee Kiefer and Gerek Meinhardt | 'Just loving the sport is enough' 42:43

2+ y ago42:43

42:43

We're closing our season with an interview of Olympian proportions. Fencers Gerek Meinhardt and Lee Kiefer are... pretty accomplished. Gerek is a four-time Olympian who took home team Bronze Medals in 2016 and 2021. And Lee is the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Champion, a three-time Olympian, and the most decorated women's foil fencer in U.S. history. When th…

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Transitioning from Product Manager to Creative with Podcast Host and Screenwriter Sean Niu 42:27

2+ y ago42:27

42:27

Nancy chats with Sean about his own podcasts, how he transitioned from tech to the creative industry, how tech skills can be transferrable for creative career changes, and more. Sean is a Sloan MIT MBA, and former PM at Amazon. He currently is trying to write screenplays, actively participates in furthering the mission of the 1990 Institute as a bo…

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Angelika Weaver | 'We can be one voice' 28:00

2+ y ago28:00

28:00

Living in Williamsburg, Kentucky, a town in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains with a population of 5,000, is a mixed bag for a Pacific Islander. Angelika Weaver's mom is from Kiribati, an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean (it sort of rhymes with "hear a bus," because -ti makes an s sound in the Gilbertese language that's spoken th…

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Dr. Joann Lianekhammy | 'You are who you are' 34:19

2+ y ago34:19

34:19

The children of first-generation immigrants often have a complicated relationship with language. Some immigrant parents refuse to speak their native language around the kids, because they want them to focus on learning English. Some kids end up being de facto translators who bridge the language gap between the family and the outside world. And flue…

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Prison Abolition with the Formerly Incarcerated South Asian Journalist and Press Secretary Turned Prison Reform Activism, Ashish Prashar 53:58

2+ y ago53:58

53:58

Nancy chats with Ashish Prashar about his time in prison for a non-violent crime, how the prison industrial complex discriminates against BIPOC, and how to move toward prison reform and abolition. When you hear Ashish Prashar’s lovely soft spoken British accent, coupled with his intellectual stance on the flawed U.S. prison system, it's really hard…

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Ie Meh | 'A place to call home' 35:05

2+ y ago35:05

35:05

Note: this episode contains descriptions of violence in the context of a military coup, around the 9-minute mark until the 11-minute mark. Culture shock doesn't even begin to describe the immigration experience of this week's guest, Ie Meh. Ie was born in a Karenni refugee camp in Thailand, and lived there until her family moved to Bowling Green wh…

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Donna Lee Kwon and Jon Silpayamanant | 'Music as a window to understanding' 29:44

2+ y ago29:44

29:44

"If Beethoven had grown up in the Bay Area in the early 1980s, he would have started a thrash band, probably." Irresponsibly wild conjecture, or another great conversation from "Where Y'all Really From?" On this week's episode, host Dan Wu talks with Donna Lee Kwon and Jon Silpayamanant about all things music. Donna is an associate professor of eth…

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Melanie Parker | 'We just have to do the work' 29:10

2+ y ago29:10

29:10

Being othered, or outright discriminated against, puts you on the spot. You don't know how to react, and you make a million instant mental calculations about the other person, their possible intentions, the context, the power dynamic. It can trigger a fight, flight or freeze response that you later regret. It's stressful and complicated, even if yo…

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Naveen Chaubal | 'I do hear you' 31:47

2+ y ago31:47

31:47

Filmmaker Naveen Chaubal grew up making movies. "For school projects, I would always try and sneak and maybe doing a video instead of writing a paper," he says. But it wasn't until college that he realized it could be more than a way to get out of writing papers. "I didn't even know film schools existed," Naveen says. "I had no idea that it was som…

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Voting Accessibility, National Voter IDs, California Recall Election, and Starting a Non-profit with Kat Calvin, Founder of Spread The Vote 42:27

2+ y ago42:27

42:27

Nancy chats with Kat Calvin about voter suppression and the complexities of obtaining IDs for everyday use. Kat also talks about the California recall election and tips to starting a non-profit. Kat Calvin is the Founder and Executive Director of Spread The Vote and the Co-Founder and CEO of the Project ID Action Fund. A lawyer, activist, and socia…

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Uyen Nguyen | 'You keep things within your family' 35:29

2+ y ago35:29

35:29

Uyen Nguyen is a social worker and therapist. She's also Vietnamese American. And those things can feel at odds with each other. "The mentality is that you keep things within your family," Uyen says. 'I remember trying to find a Vietnamese word to translate what I do for a living, and that's difficult because it's not a common thing." This instinct…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Nancy Wu Asian American Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Where Y'all Really From

Louisville Public Media

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POC Podcast - Progressive Opinions of Color

Nancy Wu (Asian American, Economist, Progressive, Woman, Storyteller)

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'My immigrant mom's pride and disappointment' | A conversation about parents and children 1:02:07

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'They come to me when they're hungry' | A conversation about food and love 31:40

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Joyce and Xiao-Yin Chen | 'I'm from here now' 48:15

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Nancy Ngo | 'A bridge between America and Vietnam' 28:22

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Angela Singla | 'If she can do this, I can do this too' 53:43

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Nima, Charlene and Dan | 'Can we reclaim our names?' 30:13

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Kaili Moss | 'People can hold multiple truths' 37:22

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Language and Identity | 'You speak English so well!' 24:34

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Teja Sudhakar | 'Things that I loved too much to ignore' 42:51

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Chef Edward Lee | 'Things change because we plant seeds' 29:23

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A conversation about the Lunar New Year shootings 29:44

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Midterm Elections, the First AAPI Super PAC, and Asian American Political Candidates with AAPI Victory Fund President and Funny Or Die DC's Brad Jenkins 41:40

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How Do Gen Z Asian Americans Feel About Politics, and Serving the AAPI Community with Senior Advisor for RUN AAPI, Linh Nguyen 49:11

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Legal Definition of a Hate Crime, #StopAAPIHate, Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Supreme Court, and Affirmative Action with Former Federal Prosecutor, Shanlon Wu 56:28

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Are Democrats Doing Enough to Keep Young Voters Engaged? With Alliance for Youth Organizing Executive Director, Dakota Hall 43:54

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Being a Citizen Change Maker, Voting in Local Elections, and Protecting Democracy with Future Hindsights Host, Mila Atmos 44:29

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Medical School to Filmmaking, Serving vs. Saving, and Life Coach Advice with Artist Yiqing Zhao 36:49

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Violence Against Asian Women in NYC, Christina Yuna Lee and Michelle Go, Hate Crime or Not, and Stop Asian Hate with Host Nancy Wu 21:07

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Increased Representation of POC in Politics, Turning Swing States Blue Ahead of Midterm Elections, and Changing Demographics with Sister District's Political Director, Jarvis Houston 37:43

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Surprise Bonus Episode! 16:02

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Lee Kiefer and Gerek Meinhardt | 'Just loving the sport is enough' 42:43

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Transitioning from Product Manager to Creative with Podcast Host and Screenwriter Sean Niu 42:27

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Angelika Weaver | 'We can be one voice' 28:00

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Dr. Joann Lianekhammy | 'You are who you are' 34:19

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Prison Abolition with the Formerly Incarcerated South Asian Journalist and Press Secretary Turned Prison Reform Activism, Ashish Prashar 53:58

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Ie Meh | 'A place to call home' 35:05

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Donna Lee Kwon and Jon Silpayamanant | 'Music as a window to understanding' 29:44

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Melanie Parker | 'We just have to do the work' 29:10

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Naveen Chaubal | 'I do hear you' 31:47

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Voting Accessibility, National Voter IDs, California Recall Election, and Starting a Non-profit with Kat Calvin, Founder of Spread The Vote 42:27

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Uyen Nguyen | 'You keep things within your family' 35:29

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