Honoring the Foundation
In this episode, I get into more detail about the connection between Black Lives and Asian Lives. I've talked about the connection between Asian American civil rights and Black civil rights. But I wan...
16 Jul 202010min
Suhad Khatib on Palestinian and Black Liberation, Writing Our Histories, and Storytelling with Art
Suhad Khatib (she/her) is an artist with Palestinian roots who was born in Oman and grew up in Jordan. She is a futurologist, creative director, filmmaker, and public speaker. I connected with Suhad o...
2 Jul 202046min
Dhenu Maru, Indian Immigration Lawyer, on Her Struggles as a New Immigrant and Immigration Misconceptions
Immigration is not a simple process. If I didn't know this before, my conversation with immigration lawyer Dhenu Maru, an immigrant herself, proved this point. We talk about her difficulties acclimati...
18 Jun 202039min
#BlackLivesMatter
We are pausing on MigrAsians interviews for this episode supporting Black lives. The majority Asian Americans would not be living in the United States if it wasn't for the Civil Rights movement and th...
4 Jun 20207min
Nic Strack, Non-Binary Autistic Parenting Coach, on the Culture of Contempt, Parenting from Within, and How Breastfeeding in Public Transformed Their Perspective
Meet Nic Strack, a Korean and Indian, non-binary autistic Parenting Coach. I had a very very hard time summarizing our conversation for the title of this episode because it was full of SO MANY GEMS. I...
21 Mai 202044min
James Yu, Fantasy Author, on Taiwanese History, Creating Holistic Stories, and Writing Full-Time
Episode 8! MigrAsians is halfway through its first season, YAY! In today's episode, you'll get your fantasy fix :) I talk to fantasy author James Yu about the historical distinction between Taiwan and...
7 Mai 202037min
Sonalee Rashatwar aka @thefatsextherapist on Cantaloupes, Casteism, and Body Image
Meet Sonalee Rashatwar (she/they), known as @thefatsextherapist on Instagram! They're an award-winning superfat queer bisexual non-binary clinical social worker, sex therapist, adjunct lecturer, and g...
23 Apr 20201h
Marzieh Saffarian on Feminist Art, Iranian Culture, and Native Language Challenges
Meet Marzieh Saffarian, the collage artist behind @psychpersia. Marzieh is also a speech-language pathologist who I met during graduate school. Our conversation flowed in so many wonderful directions....
9 Apr 202040min
