018 - Fifth Anniversary

Asian Americana

Host and Producer Quincy Surasmith

Five years ago in Spring of 2016, we launched Asian Americana. For our fifth anniversary, we take a moment to revisit all of the stories we’ve done from our first episode through the end of 2020. What happened after we stopped recording? What are those people doing now? Listen and find out.

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If you want to go back to listen to these episodes (again or for the first time), you can find them linked below or on our episodes page.

Episode 14: Kala Bagai

The Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour is starting up again! You can learn more and register on their website.

Here’s the video of the Kala Bagai Way ribbon cutting ceremony from SAADA:

Episode 13: That's Just The Way The Ball Bounces

You can find more about Julianne Sato-Parker on her website.

Episode 12: Letters for Black Lives

You can find all the letters, translations, and resources on the Letters for Black Lives site.

Here’s the video that we referenced being shown at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

Episode 11: Helpers in the Time of Coronavirus

You can read the tragic news about Kouraku’s owner on Rafu Shimpo’s “Kouraku’s Hiroshi Yamauchi, 67, Passes Away”

You can learn more about CCED and SEACA LA’s mutual aid efforts before they continued their work separately in this Facebook post.

Episode 10: What We Inherit: Marie Kondo and the Security of Stuff

Learn more about Christina Ong and her work on her website.

Episode 9: Facial Hair

Desmond Chiam with the Captain America shield on the set of Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Photo from his Twitter.

Image from article: San Antonio native Saagar Shaikh lands acting role in upcoming Disney+ series Ms. Marvel (San Antonio Current)

Here’s some pictures of Desmond and Saagar with their facial hair on display, now both part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Episode 8: Dawn Mabalon is in the Heart

Dawn Mabalon in the mural at Arkipelago bookstore in San Francisco. Image from Heroes In Our Windows: Looking at the Making of a Mural in the South of Market (SOMCAN)

The piece “1965-1970: Filipino Farmworkers lead the Delano Grape Strike” in Time’s “11 Moments From Asian American History That You Should Know” was credited to “Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Associate Professor, History, San Francisco State University; Gayle Romasanta, Founder and Writer, Bridge and Delta Publishing; Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, Professor, Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University”

ABC 10 in Stockton covered Dawn’s work in their story “A look into the rich history of Filipino Americans in Stockton and Little Manila.”

Keep an eye out for future books, including one on Dawn, from Bridge + Delta Publishing.

Episode 7: Claudia Kishi

Here’s the trailer to Sue Ding’s Claudia Kishi Club. You can learn more about Sue on her website.

Episode 6: Filipino American Podcasts

You can listen to all of Long Distance’s current two season and keep an eye out for their upcoming stories on the Long Distance website.

This Filipino American Life continues to run and can be found on their website.

Episode 5: Cambodian Rock Band

Learn more about Cambodian Rock Band’s run at Oregon Shakespeare Festival on the OSF website, and see the trailer for the Signature Theatre run in New York:

And Playbill confirmed: “Post-Pandemic, Cambodian Rock Band's Tour is Ready to Storm the Stage”

Episode 4: Boba/Bubble Tea

Kristie Hang’s reporting on rumors of a boba shortage can be found in the Eater LA piece, “Los Angeles Is Safe From the Boba Apocalypse.” Her other work can be found on her website.

Episode 3: Sacramento Delta

Learn more about Locke’s Oral History Project on their website: The Locke Foundation Oral History Project

Episode 2: Roots CSA

You can learn more about Food Roots at foodroots.co.

Episode 1: Giant Robot

Giant Robot continues on strong, and Eric still runs their gallery in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, and online projects at Giant Robot’s website.

And finally, you can learn more about The Linda Lindas on their website and get their music from their Bandcamp.

Here’s their show with the LA Public Library that drew everyone’s attention: