Cathy Hannabach interviews ethnic studies scholar Josen Masangkay Diaz about US–Philippine relations during the Cold War and Filipino America today.
Resources: Asian American studies
Nitasha Tamar Sharma on Recalibration and Balance
Cathy Hannabach interviews Nitasha Tamar Sharma about balance and recalibrating work and life across one’s interdisciplinary career.
Mark Villegas on Collaborative Abundance in Hip-Hop Cultures
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews filmmaker and scholar Mark Villegas about how foregrounding abundance can transform academia and build new worlds.
Bakirathi Mani on Curating with Confidence
Cathy Hannabach interviews Bakirathi Mani about postcolonial art curation and building representations no longer haunted by empire.
Dorinne Kondo on Reparative Creativity
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar, playwright, and dramaturg Dorinne Kondo about liveness, theater accessibility, and theorizing vulnerability.
Christopher B. Patterson on Writing as Resistance and Refusal
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Christopher B. Patterson about the writing process, name politics, and refusal as activism.
Jian Neo Chen on Trans of Color Art and Activism
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Jian Neo Chen about transgender studies publishing and drawing academic inspiration from art and activism.
Aimee Bahng on Speculating from the Undercommons
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Aimee Bahng about speculative fiction, queer of color feminist futures, and challenging US colonialism.
Alice Y. Hom on Queer Public History
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Alice Y. Hom about queer history podcasting and transgenerational activist self-care.
Elizabeth Chin on Dancing Beyond Whiteness
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Elizabeth Chin about dance’s role in academmic work and making space for your whole self in your career.
Karen Tongson on the Pleasures of Pop Culture
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Karen Tongson about music’s relationship to place and going deep with popular culture.
Aileen Suzara on Filipino Food Activism and Eco-Education
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Aileen Suzara about Filipino food activism, eco-education, and the role of food in social justice.
Lakshmi Ramgopal on Postcolonial Music and the Pull of History
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews musician and scholar Lakshmi Ramgopal (Lykanthea) about combining artistic and scholarly careers.
Lila Sharif on the Settler Colonial Politics of Food
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Lila Sharif about the role of food in both transnational settler colonialism and resistance to it.
Surbhi Malik on Diasporic Radio
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Surbhi Malik about diasporic radio production and mentoring students’ whole, complex selves.
Emily Hue on Burmese Performance Art
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Emily Hue about creativity and resistance in Burmese refugee performance art.
Leah Milne on the Good Trouble of Racial Justice
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Leah Milne about a pedagogy of discomfort and using the classroom to teach radical empathy.
Tara Fickle on Tarot in the Classroom
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Tara Fickle about why games are such fruitful sites for understanding racial formations.