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An in-depth news magazine program that addresses topical issues affecting the Asian American communities nationwide and profiles Asian American leaders.

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    • Apr 15, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Asian Americans Reshape Cultural Arts Landscape

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 26:18


    Asian Americans are reshaping the arts and cultural landscape from Cambodian Angkor Dance Troupe to cross cultural learning in South Korea. Plus the art of Korean self care and wellness; Cooking club trends with friends, and Ann Tremet glazed cakes that are edible works of arts.

    Special Edition "Asians Confronting Hate

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 24:59


    March 16th marks four years since eight people were killed at three spa's in the Atlanta Georgia area. Six of those victims were Asian women. The tragedy became a turning point for Asian Americans who demanded that the senseless violence be stopped.

    Trump Appointee's & Japanese Internment

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 27:04


    Trump's AAPI appointees, Remembering Executive Order 9066 Japanese Internment; Preventing heart disease in South Asian communities; Preserving lost Tagalog language and Tone Check: The Skins of Contemporary Korean art.

    New Year Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 28:18


    Asian American Life features Magazine Fever, Gen X Asian American exhibit; Senator Andy Kim makes history in the U.S. Senate; Reflecting on the legacy of civil rights leader Fred Korematsu; Chhandayan Indian classical music; And we ring in Lunar New Year with recipes from author Kristina Cho.

    Holiday Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 29:05


    Celebrating the holidays with “Jumping For Joy” Origami Tree; 20th Anniversary of Asian American Student Advocacy Project; Lessons learned from Alien Enemy Act; Author Jane Hyun leadership tips on breaking the bamboo ceiling; Mubarak incorporates eastern and western holiday traditions.

    November Episode 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 26:29


    It's stomach cancer awareness month and we'll explain why Asian Americans are at risk; Plus Silverlens Gallery exhibits Filipino and South Asian contemporary art; CPC One celebrates a community for all; Start Lighthouse advances literacy through a diverse and multicultural lens; Broadway's hit show Yellow Face takes on racial politics.

    National Awareness Month 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 27:50


    October is National Awareness month and we're focusing on mental health and Filipino history month. We'll also look at Who's Who in politics; K Dramas address mental health issues; James Beard award winning author revolutionizes Filipino desserts; Artist Jiro Takamatsu and cultivating change with Choy Common Farms.

    Fashion Edition 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 25:37


    NYC is the fashion capitol of the world, and we look at the designers and changemakers who shape how we shop and what we wear, including wedding gown designer Andrew Kwon; Handbag designer Rafe; Invisible Seams documentary on garment workers; Author and Former Ashley Stewart CEO James Rhee and 1587 Asian American sneakers.

    Summer Fun Edition 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 25:16


    Ube is the hippiest food trend and we take a look at the festivals that's serving up this sweet potatoe; Plus we have the scoop on South Asian ice cream; Cantopop makes a comeback at Bar 929; Rice Blossoms modernizes Korean desserts; Plus Gone With The Dogs pet store.

    June 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 28:40


    Rubin Museum closes after two decades; Veteran stories and Filipino Independence Day; Gun ownership increases with Asian American; Wearable Tracey hat designs; Photographer Lia Chang frames cultural arts and Brooklyn Raga Massive music.

    Asian American Pacific Islander Month & Profiles In Courage

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 29:18


    Asian American Life celebrates Asian American Pacific Islander Month with profiles in courage. We pay tribute to the trailblazers who have enriched our communities and culture, including a doctor-musician fighting to protect subway performers

    Asian American Voting Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 27:56


    Asian American Voting Power examines key issues impacting our communities and what it means for the economy; Who's who in politics; How the immigration system impacts healthcare; Shifting tide of Asian Americans leaning right; The youth voter movement.

    Asian American Women Inspire Future Generations

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 26:32


    Asian American Life celebrates Women History Month featuring stories of leaders who are changing the world and inspiring future generations; Representative Patsy Mink, first woman of color in Congress gets her own coin this year; Hope Against Hate campaign and Asian American Federation fights for social justice; Yellow Chair Collective addresses mental health; Think Chinatown transform community through art; and Lily Fan makes history at the New York Liquor Authority.

    February Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 25:38


    Asian American Life features edible art as Lysee redefines desserts; Ballroom dancing; Award winning author Patricia Park debuts her Y-A novel; Plus a profile of Kevin Kim, New York's Commissioner of Small Businesses; And George Gee Swing Orchestra.

    Asian American Life New Year Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 27:36


    In January's Asian American Life, New York makes Lunar New Year an official holiday; Mixed race population and Mixed Asian Media; Kim'C Korean food market; Memoir "Everything I Learned, I Learned In A Chinese Restaurant"; From Wall Street to million dollar social media star, Vivian Tu shares her BFF rich tips in her NY Times Bestseller "Rich AF."

    Asian American Life Celebrates Arts & Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 28:02


    Celebrating arts and culture with Guggenheim's, "Only The Young" Korean exhibit; Spotlight on opera tenor Martin Bakari; Golden Screen movies that made Asian America; NY's master sommelier; Uplifting NY profile of City Council Member Shahana Hanif.

    Asian American Life Inspiring Others

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023


    Special report on ARK fighting hunger in the Philippines; Legendary photographer Corky Lee gets his own street; Manhattan Kips Bay South Asian community; Miracle fruit changes taste buds; Music artist and composer Treya Lam.

    Asian Americans Lifting NY

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 28:37


    Here Lies Love Broadway hit; Entrepreneur June Kwan and Academy award winner Daniel Kwan share their secret to success; Profile of civil rights leader Glenn Magpantay; Chinatown community rebuilds Yu and Me Books; Artist and former Chair of NEA Jane Chu.

    Fall 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 29:00


    Asian American Life special report on U.S. book ban and censorship laws; Author Ava Chin traces her family roots on Mott Street; Korean textile art; Legendary musician Ravi Shanker archive; Plus artisanal Korean rice wine.

    August 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 28:00


    Photographer Lia Chang frames stories of Asian American communities; Mother and son piano duet; Sesame Street makes history with its first Asian American puppet; Basement Workshop arts organization; Plus “Healing The Children” medical mission to Ecuador

    The Forgotten War, Seventy Years After the Armistice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 82:25


    This special looks at the untold stories of life during and after the Korean War. Host and correspondent Vivian Lee provides a historical overview on the United States involvement in the Korean War and examines what happened after the armistice agreement was signed on July 27, 1953 to stop active fighting. The war never officially ended, and today tensions continue between North and South Korea over nuclear weapons and the demilitarized zone.

    Summer Edition 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 28:50


    Touring the Queens museum store; Sing-A-Long with YouTube sensation Clark on Stage; Plus Aquabest seafood market in New York; Traditional Korean Ssireum wrestling and Twenty Summers Festival celebrates arts and music.

    Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 28:26


    First Filipino American Encyclopedia and their contribution to U.S. history; Brooklyn Book Bodega; Never Fade Away documentary; Popularity of ballroom dancing with Asian Americans; Artist Susan Chen paints portraits worth a thousand words.

    April 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 24:41


    Special report on “Healing The Children” medical mission to Guayaquil Ecuador; Why fermented food improves your health; Award-winning author and poet Kimiko Hahn; Plus photographer Lia Chang captures Asian American arts and culture.

    Celebrating Women Trailblazer For Women's History Month

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 29:07


    Special on Asian American women who were the first in their fields, including CUNY Law School Dean Sudha Setty, Former Judge Doris Ling-Cohan; NY Senator Iwen Chu; Tribute to CUNY's AAARI Betty Sung Lee; History lesson on Afong Moy; Women Crossing DMZ

    February 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 26:34


    Profile of New York Assembly member Steven Raga; Day of Remembrance 81st Anniversary of Japanese internment; Second chances and life after prison; Toddlers learning the ABC's of Mandarin Chinese; CUNY's aviation program launches new careers.

    December Arts & Entertainment Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 25:18


    In his own voice with opera tenor Martin Bakari; Mother and son pianist share their key to music success; Sesame Street makes history with its first Asian American puppet Ji-Young; KPOP on Broadway; And we visit the Godwin-Ternbach Museum in Queens.

    November 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 27:08


    AAL focuses on positive mental health and wellness with Tibetan YindaYin Healing; Hamilton-Madison House helps seniors; Traditional Korean postnatal care; Financial planning for the future; Hollywood legend Anna May Wong appears on U.S. coin.

    November 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 19:40


    AAL focuses on positive mental health and wellness with Tibetan YindaYin Healing; Hamilton-Madison House helps seniors; Traditional Korean postnatal care; Financial planning for the future.

    October 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 26:31


    Asian American Pacific Islander history taught in public schools this year; Who's Who with New York's political candidates; Filipino American history month; Basement workshop arts organization, and Mount Lai skincare rooted in Eastern medicine.

    September 2022-10th Anniversary

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 27:00


    Author Alvin Eng's memoir Our Laundry, Our Town; Women embracing their roots and going gray; Asian Americans speak out against social injustice with “Free Chol Soo Lee”; Family of taekwondo champions; Plus we visit NY's Burmese community.

    August 2022 Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 26:27


    Protecting Chinatown against anti-Asian hate crimes; Fighting back with AAP(I Belong); 20th Anniversary of September 11th and the heroic officer who saved lives; MSNBC/NBC News anchor Richard Lui on caregiving; NFL New England Patriots Eugene Chung.

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    June 2022 Summer Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 26:41


    Exploring little Manila in Queens, New York; 40th Anniversary of Vincent Chin's murder; Cooking budget meals for just $20 dollars a week; Actor George Takei celebrates Japan Day Parade; Asian American hip hop artists speak out against anti-Asian hate.

    May 2022 Special

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 26:41


    Asian American philanthropist creates CUNY's Queens College first school of art; Artist Haksul Lee; Asian American Writers' Workshop 30th Anniversary; Special report on public safety for Asian American women; Author Ly Tran's "House Of Sticks."

    April 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 26:41


    AAL features Authors Daphne Palasi Andreades of Brown Girls and Grace Cho, National Book Finalist for Taste Like War; Contemporary artist Carlos Villa; Plus a Korean Disney-like princess goes viral; And in-depth report on teen mental health

    March 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 26:41


    Meet NY's most diverse city council; Liz Kari speaks out against anti Asian hate crimes with AAP(I Belong); Historical lessons, The Public Theaters true story of “The Chinese Lady.” Plus we visit Yu & Me, New York's first Asian American bookstore.

    February 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 26:34


    Celebrating the Year Of The Tiger; Long Island City's rising Asian American population; Feeding hope, fighting hunger and food insecurity; Korean pop culture global hits; From political asylum to the ivory tower, meet CUNY's new Rhode Scholar.

    December 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 26:10


    All in the family, 5 generations of entrepreneurs; MSNBC/NBC News anchor Richard Lui on caregiving for his father; Update on the Children's Orchestra Society recovery efforts from Hurricane Ida; Light Up Chinatown Project, Asian American Rockette dancer.

    November 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 26:37


    AAL special report on the Children's Orchestra Society recovery efforts after Hurricane Ida; Finding peace with Black Asian solidarity; Sole mates create fashionable footwear; Material Kitchen to table cookware; And sustainable edible insects.

    Asian American Life October 2021 Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 26:54


    Asian American Studies amid rising hate crimes; Origami art in honor of covid patients; Rapper T-Vu; Jamaican Chinese farmers plant their roots in New York; And kicking off the football season with an exclusive interview with former NFL football player.

    September 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 26:25


    New season of Asian American Life pays tribute to the heroes of September 11th; Asian Americans are protecting their communities against anti-Asian hate crimes; Ageless and timeless beauties, and Y-A young adult authors are changing the narrative.

    Asian American Life Summer Edition 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 26:41


    Asian American Life Summer Edition includes healthcare heroes and honoring Filipino nurses; Celebrating the life and legacy of award winning photographer Corky Lee; Spicing up foods from around the world, and the joy of cooking with granny.

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