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CymaSpace: Inclusive Music, Visible Sound

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2018


Air date: 6/15/2018  **Read the transcript of the feature: CymaSpace Transcript CymaSpace is a non-profit performance venue & technology incubator in Portland, Oregon. The organization is dedicated to making the arts accessible to Deaf… Continue reading →

Las Cafeteras: Political Folk for the Soul

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2018


Air date: 4/30/2018 Read the transcript of the episode: 051618 intersections with Las Cafeteras Las Cafeteras, the Chicano band from LA, and what I like to think of as unapologetic political folk music for… Continue reading →

Brenda Rufener: Homeless Youth

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2018


Air date: 4/30/2018 **Read the transcript of the episode: 051618 intersections with Brenda Rufener Brenda Rufener’s debut YA novel, Where I Live,  follows the story of Linden Rose, a clever and witty teenager who… Continue reading →

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Nidhi Chanani: Empowerment Through Fantasy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2018


Nidhi Chanani is a survivor. She survived a traumatic childhood and the loss of her first baby. That doesn’t stop her from finding and celebrating the beautiful, everyday moments. That’s how she created… Continue reading →

Shanthi Sekaran: Un/documented Motherhood

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2017


Shanthi Sekaran is the author of the novel “Lucky Boy”, about adoption, immigration and motherhood, in Berkeley, CA. Two mothers’ paths cross unexpectedly due to their love for this boy, Ignacio – the lucky… Continue reading →

Celeste Ng: Motherhood Across Boundaries

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2017


The last time I spoke with Celeste Ng was for her debut novel, Everything I Never Told You, which won critical acclaim and in fact was featured in one of the first episodes… Continue reading →

Alia Malek: Syria, Inside and Out

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2017


  Alia Malek is the author of The Home that was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria, in which she she weaves the personal history of her family – particularly her maternal grandmother –… Continue reading →

Bomba Estéreo Rocks Indigenous Roots

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2017


Back in August, the day before their latest digital album was released, Bomba Estéreostopped by Portland to start their extensive international tour. This new album, Ayo, differs from previous ones with heart-wrenching melodies… Continue reading →

Rene Denfeld: On humanizing trauma

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2017


Rene Denfeld won critical acclaim for her first novel, The Enchanted, inspired by her experience as an investigator on death penalty cases. Her second novel, The Child Finder, is the story of missing children:… Continue reading →

Vanessa Grubbs: Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplants

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2017


Dr. Vanessa Grubbs is one of the rare few black doctors in nephrology (specializing in the kidney) and that’s just the beginning. She recently published a book looking at racial disparities in kidney… Continue reading →

Jonny Sun Explores Human Nature

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2017


Jonathan Sun is a doctoral student in Urban Studies at MIT – but he’s better known as @jonnysun, the alien character twitter phenomenon with nearly 500,000 followers. Jonny Sun’s profile self-describes as “aliebn… Continue reading →

Moazzam Sheikh: Representing Literary South Asian America

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2017


The Chicago Quarterly Review is a literary anthology that invites aspiring and established writers to submit fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Any writer can tell you the challenges of getting published and the topic… Continue reading →

Zainab Alkebsi: A SCOTUS Tale

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2017


Did you know that July is the anniversary month of the Americans with Disability Act (1990)? July is also the anniversary month of Intersections Radio (2015)! What better way to celebrate than airing… Continue reading →

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Sandhya Menon: When Dimple Met Rishi

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2017


Sandhya Menon is the author of the young adult romance novel When Dimple Met Rishi, her debut novel. The story follows two Indian American (Gujarati, in fact!) teenagers from the San Francisco Bay… Continue reading →

Nina Diaz: Recovery, Authenticity and Identity

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017


Nina Diaz, lead singer of the indie punk rock band, Girl in a Coma has been on tour for her debut solo album, The Beat is Dead. This album tells the story of… Continue reading →

On Common Ground: From Pakistan to Portland

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2017


Sometimes I have the opportunity to host badass South Asian artists in studio, and it is always a very good day. It’s one thing we get to take over the airwaves with this,… Continue reading →

Jennifer Yu: Four Weeks, Five People

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2017


Boston-native Jennifer Yu has had quite an eventful year: She published her debut young adult novel, Four Weeks, Five People, just before graduating from college at the University of Pennsylvania. Getting to graduation… Continue reading →

Vieux Farka Touré: Music as National Service

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2017


Last month, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet and chat with Malian blues guitarist extraordinaire: Vieux Farka Touré. Mali is home to so many outstanding blues and Tuareg artists and Vieux Farka… Continue reading →

Gaby Moreno: Spanglish Folk-Soul

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2017


Since moving to Los Angeles from her native Guatemala, singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno has achieved remarkable success as a musician. She has been nominated for a Grammy (2017) for her latest album, Ilusión, an Emmy (2010) for… Continue reading →

#JournalismIsNotACrime: Jenni Monet Embedded & Arrested at Standing Rock

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2017


  The last time I talked about the protests at Standing Rock, ND, there was a victory of sorts: the Army Corps of Engineers had denied easement to build the Dakota Access Pipeline… Continue reading →

#NODAPL: Sarah Young Bear-Brown

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2017


One of the longest running stories of 2016 was the protest at Standing Rock, ND – to reroute the Dakota Access Pipeline. This protest gathered indigenous communities, environmentalists and allies from all over the… Continue reading →

#Deaf(in)Justice Part 2: Talila Lewis

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2016


**This is the second episode in a two-part series that discusses the Deaf community’s complicated relationship with the Justice System. The Deaf community is at a unique intersection of linguistic minority and disability… Continue reading →

#Deaf(in)Justice Part 1: Amber Farrelly

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2016


**This is the first episode in a two-part series that discusses the Deaf community’s complicated relationship with the Justice System. The Deaf community is at a unique intersection of linguistic minority and disability… Continue reading →

Anat Maytal: A SCOTUS Tale

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2016


Anat Maytal is the president of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association and an attorney with Baker Hostetler in New York City specializing in Business Litigation. You might recognize her as… Continue reading →

Imam Daayiee Abdullah: Reconciling Faith and Sexuality

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2016


**This is the second episode in a two-part series examining the intersection of sexuality with faith and ethnicity. You can listen to the first episode in the series here. Daayiee Abdullah is a religious and… Continue reading →

Sapna Pandya: On Faith, Tradition and Sexuality

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2016


**This is the first in a two-part series examining the intersection of sexuality with faith and ethnicity.  I first met Sapna Pandya, very briefly, when she officiated my friend’s Deaf, gay, (“big, fat”)… Continue reading →

#CripTheVote: Alice Wong, Gregg Beratan, Andrew Pulrang

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2016


The disability community comprises of the world’s largest minority. Thanks to the efforts of Alice Wong, Gregg Beratan and Andrew Pulrang, the community has a political voice and base in this national election… Continue reading →

Sikh Captain America Kicks Intolerant Ass

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2016


For my podcast, Intersections Radio, I’ve been doing a three-part series on South Asian comic/graphic/cartoon artists who use their talent and artwork for social justice. This is the last in the series: Vishavjit Singh… Continue reading →

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Adil and Kamil Imtiaz: Buraaq

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2016


For my podcast, Intersections Radio, I’m doing a series on South Asian comic/graphic/cartoon artists who use their talent and artwork for social justice. You can check out the first episode. This is the… Continue reading →

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Gauher Aftab: Paasban – The Guardian

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2016


For my podcast, Intersections Radio, I’m doing a series on South Asian comic/graphic/cartoon artists who use their talent and artwork for social justice. This is the first in the series: Gauher Aftab is… Continue reading →

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Chaitali Sen: The Pathless Sky

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2016


Chaitali Sen is a writer from Austin, TX. Her debut novel, The Pathless Sky, is the story of a couple navigating their relationship through a country’s political turmoil. Although the country is fictional,… Continue reading →

D’Lo’s Big Fat South Asian Wedding: A Coming Out Story

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2016


D’Lo is a queer/transgender Tamil-Sri Lankan-American actor, writer, and comedian. The first time we met was back in 2013 during the Dis/Orient/Ed comedy tour, which features all Asian American trans and female comics. D’Lo… Continue reading →

Nayomi Munaweera: What Lies Between Us

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2016


Nayomi Munaweera is a brilliant author whose writing draws from her life experiences in Sri Lanka, Nigeria and California. The first time I met her, we talked about her debut novel, Island of a… Continue reading →

David Perry: Policy Brutality, Disability, and the Media

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2016


One of the topics I’ve been exploring on this show is the relationship between police and people of color with disabilities – and the dearth of coverage in the media. For this episode, I… Continue reading →

Virginia Espino: No Más Bebés

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2016


For International Women’s Day this year, I am showcasing an interview with Virginia Espino: she’s UCLA scholar and Program Coordinator of Latino & Latina Studies and producer of the film, No Más Bebés.… Continue reading →

Anirvan Chatterjee & Barnali Ghosh: Intersecting Black History and South Asian American History

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2016


We’re closing out Black History Month and I wanted to feature another set of superstar Bay Area activists who have invested in recognizing our community’s history as a result of the Civil Rights… Continue reading →

Leroy Moore: Black Kripple Delivers Poetry & Lyrics

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2016


Leroy Moore is a superstar disability justice activist and hip hop artist from the SF Bay Area and also, was a guest on the inaugural episode of Intersections Radio! Since then, he’s published… Continue reading →

Tanwi Nandini Islam: Bright Lines

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2015


Something I love about interviewing authors is learning actual histories of different lands through the power of fiction. I had this opportunity again with author Tanwi Nandini Islam’s debut novel, Bright Lines. Tanwi… Continue reading →

Deepa Iyer: We Too Sing America

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2015


Well it has been an awful year with regard to mass shootings around the US – and we’re not even finished yet. So it is timely that Deepa Iyer’s book, We Too Sing America, was… Continue reading →

#WPSDhungerstrike: Fight for Deaf Children’s Education

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2015


People all over the United States are hunger striking for Deaf children’s education at Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. This program has come under scrutiny due to its low Deaf representation in… Continue reading →

Celeste Ng: Everything I Never Told You

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2015


Celeste Ng‘s debut novel, Everything I Never Told You, has been making waves! This title won the New York Times Bestseller Book Review Notable Book award for 2014, the Asian American Award for Literature in… Continue reading →

Sara Nović: Girl at War

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2015


Sara Nović is an impressive writer with a unique perspective on language and writing. She recently graduated from Columbia University with an MFA in Creative Writing and Translation Studies. Her debut novel, Girl… Continue reading →

Oregon’s APA Communities: The Real Story

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2015


Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islanders are the fastest growing racial group in the United States, and have grown to over 220,000 in Oregon. Despite generations of contributions to our economy, culture… Continue reading →

Cuba Libre: Memories in Music

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2015


I’ve had the fortune of talking to very cool people about Cuba, including journalist Julia Cooke and inaugural poet Richard Blanco. And I had the opportunity once again thanks to the Artists Repertory… Continue reading →

ISLRTC Autonomy Now!: The WIN

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2015


First things first: Read, listen to and watch everything here for the back story on the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Center and Deaf India’s fight to run this establishment. Now that you’ve done… Continue reading →

Deanna Fei: Girl in Glass

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2015


Deanna Fei is a writer, known for her debut novel, Thread of Sky. In fact, that’s how I came to learn about her in the first place, when she was a guest on APA… Continue reading →

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: Step it Up

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2015


Back in September, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a call to action: Step it Up. In an effort to encourage a health lifestyle, he’s encouraging us to not only be outside walking… Continue reading →

#FightForDyett Chicago: Jitu Brown

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2015


Chicago’s southside neighborhood of Bronzeville has been making waves: a group of parents from the community engaged in a 34 day hunger strike to fight for their neighborhood high school, Walter H. Dyett… Continue reading →

Sonia Faleiro: 13 Men

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2015


Sonia Faleiro is a journalist and author of 13 Men, which investigates the brutal gang rape of a tribal woman in West Bengal, and the complex political intent involved in the story. She is based out… Continue reading →

Michele Friedner: The Value(s) of Bangalore’s Deaf Community

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2015


Michele Friedner, Medical Anthropologist and author of Valuing Deaf Worlds in Urban India. She’s faculty at the StonyBrook School of Health Technology and Management and an expert in investigating Deaf Communities in India. This… Continue reading →

#Katrina10: Interpreter and Language Access

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2015


I happened to visit New Orleans in early August for an Interpreting conference. In fact, I was in New Orleans on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and was… Continue reading →

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