Podcasts about Gyo

 Junji Ito is a Japanese horror manga artist. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town cursed by spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story in which fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called "the death stench." His other works include The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, a collection of his many short stories, and Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu, a self-parody about him and his wife living in a house with two cats.

One of my favorite quotes about problem-solving on a systems and institutional level is that "the answer is in the room." This means that when there are problems that need to be solved, even big ones, the person, perspective, or idea that will solve it doesn't need to be sought outside of those who know the work best. As teacher recruitment, training, and retention remain persistent challenges to districts big and small, Grow-Your-Own programs have been developed and launched, especially in districts serving highly impacted and very diverse populations. GYO takes many forms, including but not limited to cadet programs and para-to-teacher efforts. Enter Dr. Jeff Geihs, longtime educator, leader, and thought leader. Working with the Silver State Education Foundation as Executive Director, Dr. Giehs and team have brought together GYO and concurrent enrollment opportunities for the next generation of teachers, especially students of color. Dr. Geihs joined Gerardo for an exciting and motivational conversation. To learn more, follow us on Patreon! Follow us on all platforms! @toodopeteachers Support the podcast: www.patreon.com/toodopeteachers

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One of my favorite quotes about problem-solving on a systems and institutional level is that "the answer is in the room." This means that when there are problems that need to be solved, even big ones, the person, perspective, or idea that will solve it doesn't need to be sought outside of those who know the work best. As teacher recruitment, training, and retention remain persistent challenges to districts big and small, Grow-Your-Own programs have been developed and launched, especially in districts serving highly impacted and very diverse populations. GYO takes many forms, including but not limited to cadet programs and para-to-teacher efforts. Enter Dr. Jeff Geihs, longtime educator, leader, and thought leader. Working with the Silver State Education Foundation as Executive Director, Dr. Giehs and team have brought together GYO and concurrent enrollment opportunities for the next generation of teachers, especially students of color. Dr. Geihs joined Gerardo for an exciting and motivational conversation. To learn more, follow us on Patreon! Follow us on all platforms! @toodopeteachers Email: [email protected]

Micromania est en vente, qu'est-ce que cela implique pour les 300 boutiques et les 1000 employés ? Analyse avec Thomas Méreur, journaliste et ancien vendeur chez Micromania et Gyo, responsable de boutique sur Lyon.

Today Guy, Gareth, and Jenny reflect on the past twelve months of beautiful blooms and bountiful harvests, but also wet weather and guzzling gastropods! Join us as we revisit some of our favourite stories from 2024, and share what garden tips and seasonal advice we're taking with us into the new year. Hosts: Gareth Richards, Guy Barter, Jenny Laville Episodes mentioned: Dr Hayley Jones discussing slugs from episode ‘Critter camaraderie: Slugs, Snails, and Guerilla Gardening Tales'  Gareth Richards and James Armitage take a walk through Chelsea from episode ‘Notes on hardiness' James Lawrence and the sustainable planting combinations from episode ‘Sustainable plant combos, GYO tips (for tomatoes, beetroot, squash), flowering shrubs' Jassy Drakulic on encouraging mycorrhizal relationships in your soil, from episode ‘Compost, fungi, and giant vegetables' Anya Lautenbach's money saving advice from episode ‘Growing on a budget' Additional Links: Become an RHS member

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Connor and Harry discuss Junji Ito's horror manga series Uzumaki, Gyo, and Shivers, as well as the limits of translating print comics into anime adaptations, with the Junji Ito Collection and Maniac series.

Send us a textUnlock the remarkable story of Gyo Fujikawa, a pioneering illustrator who transformed children's literature with her enchanting art and groundbreaking depictions of diverse children. You'll discover how Gyo, a first-generation Japanese American, overcame societal norms and racial barriers to leave a lasting impact on the art world. Her life journey, beautifully captured in a biographical picture book by Kiel MacLear and Julie Morstad, takes us from her family's internment during World War II to her flourishing career at Walt Disney Studios. Gyo's resilience and dedication, despite the challenges of racial biases in the 1960s, highlight her as an unsung heroine whose legacy continues to inspire.Join the conversation as we explore how Gyo's story can be a gateway to understanding Asian American heritage and inspire discussions on social justice, identity, and courage. This episode provides educators with insightful tips to engage students with Gyo's journey, fostering both creativity and empathy. By tuning in, you also gain access to resources on culturally responsive practices and more stories of unsung heroines in future episodes. Don't miss the chance to share this inspiring narrative with friends passionate about history, art, and social justice. COME SAY Hey!! Instagram: @cultrallyjebeh_ Facebook: @JebehCulturalConsulting Pinterest: @Jebeh Cultural Consulting LinkedIn: @Jebeh Cultural Consulting Leave a Review on our Podcast! We value your feedback!Buy My eBook: Empowering Your BIPOC Students Enroll In My Digital Course: How To Be A Culturally Competent LeaderBuy My K-12 Lesson PlansSign Up For Our Newsletter

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Gyo" by Junji Ito, one of his scariest mangas by the horror master him.

Vi återvänder, traditionsenligt, till skräck- och spänningslitteraturen. Detta är ju ett mycket kärt tema för oss - minst tre avsnitt har vi gjort med boktips på mer eller mindre fasansfulla böcker. Detta avsnitt är inget undantag - här får ni en bredd på böckerna från obehagliga till vansinnigt blodiga - och vi vågar påstå att här finns något för de flesta, under förutsättning att ni gillar att rysa, haha!Klara, Tobbe och Martin tipsar om dessa böcker i avsnittet: "The Nice House on the Lake" av  James Tynion IV & Álvaro Martínez Bueno"Uzumaki – Spiralerna" och "Gyo" av Junji Ito"Alien Isolation" – spel "Kyla" av Therese Henriksson "Swarm" av Jennifer D. Lyle"Hell Followed With Us" av Andrew Joseph White

Teacher Hallie of Educators Amplified joins us to catch up on trending educational news and debate the merits of Grow Your Own Teacher programs. Hallie appreciates that GYO programs can absolutely help bridge necessary teacher shortages... but it does nothing to prevent the further exodus. We've got some trending news to tackle today. SCOTUS blocked Biden's loan repayment plan. An ever-increasing number of school districts are moving to ban or heavily regulate smartphones in class. Together, these topics bring us into a conversation about liberty, patriotism, and how public institutions can stay public and stay working in the best interests of growing humans. Busted Pencils is part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-7 pm across Wisconsin. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Dr. Tim, Dr. Johnny and the show! Guest: Hallie Schmeling

We read Gyo. CWs for: extreme body horror, disease and infection, suicide, misogyny, sexual violence, animal mistreatment and death. For the next show, we are reading all of Remina. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The… Continue reading Gyo

We read the rest of Uzumaki. CWs for: body horror and gore, medical horror, cannibalism. For the next show, we are reading all of Gyo. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker. The show is produced by… Continue reading Uzumaki – Part 2

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A GYO program is bringing new teachers of color to a suburban district. Here's why a local educator thinks it's an idea worth stealing.

Julian Vasquez Heilig and Laura Dinehart join Dr. Tim to discuss how Western Michigan University is 'Growing Their Own' teachers, without test tubes or science from the future! No, their "Gro-ing" their teachers by offering an opportunity to learn, work, and get PAID all in one place. With over 300 students enrolled since July, the program exemplifies how to effectively address the teacher exodus by ensuring accessibility, support, and a deep connection to local communities for prospective educators. Listeners are treated to a detailed overview of the program's mechanics, emphasizing the removal of financial barriers for candidates through state and district funding, alongside innovative online education strategies to accommodate working adults and non-traditional students. This episode contrasts sharply with the alternative certification paths other states have taken, highlighting the importance of a comprehensive and supported pathway into teaching. This engaging discussion not only illuminates the challenges within the education system but also shines a beacon of hope on the possibilities that lie in collaborative efforts, innovative solutions, and the unwavering belief in the power of public education. By investing in the future of teaching through programs like GYO, Western Michigan University showcases a viable blueprint for nationwide adoption, promising a brighter future for education.

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On this week's episode, I sat down with Gyo to talk about her call as a leader and the qualities it requires. How the Lord brought her there, how He qualifies the unqualified and what makes up a good edifying leader. If you're feeling the call to start making disciples and lead them, as the great commission calls us to do, then his episode is for YOU.  I hope you enjoy it!  : BUSINESS INQUIRIES ggwipodcast@gmail.com : SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buy.stripe.com/14kbMI6cBcPW3M44gg⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/getgodlywithit/support⁠⁠⁠⁠ : INSTAGRAM ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/kathydwulit/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/getgodlywithitpodcast/⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/getgodlywithit/support

This week we're exploring small but useful nuggets of information that have the potential to change the way we interact with our surroundings this growing season. We're getting seasonal tips on GYO – things like training and pruning apple trees and preparing allotments for the busiest time of year. And, we're delving into plant names – and the system behind our classifications.    Presenter: Guy Barter Contributors: Andy Lewis, Jenny Laville, James Armitage Contact: podcasts@rhs.org.uk Links:   Apples and pears: winter gardening   The Newt in Somerset – an RHS Partner Garden   Allotments: getting started   RHS Practical Latin for Gardeners   Untangling Latin Names

Esta semana, o nosso bom velho de Remelhe está feliz... à condição! O Benfica goleou o Portimonense na Luz , aproveitou a escorregadela de Gyo e Cia em Vila do Conde para acabar a jornada em 1º lugar, a 2 pontos dos Leões, mas com menos um jogo disputado. Mas os próximos dias vão ser quentes para as Águias: Alvalade para a meia-final da Taça na 5ª, e Dragão para a Liga no Domingo... Pfffffff!! Que 11 vai Schmidt apresentar frente aos Leões? E para o Porto que vacilou em Barcelos, o encontro com o Benfica vai ser decisivo para os Dragões continuarem na luta pelo título, ou será que esse comboio já partiu? O Braga lá deu um descanso ao Oliveira, ganhou sem espinhas no Bessa e de repente, está a 3 pontos do Porto. Fim do estatudo de "ilha"?? O nosso Oliveira não parece muito crente! Juntem-se à nossa 'terapia semanal' e ouçam o episódio 122!

Check out this episode on video at 6pm central here https://youtu.be/6vO3nADDfpE Join host Rodney Smith on Dangerous Misinformation, where we dive into pressing topics, challenge the status quo, and have a whole lot of fun. In this episode, we discuss everything from challenging the opposite sex to the potential of liberals aligning with Hitler. We also touch on personal anecdotes, life hacks for cat owners, and the journey of content creation. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with a friend. For more, grab a copy of my book, The Petty Principles, available on Amazon. Let's grow this based family together! Find all social and product links here https://linktr.ee/rodneywrites Timestamps: 0:00:00 - 0:00:20: Rodney Smith opens the episode with humor and gratitude, welcoming listeners to Dangerous Misinformation. 0:00:33 - 0:00:42: Rodney adjusts the volume and shares a funny anecdote related to a meme. 0:00:42 - 0:01:16: Promotion time! Rodney promotes his book, The Petty Principles, and encourages listeners to follow, like, and subscribe. 0:01:19 - 0:02:17: Rodney playfully reflects on relationships, ex-girlfriends, and humorous challenges. 0:02:17 - 0:02:58: Rodney seeks support to grow the channel, shares a funny story about his gold chain, and addresses audience messages. 0:02:58 - 0:03:44: Reflecting on life, Rodney humorously shares experiences and thoughts about therapy. 0:03:44 - 0:06:12: Rodney dives into various topics, including adventures, funny cat stories, and feedback from listeners. 0:06:13 - 0:06:19: A helpful cat tip for owners dealing with litter box issues. 0:06:19 - 0:07:20: Thoughts on life, relationships, and Rodney's humorous take on challenges and personal growth. 0:07:20 - 0:08:20: Rodney reminisces about a funny moment at a wedding and reflects on the craziness of the past year. 0:08:20 - 0:10:00: Rodney shares thoughts on liberals, predicts the rise of non-binary Nazis humorously, and provides a bonus cat tip. 0:10:00 - 0:10:44: Rodney discusses internet gurus, emphasizes the importance of putting in the work, and shares his perspective on success. 0:10:53 - 0:11:47: Exploring the potential of liberals embracing Hitler, drawing parallels with historical figures. 0:11:48 - 0:12:48: Rodney reflects on setting goals, overcoming mental blocks, and challenges listeners to strive for more. 0:12:48 - 0:13:11: Contemplating a change in the podcast schedule and requesting listener feedback. 0:13:13 - 0:15:54: Wrapping up the episode, Rodney encourages listeners to spread the joy, buy his book, and share the podcast. 0:15:55 - 0:15:57: Rodney signs off, wishing everyone a fantastic hump day and teasing Thirsty Thursday. Transcription: 1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:20,700 Hi everybody! Thank you for tuning in a dangerous misinformation. I'm your host Frogny Smith. Thank you for joining us today tune in is will be discussing pressing topics such as challenging the opposite sex how long before the lips will back Hitler clout chasing and much more fun for the whole entire family stick around to the end appreciate you being here. This is dangerous misinformation.  2 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:40,100 Hi there everybody thank you for tuning into dangerous Misinformation. Let me turn myself down a little bit. There came in too hot  3 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:41,160 too hot,  4 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:42,620 I taught a men's not hot  5 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:42,960 well  6 00:00:42,960 --> 00:01:16,580 welcome welcome welcome please like the video, please write and subscribe and whatever thing you're listening to go buy my book The Petty Principles available on Amazon, go get yourself and I don't Pay Taxes shirt and do whatever things make you happy in this life. Follow follow your drives, but my cat was fucking with shit again yes, follow your dreams and follow me on social medias so I can become as famous as humanly possible because that is how I receive myself worth, I guess.  7 00:01:19,560 --> 00:02:17,300 Help me get back at all my ex girlfriends let me know that my ex girlfriends will be lay in there looking at their husbands and as much as they love this motherfucker right as much as they love these motherfuckers right and their kids and their their their their functional lives they're gonna sit there and there's gonna look at this bastard. They're gonna be like you know he's great. He' does everything he's just not Lord, Betty, I missed out I could have been a world famous, rich triumphant, the fucking First lady of shit talk but you fucked up bitch but anyways I'm just playing dude, I'm just playing. What do we want to dive into man I've so many things is one of those episodes where I have so much shit on my mind where I don't even know what the fuck I want to dive into but I'm swearing in the' first half or the first little bit, but I don't care because by the rate of it we're not going to get monetized on YouTube for a while. Even though we have. Enough subscribers we don't have the view count  8 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:58,440 because you guys like the audio which I understand. But just help me out, dude I'm small enough to the point where I' can still ask for help and not feel like a huge fucking asshole. So help out the brand, help out the channel, help out your boy and go in that my shit was all something was caught in my chain and my gold chain dude, I got the funniest. I got the funniest messages, everything I'm gonna play it for you because it's funny to me. Let's see how. How. Should I say that the things that seem apparent to me are funny when they come in in real time  9 00:02:58,440 --> 00:02:59,360 you know what I? Mean  10 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:44,740 like this is a 15 minute podcast 4 days out of the week and it's not like I'm 24. 7 this dude with my fucking chest out and my chains hanging out talking about you know how mass migration is hell on Earth right occasionally. I'm just a normal guy. I put on my reading glasses when I get home they aren't actually reading glasses with like the big fucking dark follicle on the bottom, but they are glasses that I need to read and anyways uh, I'll get into that a minute. I've so many things I' want to talk about dude. What would I do without this podcast? I'd be sitting in some therapists office I'd be laying, I'd be laying what's the opposite of vertical horizontal what's the thing where you lay flat? Is that horizontal maybe who cares? Did I pay attention to elementary school?  11 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:45,780 No,  12 00:03:45,920 --> 00:04:05,340 I saw a meme another day was somebody me driving a work at 5 a m cause I wanted to be funny in high school and that was me unfortunately, but it's okay now I'm funny in real life and I make hundreds of thousands of dollars for doing so. So I got this message right.  13 00:04:06,880 --> 00:05:04,740 So funny like seeing you with like your glasses and stuff because if you're videos which I don't really launch by the way cause half the time you're talking about shit I don't even know or' understand cause I'm not into politics but. Like you seem so like I don't know in your videos. You just seem so different how you like actually are in person. Um, which is like so funny because you're like a in real life like you're like a dorky like this is the vibe you give off it's like dorky glasses, cat daddy like grandpa, um, whatever. And then in your videos you're like no undersure chain like bite me broke and go out and like shoot someone just makes me laugh.  14 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:15,780 I can't be Lord Petty 24. 7 okay, I might be Lord Petty 20  15 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:19,040 like  16 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:22,700 16 and 4  17 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:23,960 maybe,  18 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:36,900 but not 24. 7 dude, but that's' hilarious that made me laugh there's something that I like. I like it when people challenge me I don't like it when somebody who's an absolute fucking dark steps out of place  19 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:37,840 and  20 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:46,820 excuse me. I don't like it when somebody's in abs I think it's only with women I don't like it when dudes challenge me because 9 times out of 10 I'm like dude to the fuck are you?  21 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,460 But when women  22 00:05:49,800 --> 00:06:12,780 when women challenge me it makes me uh, it makes me be like I let me let me put this let me put this bitch in place not that I'm trying to do it to her I'm just saying in general right I'm like, let me I don't know, I like it I like when people have the balls to just call out your bullshit you know, and we all carry bullshit, and if I'm gonna be calling out people's bullshit all the time  23 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,280 so me calling out my bullshit.  24 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:18,260 You know what I need to undo some buttons here I don't have enough buttons open  25 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:19,120 there we go.  26 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:26,780 It's so funny how mad people get about the shirt thing and they think it's not even that big of a gimmick because I do do it in public. I don't  27 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:28,440 know.  28 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:43,900 I don't know how it started. It was funny when I was in when I was in Mexico, which by the way I've had a crazy ass year I'll be sitting around my apartment I'll be feeling bored to be like man, my life is just fly me by, but then I think about like this year's been absolutely fucking nuts  29 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:45,340 I've been to  30 00:06:46,120 --> 00:07:20,260 so many places and dated so many people and done so much shit and met so many people. And it's it's been happen, but it doesn't seem like it right. It doesn't seem like at the day to day because I spend like 90% of my time alone just work and sitting on my computer, just trying to figure this shit the fuck out and trying to fear how can I get these lovely people listening to my podcast and consuming my content to share it even more so I can have my girlfriends look at their husbands and be appalled with them okay when I say girlfriends, I mean ex girlfriends are whatever, dude however you want to paint it painted however and you want to paint it  31 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:21,640 um  32 00:07:21,640 --> 00:08:20,200 god dude my nose every time I get on this fucking podcast like I either have my eye will start itching my nose will start itching maybe I'm addicted what's the word' allergic and he was what was I just talking about I was talking about something I was going somewhere good oh yeah, so I was in Mexico so I was in Mexico for my friend Gyo and alex's wedding and they have a son. His name is Donny and I love Donny very much donny is like a like a little I don't know how to even describe the relationship it's like a little brother type deal but he's like one of my best friends kids so maybe I'm like an uncle or something um but so I got hammered and I gave him a chain right I was wearing like 3 gold chains and just had my shirt wide open at this wedding and so I gave him one of my gold chains and uh and then the next day we go out to dinner and then Donnie shows up and he's got his shirt just ripped wide open wearing a fat gold chain. I fucking died  33 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:21,000 dude  34 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:35,620 and Geo was die it. Was funny man. It was one of the most honorable moments in my life and I was like oh no, it's rubbing off but it. Was fucking hilarious dude, but yeah, this last year, has been it's been crazy dude.  35 00:08:39,320 --> 00:09:38,280 That sound. I put on a documentary out in the living room for the cat about these like mere cats somewhere in Africa cause I thought she would watch it, but instead she's all glued in my hip dude and by the way, okay, this is gonna apply to most of you but well actually I read a statistic that one out of 10 people that own a cat have issues with the cat pissing outside the fucking litter box so I'm gonna give you a tip something that I learned somewhere from some Facebook comment or something like that because I was gonna get rid of my giddy I was gonna get rid of her because you get pissed in places but then I went and I bought a carpet cleaner and I sucked up all the piss you probably heard me talk about sucking up the piss on this podcast before, so I made sure all the piss stains were gone and then all I did was remove the top lid she had one of those litter boxes with the dome so they won't fling shit everywhere, which now she flings shit but it's better' than' pissing on the carpet and like the living room or something like that because now like the occasional turd clump I gotta pick up in the bathroom that gets  36 00:09:38,280 --> 00:10:00,760 flung uh long story short cats don't like being enclosed in litter boxes some of them. So if your cat's pissing in the house and she has a dome litter box, try taking the dome off and make sure you get rid of all the piss smells in the house and that is my bro tip for the day don't ever say I've never giving you' a bro tip because that is my biggest pet pee if we was like, oh lord, petty, you just talk shit you never help us out  37 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:01,440 no no no  38 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:17,660 we don't do anything for you we don't share your podcasts, we don't buy your shirts we don't buy your books we don't suck your dick and they just complain. Dude. They just ask and ask and ask like a bunch of ungrateful ungrateful liberals dude speaking of the liberals all right  39 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:18,640 how  40 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:44,740 far off do we think we are from the libs riding with Hitler because they already fucks with Stalin? Right they love Stalin and communism. They love. The other day they were talking about Osama bin Laden, right? They were reading the Osama bin Laden letter. I'm a totally different perspective. On 9. 11 they're rocking with Hamas, you know from the river to the sea. Palestine will be free because Hamas is basically ISIS 2.0 right?  41 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:46,760 How  42 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:53,700 far off are we from liberals being like oh you know what well Hitler was actually pretty good  43 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:54,600 because  44 00:10:54,600 --> 00:11:47,780 if you read Minecom right the first 3rd of the book is all. About how fucked up working working conditions are for manual laborers and about how fucked up capitalism is and how we need workers unions. That's the whole far at' first part of minecomph. So once the liberals get a hold of it back oh wow, the white conservatives in America don't like Nazis, so maybe we should like Nazis. I guarantee you within the next year we will have non bionary Nazis. Mark my fucking words dude bookmark this video because I guarantee you you will see a diseaser ZM with a Hitler stash by the end of the year and I'm always right. I'm always right about everything, dude. And if I'm not I' could have been right. Remember that scene from Was It Get Richard? I Trying.  45 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:49,740 I can't remember,  46 00:11:49,800 --> 00:12:48,680 I can't. Oh no was it? I guess Richard died trying it? Maybe it was hustling on flow. Can't remember. It was one of the movies. With Terence terence Howard where he goes. I'm always right neither. If I'm not right, I' could have been right, I resonated with that it where we at 12 minutes. Oh shit, I thought we're already running out of time it's weird because when I used to do half hours right when I used to do half hour episodes I would be like oh I'd be like around 22 minutes and then I'd finally be like okay, like how we do it on time now I say well I'm gonna do 15. To 20 minute episodes and so it's like the goals you set so if you're working out or something' like that and if you can do you know, always strive for more than you think you can do because in that game cause you just said you set the bar, there's like mental blocks, you know because in my subconscious to say okay I gotta have interesting content for 15 minutes. That's like oh uh uh 15 minutes. Uh if I told myself no, I gotta sit here for a fucking hour right if I did an hour I mean that's next challenge I should probably  47 00:12:48,680 --> 00:13:11,180 try to do is make these things longer, but I don't know. I was almost thinking and go into a Monday Wednesday Friday schedule what do you think about that what do you think about a Monday Wednesday Friday schedule because I think it's hard to stand top of a show every single day because I don't know shit comes up. But let me know. Please give me feedback. I want feedback. I don't want feedback as far as  48 00:13:13,960 --> 00:14:12,540 I don't know, you know, you know when people like to bring nothing to the table like oh, you know you should say you know you should do you know you should like no, you should do that. If your ideas are so great you would have the audience that I have and you would go do things if your ideas are so great people. Just want to show up at the tail end of shit and then have their input and here's one thing I keep hearing on the internet from all these fucking internet guru people. They their advice, they tell people oh well, if I was freshly getting into social media, what I would do is I would find somebody with an existing audience and I would tap into that audience I would ask hey can I come on your podcast or hey? Can you repurpose my content there is nothing there is nothing more disgusting and annoying than somebody who hasn't done the ground level base of work that comes to you with their fucking hands out trying to act like they're not doing that anybody with half a brain that has worked for anything that they have they know exactly when people are trying to use them and it's bullshit. If you put in the work,  49 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:46,860 trust me, people will notice and eventually things will start clicking as long as the material is good you know, be like, oh the algorithms hate me no your shooches wasn't good enough people didn't like your stuff and I tell myself that every time whenever my video flops, whenever my you know something doesn't do well I think I was like, oh, they didn't like, it they didn't like it I don't talk about all the fucking tech companies although this and all the fucking excuses in the world think about everybody's posted. On the Internet, think about how much shit you're competing with it's hard out here for a pimp, dude but anyways let's see was there anything else I wanted to cover in this  50 00:14:49,800 --> 00:15:47,740 I don't think so dude I don't think so I think we're gonna. I think we're gonna call that I think we're gonna call that a rap so please be sure like I said go by my book go by my book if you like this podcast, you love the book. You can get that at Amazon. There'll be links in the everywhere you're smart you'll figure it out you wouldn't be here if you're a dumbass so please tell somebody about the podcast okay, go to your phone right now if you enjoyed this episode if this episode brought you any joy spread that fucking joy, dude take this episode and send it to a friend. Okay, you should check this out sometime you don't need to be pushy, but that's' how' things' work is just word of mouth, so if you enjoy it tell somebody else let's grow this dysfunctional ass fucked up based family and if you guys want to give me any sort of feedback message me find the socials lord Petty some underscore. Send me an email at lord petty podcast at gmail. Com and I think that's it for the day dude. Y'all have yourselves a  51 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:54,700 wonderful rest of your hump day and I will see y'all for Thirsty Thursday  52 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:57,060 deuces.

It's that time of year again… Our annual book special is here! Today, Helen Griffin, RHS Book Publishing Manager, chats with Fiona Davidson, Guy Barter, and Arthur Parkinson about their top gardening book picks of 2023. Tune in for a discussion on the future of GYO and resilient planting, the relevance of gardening history, and wildcard topics like cut flowers, winter gardening, and yes, even murder.  Presenter: Helen Griffin Contributors: Fiona Davidson, Guy Barter, Arthur Parkinson, and Matt Pottage Books Discussed: Botany of the Kitchen Garden by Helena Dove Rekha's Kitchen Garden: Seasonal Produce and Home-Grown Wisdom from One Gardener's Allotment Year by Rekha Mistry RHS The Winter Garden by Naomi Slade England's Gardens: A Modern History by Stephen Parker Gardening can be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers by Marta McDowell Not Another Jungle: Comprehensive Care for Extraordinary Houseplants by Tony Le Britton Chatsworth: The gardens and the people who made them by Alan Titchmarsh A Year Full of Veg: A Harvest for All Seasons by Sarah Raven The Cut Flower Sourcebook by Rachel Siegfried

Happy Halloween everyone! In celebration of the event and our short hiatus, we decided to rerelease episode 18 from the 2020 vault! If you've been sleeping under a rock for the last 30 years, it's time to step out into the world of walking zombie-fish, hypnotizing spirals, and an immortal succubus named Tomie. This is the world created by Ito Junji, the legendary mangaka who got his start in horror more than 30 years ago with Tomie. We will look at Tomie, Gyo, and Uzumaki, his most familiar works, and talk about what makes us scared on this Halloween special. -Amelia will be at Anime NYC Nov 17-19th with Lewd Driip so check her our there! https://lewddriip.com -We'll be back Nov 30th with a Mamoru Hasoda Retrospective! Thanks for listening!! Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or by visiting any of the links below. Website: https://otakuhostclub.com Discord:https://discord.gg/5qzkhnZQ8 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/otakuhostclub https://linktr.ee/otakuhostclub --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-otaku-host-club/support

On Episode 55 of the Daebak K-Rambles Podcast, Jess and guest Sarah from Kdrama This and the Afternoona Asks Podcast kick off this mini Spooky SZN with a review of D.P., starring Jung Hae-In, Koo Gyo-Hwan, Kim Sung-Kyun, and Son Suk-Ku. Jess and Sarah discuss both seasons 1 and 2 of this dark military drama, talking through the amazing performances from Hae-in and Gyo-hwan, Sarah's experience at the Jung Hae-in fanmeet, the haunting and unflinching look at the South Korean military, the violence and humiliation behind the most memorable deserter vignettes, the bold and uncomfortable themes and topics (e.g., abuse, trauma, suicide, homophobia), and more. GUEST: Sarah Afternoona Asks Podcast: Available on Spotify, Google, Apple Instagram: @kdramathis www.kdramathis.com Rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, follow us on all the socials, and be sure to let us know what you want to see in Season 5! Follow us! Patreon Instagram Twitter Facebook --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daebakpod/support

This week on the show, Lee goes driving in a Vegtrug! and who is the REAL hero of School Gardening after Lee looks into a piece from the Telegraph with Jim Carter and Matthew Appleby titled "Less Scren, More Green", but does Lee agree?Plus Richards back with another GYO top tip!Join School Gardening Success. The best way to get your class gardening, with all the equipment, all of the lessons and most importantly teacher support. Find out more at https://schoolgardeningsuccess.co.uk

No dia em que os Meninos de Ouro completam 100 emissões, temos assuntos bem apetitosos, cortesia desse belo desporto chamado FUTEBOL! Temos 3 líderes: o Sporting "di Gyo" soma e segue com tranquilidade, o Porto de Conceição volta a vencer "à bruta", e o Boavista de Petit surpreende tudo e todos, no 1º lugar, a golear, só pra contrariar, e nós adoramos isso, colegas! E enquanto o Benfica de "Chaimite" continua a navegar em águas serenas, o Braga de Artur Jorge parece estar a velejar em direcção a uma tempestade... e vêm aí os Napolitanos!!! É que a Champions e a Liga Europa estão de volta e isso obriga a análises e previsões! 100 emissões, colegas, 100 emissões!!!

This week along with the school garden updates Lee is frustrated about how school and children's gardening is perceived by the industryOlive tells us how her school show garden went down, Richard is back with yet another GYO tip, and Lee gives you an idea of what you can do instead of listening!Join School Gardening Success. The best way to get your class gardening, with all the equipment, all of the lessons and most importantly teacher support. Find out more at https://schoolgardeningsuccess.co.uk 3 NEW podcasts EVERY WEEKListen to Teacher/ Parent Garden Club athttps://Skinnyjeangardener.co.uk/podOR EXTREME Gardening athttps://anchor.fm/skinnyjeangardener OR BRAND NEW 2 Gardener, 1 Story athttps://t.co/9vZd3vNbph Get more gardening with the How to get Kids Gardening Book, NOW ONLY £10 https://https://skinnyjeangardener.co.uk/shop/how-to-get-kids-gardening-book

For the second time this month Lee returns to parliament to talk more about children's gardening educationPLUS; Olive returns to the podcast, Richard suggett gives a top GYO tip and we go down to the bottom of the gardenJoin School Gardening Success. The best way to get your class gardening, with all the equipment, all of the lessons and most importantly teacher support. Find out more at https://schoolgardeningsuccess.co.uk 3 NEW podcasts EVERY WEEKListen to Teacher/ Parent Garden Club athttps://Skinnyjeangardener.co.uk/podOR EXTREME Gardening athttps://anchor.fm/skinnyjeangardener OR BRAND NEW 2 Gardener, 1 Story athttps://t.co/9vZd3vNbph Get more gardening with the How to get Kids Gardening Book, NOW ONLY £10 https://https://skinnyjeangardener.co.uk/shop/how-to-get-kids-gardening-book

After flight delays, lost luggage & dropped internet.  "Magic Show" is the second of the "On the Road" (ONR) Cali Sessions, GYO being the first. Recorded live @ the Velaslavasy Panoramaon May 6,  2023.Plenty MORE ONR To Come!Give Thanks

A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. This episode highlights a wonderful hybrid book club event from AACRE, Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality a collective of Progressive Asian organizations that APEX is a part of. It was hosted at the East Wind Bookstore in Berkeley, CA. Ko Kim of “We are the Gems” joined us in a conversation about books people enjoyed reading growing up and later Innosanto Nagara is interviewed by Miko Lee.   This book club event was so sweet and so lovely, and admittedly was very eye-opening for me as someone who has quote unquote graduated from children's books, but more about that later. We came up with a list of books people enjoyed reading growing up!   AACRE Thursdays is monthly radio show featuring an organization from the AACRE: Asian American for Civil Rights and Equality. AACRE Thursdays premiers every third Thursday of the month at 7pm. Find more APEX Express Shows here.   APEX Express is a weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Miko's Favorite AAPI Children's Books (live from East Wind Books in Berkeley) With author Ko Kim All books written and illustrated by AAPI authors/artists unless noted Ko Kim Ko Kim's Book We are Gems attached is the watermarked PDF only for the AACRE community. Board Books A is for Activist Counting on Community  Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes Red is a Dragon: A Book of Colors The Story of Rap    Picture Books It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way biography on artist Gyo and the impact of the Japanese American incarceration during WWII Drawn Together. A boy and his grandfather draw and talk story. Deals with intergenerational drama and imagination. Check out a lesson plan for this book I helped develop with Agency By Design in Oakland Juna's Jar Juna goes on adventures and collects things. Good STEAM book. Check out this lesson plan for this book by Agency By Design in Oakland Dad Bakes -Formerly incarcerated Cambodian dad bakes with his daughter The Paper Kingdom – Janitor parents take their son to work at night and he imagines a kingdom.  A Friend for Henry – Focused on Henry, a young boy with autism The Ugly Vegetables – Chinese family grows Chinese vegetables and daughter is embarrassed and longs for the neighbors flowers, until mom makes soup that everyone longs for. Whoever You Are – Mem Fox's beautiful book about our diverse world (non AAPI writer, but beautiful book with great message) The Paper Crane – A paper crane transforms a town (non AAPI writer, but beautiful book with great message) The Sound of Colors: A Journey of the Imagination – a young woman, who is going blind reimagines the NY subway   Positive Body Image Eyes That Kiss the Corners – a girl learns to love her Asian eyes Eyes that Speak to the Stars – a boy learns to love his Asian eyes Happy to Be Nappy – a child learn to appreciate her black hair Laxmi's Mooch – a girl learns to appreciate her body hair (mustache)   Global First Laugh–Welcome, Baby!  Indigenous writers share Navajo story about baby's first laughter ceremony. Enough! 20 Protesters Who Changed America picture book about protests Bread, Bread, Bread, Families, Houses and Homes  White writer Anne Morris photo compilations showcase commonalities around the world.  We March African American writer Shane Evans picture book about 1963 March on Washington Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness White writer talks about privileged. This is the book for your white friends kids who want to use a book to spark a family conversation about racism.   Audience Recommendations of Children's Books  Book Recommendations with Links Coffee Rabbit Snowdrop Lost by Birkjaer — https://enchantedlion.com/all-books/coffee-rabbit-snowdrop-lost It Might Be An Apple, Yoshitake — https://bookbugsanddragontales.com/product/9780500650486 Julian is Mermaid by Jessica Love — https://jesslove.format.com/julian-is-a-mermaid His Own Where — https://www.nationalbook.org/people/june-jordan/  Dragon Hoops by Gene Yang   — https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781626720794/dragonhoops Little One or We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp — https://www.orcabook.com/We-Sang-You-Home American Born Chinese by Gene Yang — https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250811899/americanbornchinese In the Beautiful Country by Jane Kuo — https://janekuo.com/book/in-the-beautiful-country/ Hush by Min Fong Ho — https://www.bfbooks.com/Hush-A-Thai-Lullaby Rob Liu Trujillo — http://work.robdontstop.com/ Who Turned on the Sky by Marielle Atanacio —  https://www.bymatanacio.com/ Juna and Appa by Jane Park  — https://www.leeandlow.com/books/juna-and-appa A map into the World  — https://lernerbooks.com/shop/show/17915 A Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen — https://solrad.co/refugee-fairytales-the-magic-fish-by-trung-le-nguyen   All these below you can buy at East Wind Bookstore! Lunchtime with Samnang  Our Little Kitchen by Tamaki   A Place Where Sunflowers Grow  When the Cousins Came by  Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma  A Different Pond by Thi Bui    Places to buy your books:  https://www.asiabookcenter.com/  aka East Wind Bookstore  https://diversebooks.org/resources/ https://socialjusticebooks.org/ https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/peoples-history-of-the-united-states  https://www.learningforjustice.org/ Transcript: AACRE Children's Book Club [00:00:00] Swati: Good evening everyone, and happy Thursday. This is Swati Rayasam, your very special guest editor for tonight's episode of APEX Express. Tonight we're going to listen in on a wonderful hybrid book club event from AACRE, Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality a collective of Progressive Asian organizations that APEX is a part of. [00:00:55] Swati: This book Club event was so sweet and so lovely, and [00:01:00] admittedly was very eye-opening for me as someone who has quote unquote graduated from children's books, but more about that later. I wanted to also flag for listeners that because this was a hybrid event, there are some weird bumps and pops as a result of the recording that impact the audio quality just a bit. Hopefully it's not too distracting, but whatever you may not be able to fully hear, we've tried our best to capture in either the transcript or the show notes. [00:01:29] Swati: Now, without further ado, I'll pass you along to Miko over in Children's Book Landia, AKA East Wind Books in Berkeley. Stay locked in!  [00:01:43] Miko Lee: We are thrilled to be here and every time we talk about getting a book, of course where you go to buy that book is here in Berkeley at East Wind Books or online. So we are thrilled to see you all and as some of you know, initially today [00:02:00] was gonna be with Innosanto Nagara and I sent stuff out on Ino and then just, we had this whole last minute mix up. We're gonna showcase some of his books, but instead, B was amazing to recommend Ko Kim. And then I learned about Ko's book, which was just so exciting. So we're gonna start off just with Ko reading through the book and having you all ask questions of Ko, and then Ko and I are gonna talk about our favorite AAPI children's books so that you all can get your gift ons for the holidays and for baby stuff that's coming up. [00:02:33] Miko Lee: There's so many. When I was growing up, I was longing for books that represented our community and now there are so many that represent our intersectionality, our diversity, our specific communities. So there are so many things that we will share with you soon. [00:02:51] Miko Lee: But first, I wanna take a moment to just introduce Ko. We are so happy that she joined us last minute. She worked with two amazing illustrators, Christine [00:03:00] Yoon and Andrew Hem and co grew up 10 minutes from the US Mexico border and like so many of us just felt invisible in school. She didn't see herself in textbooks and in bookshelves or anywhere. And that isolation motivated her to become an educator, a public school teacher in title one schools. So she got the traditional education with a masters at Stanford, but keeping it real in the community with low income students showcasing what progressive education can be about. And I'm gonna now throw it to Ko. Thank you Ko, so much for joining us. [00:03:37] Ko Kim: Wow. Thank you Miko, for that introduction. I wanna carry you everywhere I go, and just have you introduce me. Cuz, that was such a beautifully done one. And I just wanna say thank you everyone for the honor of being here. I love community. I love learning in community. I really want this to be a learning space, so before we begin, it sounds like from the audience, I heard a lot of folks saying they like picture books. They're looking [00:04:00] for more resources, they have nieces and nephews in their lives or a baby on the way. [00:04:05] Ko Kim: So I wanted to share a quick resource. I'm sure a lot of you follow Bookstagrammers on Instagram. There is a whole ecosystem of children's book Instagrammers. Some of them are Berkeley native slash assistant principal Shuli who runs Asian Lit for Kids. [00:04:21] Ko Kim: And then there's also my story books who's based in Southern California. Just a little heads up there.  [00:04:27] Ko Kim: So as Miko mentioned, I created a book with Christine Yoon and Andrew Hem called We Are Gems: Healing From Anti-Asian Microaggressions Through Self Love and Solidarity. What a title. Christine Yoon is by the way, an ER doctor who's also an artist, Andrew Hem started off as a street artist and now his work is seen globally and his murals are in over, I believe 10 countries.    [00:04:50] Ko Kim: Andrew identifies as Cambodian American. Christine and I identify as Korean American, and I think context is important here because I think stories in our own voices are really important. [00:05:00]  [00:04:59] Ko Kim: We are Gems shimmering with wisdom handed down from our Asian and Asian American elders. You may face cuts and scrapes called microaggressions, but like those before you, your inner luster will blaze if placed in shared liberation. Shared liberation is solidarity with our Black and Indigenous neighbors against systemic racism, lost traditions and behaviors that harm people with African and Indigenous roots from classrooms to courtrooms, only through solidarity will we glisten. [00:05:32] Ko Kim: So when people ask you where are you really from? Reply that you are at home as long as you hold sacred the air, water, soil, animals and plants. Reply that you are at home when you honor Indigenous elders. Then ask in return, how are we taking care of all that has life? When Indigenous youth and elders resist polluting pipes, how do we respond? [00:05:56] Ko Kim: Our liberation is bound to the life and dignity of Indigenous [00:06:00] peoples. When they advise you to speak up, tell them to listen closely, our voices have been roaring for generations. Then ask, how intently do you listen to the hopes and dreams of Black activists leaders? For seven decades, Grace Lee Bogs rallied for fair wages and housing alongside Black community organizers [unclear] introduced civil disobedience to the Highlander Folk School, helping Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. prepare for the fight for freedom. Our liberation is tied to Black joy. When people try to commend you with, you are unlike the others. Reply that you're not straining yourself toward the dull cast of saying this and tell them, I am blooming as myself under the light of the divine and the glow of our grandmothers, our liberation is self love. [00:06:49] Ko Kim: Thank you so much. [00:06:51] Miko Lee: So thank you Ko for sharing your new book with us. I wanna open it up to see if anybody has any questions for [00:07:00] Ko And while you're thinking about those questions, I wanna just ask Ko to tell about what inspired you to create this work. [00:07:06] Ko Kim: Yeah, two things. One, I'm an auntie to many nieces and nephews, and it pained me to not see our voices represented on the bookshelves. Public school teacher as well, former public school teacher and it really pained me cuz I would see my students experiencing microaggressions, but it'd be hard to process that with them. Lastly 2020 during shelter in place a man holding a tray of sushi started to say all the racial slurs at me at a grocery store and came so close to my face, I felt the spit on my cheek. And I was like, oh, great, I'm gonna get COVID and verbally assaulted today. And when that happened, there were children around who witnessed that, and the educator in me was like, in pain. Made me wonder, okay, here's this episodic explosive event, how are caregivers and explain that to their children and then the other thought I have [00:08:00] had was what about the everyday racism that Asian American face? Right? How are we helping caregivers, teachers, parents talk about everyday anti-Asian racism? [00:08:11] Miko Lee: I just wanna point out that Ko also has a presentation that she does in schools. So if you know teachers that are interested in that, she has a whole presentation, reads some of the book and then breaks down who is Grace Lee Boggs, what is the background. So it's really helpful. And also talking about not just the times we are in right now with the microaggressions that our community are facing, but who are our solidarity leaders historically and who are people that are working in the community now. So does anybody else have a question for Ko, the author in the space? [00:08:44] Paige: Hi, Ko, thanks for reading your story, and I'm really sorry that a person assaulted you verbally.  [00:08:50] Paige: I, I was looking at the title and wondering if there was any association with the TV show where they're like all gems and then they like sing [00:09:00] songs. Stephen Universe.  [00:09:00] Ko Kim: I'm just gonna lie and be like, yes. I, I planned that . No, there isn't, but I actually pulled a lot of my teacher educator friends. To think about how could we self love our and love our Asian Am AAPI children? And that's what I came up with. But, great question, Paige.  [00:09:23] Miko Lee: And Ko, you did a non-traditional method for publishing. Can you share a little bit about that and why you chose that route?  [00:09:30] Ko Kim: Yeah, I would love to share that cuz I do know there's someone in the audience who talked about possibly writing a children's book of their own. [00:09:37] Ko Kim: So I think we use the tools we're most familiar with, and I'm really used to reaching out to mutual aid, through my community. I'm sure this is something that everyone knows a lot of public school teachers fund their own libraries, fund their own field trips, right? And so I often reached out to my community to help fund those activities, resources , and I had no connection to the publishing world. [00:10:00] So I did this unconventional way and I made sure to recognize the folks in my community that made this book possible. If you look at the very back, their names are listed on the Kickstarter. I also, maybe I was like creeping on fans, people that I really like, but I DMed a bunch of authors on Instagram and asked them for some advice. And Innosanto Nagara has also been very gracious in that process. I have no idea if he remembers that I DMed him, but he gave me some really good tips. He himself started off as a Kickstarter, as you know, and his book was picked up by [00:10:33] Ko Kim: Seven Story Press.  [00:10:36] Jasmine: Thanks. I'm curious, Ko if you've read this book with your students and your nibbling, how have the kids received it?  [00:10:46] Ko Kim: It's really interesting. I thought only middle grades or like upper elementary children would be interested in this, but I actually presented this to a bunch of high schoolers in Hayward and there was a huge response from them. They loved [00:11:00] it. I think we do this false age designation where we're like, oh, by the time you're 18 you don't like pictures. Which is not true, right? Like if the look at the popularity of TikTok, it's such, such a visual medium, right? People rely on visuals and I think art is actually a great activist tool and way of being. And so, I've seen K through 12, a lot of warmth about the images. I had one Jamaican American teacher email me and say, these things happen to me all the time and I brush them aside, and this book helped me heal. I had another teacher in the audience write me that they went to therapy after the book reading, which I think is a great next step. I'm all about healing ourselves. Thanks for that question, Jasmine. [00:11:49] Miko Lee: Thank you. Anybody else with questions for Ko?  [00:11:52] Paige: I have another question related to the topic, we were reading the Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead in college my [00:12:00] freshman year. And I remember someone asked in class like, how early is it to talk about these things? Like kind of how you're talking about the age of what you had imagined, the children reading the book. And my teacher was like, I don't think sixth grade is that early for this book. And that book it was really, it's quite violent , so I was just, yeah. How were you thinking about that when you were writing this book? Can you say more about thinking about the violence, about introducing that to children?  [00:12:29] Ko Kim: Yeah, for sure. I did try really hard to be age appropriate, if you notice. I intentionally focused on microaggressions and not the explosive physical violence just cause I know our children, they can't handle things, but it has to be done in a way that's scaffolded. There's that piece of it, but I also wanna cite, a really well known Instagram Spanish educator, she goes by the woke Spanish teacher. She co-wrote an academic article with a college professor in education. [00:13:00] It's called The Myth of Teaching Social Justice to Elementary School Students. And it kinda debunks some of the ideas that our children cannot handle these experiences because it's fact of the matter is they are experiencing these racialized moments and they're turning to adults to make sense of this, or turning to each other to make sense. Right? And it feels weird to just neglect that and wish them good luck versus addressing it and centering their lived experiences.  [00:13:28] Miko Lee: The other person I'd shout out in that vein is that woke kindergarten, and that's an amazing educator who's introduces all these topics with kindergarten students and recognizing that the world we live in, you have to, because that's the only way that we can create children that understand a greater sense of justice in the world. They do such amazing work, check out their website and they've done teach-ins and.  [00:13:55] Miko Lee: Other questions for Author Ko Kim? [00:13:57] Ko Kim: Bring it. Everyone. Just give me the questions.[00:14:00]  [00:14:02] Tran: Hey Ko, this is Tran! How are you?  [00:14:04] Ko Kim: Oh my gosh. Can I just take a moment to thank you for being such a model to me? When I was at UCLA? I was such an undergrad. I was such a poop head and you really helped me understand, solidarity. [00:14:14] Tran: Oh, thank you. Yeah. Small world that we went to college together and now you're a children's book author. That's amazing. so I'm actually a mom to a toddler, and so of course making sure that I have a library of books that he can see himself, in and relate to, right. And not just like Asian American, but other like BIPOC books as well. And I actually didn't know about this book until this event, so I'm really glad, that y'all are hosting those events. So now I know about it and added to my collection, but I was curious, Ko do you have, other ideas for books that you wanna do in the future? Are you planning on doing more books? Cause I'd love to hear if you are.  [00:14:55] Ko Kim: Yes. Oh my gosh. I do wanna create an ethnic study series for children. [00:15:00] I've been toying with the idea of debunking the American Dream myth, just trying to figure out how to do that in a way that's accessible to young readers. Another one I've been toying with is the idea of how do we talk about the anti-Blackness that does exist in the Asian American community, even though we do have a long history and legacy of solidarity with, Black folks. I've been toying with those and have been drafting. Thank you Tran. [00:15:24] Miko Lee: Exciting coming soon, Ko Kim's latest work. Yay. [00:15:28] Swati: You are tuned in to APEX express at 94.1 KPFA and 89.3 KPFB in Berkeley. And online@kpfa.org. Coming up is Ka BJ or Puzzle by Diskarte Namin from the album Kultural Guerillas. [00:16:00] [00:17:00] [00:18:00] [00:19:00] [00:20:00] [00:21:00]  [00:21:45] Swati: That was Ka BJ by Diskarte Namin from the album Kultural Guerillas. And now. Back to the children's book club with Miko [00:21:57] Miko Lee: We can start talking about some of me and Ko's [00:22:00] favorite books that you all can have access to. I wanna first talk about who we talked about in the very first place, who was a mentor and was supposed to be here today. Innosanto's work A is for Activist, people often ask me, what children's books I get, I as a few of you mentioned love children's books. I personally try to never keep adult books because I read 'em and I pass 'em on to other people or I'm a big library person, but the only books I buy all the time are children's books because I like the art, the vibe, what it's about and my go to little kids, like when somebody first has a baby, are these books, A is for Activist and Counting on Community. And I like them because they're board books, which kids can chew on, but they're also like teaching their alphabet books. But they're teaching. Our values about activism, about community, about movement, about growth, and about where we are in our world. The other thing I wanted to mention is the other Ino book for [00:23:00] older kids, to the question about, when do you start introducing social justice concepts? You start as early as possible. And with my own kids, you start when they're babies, you start teaching sign language. So you're talking about different access to learning and understanding. But then as we know, people grow and they get more sophisticated and they want more information. So actually this is one of, Ino's more recent books. It's called The Wedding Portrait the under title is the Story of a Photograph and Why we Sometimes Break the Rules, and this would be good for like fourth graders because it breaks down how critical it is for us to take action. So it talks about from the Dakota pipeline to nuclear weapons to the farm workers boycott and it breaks it down in a way that's accessible and understandable and really brings it home for older kids that want a little bit more information. So I will follow up with all these books linked [00:24:00] and how you can buy them along with a bunch of others that we might not talk about, because literally I came in here 45 minutes ago and just pulled things off the shelf that were interesting. But I have a whole list of other go-tos. Ko, What are some of your favorites? Or anybody here? What are some of your, like right when somebody's gonna have a baby, books that we give people? What are your go-tos? [00:24:21] Ko Kim: Yeah, I would love to share some, but I would love to hear from the folks first.  [00:24:25] Miko Lee: Anybody have some go to children's books that they just love getting every time?  [00:24:31] Jasmine: I bought the book Julian is a Mermaid. It's a really beautiful book about this little kid and it's kind of magical and like just exploring gender in different expansive ways.  [00:24:42] Miko Lee: Thanks Jasmine for sharing that , I really like the artwork on that too. [00:24:47] Ko Kim: I wanna say everyone likes all categories of books. I understand that. And if you so happen to wanna focus on that topic of gender identity, sexual orientation, there's actually a really cool mobile children's Book Bus. [00:25:00] Maybe you've heard of them. It's called Out and About and they're based in the Bay Area and they have the most beautiful lavender school bus full of books. [00:25:09] Tori: I just read a picture book called Coffee Rabbit, Snow Drop Lost, I think it's Danish, perhaps it's in translation. But it's about dementia and the relationship between a grandchild and grandparents. And it like made me cry in just a couple of minutes that it took to read it, which I wasn't expecting. It was very powerful.  [00:25:29] Miko Lee: I'm not familiar with that book. I love it when books break things down in a way that helps to bring an issue to light.  [00:25:39] Paige: I also read this in college. I only read two children's book as a child, and one of them is actually my favorite The Giving Tree. When I was little I was like, why am I so sad reading this book? It's so sweet and this tree loves this little boy. And then it felt like when I read that book, it reminded me of my relationship with my parents, like, why do my parents love me so much? [00:26:00] And then, the second book I actually read in college was His Own Wear by June Jordan, it's so beautiful. I love June Jordan. So I would definitely get that for your babies. [00:26:11] Miko Lee: Anybody else wanna share some? [00:26:14] Tracy: I'll just share some thematic books that I can't remember the names of them. But as a child since I grew up in San Francisco I got exposed to a lot of books around Chinese folklore about the moon festival and like where the moon festival came from, and the woman who ended up in the moon and like the moon goddess. And it's like the shape of a rabbit. So I really loved thematically those kinds of books that taught me about my culture, but through like children's books, but then in terms of an actual book name, I don't know what range we're doing, but because I read a lot of graphic novels, I really loved everything Gene Yang has done, like American Born Chinese. And his latest book is Hoop Dreams and it's about him being a teacher in Oakland at a private high school. And I love, love, [00:27:00] love, everything because it breaks down a difficult topic. So the one about him being a teacher in Oakland was about the different students who are on a basketball team there and their backgrounds. You learn about each of the students, whether they're Black, Asian, or Arab, learn about their specific kind of stories and the ups and downs they have and how like basketball kinda brings them together.   [00:27:25] Miko Lee: I'm so glad. Gene I love him. A local person. And there actually, as some of you might know, making a whole TV series based on ABC and the Monkey King thing. So I, I really appreciate his work. There's a ton of graphic novelists we could talk about that I also adore, so we could go down that road. Ko what about you?  [00:27:46] Ko Kim: Yeah, I just wanna thank everyone. I'm learning a couple new title. So there's a book that was published this year by Julia Kuo it's called Let's Do Everything and Nothing. Maybe you're familiar with this book.[00:28:00] I love it shows the intimacy and affection between a mother and a daughter in each page. And the illustrations are stunning. I never knew burnt orange and navy blue can make me cry but it made me cry in this book for sure and then I know folks are familiar with this book from 2018, Drawn Together. I love it because just like Julia Cole's book, it talks about the affection between family members, but this one kind of centers a common grief that a lot of AAPI families have where there's a generational language, cultural difference between grandparents and their grandchildren. It talks about bridging that gap. [00:28:36] Miko Lee: Can I add to that one? So I love that book and I actually, um, built a curriculum on that book, which I'm sending to you, and it's linked and I did it with an organization in Oakland called Agency by Design and During the Pandemic, we put together kits for all Title One School Kids in Oakland that included that book and then all the art supplies you could to make on it because it's about imagination and bringing imagination alive. [00:28:59] Ko Kim: [00:29:00] Miko That's, that's amazing. How can I get my hand on a kit?  [00:29:05] Miko Lee: I don't, I don't know if they're remaking the kits right now, but you could get your hands on the curriculum and I will say we intentionally made the kits very accessible. So basically even if you didn't have the kit, you could pull it from things at home or have free access. whenever I'm making an arts inclusive kit, I try and make it with high quality supplies, but then also just things you can get from your house. So it makes it more accessible to everybody.  [00:29:30] Ko Kim: Great to know. And then I have two other titles  [00:29:33] Ko Kim: I'm so glad I was recommending ABC American Born Chinese. This book breaks down what does it mean to acclimate versus assimilate to American culture, right? And that's a huge heavy topic for adults alike. And in fact, Minh Le the author and illustrator of that book he just posted on Instagram under the campaign of Books Save Lives how reading this book in college really helped him stay afloat. [00:29:57] Ko Kim: And then the last middle grade [00:30:00] recommendation I have is called, In the Beautiful Country by Jane Kuo this came out in June, 2022. She's a local Bay Area author and artist actually and each chapter is pithy and painfully beautiful it digs into the richer life of an Asian female protagonist in Southern California. It was very healing. And in talking to Jane she was talking about how this book was supposed meant to also be healing for the caregivers reading the book as well. So I couldn't put this book down. I finished it in one sitting. [00:30:31] Kenny: So I got this as a gift from my newborn coming in it's called Hush and it's a very simple book, it goes through different animals and just the different sounds that other languages make to represent those animals. And I think it's just really fun to go through that and learn all the different noises that they make. And it's a story about a mom who's just telling all of these animals to be quiet cuz the baby is sleeping just something that I feel like is cool to [00:31:00] introduce to my son since he's gonna be half Thai.  [00:31:02] Miko Lee: I wanted to throw out some more artist based ones because I think one of the things is sometimes we just get it. For me, I feel like having raised two artists and realizing the importance of art and life, bringing that into our young people is so critical and I love how Drawn Together does that in terms of inter generations. And really talking about intergenerational trauma. There is an another book about an artist, it's about Gyo Fujikawa, who is an amazing artist, and it's called, It Began With a Page and it outlines what is in an artist's imagination and how they create things, how they use and bring the world alive. And there's another one called The Sound of Colors, A Journey of the Imagination by Jimmy Liao and it is about a blind woman and it's the colors that she sees while she's blind and how she navigates through the world. And [00:32:00] it's just such a mix. It's so beautiful. The other is a lovely book about an artist, a kid, whose parents work as janitors in San Francisco and they're low income workers. And because they don't have childcare, they take their kid with them and they're Asian American and the kid uses their imagination while their parents are working. It's just such a good book talking about imagination and labor. Do you have some more? Should I keep going or does anybody wanna throw some out here? [00:32:30] Ko Kim: I wanna shout out a longtime author illustrator named Rob he's one of the organizers of the sixth annual Children's Social Justice book Fair.  [00:32:37] Miko Lee: He's also works with Janine Youngblood on this, collaborative that is around trying to publish BIPOC voices, but it's very, very small, they don't have like huge budgets. There are a lot of children's books that have curriculum that go with them. So I don't know if some of you're interested in that, especially during our time of, COVID-y time when people have had to shelter in [00:33:00] place and stay home. Sometimes having activity books for single kids are really great.  [00:33:04] Miko Lee: This is one that's about Filipino mythology and culture, Who Turned on the Sky, and it comes with this whole coloring and activity book. The book actually has a whole series of different, Filipino mythology and culture, and I think Tracy was talking about that earlier about how we grow up learning some of these things around culture. So that's one that actually comes with a curriculum. And then this other one, a really sweet one. Called Juna and Appa which is a Korean girl, and it's about her and her father. And it has magical realism in it. And it's again about emotions and intergenerational work. And this also has a curriculum. This was another project I did with Agency by Design that comes with a whole series of questions that young people can do for doing interviews with their elders. Even if you can't write, it's how do you draw an interview process?  [00:33:57] Tracy: Ko you mentioned earlier about this [00:34:00] idea of, we should talk about race as early as possible with kids, but, as educator scaffolding is important, I would literally love to hear your ideas of ways we can scaffold learning. I'll give you an example, I have a bunch of children's books that I gave to my sister to give to her kids. And then she took out three of 'em and was like, these are not appropriate for the kids. And I was like, oh, what do you mean by not appropriate? And I didn't get into it, but I was like, she's actually a math teacher, so she also understands scaffolding. so I'm really interested in your ideas of scaffolding and what that means to introduce material at the right level.  [00:34:39] Ko Kim: Yeah that's a great question cause I think sometimes the work of Social Justice, I tend to leave out the joy of social justice work sometimes. Cause I get so serious and bogged down. I forget that social justice work, it means wellness for me, wellness for us. Wellness for all of us. So you're right, it has to be age appropriate. Teaching for Justice has really great lesson plans and [00:35:00] they pair books. It goes by grade level. And then as you get to higher grade levels people's history, you know, the Howard Zinn open resource lesson plans also have a great one. I think it, to your point, it's really important to introduce a topic where folks are at. Cause that's also true for adults, right? Just because you're an adult doesn't mean you're ready for that topic either. There's a lot of pre-work and scaffolding that has to happen regardless of our age and reading skill. Yeah. Did that help answer your question, Tracy?  [00:35:32] Tracy: Yeah. Thanks for the resource. I think that like some of the principles you're sharing is like meet people where they're at and I used to be an environmental educator and my framework I use with kids and adults is appreciation, education, action. So it's like no one's gonna wanna take action on something that they don't appreciate first. So once you feel the joy, like you said, then you learn more about it. Also, you don't wanna learn about anything you don't really like. So it's like you appreciate it, you like [00:36:00] it, you bring joy, then you learn more and then there'll be those like desire to learn. [00:36:04] Tracy: Then you actually wanna take action. It's really hard to get people to take action if they don't really appreciate or understand. So you're reminding me that is a framework, but, the meeting people where they're at is if they're already past appreciation, then maybe they're ready for an education or action book. [00:36:21] Miko Lee: And the only thing I would add to both of your great words is partly part of our work is to just show representation and to show different types of AAPI voices in this context. For instance, this is a lovely book called, a Map Into the World, and it's not, you know, Political, but it's about a Hmong girl and how she feels and how she walks through the world. And then there's another book that I was just introduced to, which is, Incarcerated Dad. I have it in my stacks of books around here, but it's a dad who is Cambodian and he's [00:37:00] incarcerated and it doesn't make a big deal about his incarceration. How great is that? It's about a dad who bakes, but the dad was formerly incarcerated. So just to show this representation is also a political act, right? We are saying that there are many different types of people within our community. Our community is broad. They come from different places, they have different experiences. So that doesn't have to be overly like we are being political , but it's really saying, look, our community is diverse. [00:37:30] Miko Lee: On the same vein I have stacks of children's books around me by the way that I put into categories. So I was going like, food is such an easy fit in for people because, we're looking within the network about narrative power, right? And there's all this research that, what's the number one thing people think of with Asian people? They think of food. Okay? Some people think that is such a drag. Why is it just around food? Why is it on Christmas? You know, everybody's eating at the Chinese restaurants, right? But there's a way to use that to our [00:38:00] advantage. It can be an in for people to understand culture. And so there are tons of books that are just about food and about culture. [00:38:10] Paige: I wanna just mention Magic Fish. I read all the recent children's books that I know in the last three years, or like the last three to five years. That book is so pretty. Like the art is so emotional. [00:38:23] Miko Lee: Yes. Beautiful. Lovely book. We haven't been talking enough about the graphic novels, so I love this. This is such an amazing book.  [00:38:33] Miko Lee: This author, Grace Lynn has a bunch of books. Both picture books and board books. This one's called Dim Sum for Everyone, it's really cute. The artwork is quite adorable. She actually has another one that I love that's called The Ugly Vegetables, and it is about how her family grows traditional Chinese vegetables in her neighborhood and the kid hates it because everybody else grows flowers. And then at the end of [00:39:00] the season, the mom cooks the most amazing bitter Melon Soup, and all the neighbors smell the food and they all come and they wanna have the food. And so the whole neighborhood has celebration together over food and they bring flowers. So again, it's using food as a road in. There's also these great books about cultures coming together and making food together that are just titled by like bread or rice and all the different people around the world that eat bread and rice in the ways in which they do that. This one it's called Lunchtime with Samnang, and it's about learning, imagination, exploration, and about this kid's favorite Cambodian dishes as he hears tales from his grandfather. [00:39:43] Miko Lee: I think back to Tracy's original question around, how do you introduce hard topics, the first thing I was saying was representation, which I think is really critical. And then I think the other part is introducing some kind of like soft more deeper threads. [00:40:00] And so this is one that actually talks about a Rohingya, which are the oppressed minority peoples in China. And it's about a kid and his love of this bird. And so you could look at this as this allegory, right? About the oppression of peoples. Or you could read it as a boy and his bird. So you could take it multiple ways and have as in depth conversations as you want to have. But it really depends on who's the reader, right? And what are they reading with it? And there's a few more that are like this. There's a really good one. There's a few good ones about the Japanese, internment that I think, helped to tell that story. Like this one, A Place Where Sunflowers Grow. And it's really sweet and the art is quite lovely and it just tells about the Japanese incarceration, through a lens of a young girl. And I will say, what I find remarkable about this is there's a lot of books about the Japanese incarceration, a lot of children's books. [00:41:00] Almost all of them are about a boy or a male's perspective. Boys play baseball, boys go fishing, boys do this. So this is specifically about a girl and what she goes through and the lens that she leaves the world. I will say to you all, that I am incredibly biased. I raised two daughters and because I felt like the world is always introducing them to male writers and particularly white male writers that the only books I ever, ever read to them were written by BIPOC women, some men, but usually BIPOC women. and so I think it's also about the intentionality when you're picking children's book out about what you want to be able to share with your young people.  [00:41:44] Miko Lee: Any other questions or thoughts? Oh, let me share one more one that I just saw, which was so fun. I love this one because this is an intersectional one and it's about a Japanese American and family, but their cousin is African American [00:42:00] and it's about when our cousins come. And so it has the family. And there this author has written a bunch like this I have them all at home. They're all about growing up in the inner city. And it's really this Blasian experience. What is it like to be Blasian and to be living in the inner city? So I think that's really fun. And what do we have to teach each other about our different cultures and how are we creating a new kind of Blasian culture?  [00:42:26] Miko Lee: While we have a two more min, few more that's left is, many folks know about Yoyo Ma and his amazing work and how he does this work playing at the borders. The author Johanna Ho, who wrote it, and she's written a lot of other lovely books. But there's a great breakdown too, and if you wanted to do this with your young person, you could also play that actual music and see some of the real videos. So there's a way of reading the book, but then taking it to the next level and really showing with your young people how a book can push you off into additional learning. [00:42:57] Miko Lee: This one Eyes that Kiss in the Corners is [00:43:00] another about body affirmation. You know, a lot of us grow up with like slanting eyes or those stereotypes. And this is about just appreciating your body. Loving your body.  [00:43:09] Ko Kim: And Johanna Ho has a male version of that one. Eyes stare into the sky, I think. Cause I think it's different, right? For how that topic is addressed by gender. [00:43:21] Paige: Jasmine, you were gonna say something?  [00:43:25] Jasmine: Something I'm curious about, and maybe we'll need to write the book for, but a book for kids who are mixed white and Asian, around understanding their white privilege specifically, yeah.  [00:43:39] Miko Lee: Ooh, that would be good. Jasmine. There was a bunch of books with half white kids, but nothing, I haven't seen anything. Ko have you seen anything about white privilege? Jasmine? There you go. There's your opening. Take it, write it.  [00:43:55] Ko Kim: I'm here for a jasmine. I would love to see that. [00:44:00]  [00:44:00] Miko Lee: Love that. thank you all so much. You know, last book club we talked about Thi Bui's book and I just wanted to point out Thi's Children's book, A different Pond. This is a amazing, Caldecott honor book, which is like the best that you can get in Children's book Landia. And it is just a really beautiful. It was written by a different author, but Tui illustrated it and is really about a boy and his dad and, their relationship. Tui has two more children's books, one actually that she wrote with her son and, another one with the author of the Sympathizer Viet Thanh and his son and they co-wrote them. Okay. We have one minute left. Thank you so much everybody for joining us. Thank you Ko Kim and all of you for joining us today for our AACRE Book Club on children's books. Thank you all. Have a great rest of your day and a lovely weekend.  [00:44:52] Swati: Hey folks, Swati here. Miko was so bummed about not being able to have Innosanto Nagara come [00:45:00] to the children's book club but lucky enough she and Inno were able to sit down for a bonus interview! So we're going to play that for you now. [00:45:09]  Miko Lee: Welcome Innosanto Nagara to APEX Express. [00:45:12] Miko Lee: We had an AACRE book club event and I was talking about your brilliant books. As I was saying that my go-to gifts for people that I have bought many time is A is for activists and C is for community. Can you tell me a little bit about how you got started writing those? [00:45:33] Innosanto: Thank you so much. Well I wrote a as for activist because I wanted to have the book that I wanted to read to my child. You know, I live in this community, cosent community and my son was the youngest of eight to be born into our community and I'd been reading children's books to children for quite a while. And as you know, when you have kids, you read these books to them [00:46:00] often over and over and over again. And some of those books you love reading over and over and over again. And sometimes, not so much , but that's what they want, so you do it. But, when my own kid was born, I realized I was gonna be reading all these books to my kid over and over and over and over again, and I wanted to have the book that I wanted to read to my kid over and over and over again. So I wrote A is for Activist .  [00:46:22] Miko Lee: And that was your first book?  [00:46:24] Innosanto: Yes. I had no, aspirations towards becoming a children's book author at that point, my idea was I was just gonna write this to share with my kid, and once I had written it and I was illustrating it, I thought, well, maybe you'll print out, Maybe a dozen or maybe even a hundred and get them out as presents to friends and community members. And I found out that it turns out to do a proper board book, you couldn't only print, a couple hundred. I had to actually print a couple thousand. And so I went into this whole process of trying [00:47:00] to figure out how to finance it and, I had this idea that it was gonna be a five year project and I was borrowing money from friends and family that I would pay back over time and I would put it on a credit card if at the end of the five years it didn't pay off. [00:47:14] Innosanto: But as it turns out, I underestimated how many other people wanted a book just like this. And it took off on its own. And, the rest is history.  [00:47:22] Miko Lee: So you self-published A is for Activist?  [00:47:24] Innosanto: Yeah. The first time around I self-published it. I had two pallets of books in my living room, in our community living room and every morning I was packing up books to drop off at the post office and every evening I was getting all the labels printed and all this stuff. [00:47:41] Innosanto: So it became a bit of a second job.  [00:47:45] Innosanto: What then happened was after we sold it out, all the books, I had to decide whether I was gonna reprint them myself and keep on doing this. Or if there would be a publisher that wanted to take it on. And I think at that point it was actually 3000 books were sold. I thought that was good proof of [00:48:00] concept and a lot of the bookstores were saying, yeah, you should approach this publisher or that publisher, they'll be really happy to publish it a lot of people want this book. [00:48:08] Innosanto: But as it turns out, at the time, self-publishing was seen as the kiss of death for books and no publishers would want to take on a book that had already been self-published. but that's changed since then and one of the publishing companies that changed that as Seven Stories press, they had published, What Makes A Baby by Corey Silverberg, which was originally self-published. And they were realizing that the fact that something was self-published did not make it something that they couldn't produce and distribute more broadly. And so they actually took on A is for Activist as well. And all my books have been published by them ever since. [00:48:45] Miko Lee: That is so interesting. Almost like filmmakers and TV shows that have come off of social media accounts it's just changing the industry in a way.  [00:48:54] Innosanto: Yeah, I think there's been some experiences where the industry is opening its mind a little bit. [00:49:00] Publishing has always been a hard to break into industry with a lot of gatekeepers that represent particular demographics and what they think makes a good book. And I think, one of the positive things that's come out of people being able to do things like self-publish and Put your work out in the world without going through those gatekeepers, is that we're discovering that there's actually a lot of missed opportunities, a lot of really good things that have people are producing that perhaps those experts have somehow, missed. [00:49:37] Innosanto: And I think that's been the case in all kinds of media and music as well. So some people like, Maya Christina Gonzalez, who has been working on this field for a long time. She is the author of numerous books on multiculturalism and Gender, and she's pretty much decided to really promote self-publishing to try to fill the gap [00:50:00] of the missing number of books by and for people of color in America. [00:50:08] Miko Lee: Who's that?  [00:50:09] Innosanto: Maya Christina Gonzalez. OG has been doing it for a long time.  [00:50:12] Miko Lee: Love it. So I also think it's amazing that you've stayed with the same publisher all of these years and your latest book. The Wedding Portrait, I loved discovering that and one of the things we were talking about at the book club is at what age and how do you start to talk with kids about difficult topics? And I really think the wedding portrait really delves into that. Can you share with our audience what the book is about and what inspired you to create it? [00:50:42] Innosanto: Yeah, the wedding portrait. Is essentially about direct action and civil disobedience. And why sometimes to make change and pretty much all the time to make change. It requires breaking the rules. And for kids that can be a complicated Topic because they're being told [00:51:00] to follow the rules all the time. [00:51:01] Innosanto: And so much of schooling and so much of life is learning how to play by the rules. And yet to make change, we have to be able to identify the times and places when we break the rules. And so that, that book, it came out a few years back right when trump was elected, so we were all expecting that there would be a lot of rule breaking that was gonna have to happen on our side. And I guess to answer your question as to when, it's gonna be different for different kids depending on what their experience is and what their life situation is. But, the main question here is who is talking to kids about difficult subjects, right? They will be talking about difficult subjects amongst themselves in a schoolyard. They're gonna be seeing things on tv, they're gonna be talking to other adults, teachers, and so on. And so the question of how do you approach difficult subjects with [00:52:00] kids, it's really a question of who do you want to have had those conversations with them first and through these processes, through the times that we're living in. For me I think it's when they start having questions and when they start wanting to have these conversations, there's really not a time that's too early to be able to address their concerns and question. [00:52:22] Miko Lee: Thanks. So talk to me about your latest book.  [00:52:24] Innosanto: Since the wedding portrait there's been a few I did a middle grade book called M is for Movement, which is set in Indonesia. The way that I talk about my books is, A is for Activist is about the issues, counting on community is about how we live. my night in the planetarium, is about art and resistance and colonialism, and of course I say they're about these, but those are sort of the underlying themes. But, My night in the planetarium is about a kid. Me, it's a true story about how growing up under the dictatorship in Indonesia and an experience that I had,[00:53:00] the wedding portrait is about direct action civil disobedience. So it's about tactics and it stems from a personal experience when my partner, I got married, we went and did a direct action civil disobedience action, and there's a photograph of that but the broader context of the book is these vignettes about the different types of direct action and civil disobedience and tactics that have been used throughout the history of social justice movements. M is for Movement is kind of like bringing all those things together. And that one's actually fiction, but it's about overthrowing the government for children. And that's a middle grade chapter book. And then after that I did, Oh all the things we're for, which is very dear to my heart because it's a lot of these other books are about direct actions civil disobedience, protests, the things that we're fighting against. But I think it's really important to also talk about the things that we're for and the solutions and [00:54:00] the better world that we can envision in terms of democracy, in terms of human rights, in terms of environmental justice. And I feel like we have lots of solutions, but we tend to focus on the problems. And it's important to have a vision of the possibilities in order to be able to be motivated to fight for change. And then the last book, I didn't write it, but I illustrated it was written by my friend, Mona Damluji, and it's called Together. And that's also board book format. And it's a bit of a poem about, You'll have to read it, but, the theme that I think comes up a lot when we're talking to children about social change is the idea of collective action. But she does it in a way that, that I found really exciting because there's a lot of really good stories about people coming together to make change. But she does it in a way that is, poetic and accessible. [00:54:55] Miko Lee: Very exciting. I have M is for movement right by my side here, and I really appreciate you [00:55:00] going into middle school, which I think was a new venture for you, right? To write for middle school age?  [00:55:06] Innosanto: Yeah, pretty much. I mean, all my books have followed the age of my kids, I basically write for him. [00:55:13] Miko Lee: Does that mean you're gonna be working on a high school book coming soon? [00:55:16] Innosanto: That's always a possibility.  [00:55:19] Miko Lee: I also appreciate oh, the things we are for that you're talking about the irresistible future because it's hard we get bogged down in the problems without mm-hmm. imagining the beautiful future. So thank you for that.  [00:55:32] Innosanto: Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. And you know, I do believe in protest and confronting injustice, and so it's not an either or, but I do think that we do need both especially for those of us who've been in this fight for a long time, I think having the vision is important as well as having the willingness to fight against the problem. [00:55:52] Miko Lee: Absolutely. It's a yes and  [00:55:54] Innosanto: yeah. Yeah.  [00:55:55] Miko Lee: Thank you so much for spending some time chatting with me. I always sure look [00:56:00] forward to hearing your voice and I so appreciate your art and your contributions. Thank you, Inno.  [00:56:05] Innosanto: Thank you so much for having me. [00:56:07] Swati: Thank you so much to Miko for holding this amazing AACRE book club event. the children's book hour. Thank you to Kim Ko for subbing in last minute and being completely lovely. And thank you to, Innosanto Nagara who came in for a surprise interview. I loved being able to hear about children's books that impacted everyone, children's books that they love, and children's books that they still hope to write. [00:56:33] Swati: I absolutely agree that you know, no matter how old you are, you are never too old for a picture book, especially if it has a good message. There were of course, a ton of books mentioned in the show today, and even more that weren't mentioned. We'll drop a full list into the show notes with links, so please feel free to go to kpfa.org/program/apex-express to check [00:57:00] that out. And of course, as always, we hope that you buy small and local for your nibbling and yourself. [00:57:06] Swati: Finally, thank you so, so much to East Wind Books now and for always for co-hosting these events with AACRE and allowing Miko a chance to get lost in your shelves and emerge with these treasures. We really hope that you enjoyed these recommendations and strongly encourage you to share your own recommendations with us.  [00:57:25]  Miko Lee: Please check out our website, kpfa.org backslash program, backslash apex express to find out more about the show tonight and to find out how you can take direct action. We thank all of you listeners out there. Keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating and sharing your visions with the world. Your voices are important. Apex express is produced by Miko Lee Jalena Keane-Lee and Paige Chung and special editing by Swati Rayasam. Thank you so much to the KPFA staff for their support have a great night.   The post APEX Express – 12.22.2022 – Children's Books at East Wind Bookstore with Ko Kim appeared first on KPFA.

In this bonus episode of The Dirt, the GYO team talk favourite veg for the Christmas table, ideal gardening gifts and reflections on the 2022 season. With a ridiculous party game and cracker jokes, it's packed full of cheer that will certainly get you into the festive spirit. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  

Join me as I speak with Matt from Star Fruit Books about Junji Ito's GYO! We'll dive into some history and even review the well-known terrible OVA (don't worry that part is short).Please check out Star Fruit's unique, DRM free, AND LIMITED PHYSICAL COPY manga collection:www.StarFruitBooks.comAnd on all social media platforms @StarFruitBooks

This week, we're joined by Mark Dwelly, head gardener at Audley Stanbridge Earls. Mark explains how he landed his fulfilling career, as well as some handy time and money saving hacks that you could put to use on your own plot. Plus, the GYO team talk gardening trends for 2023, motivators for getting outside in the cold and rising orchid prices. 

Otaku Spirit Animecast podcast host take a deep dive into some of the most problematic content in anime. Should it be there? Does it have value? And can we face censorship of it in the future? Tips: https://streamelements.com/otakuspirit/tip Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OtakuSpirit Merch: https://otaku-spirit.creator-spring.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/otakuspirit Discord: https://discord.com/invite/rF8JKFCscT OSMusic: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5aQWhNSReEJN27iO8xTIEQ Website: https://OtakuSpirit.com

It's November, why are we still talking about about spooky stuff? Well, Josh is just that special little psycho and continues to read horror well into November, and decided he'd talk a little about his favorite horror manga author: Junji Ito. Check out Uzumaki, Gyo, and Tomie! Our Facebook group is The Backlog Book Club, Here is our Twitter, here's our newly formed Instagram account, and for something more immediate, come hang out with us on our Discord channel! You can also email us at thebacklogbreakdown@gmail.com. And if you'd like to support us, you can visit our Patreon. If you want to get more personal, you can find Nate on PSN at Nate_McKeever or on Twitter, Facebook, and GG and Josh on PSN at Broccolope or on Twitter, Facebook, and GG. The Backlog Breakdown is a proud member of the Play Well Network, a network of podcasts that seek to approach recreation in a more thoughtful manner. Until there is a rabbit trail to follow. Check out all of the other amazing Play Well podcasts Here. Get PWNed, scrubs. Part of the Opening theme is: "The Savior of Dream Land" ReMix by Juan Medrano, hosted by OCRemix.

This week, we're joined by multi-award-winning garden designer Pollyanna Wilkinson. Polly explains her fascinating career change to garden design, as well as some hilarious growing mishaps that have given her the confidence and insight to create stunning outdoor spaces.   Plus, the GYO team talk gardening prescriptions and growing mushrooms at home. It's packed full of horticultural inspiration!     

With Christmas just around the corner Lee & Olive give their top gardening gift for children this year, including hot tubs, mud kitchens and GYO kits!Join School Gardening Success. The best way to get your class gardening, with all the equipment, all of the lessons and most importantly teacher support. Find out more at https://schoolgardeningsuccess.co.uk 3 NEW podcasts EVERY WEEKListen to Teacher/ Parent Garden Club athttps://Skinnyjeangardener.co.uk/podOR The Diary of a Skinny Jean Gardener (DAILY) athttps://anchor.fm/skinnyjeangardener OR BRAND NEW 2 Gardener, 1 Story athttps://t.co/9vZd3vNbph Get more gardening with the How to get Kids Gardening Book, NOW ONLY £10 https://https://skinnyjeangardener.co.uk/shop/how-to-get-kids-gardening-book

This week on The Dirt, we are joined by the RSPB's wildlife gardening expert, Adrian Thomas, who shows us that gardening for wildlife can take many different forms and can suit your own plot style. He also highlights that you never know what you might attract to your garden , even if it isn't the creature you were aiming for! As well as this, the GYO team talk some more about dream garden finds (dinosaurs, anyone?), and we take a look at the tops jobs on the plot for the weekend.  

This week on A Novel Console, Chirs and Karradyne are joined once again by the mythical Burgerchamp! He recommends some books and games he's been enjoying and they make fun of Chris's aversion to the library. Then Chris, Karradyne and Burgerchamp get chased by fish with legs when they read Junji Ito's Gyo. Afterwards Chris and Burgerchamp inherit Dracula's power of dominion when they finish Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. You can contact us at:anovelconsole@gmail.comFacebook.com/anovelconsoleTwitter.com/anovelconsoleInstagram: @anovelconsolePatreon.com/anovelconsoleOther Streaming Platforms:anovelconsole.carrd.co Support the show

This Halloween Season, join Gee and Ray as they dive into (some) of the works from horror titan, Junji Ito! From the spiralling madness of Uzumaki, to the unending space of Remina, to the smelly chase of Gyo, Junji Ito has become the representative of horror manga in the English-speaking market -- but how effective are the many, many series we have available when being read by non-fans? Is there a reason why Ito has become synonymous with creepy? Hear all our thoughts in this episode! Follow Ray on her channel Whimsical Pictures and Twitter And if you can't get enough of me, Gee, be sure to follow me on my YouTube Channel and Twitter

This week, we're joined by food writer, stylist, photographer and kitchen gardener Kathy Slack, who celebrates the rewards of bringing crops from the plot to the plate. With talk of supper clubs, gluts and a pig romance involving pumpkins, it's the perfect listen for the weekend. Plus, the GYO team talk autumn leaves and hidden garden treasures, and we want you to decide: should the team try eating bugs on an upcoming podcast episode? Their culinary fate is in your hands!  

Have a bit of fun, experiment - and 'steal with pride' says Andy Eddy, from The National Trust. This week, we chat to Andy about working at the inspirational Osterley Park, why looking after soil is key, and how you don't need to feel pressured to create a perfect plot.  Plus, the GYO team discuss growing in space soil, how to stay calm in the face of pressure on the plot, and things go a little weird in a detailed discussion about birds! We've also got you covered, with this week's jobs on the plot lined up and ready to go.  

Even professionals make mistakes, says Dominica McKevitt, Head Gardener at Ardgillan Castle. This week, we chat to Dominica about her gardening journey from childhood, all the wonderful crops growing at Ardgillan Castle and much more!  Plus, the GYO team discuss lazy gardening, popular influencers and the history behind cottage gardens - and we want to hear what your most rebellious gardening acts have been! We've also got this week's jobs on the plot lined up for the weekend.  

In this brand new series of The Dirt, we're chatting to Self Sufficient Hub's Carl Mintern on his exciting growing journey over the past few years. We discuss the disconnect between seed to plate and how to tackle this, the mental health benefits of growing your own and so much more! The GYO team will also be talking about organic pest control hacks, tomatoes as carnivorous killers, and taking a look at the top jobs on the plot for a week.

Our celebration of Pride Month continues! Pride and Panels takes a turn for the perverse as we revisit 10 Dance, Classmates, and Dick Fight Island for a Twiple Dip! Darfox also talks about the brand new RuriDragon, dakazu shares the movie loving Ikari no Roadshow, and the gang discuss the continuation of Berserk!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Buy us a Kofi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Marshmallow” by Fassounds, Opening, Introductions, Teasing episode 400 00:01:19 - Listener Mail: The manga we want rereleased 00:06:33 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox checks out the new Weekly Shonen Jump series RuriDragon 00:14:58 - We discuss the announcement for the continuation of Berserk 00:27:59 - Ikari no Roadshow is about Western blockbuster loving nerds 00:36:15 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on Doukyusei -Classmates-, We will review the 2016 anime film adaptation of Asumiko Nakamura's popular BL series that is directed by Shouko Nakamura 00:37:23 - Main Segment Triple Dip: Dick Fight Island Vol. 2/10 Dance Vol. 2/Classmates Vol. 2: sotsu gyo sei, Transition Song: “Come to My Summer Dreams” by Alex Makemusic, We revisit a previous LGBTQ+ Triple Dip selection and read the next volume for discussion and to see if we'd continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three, Including: 00:38:23 - Dick Fight Island Vol. 2 by Reibun Ike 00:52:27 - 10 Dance Vol. 2 by Inouesatoh 01:03:09 - Classmates Vol. 2: sotsu gyo sei by Asumiko Nakamura 01:16:32 - We pick our favorite out of the three manga 01:17:44 - Next Week's Topic: Doukyusei -Classmates-, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

Showcasing left-field electronic music. TRACKLIST: 00:00 DJ Skymall     00:57 Sk'p - Gyo https://skiponline.bandcamp.com/album/specks-of-dust-at-the-edge-of-immensity   06:56 Qebrus – [o][o] https://exophobiaorgqebrus.bandcamp.com/album/--5   12:28 Tall Timber - Graudal Flip https://talltimber.bandcamp.com/album/ego-drift   16:47 The Oscilloscope - Lfo Tricks https://the-oscilloscope.bandcamp.com/album/pineal-anaglyphs-white-minidisc   22:36 Esem - Chaoscrop https://esem.bandcamp.com/album/chaos-crop   27:40 Kiln - Beachglass https://kiln-audio.bandcamp.com/album/astral-welder   31:04 MTCH - Asq Iter 01 https://kaer-uiks.bandcamp.com/album/sklptor   33:45 Datassette - Lighthouse https://datassette.bandcamp.com/track/187-lighthouse   40:14 Cepheid - Diagram https://cepheid1.bandcamp.com/album/sibling   43:30 RTR - Spaceopera https://analogicalforce.bandcamp.com/album/af043lp-61-cygni   47:36 Taylor Deupree - Rythn https://taylordeupree.bandcamp.com/album/harbor   50:06 Higher Intelligence Society - Sound Matter https://higherintelligenceagency.bandcamp.com/album/discatron   54:42 Moxus - Sq-1120 https://conditionalrecs.bandcamp.com/album/mush-space   58:07 Matmos - Resemblage/Parasamblaz https://matmos.bandcamp.com/album/regards-uk-ony-dla-bogus-aw-schaeffer   63:38 End.   https://blknoise.bandcamp.com   https://www.instagram.com/blknoise   https://twitter.com/blknoisemusic   https://www.instagram.com/ed_skymall

This week we meet Michael Marriott, one of the UK's foremost rosarians. Michael shares his expertise from a lifetime of rose growing, which is distilled into his new book, RHS Roses: An Inspirational Guide to Choosing and Growing the Best Roses. Plus troubleshooting tips on rose growing from the RHS Gardening Advice team. Matthew Oliver, horticulturist and veg grower extraordinaire continues our greenhouse growing mini-series with a piece from the beautiful glasshouse at the heart of RHS Garden Hyde Hall. Hear seasonal GYO advice and first-hand hints on how to grow melons with exceptional flavour. Useful links: ►RHS Roses: An Inspirational Guide to Choosing and Growing the Best Roses ►RHS advice on how to grow roses ►Global Growth Vegetable Garden ►How to grow melons

The Awesome Manga Month concludes this week, with the ACP crew looking back on their month of discovery, knowledge and amazing comics! Its changed the way the gang look at modern comics, and another vein of the medium that will mentioned more and more in the future! Great recommendations and musings abound, so get ready to add to your wishlists! Great stuff to check out this week - Sakamoto Says, Battle Royale, Under the Air, Gyo, Jujitsu Kaizen, Ben Kai in New York Click here to buy comics from the creators of the Awesome Comics Podcast! Let us know what you think! Email: awesomecomicspod@gmail.com  Join the discussion today at our facebook group Awesome Comics Talk Check out the folks who sponsor this lil show - the mighty folks at Comichaus! If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badassery at www.chadfifer.bandcamp.com