Podcasts about million rising

"Bitcoin price will go up another 100x, surpassing $4,000,000 per coin", says PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, surpassing the market cap of gold while rivaling the value of the entire stock market. "The central banks are going bankrupt," Peter Thiel says. ‘We are at the end of the fiat money regime. I'm still hopeful that Bitcoin will go up by a factor of 100x.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we are joined by Drag Queen, Makeup Artist, LGBTQIA Activist, and Founder of the House of Persuasions, Mx. SHI. Growing up in the South as a Japanese American, Mx. SHI provides insights on their personal journey including, generational/cultural differences, political identity, and prejudices they had experienced then to now. Mx. SHI's freedom shines through as they open up about finding belonging, embracing identity, and how culture meets intersectional identities. As the South's first and only all AAPI drag show, House of Persuasions (Atlanta, GA) was founded upon the sheer desire and aspirations to create a space for the queer AAPI in the south, with inclusivity for Asian culture, where they can belong to a community that accepts their identities entirely. We also get insight on the online drag show and fundraiser ‘18 Million Rising', launched during Pride Month, and its significance for organizations fighting anti-trans bills. Mx. SHI calls to action for the aid to the LGBTQIA community that is experiencing ongoing social and political turmoil, the constant escalation against their integrity, while advocating for the need to stand in solidarity. We learn more about the resilient fight for these communities and how we can help to provide an inclusive environment for all.

"[Blackbeard] is presenting as a queer character, not just within our time, but within his own time" - Tea Fougner. "It's historical fiction about pirates if the executive producers were all tumbler users" - Cayden Mak. Pirate Tea and First Mate Cayden Mak have boarded the show to talk about Taika Waititi and David Jenkins' glorious new show on HBO, Our Flag Means Death. It's a queer pirate romcom with roots in history and a remarkable diverse cast.  The conversation is spoiler-free till about 13 minutes in. There's a special intro to this episode about a real life crisis that's happening-- and what you can do about it (one place to start - https://transequality.org  My guests: Tea Fougner (who is 30% pirate facts by volume) is the editorial director for Comics at King Features Syndicate and co-chair of Programming for Flame Con, the world's largest LGBTQ+ comic convention. Tea co-modded a 200-person pirate RPG for three years and has a 13-hour piratecore playlist on Spotify. Listen here  https://t.co/Abq5wIkips & follow https://twitter.com/teaberryblue Cayden Mak https://twitter.com/cayden has spent the past decade organizing people for racial justice leveraging many aspects of technology and pop culture fmrly of 19 Million Rising (an Asian American Pacific Islander civic organizing group I love. 

James Gunn's HBO series Peacemaker picks up where The Suicide Squad left off. It features D-List DC superheroes, 80s glam metal, beating up the KKK, maintaining The Security State and having a gender crisis. My guests: Jamelle Bouie is a columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. unCLEAR and Present Danger podcast. Spencer Ackerman is a journalist and author of REIGN OF TERROR: How The 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump, out now from Viking. And later this year will co-write a SUICIDE SQUAD miniseries for DC/Black Label Cayden Mak has spent the past decade organizing people for racial justice leveraging many aspects of technology and pop culture fmrly of 19 Million Rising (an Asian American Pacific Islander civic organizing group I love).  My essay about Peacemaker's use of glam metal + my educational playlist https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2022/02/theres-no-wrong-time-to-rock-a-peacemaker-inspired-playlist/ @Ali_Galactic's thread on Vigilante's trans subtext - https://twitter.com/Ali_Galactic/status/1493339062429704195 

Can leaning into something you were previously ashamed of actually become your superpower? We find out when Vanessa talks to Gregory Cendana, a dancer, political strategist and entrepreneur who has been named one of Washington DC's most influential 40 under 40, about dancing for social justice.  Gregory reflects upon his upbringing in a conservative Catholic Filipino family and his own coming-out journey, and why his life mission is to help others bring their full, true selves to any space they are in to engender cultural, social and political change.  We discuss why prioritizing mental health creates more sustainable communities, and how the idea of collective self-care for Asian-Americans and BIPOC communities gives us the power to heal and reclaim our stories. Plus, we extol the wonders of the adult power nap. Rest is resistance. Watch the video or read the full interview at www.thrivespicemedia.comAbout Gregory:Dancer, Strategist and Entrepreneur Gregory Cendana is President and co-founder of Can't Stop! Won't Stop! Consulting, Chief Creative Officer of Greg Dances and co-founder of The People's Collective for Justice and Liberation. He was the first openly gay and youngest-ever Executive Director of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance and Institute for Asian Pacific American Leadership & Advancement. Gregory was also first openly gay Chair of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, co-founder of the diversity initiative Inclusv, and serves on the board of directors for United We Dream as Treasurer and 18 Million Rising as Chair. Gregory was President of the United States Student Association (USSA), where he played an integral role in the passage of the Student Aid & Fiscal Responsibility Act and Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act.  He has been named one of Washington DC's most influential 40-and-under young leaders, one of the 30 Most Influential Asian Americans Under 30, 40 Influential Asian Americans in Washington, DC's Inaugural Power 30 Under 30™ Award Recipients and the "Future of DC Politics". In his spare time, Gregory enjoys singing karaoke, choreographing dances and trying new recipes. You can find him on TikTok: @gregdances and on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter at @gregorycendana @cswsconsulting.Mental Health and Social Justice Resources:-Asian Mental Health Collective: https://www.asianmhc.org/-Can't Stop! Won't Stop! Consulting: https://www.cswsconsulting.com-Collective Solidarity and Abolition Pledge: http://bit.ly/AsianAbolitionPledge-People's Collective for Justice and Liberation: https://peoplescollective4jl.orgSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/thrivespice)

Dr. Jason Oliver Chang is Associate Professor of History, as well as Asian and Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut. We use Dr. Chang's zine “Unmasking Yellow Peril” (co-written with Turner Willman and the group 18 Million Rising) as a jumping-off point for discussing the history and present of exclusion, discrimination, and violence against Asian Americans, as well as the field of Asian American Studies more generally. In this time of rising anti-Asian rhetoric and violence, many have looked for educational resources. As Dr. Chang tells us, the lack of familiarity with this history is itself a familiar dynamic because of the “perpetual foreigner” stereotype, which leaves out Asian Americans from the American story. For Dr. Chang, Asian American Studies isn't only about adding another lost chapter to history, but also about interrogating how our “common sense” historical narratives depend on the absence of certain stories.  We also discuss Dr. Chang's 2017 book Chino: Anti-Chinese Racism in Mexico 1880-1940 as well as his support for a recent push to get Asian American Studies in Connecticut public schools. A similar effort is currently underway here in Illinois. You can download the zine Unmasking Yellow Peril for free or pick up a copy from the Deerfield Public Library's Podcast Collection shelf. You can also find Asian America: A Primary Source Reader (co-edited by Dr. Chang) in our collection, as well as many other resources here at the Library. Dr. Chang can be found @chinotronic on Twitter. We welcome your comments and feedback--please send to: podcast@deerfieldlibrary.org. More info at: http://deerfieldlibrary.org/podcast Follow us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube 

Three powerful, absolutely-nothing-like-one-another conversations on this week's jam-packed mega-episode: The ACLU's Chase Strangio blows open the absurdity and cruelty of state legislation targeting trans youth who want to play sports—and agrees with Hari about Rodney Dangerfield's relevance to the conversation. Dr. Connie Wun lifts up the humanity of the victims of the spa killings near Atlanta and connects their murders to America's long history of racist and colonial violence against Asians and Asian-Americans. And she makes the case that cops won't end hate crimes—but organized communities can. Then Derek DelGaudio, creator of In & Of Itself and author of AMORALMAN, communes with Kamau about magic, identity, performance, and only-childness. Find our guests: Chase Strangio (@chasestrangio) https://www.aclu.org/news/by/chase-strangio/ Dr. Connie Wun (@conniewunphd) https://www.conniewunphd.com Derek DelGaudio (@derek_del) Trans-led orgs recommended by Chase: Transformation Project (South Dakota) https://www.transformationprojectsd.org Transgender Education Network of Texas https://www.transtexas.org Grassroots orgs highlighted by Connie: AAPI Women Lead https://www.imreadymovement.org Advancing Justice https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org CAAAV https://caaav.org DRUM: Desis Rising Up and Moving https://www.drumnyc.org Red Canary Song https://www.redcanarysong.net VietLead https://www.vietlead.org VietRISE https://vietrise.org 18 Million Rising https://18millionrising.org Also mentioned in the show: Disclosurehttp://www.disclosurethemovie.com/about Find us: Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) http://www.harikondabolu.com/ W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) http://www.wkamaubell.com/ Find the show: Twitter (@PoliticReActive) Facebook (@politicallyreactive) Instagram (@politicallyreactive) Produced by Topic Studios. Part of the WarnerMedia Podcast Network. Full credits.www.PoliticallyReActive.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sign-up for Michael Moore's email list! https://forms.gle/1wmxdZmdAZQ4yMkZA ***** In 1987, Michael Moore exclusively interviewed Ronald Ebens, the former Chrysler autoworker who, along with his laid-off autoworker stepson, brutally beat a Chinese-American man named Vincent Chin to death with a baseball bat in Detroit 5 years earlier. A witness heard Ebens tell Chin and his Asian-American friend that they "were the reason we're all getting laid off" -- a reference to the scapegoating of the Japanese for the American auto industry cutting jobs (again, Chin was Chinese, but that made no difference to his killer). The killing of Chin and the fact that Ebens spent no time in jail and only paid a small fine set off a wave of new Asian-American civil rights activism. In this special episode of Rumble, Michael recounts his 2 hour meeting with the defiant killer of Vincent Chin and notes the all-too-familiar "white-guy-as-victim syndrome" that Ebens exhibited due to his legal and media ordeal after he killed Chin. Michael is joined by an Asian-American public school teacher, storyteller, activist, and the cousin of the late Vincent Chin, Annie Tan, who explains the importance of Vincent Chin's legacy and discusses the proactive, positive work that is being done to confront anti-Asian racism and violence. Finally, March 23rd, 2021 is Michael Moore's Liberation Day. After 379 days in a self-imposed quarantine and one month after receiving his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, he's finally leaving the house and he ponders all the places he will go. 'The Man Who Killed Vincent Chin' by Michael Moore This article appeared in the Detroit Free Press Sunday Magazine on August 30, 1987. https://web.archive.org/web/20120627010544/https://michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/man-who-killed-vincent-chin-michael-moore Here are the links to the groups Annie mentioned that support Asian Americans: NAPAWF: National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum: https://www.napawf.org/ Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/ CAAAV Organizing Asian American Tenants: https://caaav.org/ Red Canary Song: https://www.redcanarysong.net/ SWOP Brooklyn: https://www.swopbrooklyn.org/ DRUM NYC: https://www.drumnyc.org/ Flushing Workers Center: Twitter @FlushingWorkers: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NAX7TUH6UPSFE Welcome to Chinatown: https://www.welcometochinatown.com/ Send Chinatown Love: https://www.sendchinatownlove.com/ CACF Coalition of Asian Children and Families: https://www.cacf.org/ 18 Million Rising: https://18millionrising.org/ Articles Annie mentioned: Annie Tan, "Remembering Vincent," The Moth https://themoth.org/stories/remembering-vincent Nina Sharma, "Not Dead" in Asian American Writers Workshop: https://aaww.org/not-dead/ Music in the episode: "If I Ruled The World" - MILCK https://youtu.be/NhHKRvv4JfU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rumble-with-michael-moore/message

About This Episode The COVID-19 public health crisis has revealed and exacerbated massive vulnerabilities and inequalities in the United States. In the absence of federal leadership, local communities across the country are developing their own responses and fighting back against xenophobia and racist violence. How do communities build power for the post-pandemic future? Andrew Fan and Sydney Fang explore how Bay Area-based Asian American organizations have been nimble and responsive to the emergent needs of vulnerable Asian Americans during this time through mutual aid and policy advocacy strategies that promote solidarity against forms of white supremacist violence, including worker exploitation, evictions, and discrimination against people with disabilities.  Guests:  Alvina WongOrganizing and Campaigns Director at Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) Ken WangPolicy and Compliance Counsel at Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) Hosts Sydney Fangis a candidate for Masters in Public Policy and Masters in Urban Planning degrees at Harvard University. She has spent the past ten years advancing grassroots organizing and policy campaigns for racial, gender, and environmental justice.  Andrew Fanis a Master of Public Policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School. His background is in journalism, with a focus on criminal justice issues and racial equity. Learn More Resources and Background Reading Relief Resources https://legalaidatwork.org/blog/relief-funds/ (Relief funds for undocumented workers in California): A list updated weekly by Legal Aid at Work https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18p9OSlLpSYanIoUC-gEbhVbRMYVUfw4wyrixa9ekGdc/edit?usp=sharing (COVID-19 Resources for Undocumented Immigrants): Financial, medical, food, legal, mutual aid resources, including nationwide and state-specific resources https://18millionrising.org/2020/04/unmasking_yp.html (“Unmasking Yellow Peril” zine) by 18 Million Rising and the Asian and Asian American Institute at University of Connecticut Ways to support 1.  Subscribe to COVID19 news updates from APEN for Bay Area, California, National, and International news and resources. https://apen4ej.org/covid-news/ (https://apen4ej.org/covid-news/) 2.  Consider sharing your check and donate to the mutual aid funds to support Nan-Hui Jo, APEN, and CPA.  https://www.gofundme.com/f/supportnhj?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR3nkqiO9IMLWa4lKa6ZYU06-XRgae60kkZAkHXCJ4LBhdQSVp8Zq5pkyZ0 (Support Nan-Hui's Survival #SurvivedAndPunished) https://cpasf.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=52&fbclid=IwAR2NOekfEVLkjBLQ6JfGUPcu1GwUnoirHjg2ecMg-IBOv8Oviv5CVyUrhjw (CPA COVID-19 Emergency Stabilization Fund) Since recording this podcast, APEN has paused collecting contributions to their stabilization fund

Cayden Mak and C.M. Samala from 18 Million Rising check in with each other and our series host Tri Vo in this final episode of Green Card Voices’ #LoveYourAsianNeighbors podcast series’ first season. In this episode, Cayden and Samala discuss how they’ve adapted to the online atmosphere of COVID-19, how debt holds labor captive, and what it means to be a co-conspirator. Though this episode was recorded prior to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, its content remains a call-to-action for our listeners. Cayden and Samala call on guests to take action against systems of privilege and oppression in this country and in the world. As Cayden points out, saying that one believes something is not a high enough risk to take; co-conspirators stand in solidarity with others through action. In this same moment, with the pandemic ongoing, many folks must simultaneously stand up and take action while making space for grief. Samala guides listeners through finding that balance and sharing empathy with others. Learn more about Cayden and Samala’s work with 18 Million Rising and its important organizing work here: https://18millionrising.org/ Join the Green Card Voices podcast community and hear more from Cayden and Samala by becoming a Patron: https://bit.ly/ForOurGCVNeighbors Share Cayden and Samala’s conversation online—using the #LoveYourAsianNeighbors hashtag—and tell us your story of raising the voices, whether it’s your own or another’s voice, of Asian Americans. Discussed or mentioned this week: ● “This Is How Ignorant You Have to Be to Call Haiti a Sh*thole,” Washington Post ● Stephanie Black, Life and Debt ● David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 Years ● “Postscript: Grace Lee Boggs,” New Yorker ● Arundhati Roy, “The Pandemic is a Portal,” Financial Times ABOUT THIS SPECIAL SERIES: As we continue to live in the middle of the COVID 19 pandemic, cases of xenophobia and race- based hate crimes targeting Asian American communities have escalated in an alarming yet not unprecedented manner. To combat the harmful rhetoric being spread and inflicted on our neighbors, Green Card Voices has launched #LoveYourAsianNeighbors campaign. In this special podcast series, we highlight the lived narratives of Asian Americans overcoming difficulties, finding abundance in the face of scarcity, and taking action towards a better future.

The multi-pronged attack on voting in America. While there are threats from outside countries, like Russia and China, the greatest danger comes from within. Our guests are Dale Ho (Director, ACLU Voting Rights Project) and Taz Ahmed (18 Million Rising, and host of the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast). The song for this episode is “Eenie Meenie”. Stream it wherever you listen to music. Catch Bhi Bhiman on tour - tix available at peaceofmindpod.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cayden Mak, Executive Director of 18 Million Rising, joins the podcast to talk about his story growing up as a Midwest Asian, his first act of activism in high school, and now devoting his life...

This episode we travel to a future where the 2020 census goes haywire. What happens if we don’t get an accurate count of Americans? Who cares? Apparently the constitution does!     The 2020 census is currently in the crosshairs — census watchers say that it’s not getting enough funding, and community organizations and local governments are already worrying about what an inaccurate census might mean for their people.     To walk us through the current perils facing the census I talked to Hansi Lo Wang, a national correspondent for NPR who has been covering the census; Phil Sparks, the co-director of The Census Project, an organization that brings together groups who use census data; Susan Lerner, the director of Common Cause New York, a government watchdog group; Cayden Mak, the executive director of 18 Million Rising, an online organizing group that works with Asian American communities; and Dawn Joelle Fraser, a storyteller and communications coach who worked for the census in 2010.     Further reading:    Could A Census Without A Leader Spell Trouble In 2020?   US Census Director Resigns Amid Turmoil Over Funding of 2020 Count  Departure of U.S. Census director threatens 2020 count  The 2020 Census is at risk. Here are the major consequences  With 2020 Census Looming, Worries About Fairness and Accuracy  Trump's threat to the 2020 Census  NAACP lawsuit alleges Trump administration will undercount minorities in 2020 Census  Census 2020: How it’s supposed to work (and how it might go terribly wrong)  Census watchers warn of crisis if 2020 funding is not increased  Likely Changes in US House Seat Distribution for 2020  What Census Calls Us: A Historical Timeline  As 2020 Census Approaches, Worries Rise Of A Political Crisis After The Count  The American Census: a social history by Margo J. Anderson  The Story Collider podcast: Dawn Fraser, The Mission    Note: This is the second to last episode of this season of Flash Forward! The last episode drops January 9th, and then the show will be in hiatus for a few months while I prep for season 4, which is going to be great I can already assure you! If you want to follow along with the prep for season 4, and just generally keep up with what's going on with the show and when it's coming back stay in touch via Twitter, Facebook , Reddit, or, best of all, Patreon, where I'll post behind the scenes stuff as I get ready for the next Flash Forward adventures.    Also, I’m going on tour with PopUp Magazine in February! Get your tickets at popupmagazine.com.    Flash Forward is produced by me, Rose Eveleth. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. Special thanks this week to Liz Neeley who voiced our discouraged bureaucrat. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky.     If you want to suggest a future we should take on, send us a note on Twitter, Facebook or by email at info@flashforwardpod.com. We love hearing your ideas! And if you think you’ve spotted one of the little references I’ve hidden in the episode, email us there too. If you’re right, I’ll send you something cool.     And if you want to support the show, there are a few ways you can do that too! Head to www.flashforwardpod.com/support for more about how to give. But if that’s not in the cards for you, you can head to iTunes and leave us a nice review or just tell your friends about us. Those things really do help.     As a bonus, at the end of this episode, you'll hear a human chorus record a psalm that was written by Janelle Shane's machine learning algorithm. (Remember her from the super religion episode?) and arranged by Hamish Symington and Owain Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  Allies to the Water Protectors at Standing Rock Blocking Traffic on Election Morning Before many people made it to the polls on Tuesday, allies of the water protectors blocked traffic at a major intersection in San Francisco. Banners read, “What they do to the water, they do to us.” That is just one of the messages allies brought back from Standing Rock. Cece Carpio visited Standing Rock in late October to deliver solar panels developed by Diné scientists. Reverend Jesse Jackson joined them. Pam Tau Lee and Cece Carpio journeyed to Standing Rock and joined Nonogirl in studio. Pam visited Standing Rock in late September. Cece visited in late October. Also joining them is Barbara Mumby who will be heading out to Standing Rock with her daughter next week. People are encouraged to participate in a phone call and letter writing day of action on Monday, November 14. There is also a national day of action. The Bay Area action starts at sunrise (6:30) on Tuesday, November 15 at San Francisco Civic Center Plaza. We also digest the election results with Sonali Kolhatkarand Cayden Mak. Sonali hosts KPFK's Uprising, which connects global issues with local ones. Cayden is the executive director of 18 Million Rising, which promotes AAPI civic engagement, influence, and movement by leveraging the power of technology and social media. The post APEX Express – Solidarity with Standing Rock and an Election Post-Mordem appeared first on KPFA.

Oakland vigil for Orlando. Photo by Hyejin Shim. Tonight on APEX Express, we have guest host Mia Nakano with the Visibility Project, a national portrait and video collection dedicated to the Queer Asian American Women & Trans* community. She helps us delve into a discussion with our community about life after the Pulse Orlando tragedy.  We bring you perspectives from queer, radical Asian American, South Asian, and Muslim community members including Cayden Mak from 18 Million Rising, an AAPI political advocacy and awareness organization, Poonam Kapoor and Mohammed Shaik Hussain Ali from Trikone, a Bay Area based LGBTQ South Asian group, and writer and activist Canyon Sam. And we welcome educator and performer Sokeo Ros into the studio. His one-man show From Refugee Camp to Project uses dance, video, and storytelling to talk about his journey from Asia to America, from housing projects to artistic projects. Community Calendar On Friday at 8 pm, two great books are released at once at Myns Warehouse in Oakland. Jai Arun Ravine will read from The Romance of Siam: A Pocket Guide, which is a subverted travel guide that interrogates the desire white people have to lose and reinvent themselves in Thailand. Joining Jai is Miriam Ching Yoon Louie who will read from her comedic novel, Not Contagious—Only Cancer. As a reminder, there's a march from the Castro to Galeria de la Raza on Saturday starting at 2:30 to honor the victims' lives in Orlando. Meet at the intersection of Castro and Market streets. Galeria hosts speakers and performers who stand in solidarity against those who wish to harm, create fear and remove our freedoms from us. Come stand against homophobia, islamophobia and exclusion. Earlier on Saturday, AROC in partnership with the National Lawyer's Guild-SF and the Electronic Frontier Foundation host a community defense training. Know your rights on the street, on the web, and beyond. Protect yourself against undercover cops, informants, and cooperating witnesses. This training is from 1-4 p.m. at the Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics. On Sunday at 1:30, OUT RUN a documentary by Leo Chiang and Johnny Symons will be showing at the Castro Theater. Mobilizing working-class transgender hairdressers and beauty queens, the dynamic leaders of the world's only LGBT political party wage a historic quest to elect a trans woman to the Philippine Congress. This screening features a Q+A with the directors and film subject Raymond Alikpala. The post Diving Deep into #PulseOrlando appeared first on KPFA.

This week we have a supersized KollabCast with 3 guests joining Marvin and Minji on the podcast! Kollaboration staffers and actual real-life co-workers Lee Yang and Jen Ju join the cast along with Juliet Shen of 18 Million Rising and Facinasians. Together we talk about all the things from racism and the media to Xanga, Taylor Swift, and Disney! As always, send us your listener questions at podcast@kollaboration.org This week’s Intro/outro music (and perennial summerjam contender) is provided courtesy of hip hop group Magnetic North.   Subscribe to us on iTunes, Stitcher, or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss)

In this episode, Lee Camp breaks down an exclusive video showing David Petraeus's introduction as a war criminal, while activist group 18 Million Rising introduces GAP to fair labor practices. Sam Sacks exposes himself - to the nuclear mess at the Hanford site, while Congress avoids cleaning up the mess causing climate change and talks space aliens instead. Jazzy the orca whale brings us a different take on Blackfish, the Air Force brings us a gay blast from the past, Solar Freakin' Roadways brings bisolar disorder to John F. O'Donnell, and more! Full versions of Redacted Tonight can be found here

In this episode, Lee Camp breaks down an exclusive video showing David Petraeus's introduction as a war criminal, while activist group 18 Million Rising introduces GAP to fair labor practices. Sam Sacks exposes himself - to the nuclear mess at the Hanford site, while Congress avoids cleaning up the mess causing climate change and talks space aliens instead. Jazzy the orca whale brings us a different take on Blackfish, the Air Force brings us a gay blast from the past, Solar Freakin' Roadways brings bisolar disorder to John F. O'Donnell, and more! Full versions of Redacted Tonight can be found here

For episode 14, BlackinAsia, unapologetically-yellow, and special guest peaceshannon discuss the state of international adoption and the recent murder of Hyunsu. peaceshannon provides important framing of the international adoption industrial complex as well as the specifics of Hyunsu’s murder. News topics this week include the Oscars and the falling out between 18 Million Rising and Suey Park, and we answer a listener ask from canadiaplease about comparisons between the Civil Rights’ Movement and the marriage equality movement and an anonymous listener’s question about the “eat the cake Annie Mae” line in Drunk in Love.

On Tonights Installment: Those of you on the Twitterverse may have seen a surge of tweets labeled#NotYourAsianSidekick. What is it? What does it mean? In the studio to talk about the twitter movement and it's translations to on the ground organizing is Cayden Mak, New Media Director of 18 Million Rising. Protestors gather in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood to protest the India Supreme Court decision.  Photo by Urvi Nagrani   Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code dates back to 1861, introduced during British rule of India, criminalizing sexual activities “against the order of nature.” In 2009, Section 377 was struck down by the High Court of Delhi. It was declared unconstitutional with respect to sex between consenting adults. However, the judgment was overturned last week, by the Supreme Court of India, which found that Section 377 is a Parliamentary matter, not a judicial one. To help us understand the history, the context, and the work that begins again to repeal 377, R.J. Lozada brings in Mohammed Shaik Hussain Ali, Secretary, Trikone and Editor of Trikone Magazine. Trikone is one of the oldest South Asian LGBTQ organizations in the world, based in San Francisco, CA. NEFFCON Nor-Cal gathers to urge the Philippine government to engage in the peace process. Photo by Megumi Yoshida. The National Ecumenical Forum for Filipino Concerns – North California Chapter, or NEFFCON Nor-Cal, is composed of several churches in the Northern California region. NEFFCON-NorCal Chapter is a Forum for continuing dialogue of life leading to a shared theological perspective, common decision and coordinated courses of action on issues and concerns affecting the Filipino people in the Philippines and the Filipinos and Fil-Americans in the US. It is Ecumenical in the pristine sense of the word: “to take care of the inhabited earth” together. Kathryn Poethig, member of NEFFCON's organizing  committee, and longtime peace-worker in Southeast Asia, will be joining host, R.J. Lozada to talk about NEFFCON's work, the church in the Philippines, and the long history towards peace in the Philippines. Hosted by R.J. Lozada. The post APEX Express – December 19, 2013 appeared first on KPFA.

On this week's installment: Hmong American writer, Kao Kalia Yang In the Summer of 2012, WNYC's widely popular show, Radiolab, sought the Hmong perspective on chemical warfare during the Vietnam War, dubbed Yellow Rain.  Producers from that show interviewed Kao Kalia Yang, award winning author of The Latehomecomer, and Eng Yang, documentarian of the Hmong experience post Vietnam War for Thailand.  What would ensue in the interview has been widely discussed, and mostly criticized by Radiolab fans. Kao Kalia Yang recently spoke at the annual Listen to the Silence conference at Stanford University. Yang also sat with APEX Contributor, R.J. Lozada to express her perspective on recent developments with WNYC, Radiolab, and the Hmong community. Also it's fund drive at KPFA, and we've been in touch with Coffee House Press, the publisher of Kao Kalia Yang's award-winning memoir, The Latehomecomer-if you donate during broadcast, you receive The Latehomecomer as a thank you gift! To listen to Radiolab's amended segment vist here: http://www.radiolab.org/2012/sep/24/yellow-rain/ They made four different edits from it's initial launch on their website on September 24, 2012 to October 05, 2012: first, to add Radiolab host, Jad Albumrad's context, the second, to remove snickering at the end of the segment, third, to shorten the silence following Kao Kalia Yang's tearful close of the interview, and fourth, to add Radiolab host, Robert Kruwich's apology. To read Kao Kalia Yang's response she posted to Hyphen, vist here: http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2012/10/science-racism-radiolabs-treatment-hmong-experience To read a much more complete treatment of Yellow Rain that includes the Yang's perspective, vist here: http://www.citypages.com/2012-11-14/news/behind-laos-s-yellow-rain-and-tears/ To sign a petition put together by 18 Million Rising, visit here: http://act.engagementlab.org/sign/18mr_Radiolab/ The post APEX Express – February 28, 2013 appeared first on KPFA.

This past month we saw incredible shows of grassroots power across the country.  On this week's APEX Express, we hear stories about how grassroots efforts both led major relief efforts for immigrant communities in the aftermath of Sandy, and helped gain major wins for API communities in the 2012 elections.  Including interviews with:   Helena Wong, Executive Director of CAAAV in New  York City speaks on how CAAAV was able to respond with major relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy, and provide language-accessible support on-the-ground when the City failed to do so. Christina Samala, Director of 18 Million Rising, speaks on surprising API voter statistics and offers her post-election reflections from an API perspective. Emily Lee, from CPA Action Fund, and Timmy Lu, from APEN Action Fund, break down how grassroots power won major victories in SF's Supervisor elections and in California's proposition races. And as always, host Ellen Choy brings great musical breaks, including some exciting new joints! PLUS: we're giving away one pair of tickets for a lucky listener to see one of Kidlat Tahimik‘s rare film screenings in the Bay Area! Don't sleep – listen in! With Host Ellen Choy. The post APEX Express – November 15, 2012 appeared first on KPFA.