About this episode

Miko Lee interviews Dr. Robyn Rodriguez about her new podcast and her work in community activism.

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. Host Miko Lee checks in with Dr. Robyn Rodriguez and we get to check out her podcast Spitting Fire: Doktora Robyn Speaks. SHOW TRANSCRIPT [00:00:00] Opening: Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices, coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view. It’s time to get on board the Apex Express. [00:00:34] Miko Lee: Welcome to Apex Express. I’m your host, Miko Lee, and tonight I’m so excited to talk to my lovely colleague, Dr. Robyn Rodriguez. Robyn is such a powerful leader. She’s often called the people’s professor. She was a professor of Asian studies at UC Davis, and now runs the Reimagination Lab. She has created a farm that is a collective action space, and she is really thinking about new ways to reimagine our world. I’m so excited for you to learn more about Dr. Robyn and you’re gonna get to hear from her new podcast, which is called appropriately, Spitting Fire: Doktora Robyn…

People in this episode

Host: Miko Lee

Guest: Dr. Robyn Rodriguez

Topics covered

• Asian Pacific Islander voices
• community stories
• activism
• podcast features
• cultural coverage

Keywords

• APEX Express
• Asian studies
• community activism
• podcast
• cultural coverage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UC Davis, Reimagination Lab

Books & works: Spitting Fire: Doktora Robyn Speaks

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