miseducAsian Podcast

In this episode, we remember a dear friend, Wyman Khuu, who passed away in July. Thank you for being a friend, partner, leader, encourager, great hang, and so much more. You will be missed. If you want to give to a good cause in memory of Wyman, here is a link.

In this episode, we chat with singer-songwriter, Joseph Tseng, and why he left his education career behind to pursue music full-time. Why he goes by Joseph Tseng as an artist, his relationship with his names, and we discover Tommy's namesake (2:35)Our relationship with racialized identities, what we hope to share and learn in sharing our identities (14:46)Joseph and his family's origin story, three generations of grief and resilience, and where he found his love of music (30:17)Giving h...

This is Part 2 of our chat with Tommy Welch, Regional School Superintendent of Boston Public Schools. Being one of the only Asian American athletes in high school and college, Japanese American identity through generations (0:41)How the Tommys started their careers in education, the impact of the lack of representation in education and leadership, and the power of identity-affirming leadership (19:00)The true story about how an Asian Tommy met and married a Karla, twice (43:36)

In this episode, we chat with John Sun, President and CEO of Pacific Charter School Development, a non-profit real estate firm that offers various services for charter school partners. We talk about our favorite moments from The Brothers Sun, the auntie network, and the cultural significance of Mahjong (2:05)John shares his experience growing up in the Rio Grande Valley and his father's journey to building a restaurant empire in South Texas (23:45)We discuss his decision not to take up...

Back by popular demand, we chat all things food with Hanifa Farooq. The boom of Asian food at non-Asian grocery stores (1:38)Hanifa shares some of the best things she's eaten on her recent travels, eating Asian food in non-Asian countries, and her general approach to maximizing every meal on the road (10:07)13 places in 48 hours in LA, the highs and lows of fusion (27:34)Comfort foods from our youth and our Harold and Kumar destinations (40:06)Our shared joy of food, not understanding t...

In Part 2 of our conversation with Frank Chi, filmmaker, artist, storyteller, and director of 38 at the Garden, we discuss: Finding stories and experiences that resonate across identities and Bend it Like Beckham (0:38)Giving "advice" to the next generation, balancing our dreams and our parents' expectations (9:20) How Obama's 2004 speech changed Frank's life, his career in politics (20:03)How Frank realized and embraced being an artist and creative (36:38)What's next, the stories he'd l...

In this episode, we meet with Yi-Ann Li, a rising senior at the University of Southern California, founding Chapter Co-President of Dear Asian Youth, and newsletter editor for Dear Asian Americans. About Dear Asian Youth, why she started a chapter at USC, and what she's learned about leadership (2:41)How her love of stories led to majoring in literature and how she broke the news to her parents that she was changing her major (11:02)The lasting impact of how she was raised and how her c...

In part 2, we trade hot takes with Dinesh Shamdasani, CEO and Chief Creative Officer at Bad Idea. reactions to the latest comic book movies and Albert shares his trash take on Michael B Jordan (0:45) why Top Gun: Maverick is an all-timer, we share some of our favorite film franchises (5:55)we revisit a cartoon classic, The Land Before Time, and learn why tragic things happen at the beginning of most of our childhood favorites (17:38)