miseducAsian Podcast
miseducAsian is a podcast created by 3 Asian Americans hoping to add to the growing chorus of story-telling about the richness, complexity and boldness of the Asian American experience. The hosts, Albert, Brian and Tommy, are mid-life, mid-career educators who came of age in the 80’s and 90’s, who share their experiences of the joys and struggles of being Asian in America. They bring friends and colleagues into the conversation to share their stories in a space that is meant to be positive, fun and affirming. We hope to dismantle the prevailing stereotypes of Asian Americans as the docile “model minority” and to tear down the biases of the “perpetual foreigner” by painting the richness of our American experiences. And through all this, we hope to inspire other Asian Americans to share their stories within their own networks as well.
miseducAsian Podcast
Part 2 with Frank Chi: The Stories that Stick, Politics as Belonging, and What's Next
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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 like to tell, and elevating more Asian stories (49:15)