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
Beauty from Agitation with Joseph Tseng (aka Joe Chang)
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 himself permission to pursue music, writing songs that reflect his American experience, and the meaning behind Pearls of Home (49:14)
Check out Joseph Tseng's music on all streaming platforms.
