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
LIVE Recording at The Broad Center's Forum 2025 with Akemi Kochiyama
In this episode, we are live and in-person at The Broad Center at Yale School of Management Forum 2025, with special guest, Akemi Kochiyama. Akemi is a scholar-activist, community builder, and Co-Director of the Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project, whose mission is to carry on the work and legacy of her grandmother, Yuri Kochiyama.
- We soak in the moment of doing our first recording in front of a live audience and for a community that is near and dear to us (0:50)
- Akemi shares her thoughts on Yuri's work, approach to solidarity and community building, and this idea about radical hospitality (4:50)
- How we move from relationships to solidarity and the weight and expectations of having a famous last name, and how Bill and Yuri Kochiyama met (19:00)
- We share our thoughts on how to navigate today and launching the Kochiyama Archives at Columbia University (39:30)
Special shoutout to Feedspot and their 70 Best Asian American Podcasts list (we're #17!).
