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#168 - The RISE of Asian American Culture with Jeff Yang & Phil Yu aka AngryAsianMan (They Call Us Bruce Podcast)
Podcast |
First of All
Publisher |
Potluck Podcast Collective
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Asian American Culture, 
Careers, 
Interview, 
Personal Journals, 
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Education, 
Health & Fitness, 
Mental Health, 
Personal Journals, 
Self-Improvement, 
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Mar 01, 2022
Episode Duration |
01:37:04

This one goes out to the Asian diaspora Gen X, millennial & Gen Z-ers who are getting better acquainted with or just further embracing tf out of their Asian identities. For most of us Asian Americans, we grew up assimilating, disconnecting, and/or over-representing this side of ourselves - our languages, customs, features - in a society where we were mostly stereotyped, fetishized, or simply overlooked and ignored. But throughout the many decades since our parents and grandparents immigrated from our motherlands, we've created spaces, trends, and our own subcultures that have blossomed into a unique and increasingly stronger identity. In this episode, Minji sits down with two Asian American trailblazers who have contributed their life's work to carving out a space for our stories - writers & public figures Jeff Yang and Phil Yu (aka AngryAsianMan). Together they discuss their new book RISE, co-authored with Phil Wang of WongFu Productions, which covers some highlights in the evolution of Asian American pop culture. They dive into how times have changed, the significance of challenging the status quo, and the importance of a supportive, unified community to address bigotry, hate, and ignorance. 

Links: Spotify - Featured Music Playlisthttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/feb/15/wsj-shoes-on-shoeless-house-essayFollow Minji on:

Follow our guests Phil Yu (AngryAsianMan) and Jeff Yang on: 

▫️ Music featured in this episode include "Uzutrap" by Uzuhan and “This Is A Song About Self Love” by DANakaDAN.  Check out his new album "Me. Also Me." here! ▫️ Follow the show on Instagram and Twitter and support our Patreon▫️ This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

Produced by @marvinyueh & @AnnaSunSupported by @JulianaDeer

00:00:00 - Peace for Ukraine 00:03:55 - Intro’ing the topic + guests00:12:42 - Disappointment and hope from the pandemic00:15:18 - Phil and Jeff elevator pitch of what they do  00:23:20 - Impact of Angry Asian Man on college Minji 00:25:56 - Impact of Jeff’s writings and publication00:34:48 - Origin story of Phil + Jeff00:42:32 - Phil as a judge for Kollaboration 00:48:51 - BREAK - [They call us Bruce Podcast] + FOA Patreon00:50:20 - RISE - the book is slice of AA history from 90s to now 00:56:55 - If we don’t tell our story, who will?  01:03:36 - The decision making process for the book

This one goes out to the Asian diaspora Gen X, millennial & Gen Z-ers who are getting better acquainted with or just further embracing tf out of their Asian identities. For most of us Asian Americans, we grew up assimilating, disconnecting, and/or over-representing this side of ourselves - our languages, customs, features - in a society where we were mostly stereotyped, fetishized, or simply overlooked and ignored. But throughout the many decades since our parents and grandparents immigrated from our motherlands, we've created spaces, trends, and our own subcultures that have blossomed into a unique and increasingly stronger identity. In this episode, Minji sits down with two Asian American trailblazers who have contributed their life's work to carving out a space for our stories - writers & public figures Jeff Yang and Phil Yu (aka AngryAsianMan). Together they discuss their new book RISE, co-authored with Phil Wang of WongFu Productions, which covers some highlights in the evolution of Asian American pop culture. They dive into how times have changed, the significance of challenging the status quo, and the importance of a supportive, unified community to address bigotry, hate, and ignorance.

This one goes out to the Asian diaspora Gen X, millennial & Gen Z-ers who are getting better acquainted with or just further embracing tf out of their Asian identities. For most of us Asian Americans, we grew up assimilating, disconnecting, and/or over-representing this side of ourselves - our languages, customs, features - in a society where we were mostly stereotyped, fetishized, or simply overlooked and ignored. But throughout the many decades since our parents and grandparents immigrated from our motherlands, we've created spaces, trends, and our own subcultures that have blossomed into a unique and increasingly stronger identity. In this episode, Minji sits down with two Asian American trailblazers who have contributed their life's work to carving out a space for our stories - writers & public figures Jeff Yang and Phil Yu (aka AngryAsianMan). Together they discuss their new book RISE, co-authored with Phil Wang of WongFu Productions, which covers some highlights in the evolution of Asian American pop culture. They dive into how times have changed, the significance of challenging the status quo, and the importance of a supportive, unified community to address bigotry, hate, and ignorance. 

Links: Spotify - Featured Music Playlisthttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/feb/15/wsj-shoes-on-shoeless-house-essayFollow Minji on:

Follow our guests Phil Yu (AngryAsianMan) and Jeff Yang on: 

▫️ Music featured in this episode include "Uzutrap" by Uzuhan and “This Is A Song About Self Love” by DANakaDAN.  Check out his new album "Me. Also Me." here! ▫️ Follow the show on Instagram and Twitter and support our Patreon▫️ This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

Produced by @marvinyueh & @AnnaSunSupported by @JulianaDeer

00:00:00 - Peace for Ukraine 00:03:55 - Intro’ing the topic + guests00:12:42 - Disappointment and hope from the pandemic00:15:18 - Phil and Jeff elevator pitch of what they do  00:23:20 - Impact of Angry Asian Man on college Minji 00:25:56 - Impact of Jeff’s writings and publication00:34:48 - Origin story of Phil + Jeff00:42:32 - Phil as a judge for Kollaboration 00:48:51 - BREAK - [They call us Bruce Podcast] + FOA Patreon00:50:20 - RISE - the book is slice of AA history from 90s to now 00:56:55 - If we don’t tell our story, who will?  01:03:36 - The decision making process for the book01:11:13 - Not a definitive chronicle but a POV from authors + collaborators  01:18:04 - Parts of the book they each championed   01:24:10 - Respect your elders! 01:25:18 - FOA Qs for our guests 01:33:08 - Outro + Drop a 5 star review + Music by DANakaDAN - “This is a Song About Self Love”01:36:31 - [All the Asians on Star Trek Podcast] 

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