“There's so few of us here in Kentucky. It's a self-reflection - to be able to claim the identity as a Southerner” Dan Wu and Charlene Buckles are the hosts of the public radio / podcast “Where Y’All Really From” (on Louisville Public Media) — but in their day job, they’re upstanding professional citizens - a restauranteur and a social activist who decided to create a show about a year ago - that shares the Asian Kentucky experience - for Asian Americans in Kentucky (it’s bonus content for anyone else in Kentucky). Dan’s professional cooking career was kickstarted on Fox’s MasterChef — and he’s since a mainstay of local street fairs, pop-ups, his own restaurant Atomic Ramen, and on the campus of the University of Kentucky. A fierce advocate for immigrants, refugees, and small business owners, Dan’s also an unapologetic comic book & movie geek and podcast junkie. Charlene’s a proud proud formerly undocumented Filipina-Kentuckian. A former teacher turned fundraiser (ACLU KY FTW), she wildly passionate and active in areas of immigrant justice, women empowerment, racial literacy in Early Education, delicious cookies, local floral arrangements, and her adorable children. Between the hot takes, and reality show / comic book nerding out, you’ll find yourself wondering how you were so luck to get an upgrade from Sharon + Raman - but also getting a feel for what the Asian Kentucky experience must really be like. This episode is sponsored by the Department of Health & Human Services, who’s encouraging you and your community to make sure you’ve got the COVID-19 Vaccine & Booster. We can do this, together. Find vaccines and boosters near you @ VACCINES.gov LEARN ABOUT DAN & CHARLENE PODCAST (NPR / WYRF): whereyallreallyfrom.org DAN: instagram.com/atomicramen CHARLENE: instagram.com/charleeeneeeb MENTIONS BOOK: Decolonizing Wealth (Edgar Villanueva): goodreads.com/en/book/show/38245185-decolonizing-wealth TV; Reservation Dogs (FX / Hulu): imdb.com/title/tt13623580 TV: Bling Empire (Netflix): imdb.com/title/tt13660962 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices