Saturday School Podcast
1) Season 9, Ep. 10: Finishing the Game
It's our final episode of our 9th season of Saturday School, which covers "Stars of Asian American Cinema." Before YouTube, if you wanted to see an abundance of stories with Asian Americans as stars, ...Show More
2) Season 9, Ep. 9: Lucky Grandma
This week's Saturday School episode is a celebration of Tsai Chin, as we revisit the 2019 film, "Lucky Grandma," directed by Saisie Sealey.Some might know Chin as a classically-trained theater actress...Show More
3) Season 9, Ep. 8: Crush the Skull
For this week's Saturday School, the 8th out of our 10-episode semester on Stars of Asian American Cinema, we are talking about Viet Nguyen's 2015 horror comedy "Crush The Skull." It's co-written...Show More
4) Season 9, Ep. 7: Karma Calling
This week, we're revisiting the 2009 film "Karma Calling" by Sarba Das. It's a rom-com between a young Indian American woman Sonal Raj (Bernali Das) in Hoboken, New Jersey and an Indian man Rohit Rao ...Show More
5) Season 9, Ep. 6: Saving Face
In this week's Saturday School episode, we revisit the 2004 Alice Wu film "Saving Face," on the tail of its 20th anniversary.If you've been following this semester, you know we are paying tribute to t...Show More
6) Season 9, Ep. 5: The Debut
In this week's episode, we're revisiting Gene Cajayon's 2000 film "The Debut," starring Dante Basco and Joy Bisco! Also starring Bernadette Balagtas! Eddie Garcia, Tirso Cruz III and Gina Alajar! Dari...Show More
7) Season 9, Ep. 4: ABCD
This week, we are revisting 1999's "ABCD," directed by Krutin Patel. It stars Sheetal Sheth and Faran Tahir as Indian American siblings, aka the "American Born Confused Desis" of the title. Madhur Jaf...Show More
8) Season 9, Ep. 3: Hundred Percent
Episode 3 of Saturday Season Semester 9 -- where we bask in the glow of our "Stars of Asian American Cinema" -- takes us back to the '90s. 1998's "Hundred Percent," directed by Eric Koyanagi, cam...Show More
9) Season 9, Ep. 2: Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
Episode 2 of our "Stars of Asian American Cinema" season goes back to the beginning with 1980's "Hito Hata: Raise the Banner," considered the first feature-length film made by and about Asian American...Show More
10) Season 9, Ep. 1: The Joy Luck Club
Saturday School is officially back for Season 9! Brian and I are here to teach your unwilling children about Asian American pop culture history (which includes Russell Wong and watermelons). The theme...Show More