Model Minority: Uniquely American Podcast
1) Victoria Li | Chinatown, NYC - Immigrant Tales #7
Victoria Li grew up in Flushing, Queens in NYC, where her parents owned a Chinese takeout restaurant. On this episode of immigrant tales, she recounts the hardships her parents went through in order t...Show More
2) Punam Saxena | The U.S. South - Immigrant Tales #6
*CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains recounts of traumatic post-segregation-era racism inflicted on people of color including the storyteller and those in her community.* Punam Saxena talks about t...Show More
3) On Losing Our Tongues
*Please hit the FOLLOW button to help support my work!* In January, I sent out a request asking listeners to send in clips about what language means to them - regardless of if they can speak their nat...Show More
4) On Loving Our Language
*Please hit the FOLLOW button to help support my work!* In January, I sent out a request asking listeners to send in clips about what language means to them - regardless of if they can speak their nat...Show More
5) Zamzam Dini | Somalia - Immigrant Tales #5
(Please hit the follow button for this show on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, to help support my work! <3 ) For Zamzam Dini, growing up in Seattle where there was little diversity meant ...Show More
6) Sameer Gadhia of Young the Giant
Welcome to Season 2 of Model Minority: Uniquely American! As the launch of Season 2, we sit down with Sameer Gadhia, lead singer of Young the Giant, to discuss his heritage, thoughts on the American ...Show More
7) A Request
I'm back! Excited to announce Season 2 of Model Minority, and am so grateful for all the people who have grown to love this show. A quick request: I'm working on an upcoming episode about langua...Show More
8) Ep 9 - Documenting Our Histories
Stories. Histories. What differentiates one from the other? And, why are they so important to document? With so much going on right now - India’s coronavirus surge, the free Palestine movement, BLM, S...Show More
9) Immigrant Tales #3: Shiwei Zhang
** Model Minority stands against the recent attacks against AAPI communities. Please consider sharing this podcast on social media with the hashtag #stopAAPIhate to show your support and uplift Asian ...Show More
10) Immigrant Tales #2 - Namah Vyakarnam
Namah Vyakranam was born in Hyderabad, India. Her family traveled back and forth from India to the U.S. before eventually settling around Chicago, IL. After that, Namah found herself grappling with in...Show More