Tag: aapi
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S1 E06: Josh Decolongon (@sommeligay) on bringing diversity to the wine & beverage industry.
Summary Josh Decolongon is an avid lover of flavor experimentation, especially through a queer and Filipino lens. Josh is dedicated to making the wine world inclusive and fun. Josh’s links: Josh Decolongon | @sommeligay | Instagram | TikTok | @readbotelya on IG Mentioned in the show: Book: “I Am Filipino” by Nicole Ponseca Terms: Takeaways:…
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S1 E05: AUSLIN, the artist supermom who’s breaking the cycle of intergenerational trauma she experienced as a Hmong American growing up in Wisconsin.
Summary Trigger warning: Sexual assault, self-harm, suicidal ideationSuicide prevention hotline: call 800-273-8255.Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741. GUEST BIO Auslin is a singer-songwriter from Green Bay, WI. Shes been able to sing and songwrite for independent producers and artists all online and all from home. She’s well versed in writing pop, rnb, and edm.…
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S1 E04: Lisa Danaë on being both “not Asian enough” and “not white enough” as a mixed-race dark pop artist.
This week, Lisa Danaë chats with us about being mixed-race, trying to fit in the music industry both in the states and in the Philippines, and finally finding her voice and being accepted into the GRAMMY:NEXT program.
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S1 E03: Tonie on being a Vietnamese-American, nonbinary, pop artist and producer in NYC
This week’s episode is as inspiring as it is educational. Tonie shares how they have navigated uncomfortable conversations around gender identity, race, and mental health as a nonbinary Vietnamese American in the music industry. We’ll also hear Tonie’s latest track “If I Took A Pill’.
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S1 E02: Rahul Borkar on being a music artist and producer from Louisville, KY
In this week’s episode, we get a glimpse of life in Louisville, KY as a first generation American of Indian descent. Rahul Borkar joins us for a heartening conversation about his upbringing, and how his family’s unconditional support has enabled him to have a thriving music career in a genre not often praised for its…
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S1 E01: Introducing “Nuances: Beyond first impressions with the Asian diaspora”
Summary Hello! We are Ariadne Mila & Sherry-Lynn Lee, your co-hosts of “Nuances: Beyond first impressions with the Asian diaspora”. As Asian Americans in a creative industry, it is pretty rare for us to meet other AAPI peers in our field. After a chance meeting at a listening session, we connected and quickly found we…