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Asian America: The Ken Fong Podcast ASIAN AMERICA: THE KEN FONG PODCAST is a weekly show that explores the cultural, artistic, historica

Regina Linke has written and illustrated a wonderful and visually compelling new children's book "Big Enough" using her ...
15/06/2025

Regina Linke has written and illustrated a wonderful and visually compelling new children's book "Big Enough" using her skills as a storyteller, painter, and student of Chinese philosophies.

Regina Linke was born and raised in Texas, and she always enjoyed the creative arts, but she didn’t learn traditional Chinese painting until after moving with her young family to Taiwan in her mid-thirties. Holding management degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and Cornell University, ...

Did you miss us???
12/06/2025

Did you miss us???

After a much-too long break, podcasters Fong and Kemp are finally back, this time tackling the uprising within the DNC by young leaders like vice chair David Hogg, the messy public break up of Trump and Musk, and Trump's sending the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles as part of a false narrat...

Hands down, Leslie Ishii has got to be one of the most fascinating and wonderful people I've ever had on my podcast.
08/06/2025

Hands down, Leslie Ishii has got to be one of the most fascinating and wonderful people I've ever had on my podcast.

Alaska's Perseverance Theatre's Artistic Director Leslie Ishii has the distinction of recently being awarded to prestigious awards: The 2024 Stage Directors & Choreographers Foundation Zelda Fichandler Award and the 2025 Paul Robeson Award. To win either of these honors is remarkable; but to win the...

New for this podcast: an ongoing occasional series about musician Maxwell Lee's odyssey to make it as a professional sin...
02/06/2025

New for this podcast: an ongoing occasional series about musician Maxwell Lee's odyssey to make it as a professional singer/songwriter after neglecting or denying this dream for nearly 35 years.

Maxweel Lee’s Taiwanese American immigrant parents first put a violin in his hands when he was just three years old, but he soon demonstrated that

If you're in So Cal, you've got to catch this theatrical adaptation of this famous story either   or   before it leaves ...
24/05/2025

If you're in So Cal, you've got to catch this theatrical adaptation of this famous story either or before it leaves for other states and countries.

Pakistani American actor Taha Mandviwala is now starring as "Pi" in the highly acclaimed theatrical adaptation of the bestselling novel and award-winning film of the same name. As part of the cast that is currently touring stages across America and elsewhere, Mandviwala reveals the depths of his cha...

I'm still amazed that Senator Kim's office reached out to me! This was such a fantastic conversation.
11/05/2025

I'm still amazed that Senator Kim's office reached out to me! This was such a fantastic conversation.

Even though New Jersey freshman Senator Andy Kim has already served three terms in the House of Representatives, he still primarily sees himself as a life-long public servant rather than a politician. Prior to becoming a member of Congress, Kim served at USAID, the Pentagon, the State Department, th...

In addition to my guided conversation with this week's guest, you'll hear my thoughts on today's popular shift from cond...
27/04/2025

In addition to my guided conversation with this week's guest, you'll hear my thoughts on today's popular shift from conducting funerals to hosting a celebration of life.

Certified leadership coach and consultant Tracey Gee has recently published her first book. Entitled The Magic of Knowing What You Want: A Practical Guide to Unearthing the Wisdom of Your Desires, it's a much-needed resource for knowing who you really are and then identifying and pursuing what you r...

Claudia makes it crystal clear why we must push back hard against the Feds use of the Enemy Aliens Act today, which was ...
21/04/2025

Claudia makes it crystal clear why we must push back hard against the Feds use of the Enemy Aliens Act today, which was used to arrest and imprison over 120K Japanese and Japanese Americans after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, HI.

In this episode Bay Area filmmaker Claudia Katayanagi goes into great detail about the myriad little-known incarceration camps that the federal government created to keep Japanese American "troublemakers" away from those confined in the larger and better known incarceration camps following the bombi...

Korean foodies, you can make your favorites at home now!
13/04/2025

Korean foodies, you can make your favorites at home now!

Sarah Ahn is America's Test Kitchen's social media manager and the creator of the Ahnest Kitchen website (www.ahnestkitchen.com). She records her experiences on Instagram and Tik Tok of living with her Korean immgrant parents, chronicling her mother's cooking, grocery shopping trips, and more. Many....

What do you think will happen when two thoughtful spiritual people get together to talk about a really critical life les...
24/03/2025

What do you think will happen when two thoughtful spiritual people get together to talk about a really critical life lesson?

Whether or not you identify as spiritual or some kind of Christian, I’m pretty sure most of us are quite familiar with the tendency–if not

Once you learn this term, you'll have a much better understanding of what Trump is up to and how best to defeat him.
16/03/2025

Once you learn this term, you'll have a much better understanding of what Trump is up to and how best to defeat him.

In this latest installment of the Two Kens collaborative series between Ken Fong and Ken Kemp, they introduce a term that respected German sociologist Max Weber first introduced 100 years ago that they believe best describes what Donald Trump is working hard to accomplish in his second term, and how...

Here's hoping that many more people will learn to appreciate and respect the late Tyrus Wong. As an artist, a pioneer, a...
02/03/2025

Here's hoping that many more people will learn to appreciate and respect the late Tyrus Wong. As an artist, a pioneer, and major contributor to American culture.

If you’re one of the fortunate people who know who Tyrus Wong was and what a pivotal role he played in getting the classic Disney

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