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ASIAN AMERICA: THE KEN FONG PODCAST is a weekly show that explores the cultural, artistic, historica

03/08/2025

Here's your chance to learn about taiko master and innovator Kenny Endo's 50 year journey with this ancient form of Japanese drumming.

Kenny and Chizuko Endo met in 1975 when he was first embarking on what would become his lifelong passion for Japanese taiko drumming, ultimately using

27/07/2025

Mari and I quickly connected on so many levels in this episode. She is shining a bright light on this pervasive problem in the music industry.

Mari Fong is a music journalist who not long ago launched the “Check Your Head” podcast because of being deeply troubled by the number of

20/07/2025

I'm quite proud of how this episode with journalist and author Michael Luo turned out. I hope you'll share it widely after you listen to it.

Michael Luo is an executive editor at The New Yorker and writes regularly on politics, religion, and Asian American issues. His first book, “Strangers in the Land:

14/07/2025

This episode is about so much more than how Shin Yu Pai has rebooted her podcast. We delve into our own journeys as podcasters to interweave our own voices and our authentic selves into our shows.

Shin Yu Pai was already a published poet and museologist when she entered a contest by the Pacific Northwest's National Public Radio to pitch an idea for a new podcast that focused on Asian Americans. Around seventy people submitted concepts, but NPR picked Shin Yu's. That propelled her into the ver...

12/07/2025

This is the corrected and complete version of the latest The Two Kens episode where we discuss why Trump and so many MAGA folks delight in cruelty.

In this latest installment of the recurring collaboration between Ken Fong and Ken Kemp, they attempt to ascertain why Trump and MAGA folks enjoy being cruel to others. Especially those that they believe robbed them of previous stature and status in America. Fong and Kemp also bring in David Brook's...

30/06/2025

This week's guests will show you what's possible, even in the face of insurmountable odds.

Long-time friend and Christian colleague Diane Ujiiye, the co-director of nonprofit www.api-rise.org, introduced me to her Program Director Kanaka Mālia Luna Jennings, a proud Native Hawaiian

22/06/2025

Here's your chance to hear from one of the pioneering and preeminent Asian American storytellers Philip Kan Gotanda! And if you can, don't miss seeing his "Yankee Dawg You Die" at East West Players in Little Tokyo, starting July 6th.

Third generation Japanese American Philip Kan Gotanda has gained renown as one of the most prolific Asian American playwrights, filmmakers, and musicians, but he came this close to becoming a lawyer. East West Players (www.eastwestplayers.org) is remounting his seminal play Yankee Dawg You Die in Ju...

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, ...

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...

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...

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

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....

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