ASIAN AMERICA: THE KEN FONG PODCAST

By Ken Fong

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Ken Fong gets to the heart of Asian American culture, history, and spirituality. Through interviews with culture-makers and -shapers in the Asian American community -- some you know, others you've never heard of before -- prepare to laugh, cry, and be amazed.

Episode Date
EP 474: Alexandra Chan On Loss, Myth & Magic
Apr 28, 2024
EP 473: Newton Cheng On Helping Breakdown The Stigma Surrounding Mental Health Struggles
Apr 21, 2024
EP 472: The Two Kens With Betsey Newenhuyse On What America Might Lose If Religious Communities Die
Apr 14, 2024
EP 471: Wing Ho On Coaching Relationship-Driven Leaders
Apr 07, 2024
EP 470: Lisa Sanaye Dring On Her New Play "Kairos" @ East West Players Theater
Mar 31, 2024
EP 469: Joseph Tseng On His New EP "Pearls Of Home"
Mar 24, 2024
EP 468: Danna Okuyama On Creating A Safe Online International Penpal Platform For Children
Mar 10, 2024
EP 467: The Two Kens On Those Today Who Are Trying to Colonize America
Mar 03, 2024
EP 466: Eric Gee On His Fascinating System Of Personality Typing
Feb 25, 2024
EP 465: Brynn Evans On JOYN - A Healthy Way To Deal With 'Asian Flush'
Feb 18, 2024
EP 464: The Two Kens On Borders & Boundaries, Heaven & Hell
Feb 11, 2024
EP 463: Ali Khawar On How EBSA Is Working to Help More Americans Save For Retirement
Feb 04, 2024
EP 462: Janice Polizzoto On Transforming Lives By Transforming Music Education
Jan 28, 2024
EP 461: Eric Vue & Shinshin Yuder Tsai On Sketch Comedy Troupe No MSG Added
Jan 21, 2024
EP 460: Cassindy Chao On The Joy Of Romance & Finding That Perfect Match
Jan 14, 2024
EP 459: Dr. Gordon Nagayama Hall On The Mind Boba App & AANHPI Mental Health
Dec 31, 2023
EP 458: The Two Kens On What Actually Is "The Baby"?
Dec 22, 2023
EP 457: Kenneth Chang On Using Horror Films To Convey The Christian Message
Dec 17, 2023
EP 456: Jim Fong On Unconventional Leadership In The Face Of Insurmountable Challenges
Dec 10, 2023
EP 455: Dr. Yunte Huang On Daughter Of The Dragon Anna May Wong
Dec 03, 2023
EP 454: Jing Gao On Launching & Growing "Fly By Jing"
Nov 26, 2023
EP 453: Richard Soriano On My Apocalyptic Thanksgiving & Caring for Adults With Special Needs
Nov 19, 2023
EP 452: Dr. Melissa Dyo On Being An Adoptee & Searching For and Finding Her Biological Family
Nov 12, 2023
EP 451: Tamlyn Tomita On Starring In the Musical Spring Awakening
Nov 05, 2023
Ep 450: Jessica Yu On New Comedy Quiz Lady
Oct 29, 2023
EP 449: Danny Taing On Creating and Growing the Bokksu Brand
Oct 22, 2023
EP 448: Steve Tsuruda On Precision Medical Imaging Data Science
Oct 15, 2023
EP 447: The Two Kens Series On Megachurch Problems
Oct 12, 2023
Ep 446: Joy Ngiaw On Being a Film and TV Composer
Oct 08, 2023
Ep 445: Joy Regullano On Her Comedy Musical Supportive White Parents
Oct 01, 2023
Ep 444: Kate Young Eun Park On South Korean Musical Cookin'
Sep 24, 2023
Ep 443: Kristen Meinzer On Importance of Finding & Using Your Unique Voice
Sep 17, 2023
Ep 442: Amy Yip On Unfinished Business
Sep 10, 2023
Ep 441: Curtis Chin On Everything I Learned I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
Sep 03, 2023
Ep 440: The Two Kens Series On Grief & Therapeutic Creativity
Aug 28, 2023
Ep 439: Mike Yam On New Children's Book Fried Rice & Marinara And Demise of Pac 12
Aug 13, 2023
Ep 438: Dr. Jane Hong On How Post-1965 Asian Immigration Has Changed US Evangelical Institutions & Politics
Aug 06, 2023
Ep 437: Manjusha Kulkarni & Dr. Sy Stokes On Unseen Mental Health Crises Among AAPI In The Workplace
Jul 30, 2023
Ep 436: Qin Sun Stubis On Once Our Lives
Jul 23, 2023
Ep: 435 - The Two Kens Series on A Grief Observed
Jul 16, 2023
Ep 434: Angel Wu On Losing Her Wonderful Mother To Conspiracy Theories
Jun 26, 2023
Ep 433: Chen Tang On Season 3 of "Warrior"
Jun 18, 2023
Ep 432: Sharon Kwon On Netflix's Beef and Korean American Christianity
Jun 12, 2023
Ep 431: Ian Shen on Coming to Grips with Being a Gay AANHPI Christian
Jun 04, 2023
Ep 430: The Two Kens On the White Innocence Problem
Jun 03, 2023
Ep 429: Francis Jue On Starring in Good Enemy
May 28, 2023
Ep 428: Al Nakatani On Preparing to Die With Gratitude and Thoughtfulness
May 21, 2023
Ep 427: Gene Luen Yang On Making His Graphic Novel Into A Disney+ Series
May 18, 2023
Ep 426: Jon Ido Warden On Chronic Disease and the Quest for Meaning
May 14, 2023
Ep 425: Paulo K. Tirol & Noam Shapiro On Creating Filipino American Musical
May 07, 2023
EP 424: Tyler Ransom On Chronic Illness, Martial Arts, Music & Being a Creative
Apr 30, 2023
EP 423: Tim Hwang On Building A Successful Startup
Apr 23, 2023
EP 422: Heinz Insu Fenkl On Skull Water An Autobiographical Novel
Apr 16, 2023
EP 421: The Two Kens - FINALLY! Indicted & Arraigned
Apr 11, 2023
EP 420: Dr. Brad Onishi On Extremist History Of White Christian Nationalism And What Comes Next
Apr 09, 2023
EP 419: Nat Vikitsreth On Helping Young Children Navigate Their/Your Feelings, Part II
Apr 02, 2023
EP 418: Nat Vikitsreth On Helping Young Children Navigate Their/Your Feelings
Mar 26, 2023
EP 417: Rachelle Pastor Arizmendi On Being An Effective AAPI Leader
Mar 19, 2023
EP 416: Shirley Ann Higuchi On Setsuko's Secret and Intergenerational Trauma Stemming from EO9066
Mar 12, 2023
Ep 415: The Rev. Dr. James Kyung-Jin Lee On The Pedagogies of Woundedness
Mar 05, 2023
EP 414: Nell Yukiye Murphy On Raising More People's Awareness Of The Injustices Suffered By Japanese Americans
Feb 26, 2023
EP: 413 Dr. James Zarsadiaz On The Significance of Monterey Park, The SGV And Other Ethnoburbs
Feb 20, 2023
Ep 412: Kristina Wong On Her Becoming a Sweatshop Overlord During The Pandemic
Feb 12, 2023
Ep 411: The Two Kens On Monterey Park and Memphis
Feb 10, 2023
Ep 410: Eric Chen On Caring Now For The Victims Of The Monterey Park Shooting
Feb 05, 2023
Ep 409: Dr. Jennifer Ho On Assimilating America's Culture of Gun Violence, Toxic Masculinity, and White Supremacy
Jan 29, 2023
Ep 408: J. Elijah Cho in "Mr. Yunoishi" And The Problem of Yellow Face
Jan 26, 2023
Ep 407: Son of Paper On His Experience Of Anti-Asian Violence And Why His Music Is Now Centered In S.F.'s Chinatown
Jan 22, 2023
Ep 406: CA Assemblymember Evan Low On The Need For More Capable AAPI Politicians And Whether Enough Americans Will Ever Elect An Openly LGBTQ+ POTUS
Jan 15, 2023
Ep 405: Lisa Phu on "Before Me" - Talking With Her Mom About What She Left Behind in Cambodia To Come To America
Jan 08, 2023
Ep 404: The Two Ken's Podcast on the Evangelical Fanatics Who Fueled the J-6 Insurrection
Dec 28, 2022
Ep 403: Anita Yokota on the Benefits of Doing "Home Therapy"
Dec 25, 2022
Ep 402: Ranger Yenyen Chan on the Chinese Contributions to Creating Yosemite National Park
Dec 18, 2022
Ep 401: Bernice Chao on How AAPIs Can Become More Visible
Dec 11, 2022
Ep 400: Ronald W. Wong on "The Race Epidemic" Documentary
Nov 25, 2022
Ep 399: Anu Bhatt on Reclaiming Agency
Nov 20, 2022
Ep 398: The Two Kens - Reflections & Prognostications Following the 2022 Midterms
Nov 11, 2022
Ep 396: Christopher Huang on White Male Hegemony in Hollywood
Nov 07, 2022
Ep 397: Arthur Dong on Anna May Wong
Nov 06, 2022
Ep 395: Scott MacMillan on Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Oct 23, 2022
Ep 394: Winnie M. Li on #MeToo in Hollywood and "Complicit"
Oct 16, 2022
Ep 393: Sandra Tsing Loh on the Quirkiness of Being Asian Americans
Oct 09, 2022
Ep 392: Yuri Sudhakar & Rick Abe @ Nudj Health
Oct 02, 2022
Ep 391: The Two Kens Podcast_Healing Comes From the Margins
Sep 25, 2022
Ep 390: Ryun Yu on "The Great Jheri Curl Debate"
Sep 23, 2022
Ep 389: David Ono on "Defining Courage," His Tribute to JA Soldiers Who Fought and Died in WWII
Sep 20, 2022
Ep 388: Dr. Thea Pham on Intergenerational Trauma
Sep 18, 2022
Ep 387: Garrett Wong on Pursuing the Hero's Journey In Real Life
Sep 11, 2022
Ep 386: AADAP's Dean Nakanishi & John Saito, Jr.
Sep 05, 2022
Ep 385: Dave Young Kim on Becoming an Asian American Muralist
Aug 28, 2022
Ep 384: Dr. Russell Low on the Story of His Father's and Uncle's WWII Exploits
Aug 21, 2022
Ep 383: Amman Jordan AKA "Capnificent"
Aug 14, 2022
Ep 382: Mayly Tao AKA The Donut Princess
Aug 07, 2022
Ep 381: Thai Co-Producer and Cast of "Thirteen Lives" Movie
Aug 04, 2022
Ep 380: Jo Koy, Lydia Gaston & Hannah-Kalea Enriquez
Jul 31, 2022
Ep 379: Christina Soontornvat & the "Thirteen Lives" Movie
Jul 25, 2022
Ep 378: Justin Chung on Living Out Restorative Justice
Jul 17, 2022
Ep 377: Marie Myung-Ok Lee on "The Evening Hero" and the Unbelievable Development in Her Autistic Son's Ability to Communicate
Jul 10, 2022
Ep 376: Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil on "Becoming Brave" and Why She No Longer Minces Words About Reconciliation When In Front of White People
Jul 03, 2022
Ep 375: The Two Kens_The End of Roe v Wade
Jun 26, 2022