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Fresh Off The VoteThe Making of FOTVHow exactly did we make a podcast from scratch during quarantine? The FOTV team shares candidly about our grassroots project as we look forward to the holiday season and a continuation of Asian American perspectives. Listen to Kaitlyn, Ava, Jessica, Julia, and Kenna reflect on the motivations, both personal and political, that turned into Fresh Off the Vote. What did we learn about ourselves in making Fresh Off the Vote? What are our coffee preferences, if any? Who are the people behind our audio quality and how do we make sure it's consistently top-notch? And what th...
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Dear Asian Americans083 // AAPI (POD) CAST YOUR VOTE! // An AAPIs for Biden Event featuring Asian American Pacific Islander PodcastersJerry hosts an AAPI for Biden event featuring fellow Asian American Pacific Islander podcasters Ken Fong, Punam Saxena, Minji Chang, Nidhi Shastri, Helen Li, and Tiffany Yu to share our thoughts on on podcasting, storytelling, and voting.Ken Fong // Asian America PodcastWeb: http://asianamericapodcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asianamericapodcast/Punam Saxena // Edu-MeWeb: https://www.edu-me.net/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theedume/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/punam-saxena-m-ed-7981b9124/Minji Chang // First of All PodWeb: http://minjichang.com/podcastInstagram...
2020-11-021h 23Fresh Off The VoteRushing to JudgementYup, we’re pissed about Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation. We ended up with an aggressively conservative Supreme Court with a 6-3 supermajority that doesn't reflect the political makeup of this country and was appointed by a president who lost the popular vote. This is minority rule. But, Supreme Court headlines aside, many of us don’t really understand the court systems leading up to the highest court in the land. According to Ballotpedia, there are a total of 278 state appellate court seats up for election in 2020. What does that even mean? It’s too bad Law and Order didn't p...
2020-10-2946 minFresh Off The VoteUntangling UndocumentedIn this episode of #FOTV, Grace hosts a roundtable with a Race and Ethnic Studies graduate student and two undocumented immigrants. They examine lived experiences to see how race and law work together to erase Asian Americans from the undocumented narrative. Complicating and untangling the notion of "legal immigration", they ask the audience members to find local ways to listen to immigrant stories in their own zip codes and act as co-conspirators - more than allies. Rose Ann E. Gutierrez, a PhD student in the Social Sciences and Comparative Education division specializing in Race and Ethnic Studies at...
2020-10-2650 minFresh Off The VoteRise & Shine, Hot Planet Coming Through!In the latest VP debate, Pence admitted the climate is changing without addressing the urgency of the climate crisis we are living in. This episode is a Green New Deal 101 featuring candidates working at the state, city, and ground level to bring attention to our politicians on the climate crisis. Michelle Wu (running for Boston mayor), Alex Lee (running for California Assembly District 25), Megan Nguyen (Sunrise Movement Bay Area Hub Leader), and a friend of the podcast, Leslie Chang (consultant at Planet Earth Observatory) join #FOTV for what the Green New Deal could look like at different l...
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bamboo & glassYour Next Date: Matt DiepMen!! Are you on your search for the perfect bae? Maybe you want a creative soul, a man who isn't afraid to prioritize his self-care, is down for a wild night but also a night in surrounded by his 17 plants. You're in luck! Our penultimate date is none other than Matt Diep. You may remember him from ep 41, where we focused on his journey to create his non-profit Psypher which sits at the intersection of the arts and mental health, but we're 🌶️spicing things up by hearing all sorts of sides to Matt!Join us on this date...
2020-10-181h 44Fresh Off The VoteAsian American Athletes: Beyond The Field and Off The CourtIn this episode, #FOTV hosts Emmy and Kenna interview two Asian American athletes on how race and culture come to play in sports. Camryn Hamaguchi is a Japanese-American two-sport athlete in basketball and track & field at Chapman University in California. She is also Head Coach at Ironmen Basketball Club Program and Assistant Girls Varsity Coach at Kennedy High School. Jojo McIntosh is a mixed-race Black and Cambodian-American football player and a University of Washington Huskies alum. Jojo and Camryn reflect on their Asian and mixed Asian-American upbringing. Navigating roles as activists and role models, they dive into h...
2020-10-1228 minbamboo & glassYour Next Date: Jeff KangLooking for a considerate, attentive, supportive, and mindblowingly talented guy whose bucket list with a committed partner includes joining forces to tackle the most pressing issues of our time?Meet Jeff! With the help of his closest friends, you’ll: ⟡ 🤯 hear about his passion for pool, ballroom, surfing, guitar, soccer, and his MANY other hobbies⟡ 😮 hear moving stories about Jeff going the extra mile for his loved ones⟡ 😳 MELT watching Jeff react to his friends' adoring voice messages⟡ 🥰 learn what he's looking for.Smitten?? Listen carefully for the tips we’ll drop throughout the date...
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Landscape Architecture PodcastHelen Li and Ava Chenghttps://www.freshoffthevote.com/ FRESH OFF THE VOTE is a grassroots podcast on a mission to make politics fun. Our team is 100% self identified Asian American Pacific Islander youth ready to make waves for the November 2020 election. We created the podcast as a home for conversations on the different key issues of the election and to discuss voter engagement strategies for AAPIs by AAPIs.
2020-10-1118 minFresh Off The Vote"Breaking (Fake) News!"Have you and your parents ever had an argument about something they read on WeChat? What about WhatsApp? In this episode, Shawna (The Yappie) and #FOTV's Helen dive into these two ethnic media platforms to discuss misinformation and why it’s important to understand it in the context of election integrity. What exactly is “misinformation” and what is being done about it? With our guests from The WeChat Project, we look at a case study of second-generation Asian Americans combating misinformation about Black Lives Matter, racism, and affirmative action. They remind us of the traumas many immigrant parents...
2020-10-0541 minFresh Off The VoteCaring in a World That Doesn’t CareWe're living through a global pandemic, civil unrest, and threats to our democracy. It's necessary for young people to step up in advocating for a better future. But in doing so, we often don’t realize the stress and anxiety that can take a toll on our bodies. How can you take better care of yourself? Especially when it feels like people may not be understanding? Or that self-care is expensive and inaccessible? In this episode, #FOTV hosts Amy and Kaitlyn speak with two professors about the history and relevance of radical self-care. Dr. Donna Nicol is an...
2020-09-2837 minFresh Off The VoteSlacking or Acting?In this episode, #FOTV hosts Jessica and Grace invite an Asian American illustrator Ji Sub Jeong (@geesubay) to chat about the virality of slacktivism. Jessica dives into the design of social justice slideshows on Instagram while Grace dissects the need to perform an identity or virtue signal for capital gain.As both consumers and creators, they discuss the rise of boba liberalism in tandem with Subtle Asian Traits. Ji Sub reveals his feelings about being called a boba liberal more than once. Finally, the #FOTV hosts invite the audience to take their activism off social media including...
2020-09-2134 minFresh Off The VoteKamala Harris: Minority Roots to Majority Vote, Part 2We’re back for Part 2 on Kamala Harris! Last time, we sat down with Ohio State Senator Tina Maharath and two college-graduated South Asian women involved in politics to better understand Kamala Harris's Indian-American identity with complexities around caste, power, and anti-blackness.Today, we turn to Morgan Harper, a Black woman in politics and a former grassroots candidate for Congress, to help unpack Kamala’s Black identity. After attending Tufts (BA), Princeton (MA), and Stanford (JD), she spent three years at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) protecting consumers against predatory lenders and most recently at the Loca...
2020-09-1826 minFresh Off The VoteKamala Harris: Minority Roots to Majority VoteKamala Harris is the new Democratic VP nominee - she’s multiracial as a half Black and half Indian woman! Can we be excited that someone who “looks like us” is up there in the political hierarchy, and perhaps we’re finally seeing the representation we need? Our Indian American friends and families are celebrating. But young people are also left wondering if we can automatically “claim” Kamala just because she has Indian heritage. We hope to better contextualize and understand the nuances behind Kamala Harris’s half Black and half Indian identity. In this episode, #FOTV’s...
2020-09-1436 minFresh Off The VoteChurch & StateReligious beliefs have a huge role in how voters decide their stances on candidates and issues. With that in mind, should a church be playing more or less of a role in civic engagement- and what is civic engagement, really? What does that look like in practice within the Asian American church? We sit down with Kathy Khang, a writer, speaker, and activist, to try to lay down some answers and definitions to these questions, and examine how differing understandings of civic engagement-- and a church’s role in it-- might lead to friction within Asian American Eva...
2020-08-3139 minFresh Off The VoteBugs in the System and Our HealthIn this episode, we break down the public health perspective of COVID as it relates to universities and schools reopening this fall. Public health, as the study of disease prevention and quality of life, includes mental health. We talk about the quality of our mental health after checking-in with both ourselves and our guest, Professor Chan Thai from the Department of Communication at Santa Clara University.Professor Thai's background focuses on human behaviors and public health. She shares with us how our health is connected to our environment at large, how she advocated for remote learning, and...
2020-08-2441 minFresh Off The VoteYoung, Scrappy, and HungryDoctors, dinosaurs, and the DNC? Helen asks young delegates Pratyush, Ross, Beth, Anya, Wayne, and Bianca what inspired them to become a delegate, how their families reacted or didn't, plus some takeaway lessons. Pratyush and Ross are admirers of Andrew Yang. Wayne and Beth recall personal stories on their political organizing experiences. They also have a message for the Asian American community - contribute! Vote! Finally, a stegosaurus makes an appearance.Check out our website!https://www.freshoffthevote.comFollow us!Instagram: http://instagram.com/freshoffthevoteTwitter: https...
2020-08-2159 minFresh Off The Vote"Live" From the DNCLive! From...your computer? August 17-20th marks the first ever online Democratic National Convention. In this episode, our own founder, Helen, who is also serving as an at-large delegate to the DNC, talks with other young AAPI delegates. What is the role of the DNC? How is it different in 2020? Are conventions still even necessary? Check out our website!https://www.freshoffthevote.comFollow us!Instagram: http://instagram.com/freshoffthevoteTwitter: https://twitter.com/freshoffthevoteFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/freshoffthevoteSupport us!
2020-08-1939 minFresh Off The VoteBonus: Affirmative Action Roundtable ChatWe're switching it up! This week, we have some special bonus content for you! On this episode, we brought together a bright group of Asian-American high-school seniors and college underclassmen from various backgrounds to open up about their thoughts on affirmative action. Following the roundtable, our team also does their own debrief between the two episodes.Special thanks to Emmy, Hanh, Kevin, and Sadir for joining us!This chat is a follow-up to Monday's "AAs on AA" episode where we discussed the ins and outs of affirmative action and recent developments...
2020-08-1744 minFresh Off The VoteAAs on AAAffirmative action has been a heavily debated topic since the Civil Rights Act passed in the 1960s. It is an emotional, loaded term for parents that are heavily invested in their kids’ education. The legislative battlegrounds on affirmative action this fall is in California, where voters will decide the outcome of Proposition 16. We dive into affirmative action, the major misconceptions in understanding how it works, and the emotional triggers that come with the topic. We touch on why Chinese Americans have recently flipped their stance on affirmative action (hint: WeChat) and the immigration patterns that have contributed to...
2020-08-1037 minFresh Off The VoteLove of the Land: The Aloha ʻĀina PartyThe mainland United States only ever talks about Democrats vs Republicans. Third parties get no love.Pua Ishibashi Jr. is the founding member of the Aloha ʻĀina Party, a third party founded in June 2015. Aloha Aina means "love of the land."With Pua, we discuss the significance of 3rd party emergence in Hawaii. What goes on behind the scenes in the founding of a 3rd party and what are the challenges? We touch upon Hawaii’s history including the continued systemic oppression and generational trauma that many Native Hawaiian Pacific Islanders face. How do these polic...
2020-08-0336 minFresh Off The VoteElection in the AM, Frat Party in the PMCollege students don't vote. Whose fault is it? Is it because they're lazy? Or, perhaps, are there barriers preventing from showing up at the poll booths? If so, what are they? We bring on college experts Theresa Kouo, Assistant Director for Civic Engagement Education at the Washington University in St. Louis and Purvi Patel, Director of Civic and Campus Engagement at The University of Chicago to dive into these questions. Alongside personal histories of political engagement, they share what they've been doing virtually to make sure the youth vote is accounted for in November 2020.See...
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