Jul 20, 2026
Welcome to Season 6, Episode 29! We have an incredible returning guest who’s back with us for the third time! Karen Yin is the author of several books including The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers (published by Little, Brown Spark). She has also written...
Jul 13, 2026
Welcome to Season 6, Episode 28! Sometimes our topical episodes are focused on the obscure history of Asian Pacific Islanders. Sometimes our topical episodes are focused on the weird history of Asian Pacific Islanders. For this episode, it’s Asian Pacific history that is both obscure and weird. When it comes to...
Jul 6, 2026
Welcome to Season 6, Episode 27! Our guest this episode is Miles Toriko Burks. He’s a California-based cartoonist, writer, and illustrator whose work focuses on heartfelt stories about identity, friendship, queer joy, and emotional vulnerability. His debut print graphic novel Encore! was released June 2, 2026 through...
Jun 29, 2026
Welcome to Season 6, Episode 26! Our guests today are Jolene Gutierrez and Chris Sasaki… two of the creators of the picture book Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp, Published by Abrams. It’s an incredibly moving story cowritten by Minoru (Min) Tonai, an advocate for...
Jun 22, 2026
Welcome to Season 6, Episode 25! Our guests today are Livia Blackburne and Julia Kuo, the author and illustrator of Bing’s Cherries… A modern American tall tale woven by a girl and her father about Ah Bing, the Chinese immigrant behind the Pacific Northwest’s most delicious cherries. The book was released on March...