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#062: This episode is AWESOME! I interview Chelsie, a filmmaker who posted about her AMAZING upcoming short film "Mandarins" on the Asian Creative Network FB Group. Big shoutout to the ACN fam, we love you!

This story is about INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA portrayed through the funeral of a Chinese-American family. MAIM TIME is all about coming to grips with intergenerational trauma as Asian diaspora, and we go in DEEP (and HARD) about the importance of life-changing, life-affirming art such as this! You're gonna LOVE THIS episode!

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Asian Creative Network - a group for Asian artists, content creators, and generally amazing talented people where I met Chelsie

Brand new episode featuring Indie Artist from the Bay, wav.

We talked about his childhood, his identity as a hapa raised mainly by his Chinese grandparents that made him proudly Asian, conflicts he had with his identity due to his mom and his surroundings, mental health talk, his music and his journey in the music industry being an indie artist looking to represent Asians and normalizing speaking about culturally taboo topics in Asian cultures like mental health, trauma, abuse, and more. 

Wav an LA-based artist and producer. His sound is raw, haunting and unhinged- yet his instrumentation and “stream of consciousness” recording approach is deliberate and meditative. He has said that his process “attempts to reflect the values and mentality of his Asian roots”. All songs tend to be one or two take freestyles in the spirit of accepting both the self and that which is "imperfect".

Wav was born in the Bay Area to a single mother and was raised for a short time in his grandparents' home. The family stayed under the same roof waiting on his father to return from Africa. His grandfather is a Canton-region immigrant and his grandmother is an Oakland Chinatown native.

With foundations in Hip-Hop/R&B, and later influenced by a variety of musical styles - Folk, Alternative and Electronic to name a few- making his music refreshingly cathartic. He has released many self-produced singles and worked with a few of the underground scene's rising stars. Most recently, he collaborated with BIGBABYGUCCI on their genre-bending track, “drug + girl” which he also produced. He has also worked with Lil Xelly and pop/alternative rock producer splashgvng.

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What are the challenges of raising a bi-racial child? What are the roles of white women in anti-racist work? Soulpreneur, Educator & Coach, Jen Ngyuen, joins us to discuss!

A conversation with ESPN sports journalist Mina Kimes about the Asian athletes Asian Americans love to root for, identifying as hapa, and why racist trolls don’t bother her.

You can't answer a fool but sometimes you need to address a fool.

Credits: Closing arrangement by @IvyMusic.

Kate and Yoko talk with super badass boss lady Alisha Ramos about “secret” languages, being mixed-race, and Asian beauty standards. Plus, a really gross/amazing Would You Rather courtesy of our very own Kate Matsumoto.

Apologies for the audio hiccup! Thanks for bearing with us. We love you!

Kate and Yoko chat with Sachi Ezura, a TV producer and standup comedian (she’s also Yoko’s best friend), about growing up mixed-race in New York City. Also, weird stories that our parents told us that we’re 99% sure are untrue.

(During our recording, we called this episode 6. We’re wrong. It’s episode 5. Woops!)