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APEX Express is a weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asian and Pasifika folx from all corners of the community. We are dedicated to highlighting the artists and changemakers that make up our diverse community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, artists, and activists and airs each week on KPFA 94.1FM.
This has been a week of devastating news coming from Japan. Tonight, we reflect on the tragic events in Japan and how our local community has responded. We’ll talk with Sri Lankan reporter Suvendrini Kakuchi who was in Tokyo at the time of the earthquake. We talk with Stephen Gong, executive director at the … Continued
It’s March, and you know what that means! March madness, Asian American-style! That’s right, it’s time for the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Now in it’s 29th year, this film festival also welcomes a new director, Masashi Niwano. We’ll hear from him and other festival staff who are bringing many new offerings … Continued
This week, as a premium for a pledge of $60, we’re featuring the ground-breaking documentary DVD “Hawaii – A Voice for Sovereignty,” by award-winning director Catherine Bauknight, telling the real story and issues facing Native Hawaiians. “Hawaii – A Voice for Sovereignty” is a documentary film by photojournalist Catherine Bauknight that explores the culture of the … Continued
“When she came to my work for an interview, I almost spit in her face,” said an Asian American mom about Amy Chua. This week on Apex Express, we explore the Tiger Mom phenomenon. Hear excerpts from Amy Chua’s talk with KPFA’s Aimee Allison (http://www.kpfa.org/events/evening-amy-chua-%E2%80%9Cbattle-hymn-tiger-mother%E2%80%9D-hosted-aimee-allison). We also bring on professor and Hyphen.com blog editor erin … Continued
Please show your support for Asian American content on the airwaves. Call in tonight between 7 and 8 p.m. (during Apex Express) to 1-800-439-5732 or 510-848-5732 or visit online to make a donation; no donation is too small. Let KPFA and Pacifica know that you want Asian American programming to continue. We are offering a … Continued
We have an exclusive interview with Yukimi Nagano of electronic music band Little Dragon! They just had their show in San Francisco earlier this month. We’ll hear sounds from the recent protest in front of the Indian Consulate to free human rights activist Binayak Sen. Also, Professor and long time activist Masao Suzuki talks about … Continued
A report from the Sunday inauguration of Fred Korematsu Day, the first day ever to celebrate the life of an Asian American. Last September, Governor Schwarzenegger proclaimed January 30th Fred Korematsu Day. And Masayuki Koga on Japanese flute playing. With Host Karl Jagbandhansingh and Ellen Choy
We’ll talk with Allan Manalo of Bindlestiff Studio about their Wednesday night open mic called Wordy Word Wednesdays. Be sure to tune in because we have some breaking news about Bindlestiff staffing! And: We’ll also hear from Junko Seki and Otto Granillo, two members of Los Angeles-based music group KoTolán. They’re having their record release … Continued
Preeti Mangala Shakar talks with Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee about travelling across continents aviation free, exploring the new ethics of greener travel, climate justice action, and global movements working to change the way we think about tourism and aviation. Also the controversy over the new blasphemy laws in Pakistan. Amit Pendyal Hosts.
Preeti Mangala Shekar talks to Christine Ahn of the Korean Americans for Free Trade about opposition to the job killing NAFTA-style Korea-US free trade agreement the Obama administration is planning to introduce. Carmen Reed interviews Professor Taeku Lee, Chair of UC Berkeley’s Department of Political Science and Law about Obama administration policies and more. Preeti … Continued
