7:00 PM Pacific Time: Thursdays
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.
Delicious Venom, a hip hop duo based outta Minnesota representin’ the Hmong community and straight edutainment! Also, we will speak to local activists about the recent Immigrant Workers march and continued struggle for immigrant workers rights in the API community. Also, catch a frrrresh Hot 7 at 7 mixup by your one and only, DJ … Continued
Alienation among Asian American youth, in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre by Cho Seung-Hui, a Korean-American English major and a creative writer. Atashi Chakraborty of Narika tells us about Provoked, a new Bollywood film with Aishwarya Rai, about domestic violence in the South Asian community, and we speak with Rohini Hensman, author of … Continued
Hear about the struggle of a Samoan Warrior named Clement Brown Kelemeke, currently held in the “Adjustment Center” at San Quentin State Prison. Also, Racial profiling and religion: how they come together on a tour of a Sikh gathering place.
Power Struggle, Sentenced Home, and this live deejay! Power Struggle, SF/Brooklyn-based hip hop duo consisting of Nomi, the emcee and Deetalx, the dj recently dropped "Arson at the Petting Factory", a heavy-hitting album in sound and content. Tune in as we speak to Nomi about the crew and perhaps even get a little freestyle session…Peep … Continued
An API prison anthology complied by ex-prisoner Eddy Zheng who also shares messages for youth. And, Monster cable gets re-wired after firing elderly, immigrant, workers who organize for respect.
Justice for Korean comfort women? Rebels, Chinatown conflicts and a woman’s stablizing force in The Eighth Promise. This week’s show also features an interview with documentary film makers Anjali Monteiro (who is a Fulbright scholar at Berkeley this semester) and K P Jayasankar, on their films on the city of Mumbai.
Host Pratap Chatterjee discusses the Asian American Film Festival with associate director Taro Goto and four of the film makers: Hyun-Ock Im, Joy Dietrich, Duc Nguyen and Stephane Gauger. Hyun-Ock Im is producer of "And Therafter II," a documentary film about a Korean prostitute turned war bride. Joy Dietrich is director of "Tie A Yellow … Continued
Women’s Day Celebration: Asian Pacific Islander women in Women of Color and CAAM Film Festivals. Jane Kim – San Francisco School Board Member – on education, inflammatory Asian Week column.
API hip hop artists help victims in the Philippines; hip-hop chronicler Jeff Chang talks about his new compilation "Total Chaos" that examines what’s beyond the music ; a live DJ set featuring Un/de/Fine
