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On this show, we start off with a poem from Isle Yi Park in celebration of National Poetry month. Park’s piece comes from her album entitled Work Is Love. APEX will begin a series of interviews trying to gain some insight and orientation with all that’s been going on in Japan. For the April 21 show, … Continued
This week we bring you another packed show featuring powerful community voices: Police Brutality in Oakland: While we continue to heal from the murder of Oscar Grant, Oakland youth of color continue to be targeted by racial profiling and police brutality. This week we bring you a dynamic interview with Sarn Saechao, a Mien youth … Continued
Tonight, we replay a program produced by Making Contact, “Presumed Guilty: American Muslims and Arabs” produced by Andrew Stelzer. Marie B. Choi kills it with an amazing interview with Anh Pham, a anti-war and solidarity activist whose home was raided in September 2010 because of her political activity. And we bring you a commentary from … Continued
Free Rapa Nui Day of Action on March 16, 2011 Join DJ LN and Selekta Lapu~Lapu as they interview Rachel Jackson about Oakland Gang Injunctions and Sri Lankan American reggae and hip hop artist Ras Ceylon with pre-release versions of his new music. And finally, we bring you take you to the Free Rapa Nui … Continued
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
