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.
Mass killings of civilians by armies during and after the Korean war are coming to light. But will the South Korean Truth-and-Reconciliation Commission survive revealing tensions that remain on the penninusula? Also, a racially-charged murder conviction of two Filipino nurses is the focus of a novel and performance. And, author Benito Vergara looks at colonialism … Continued
Forced DNA collection for detained immigrants and suspected immigrants. Tibetan monks rebel against authorities: an up-date. A huge cutback for popular Asian language classes at UC Berkeley?
Hear about Slumdog Millionaire's real "slum" Dharavi with Dilip D'souza, author of The Narmada Dammed & Kalpana Sharma, author of Rediscovering Dharavi: Stories from Asia's Largest Slum. And, the film Betrayal traces a Laotian family's flight from war to the mean streets of America; part of the International Laotian Lunar New Year. Also, Secret Asian … Continued
Help comes to US companies, but does it dovetail into anti-Asian sentiment? A talk with labor activist Warren Mar. And, un-compromising actor Jack Soo broke barriers but why did he change his name? A film by SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Plus, a film-short winner at the Asian American Film Fest.
Clive Chin of VP Records, a major distributor of Reggae, talks about family, documenting the music made in Jamaica, (con't from 2/26 interview). Plus, MC Senbei: music made from a multicult and hip hop sensibility.
Clive Chin on his family's role in Reggae and VP Records. Also, from Trinidad-Tobago, Chutney Music mixes Soca and Indian sounds. And, hear about the Khmer Rouge trials and an oscar-nominated film. Plus learn a little about the business of donuts run by Cambodian Americans.
Japanese Americans translators worked in secret as their families were interned. Japan and China are big buyers of US bonds, but will there be conflict and backlash on Asians here? A controversial agreement, terror and troubles as the US bombs Pakistan.
Chinese-Jamaican producer Clive Chin on VP Records, and, the Many Faces of Manga: Asian American influence in comics and more.
