APA Compass
APA Compass is a collectively produced public affairs program. Our mission is to provide a forum for dialogue, exploration, and dissemination of issues pertinent to Asian Pacific American (APA) communities; to unite, politicize and empower APAs; to raise awareness of social and economic justice issues; to highlight the parallels and intersections between APA experiences and the experiences of other groups; to provide media access, mentorship and training to APAs; to promote APA art and culture; to challenge racist representations and to enable APAs to define themselves.
We welcome your comments and feedback. Like us or leave us a message at APA Compass Radio on Facebook. For an index of past podcasts, visit apaCompass.wordpress.com.
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Today's show includes a panel discussion with Hmong community members, who respond to the new Clint Eastwood film, Gran Torino. Also an interview with writer Nami Mun about her first novel, Miles from Nowhere. The book tells the story of a 1980s urban odyssey in which Joon-Mee, a 12-year-old Korean-American, leaves her troubled Bronx family for the life of a New York City runaway. The novel follows Joon over six years, as she lives in a homeless shelter, finds work as an underage escort and a streetwalker, succumbs to drug addiction and petty crime, then tries to turn it all around. - « first
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Culture Clash at the 7-11
In the process of buying a bottle of Aquafina, Kushlani de Soyza defies the expectations of a convenience-store clerk.
- Artist: Kushlani de Soyza
- Title: Angry APA Minute 'Dot'
- Album: Kushlani de Soyza's Album
- Year: 2007
- Length: 2:40 minutes (3.06 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 160Kbps (CBR)
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Exploration of the Japanese American Internment experience
This month, APA Compass looks at the Japanese American internment experience including an audio postcard from the Oregon State University commencement where former Japanese American internees were given honorary degrees, a discussion with members of the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center about their experiences at camp and another edition of the Angry APA Minute.
- Title: APA Compass explores Japanese American internment experience
- Length: 53:24 minutes (15.28 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 22kHz 40Kbps (CBR)
Environmental Justice for APAs and communities of color
This month APA Compass explored the topic of race and environmental justice
including an interview with Julie Sze, environmental justice advocate,
Assistant Professor of American Studies at UC Davis and director of the
Environmental Justice Project for UC Davis’ John Muir Institute for the Environment.
The program will also include a live roundtable discussion with local
environmental justice activists Alan Hipolito, Chris Winter, Kevin
O'Dell & Marcelo Bonta. And as always another edition of the Angry
APA Minute, this month featuring hip hop artist Skim.
- Artist: APA Compass Collective
- Title: APA Compass: Environmental Justice for APAs and communities of color
- Date: June 6
- Year: 2008
- Length: 55:37 minutes (12.73 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 22kHz 32Kbps (CBR)
Mixed Race Identity
This month we're exploring mixed-race identity. Patti Duncan interviews award-winning author, filmmaker
and performer Kip Fullbeck and then hosts a roundtable discussion with local mixed-race community
members Anita Rogers, Joseph Lyons and Michael Osuna. And another Angry APA Minute with
Rigel Byrum-Ridge.
- Title: Mixed Race Identity
- Length: 54:29 minutes (18.71 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 22kHz 48Kbps (CBR)
Margaret Cho, Jason Mak from the DisOrient Film Festival, Dengue Fever and Sarita See
An edited version of our membership drive program. Liz Rogers caught up with Margaret Cho on tour with her new show Beautiful; Executive Director Jason Mak talks about the 2008 DisOrient Film Festival taking place in Eugene; Patti Duncan interviews Chom Nimol and Ethan Holtzman from the Cambodian pop band Dengue Fever and Sarita See shares her Angry APA Minute.
- Title: Margaret Cho, Jason Mak from the DisOrient Film Festival, Dengue Fever and Sarita See
- Length: 38:43 minutes (11.08 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 22kHz 40Kbps (CBR)
IWD Special: Examining Violence against Asian and APA women
In this special International Women's Day edition, APA Compass examined violence against Asian and APA women. Includes interviews with Sarita See, author of Trying Whiteness: Media Representations of the 1996 Okinawa Rape Trial; Fareen Ramji from New York's Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project; and Lam Phan from the API Women and Family Safety Center. Also the Angry APA Minute featuring Margaret Cho.
- Title: IWD08_Violence&APAWomen
- Length: 56:50 minutes (22.77 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 32kHz 56Kbps (CBR)
Asian Pacific American women speak of feminism and racism
This month the topic is APA women and activism. Hear an interview with author, lifelong anti-racist activist and feminist Grace Lee Boggs and a live discussion with representatives from the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum and Korean American author Hellie Lee. And another installment of the Angry APA Minute.
- Title: Asian Pacific American women speak of feminism and racism
- Length: 53:08 minutes (48.65 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
Highlights from past APA Compass programs
Our special new year edition includes excerpts and highlights from past APA Compass programs. A great sampling of the range of topics and guests that we cover, including interviews, roundtable discussions, audio postcards, Angry APA Minute and many more.
- Title: Highlights from APA Compass
- Length: 55:15 minutes (15.81 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 22kHz 40Kbps (CBR)
Paper Cuts, poet Tung-Hui Hu and the Angry APA Minute
"Living in this country as a minority is like dying of a thousand paper cuts." - Margaret Cho.
This month APA Compass members share the stories of their own "paper cuts." Also, a reading by San Francisco poet Tung-Hui Hu, and another installment of the Angry APA Minute.
- Title: Paper Cuts, poet Tung-Hui Hu and the Angry APA Minute
- Producer: APA Compass Collective
- Length: 54:35 minutes (49.98 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
Religion in Asian America
APA Compass collective member Marie Lo speaks with Professor Jane Naomi Iwamura about the diversity of Asian American religious practices.
- Artist: APA Compass Collective
- Title: Interview with Professor Jane Naomi Iwamura on Asian American religious practices
- Album: September 2007 Program
- Date: September 2007
- Length: 16:00 minutes (14.66 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Playlists
APA Compass playlist for 09/04/2009
| Artist | Title | Album | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betty Soo | Whisper My Name | Heat Sin Water Skin | www.bettysoo.com |
| Betty Soo | Never The Pretty Girl | Heat Sin Water Skin | www.bettysoo.com |
| Betty Soo | Never Knew No Love | Heat Sin Water Skin | www.bettysoo.com |
| Girlyman | Kittery Tide | Everything's Easy | www.girlyman.com |
| Girlyman | Somewhere Different Now | Everything's Easy | www.girlyman.com |
| Girlyman | Easy Bake Ovens | Everything's Easy | www.girlyman.com |
| Thao with the Get Down Stay Down | Bag of Hammers | Know Better, Learn Faster | www.myspace.com |
| Exit Clov | Violent Berries | Respond, Respond | exitclov.com |
| Alice Tong | Try | Small | www.myspace.com |
| Marie Digby | Unfold | Breathing Underwater | www.youtube.com |
| Melissa Polinar | Sing To Me | www.myspace.com | |
| Judith Hill | Switchin' Up | www.judithhillmusic.com |
Here's the playlist for the 2009 APA Compass music show. Check out our podcasts here at www.kboo.fm/apacompass, and if you have ideas for stories or an Angry APA Minute, email us at apacompass@gmail.com
APA Compass playlist for 08/01/2008
| Artist | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Ananda Shankar | Streets of Calcutta | |
| JJ Magazine | Daniel Burnham | |
| Pink Martini | Bukra Wba'Do | Hey Eugene! |
| The Slants | Stranglehold | Slanted Eyes, Slanted Hearts |
| Dengue Fever | One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula | |
| Animal Farm | The Show Must Go On | |
| Rupa & the April Fishes | Maintenant | |
| Asian Dub Foundation | Jericho |
APA Compass's Annual summer music special featuring a wide variety of Asian and Asian Pacific American artists.
Programs & Schedules
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