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A forum for dialogue, exploration, and dissemination of issues pertinent to APA communities

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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APA Compass: Gene Yang, Andrew Lam, CHOPS

Airs at: Fri, 02/07/2014 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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On Friday's APA Compass: Gene Luen Yang writes and illustrates award winning graphic novels for adults and kids.  He tells us about the controversy surrounding his most viewed "The Last Airbender" writing, and the inspiration behind his latest creations, the companion ... Read more

APA Compass: Gene Luen Yang, author of Boxers & Saints

Airs at: Fri, 02/07/2014 at 12:00am
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Gene Luen Yang writes and illustrates award winning graphic novels for adults and kids.  He tells us about the controversy surrounding his most viewed "The Last Airbender" comic, and about the inspiration behind his latest companion novels, "Boxers" and "Saints". APA Compa... Read more

APA Compass: Andrew Lam, author of Birds of Paradise Lost

Airs at: Fri, 02/07/2014 at 12:00am
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Award winning author and journalist Andrew Lam tells us why he cofounded New American Media, which is a coalition of thousands of ethnic media outlets.  His fiction and non-fiction writings, including "Birds of Paradise Lost", explore the interactions between the east and t... Read more

APA Compass: CHOPS, producer of Strength In Numbers

Airs at: Fri, 02/07/2014 at 12:00am
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Producer and hip hop rapper CHOPS talks about how the music scene has changed in recent years, and his kickstarter campaign to produce a great album of amazing Asian-American musicians. APA Compass promotes social justice, features APA arts and culture, and challenges how ... Read more

APA Compass: Best of 2013

Airs at: Fri, 01/03/2014 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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APA Compass features selections from our best programming from 2013: Comedian Jenny Yang, co-founder of the first-ever, all female, Asian American standup comedy tour, "Dis/orient/ed Comedy" Film maker Vidyut Latay's documentary, "Beyond Silence" chronicles the live... Read more

APA Compass: Justice and the Arts

Airs at: Fri, 12/06/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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On this Friday's APA Compass: Justice and the Arts Musician Simon Tam describes his ongoing legal action to trademark his band's name, "The Slants."  The US Patent and Trademark Office denied his applications on the grounds that the word is offensive, though approved h... Read more

APA Compass: Vu Pham, director of Sway of the Knife

Airs at: Fri, 12/06/2013 at 12:00am
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Filmmaker Vu Pham talks about his family circumstances which led him to write and direct the film, "Sway of the Knife." Interviewed by Dao Strom and Andrew Yeh.  Produced by Andrew Yeh.  Music by Dao Strom. Read more

APA Compass: Simon Tam on The Slants' trademark case

Airs at: Fri, 12/06/2013 at 12:00am
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Musician Simon Tam describes his ongoing legal action to trademark his band's name, "The Slants."  The US Patent and Trademark Office denied his applications on the grounds that the word is offensive, though approved hundred of other trademarks containing the same word. In... Read more

APA Compass: Jo Ogden, Dao Strom, Ping Khaw-Sutherland, heart2heart with Ka

Airs at: Fri, 11/01/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Please tune in to APA Compass on Friday, November 1, 2013 at 9am: Historian Jo Ogden, describes the Punjabi community which thrived in Astoria, Oregon around 1900, and explains the leading role they played among the Punjabi diaspora. Musician Dao Strom plays from he... Read more

APA Compass: Author and Musician Dao Strom

Airs at: Fri, 11/01/2013 at 12:00am
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Musician Dao Strom plays from her latest creation - "We Were Meant to be a Gentle People" - a hybrid music CD and chapbook, inspired by her Vietnamese-American family's experiences. Interviewed and produced by Andrew Yeh. Read more