What’s the one universal question Asian Americans are asked at least once (but more like a million times) in their lives? “Where are you from?” “No, but where are you really from?” Where Y’all Really From focuses on the tens of thousands of folks whose answer is, “Kentucky!” Hosts Charlene Buckles & Dan Wu chat with and share the diverse stories and perspectives of Asian American and Pacific Islanders living, learning, and loving in the bluegrass state.
Sure, our season’s over… but we miss you already! So in this bonus mini episode, our hosts Dan Wu and Charlene Buckles reflect on season one, which ran the gamut from interpersonal decolonization to Doritos and buttermilk. We’re gonna go work on season two now, so let us know what you want to hear more about at wyrf@louisvillepublicmedia.org or at whereyallreallyfrom.org. Thank you so much for being part of our inaugural season!
We’re closing our season with an interview of Olympian proportions. Fencers Gerek Meinhardt and Lee Kiefer are… pretty accomplished. Gerek is a four-time Olympian who [...]
The children of first-generation immigrants often have a complicated relationship with language. Some immigrant parents refuse to speak their native language around the kids, because [...]
———–Note: this episode contains descriptions of violence in the context of a military coup, around the 9-minute mark until the 11-minute mark.——————Culture shock doesn’t even [...]
Being othered, or outright discriminated against, puts you on the spot. You don’t know how to react, and you make a million instant mental calculations [...]
Uyen Nguyen is a social worker and therapist. She’s also Vietnamese American. And those things can feel at odds with each other. “The mentality is [...]
