IIRY Podcast: 35. 2020: “What would you tell your younger self?”
Saying “2020 has been a weird year” is an understatement. Nevertheless, I’m really grateful when I look back at the…
IIRY Podcast: 32. Rev. D. Maurice Charles. “To resist absurdity is to live.”
In my conversation with the Rev. D. Maurice Charles, the first African American chaplain at the University of Chicago, he…
IIRY Podcast: 30. Karen Rile: “You can actually change your life very quickly.”
In my conversation with writer Karen Rile, we discuss her experience of parenting four artistic children and her interest…
IIRY Podcast: 29. Byron Au Yong, PART 2: “Shouting comes from having no choice.”
In my conversation with composer Byron Au Yong, we discuss his works, “Stuck Elevator,” “The Ones,” and “Activist Songbook,” a…
IIRY Podcast: 28. Byron Au Yong: “Counteract the hate.”
In my conversation with composer Byron Au Yong, we discuss why writing well “is a power”; his childhood experiences with…
IIRY Podcast: 25. Sean Wang: “My quietness was misunderstood as an act of defiance.”
In this conversation with violinist, conductor, and scholar, Sean Wang, we discuss the implicit bias Asians experience in white…
IIRY Podcast: 24. Celia Hatton: “You have to speak up and take up space.”
In this conversation with violist Celia Hatton, we discuss racism, implicit bias and microaggressions; the illusion of meritocracy in classical…
IIRY Podcast: 19. Mai Der Vang: “I have to be twice as good to be given access, to be heard.”
In this conversation that took place shortly before the pandemic and shelter-in-place order, award-winning writer Mai Der Vang and I…
IIRY Podcast: 9. An excerpt from my work-in-progress, LUNCH BOX
I saw a bag of Gochujang Potato Chips from Whole Foods and I was thrown back in time to my…
IIRY Podcast: 7 – “Asians are both the ‘model minority’ and an invisible minority” Dr. Mina Yang
In my conversation with pianist, professor, and writer, Mina Yang, we creating space for conversations about racism against East Asians…