Podcasts by POC Podcast - Progressive Opinions of Color

Medical School to Filmmaking, Serving vs. Saving, and Life Coach Advice with Artist Yiqing Zhao from 2022-02-21T17:00

Nancy is joined with Yiqing Zhao to discuss her career as an actress, filmmaker, and life coach. 

Yiqing Zhao is an award-winning actor, filmmaker, and a certified life coach. Besides h...

Violence Against Asian Women in NYC, Christina Yuna Lee and Michelle Go, Hate Crime or Not, and Stop Asian Hate with Host Nancy Wu from 2022-02-15T21:00

Here's a solo episode where Nancy talks about the recent murder of Christina Yuna Lee and Michelle Go in NYC. How do we move forward and prevent this from happening again outside of the pri...

Increased Representation of POC in Politics, Turning Swing States Blue Ahead of Midterm Elections, and Changing Demographics with Sister District's Political Director, Jarvis Houston from 2022-01-08T15:00

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Political Organizing From Bush to Biden, Empowering Young Progressives, and Combating Voter Suppression with Sarah Audelo, Executive Director of the Alliance for Youth Action from 2021-09-20T14:00

Nancy is joined with Sarah Audelo to discuss her work as executive director of the Alliance for Youth Action, the importance of Gen Z in voting and politics, how to enter a career of political o...

Asians in the Film Industry, Filmmaking and Art During COVID-19, Mental Health in the AAPI Community with Actress and Filmwriter Yanzi Ding from 2021-09-15T13:00

Nancy is joined with Yanzi Ding to discuss her career as an actress and her short film, Sans Everything.

* About the bilingual writer/actor Yanzi Ding

New York Tai...

Combating Everyday Misogyny and Harassment, the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Delta Variant, Rising Rents with Host Nancy Wu from 2021-08-22T18:00

A solo episode today with Nancy Wu, who chats about women’s and gender studies theory versus facing everyday misogyny and catcalls. She also talks about the U.S. pulling troops out of Afghanista...

Increasing BIPOC Voter Participation, Data Privacy, and Facebook Marketing with Tatenda Musapatike of the Voter Formation Project from 2021-08-16T14:00

Nancy is joined by Tatenda Musapatike. Tatenda Musapatike is the founder and CEO of the Voter Formation Project. She’s spent over a decade working on digital programs and in tech to support prog...

How AAPI Helped Swing the 2020 Election, Media Perceptions of Andrew Yang, and Mobilizing AAPI in Politics with Varun Nikore, President of the AAPI Victory Fund from 2021-08-03T16:00

Nancy is joined by Varun Nikore, the President of the AAPI Victory Fund and Executive Director of the AAPI Victory Alliance. Varun discusses the importance of AAPI voter turnout in the 2020 elec...

Founding a Black Owned Business, Overcoming Addiction and Homelessness, and Lessons from Bali and Singapore with Thomas Andrews, Owner of T3 PowerReady from 2021-07-20T23:00

Nancy is joined with Thomas Andrews today. Thomas is the owner of T3 PowerReady, a group fitness program based right on the beach in Marina Del Rey, California. From overcoming addiction and hom...

Rewriting Asian American Cultural and Ancestral Narratives to Manifest Your Dream Life with Lillian So from 2021-06-03T21:00

Nancy is joined with Lillian So to talk overcoming obstacles of growing up in the inner city of Chicago, acknowledging and working through our cultural and ancestral baggage as Asian Americans a...

Life as an Asian American Woman Living in the South, Talking to Asian Parents About Race, Perceptions of Asians Since COVID-19 with Maggie Su from 2021-05-07T03:00

In our first episode during AAPI Heritage Month, Nancy and Sonya are joined with Maggie Su. Maggie is a physical therapist and Asian American woman living in Birmingham, Alabama. They talk about...

Stop AAPI Hate, Intersectionality, Alternatives to Policing, Community Care with Nicole Zhao from 2021-04-20T23:00

Nancy and Sonya are joined with Nicole Zhao to talk about the recent acts of hatred toward the AAPI community. They also talk about alternatives for community care outside of policing, whether t...

Womxn of Color Storytellers, Book Recs by BIPOC Authors, the Importance of Black Literary Perspectives with Leanna and Ashley from Cove Collective from 2021-02-18T20:00

Sonya and Nancy are joined with Ashley and Leanna of Cove Collective to discuss Womxn of Color Storytellers for Black History Month. We discuss: Why is the literary and publishing world so white...

Robinhood and GameStop, What's Wrong with Girl Boss"Feminism", and Cultural Appropriation from Yoga to Mahjong with Aneesha Natarajan from 2021-02-11T00:00

Sonya and Nancy are joined by Sonya's sister, Aneesha Natarajan, to discuss the GameStop uprising, why Millennials use and Robinhood and why they should stop, Dry January and why America ha...

Biden's Executive Actions, Raising the Minimum Wage, Hot Takes on the Inauguration with New Co-Host, Sonya Natarajan from 2021-01-28T21:00

Nancy is joined by her new co-host, Sonya, to discuss some hot takes on the inauguration (from “unity” to J Lo), executive actions under the Biden administration, and the debate around raising t...

Universal Basic Income, Student Loan Debt Forgiveness, Stimulus Checks, Where Do Delivery Service Commissions Go, LA vs NYC with Frank Chiang from 2021-01-20T23:00

On Frank Chiang's second episode with POC Podcast, Frank and Nancy discuss Frank's "conservative" views. They're not actually conservative, so please give a listen to th...

Quitting Pre-med, Gender Studies, Why is Healthcare so Expensive, Ivy League, and Yellow Fever with Joyce Pan from 2021-01-17T03:00

Joyce Pan has experienced all aspects of healthcare: she's studied pre-med, worked in healthcare consulting for medical devices companies, and now works on the data and marketing side of he...

Happiest Season and Queer Representation in Film, Teaching in the Time of COVID with Writer and Educator Yamilette Vizcaíno from 2020-12-20T23:00

Yami is an Afrolatinx creative and educator. She and Nancy will talk about the Happiest Season, Yami’s work as a tutor during the pandemic, queer and black representation, social media’s role in...

Indian American Immigrant Families, Critiquing Capitalism When You’re a Capitalist, Internalized Racism in Dating with Sonya Natarajan from 2020-12-12T02:00

Sonya Natarajan has lived in Madrid, works in consulting, and graduated from NYU. Sonya and Nancy talk about the absurdity of capitalism and the difficulty of critiquing from within the system, ...

President Biden and the Long Road Ahead, Fake News, What's Up with Black Trump Supporters, Voter Turnout, and Hope for Democracy with John Montgomery from 2020-11-20T15:00

Nancy Wu talks with John Montgomery, a clinical psychologist based in Chicago, about finally getting rid of Trump from the White House. We talk about politicians who see politics as a game, canc...

Presidential Election Results, What Defunding the Police Really Means, Raising the Minimum Wage, the Path to Anarchy with Isaac Miller from 2020-11-06T18:00

Nancy Wu talks with Isaac Miller about the future of the US regardless of the winner of the presidential election, what police reform, abolish the police, and defund the police really mean, poli...

Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Autonomous Vehicles, and Living Internationally with DJ, Bartender, Chef Farrah Hsu from 2020-10-16T18:00

Farrah Hsu has worked in every industry and country imaginable and currently works with autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas. We chat about her life living abroad in Japan, Taiwan, International Wat...

Trump's Tax Returns, Biden's Tax Plan, Everything You Didn't Know About Taxes, Redistributive Tax Policy, Where Do Our Tax Dollars Go with Sumaya Bouadi from 2020-10-08T01:00

Sumaya Bouadi studies tax law at Yale Law School. We talk about Trump’s taxes—what’s legal and what isn’t and what are the consequences? What would Biden’s tax on people who make more than 400k ...

Queer Asians Americans, Social Media Fatigue, and Performative Activism with Frank Chiang from 2020-10-05T10:00

Frank Chiang joins today to talk about being a gay, cis, Asian man in various white and Asian queer spaces. We talk about activism and far left social media activism. Has seeing racial activism ...

Election Coverage: Presidential Debate Reactions from Real People (of Color) from 2020-10-01T02:00

What was that SHITSHOW?! Four guests bring their perspectives and reactions of the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. What are the consequences, dangers, and opportuni...

Western Perceptions of China, Mulan and Cancel Culture, Hong Kong Pro Democracy Protests with Journalist Gavin Huang from 2020-09-24T23:00

A special episode focusing on comparative politics and political theory today, featuring Gavin Huang, the managing editor of Goldthread. Gavin is based in Hong Kong and writes on China and Asia....

Managing Mental Health During COVID-19, BIPOC in Politics and the Workplace with Therapist John Montgomery from 2020-09-21T17:00

Does anyone else struggle with feeling like 2020 isn't real? How is it possible that all this shit is happening? How do we even react to all the bad news quickly enough? John Montgomery is ...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Resources to Take Action Now, How to Have Political Conversations with Friends and Family from 2020-09-19T14:00

RIP RBG, but now is not the time to wallow in misery and give up. I'll talk about concrete actions you can take now, as well as the significance of this event and the upcoming election. We ...

Personal Finance 101 for POC, Millennials, and Immigrants. Should You Buy a House? Saving, Budgeting, and Investing with Homeowner and Entrepreneur Ron Costa from 2020-09-17T05:00

Ron Costa owns a house by the beach, leads his own real estate team, made a savings plan for his mom to help her budget to buy a house, and also an immigrant AND in his 20s. Learn about how to s...

Asian American History, Why Immigrant Parents Support Trump, Compulsory Antiracist Education, East Coast vs West Coast Asians with Nicole Zhao from 2020-09-14T03:00

Today's guest is Nicole Zhao, a native New Yorker who will talk about the importance of antiracist education. We have lots of history on structural inequities, systemic racism, and the diff...

Immigrating to the U.S., Biracial Identity, Patriotism, What Defines Citizenship, Asian American Writers with Nina Li Coomes from 2020-09-10T04:00

Nina Li Coomes is a writer based in Chicago. Nina grew up in Japan and I grew up in China, so we talk about our experiences immigrating to the U.S. and growing up in the U.S.. We also talk about...

Is the Rising National Deficit Bad? Are the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Good Economic Indicators? Inflation and Interest Rates? GDP?: Q&A with Nancy Wu from 2020-09-03T02:00

Economist Nancy answers all your questions about the economy!
S&P 500 and Nasdaq at record highs (and as of 9/3, dropping again)? What is GDP and is it the right measure of an economy&ap...

Undocumented Asian Americans, Immigrant Parents, What is Economics, My Personal Finance Tips with David Kim from 2020-08-31T15:00

David Kim joins Nancy Wu today to talk about how our Asian immigrant parents have shaped our views on economics and politics. David gives his experience as being undocumented and an Asian Americ...

Grassroots Politics, Police Reform, #BlackLivesMatter, What is a Progressive, Why Biden Might Lose, Campaign Finance with Rachel and Adam Svatos from 2020-08-27T04:00

Nancy Wu talks with Rachel and Adam Svatos, progressive activists in the the predominantly Republican, Inland Empire, California.

We discuss ALL ABOUT LOCAL ELECTIONS and BLACK LIVES M...

COVID-19 and Unemployment, Expired CARES Act, Layoffs, Working Multiple Jobs, Burnout, Economic Outlook with Isaac Miller from 2020-08-24T03:00

The economy is complicated enough to understand as it is. Learn about it through stories from real people.

Nancy Wu talks with Isaac Miller about his experiences through work and layof...

What Kamala Harris Represents, the Democratic National Convention, Activism Beyond Voting from 2020-08-21T00:00

On the first episode of the POC Podcast, Nancy breaks down her thoughts on Kamala Harris and the DNC.

The questions answered:
Is Kamala Harris progressive enough?
What was her...

Introducing the Progressive Opinions Color (POC) Podcast from 2020-08-19T21:00

Welcome to the Progressive Opinions of Color (POC) Podcast. I am your host, Nancy Wu. I started this podcast to create space for more people of color in politics and economics. With the 2020 pre...

Introducing the Progressive Opinions Color (POC) Podcast from 2020-08-19T21:00

Welcome to the Progressive Opinions of Color (POC) Podcast. I am your host, Nancy Wu. I started this podcast to create space for more people of color in politics and economics. With the 2020 pre...

Introducing the Progressive Opinions Color (POC) Podcast from 2020-08-19T21:00

Welcome to the Progressive Opinions of Color (POC) Podcast. I am your host, Nancy Wu. I started this podcast to create space for more people of color in politics and economics. With the 2020 pre...