Podcasts by The Yon-Say Podcast Network
The Yon-Say Podcast Network, presented by Nikkei Rising, is a space where we’ll be bringing you mini-series filled with round table discussions with special guests involved in and around the Japanese American community to honor the Japanese American community’s history and explore its implications today.
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Going Abroad to Come Home | Kakehashi: Building Connections Abroad from 2023-10-03T09:30:36
The application for the Kakehashi Program is dropping next month, and this is an opportunity you don't want to miss! Created by the Japanese government to promote American travel to Japan, this 10...
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Want To Go To Japan? | Kakehashi: Building Connections Abroad from 2023-09-12T21:56:01
The application for the Kakehashi Program is dropping next month, and this is an opportunity you don't want to miss! Created by the Japanese government to promote American travel to Japan, this ...
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Growing Up Mixed | Mixed Feelings from 2023-08-07T17:32:21
In the final episode of Mixed Feelings, Yoko sits down with her twin sister Hana to discuss their experiences growing up together as a white-passing and full-Asian-passing pair. They explore the...
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Being Mixed Abroad | Mixed Feelings from 2023-07-25T16:09:36
On this episode of Mixed Feelings, host Hiro is accompanied by his good friends, Ayako Tischler and Ryan Scanlan! Join the three of them as they discuss how their experiences abroad have affecte...
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Mixed Media | Mixed Feelings from 2023-07-10T16:08
On this episode of Mixed Feelings, host Matt is joined by fellow Nikkei Rising members and movie aficionados, Caroline and Lauren! Listen to them discuss what it means to be mixed in the media, why...
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The Beauty of Being Mixed | Mixed Feelings from 2023-06-26T19:55:02
On this episode of Mixed Feelings, join host Michelle Heckert and special guest Sydney Kasson for an important discussion about beauty standards. How do they different for mixed folks? Are there...
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Loving v. Virginia | Mixed Feelings from 2023-06-12T13:47:58
Welcome back to the new and improved Yon-Say Podcast Network (YSPN)! In our first limited series, Mixed Feelings, your favorite mixed hosts discuss their experiences in different aspects of bein...
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The Yon-Say Series Finale? from 2022-04-14T21:32:34
In this episode of the Yon-Say podcast, hosts Jonnie, Yoko, Michelle, Sachi, and Matt sit down to discuss the past 3 seasons of the Yon-Say podcast, its inception, the good, the bad, and how the...
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Abundance and Belonging from 2022-03-31T22:04:34
This week on the Yon-Say, Sachi and Yoko are joined by Devon Matsumoto and Koki Atcheson from the Young Buddhist Editorial. We hear about the YBE’s origin, discuss our own religious backgrounds,...
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Kiku Hughes' Displacement from 2022-02-10T18:00:20
In this episode, Matt and Michelle sit down with artist, activist, and author Kiku Hughes to talk about her debut graphic novel, Displacement. Hear all about her journey through art and how she ...
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A Rebel's Outcry from 2022-01-27T08:10:17
In this special episode, Matt and Hiro partner with the Little Tokyo Historical Society to share the story of Issei civil rights activist, Sei Fujii! In a discussion with director and researcher...
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Hello! My name is... from 2022-01-13T08:10:15
In this episode, hosts Yoko and Michelle welcome fellow Yon-Say host Hiro Edeza, and Ethnic Studies student Kiara Konishi. We discuss the origin stories of our names, as well as our relationship...
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Memorial Day 2021 from 2021-05-31T19:00:17
In this Memorial Day episode, hosts Hiro and Matt sit down with descendants and supporters of the World War II Nisei Veterans of the 442nd, 100th, and MIS to give an overview of their history an...
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Day of Remembrance from 2021-02-19T17:34:06
79 years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, the document that allowed for the forced removal and mass incarceration of 120,000 persons of Japanese Ancestry d...
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JAs in Entertainment from 2021-02-08T19:05:55
The story of Japanese American Incarceration has, like many historical events, become the subject of countless books, movies, and other media. Though until recently, it was a story unshared by a...
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Nikkei in Japan from 2020-12-23T11:43:15
For many Japanese Americans, returning to Japan is always one of the big items on their bucket lists. But even that idea in itself, “returning to Japan” is a loaded thought and brings about the ...
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Being Mixed from 2020-11-19T18:50:04
The Japanese American community is one of the largest mixed-race/ethnicity communities in the nation. For our hosts, that's more than evident since four out of five us are all mixed themselves! ...
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Yon-Say Goes to the Polls! from 2020-10-28T07:10:13
Welcome back to the Yon-Say podcast! To kick off season 2, with a little less than a week to the 2020 election, hosts Matt and Hiro sit down with community members Amy Watanabe and Karman Chao t...
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The Go-Say from 2020-08-13T07:01
For these past 8 weeks, the Yon-Say Podcast team has had the chance to talk to various guests from different walks of life. That being said, for this final episode of the Yon-Say, we thought it...
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A Lineage of Bad*sses from 2020-08-06T09:05:49
In our society at large, women’s histories are too often erased, forgotten, or misremembered in ways in ways which strip women of their agency, complexity and intelligence. Nikkei history is no ...
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Nikkei Incarceration Abroad from 2020-07-30T19:07:47
The story of incarceration doesn’t only follow Japanese Americans. Japanese Canadians and Japanese Latin Americans were also subjected to the cruel practice of incarceration during World War II....
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A Bus Ticket & $25 from 2020-07-23T08:00
What happens when the war is over? In the sixth episode of the Yon-Say Podcast, Matt and Michelle talk to Rob Buscher of Philadelphia and Celeste Goedert of Detroit to discuss what their familie...
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What is Citizenship? from 2020-07-16T07:01
What is citizenship? In the fifth episode of the Yon-Say Podcast Yoko and Hiro are joined by guests Leidy and Nat to interrogate the complicated and often dehumanizing notion of citizenship whic...
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A Question of Loyalty from 2020-07-09T07:01
What would you do if your loyalty to your country was questioned? Matthew and Jonnie are joined by guests Andie Kimura, with Go for Broke National Education Center, and Bethany Narita, Jonnie’s ...
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An American Nightmare from 2020-07-02T07:01
What does it mean to be a descendant of the incarceration? Jonnie and Yoko are joined by guests Lauren Matsumoto and Jason Fujii to discuss our families’ camp experiences and explore how those e...
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Only What You Can Carry from 2020-06-25T07:01
In this second episode of the Yon-Say Podcast, Michelle and Hiro reflect on our ancestors' lives leading up to Executive Order 9066 and the forced removal with guests Nina Nakao and Kendal Takes...
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The American Dream from 2020-06-18T07:01
In this premiere episode of the Yon-Say Podcast, Matt and Yoko reflect on our ancestors' immigration stories with guests Jonnie Narita and Saiyare Refaei. Listen as they dive into how these stor...
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