In Homecoming’s Season 2 finale, Arun Saigal, the Cofounder and CEO of Thunkable, a Y Combinator-backed startup that allows anyone to build their own mobile apps without any coding experience, joins me on the podcast! Previously, he’s held a va

37. Asian, Queer, Trans, and Disabled Intersectionality with Sydney Ji (Part 2)

Mar 21st, 2021 1h 12m

In part 2 of my conversation with Sydney Ji (go listen to part 1 from last week if you haven’t yet!), hear them talk about their orientation to and from whiteness and their Asian identity, invisible disabilities, intersectionality, and the work

36. Growing Up in Cupertino, Transitioning to UC Berkeley, and Distancing From Asian Identity with Sydney Ji (Part 1)

Mar 13th, 2021 1h 4m

In part 1 of my conversation with Sydney Ji, UC Berkeley ‘17 and an international customer service assistant at the Berkeley International Office, listen to them talk about their experiences grappling with their racial identity and class privil

35. Race & Public Health, Diversity & Equity in USA Water Polo, and Poetry as Healing with Mariko Rooks

Mar 8th, 2021 1h 12m

In this episode, Yale University senior Mariko Rooks joins me on the podcast! Mariko is majoring in the History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration and is a dual Master of Public Health candidate at the Ya

34. Diversity in Pageantry with Miss Washington Teen USA 2020 Marianne Bautista

Feb 28th, 2021 1h 2m

Today, Miss Washington Teen USA 2020 Marianne Bautista joins me on the podcast! Marianne talks about her experiences as an Asian American/Filipina American in the pageant world, what she’s been up to during her reign as Miss Washington Teen USA

33. Transracial Adoption, Faith, and Learning About His Korean & Asian American Identities with K.J. Roelke from “The Janchi Show”

Feb 21st, 2021 1h 16m

This Saturday, I welcome K.J. Roelke, a fellow member of the Springfield, Missouri community and cohost of the Korean adoptee podcast “The Janchi Show”! K.J. talks about his identity as a Korean adoptee, Asian American, and disabled person; his

32. Gender Equality and Thailand’s Pro-Democracy Movement with Anna Naiyapatana

Feb 14th, 2021 1h 12m

Thailand has a long history of political unrest and protest, but a new wave began in February 2020 after a popular opposition political party was ordered to dissolve. The growing pro-democracy movement has been calling for the resignation of Pr

31. The Stories of David Moriya and Emi Lea Kamemoto and How They’re Redefining the Entertainment Industry with Strong Asian Lead

Feb 7th, 2021 1h 27m

In this Saturday’s episode, I interview David Moriya and Emi Lea Kamemoto, the co-founders of the organization Strong Asian Lead, a grassroots media and entertainment company that provides educational and career resources to creatives of the As

30. Why You Should Care About Politics with John Hoang

Feb 1st, 2021 1h 5m

John Hoang, a sophomore at Earlham College originally from New Mexico, is this week’s guest on Homecoming! He shares his story of how and why he is so interested in politics, why he’s so adamant about getting young people out there involved in

29. The U.S. Response to COVID-19, Equitable Vaccine Allocation, and Lessons to Take Away From the Pandemic with Dr. Saad Omer

Jan 23rd, 2021 47m 43s

Because the COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of us, and there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding vaccine distribution, I wanted to bring an expert—someone who has been directly involved in national and global efforts to combat COVID-19—onto

28. Hear All About the South Asian Youth Initiative!

Jan 16th, 2021 47m 31s

The South Asian Youth Initiative (also known as SAYI) is an annual conference organized by South Asian student leaders from different colleges in the U.S. with the purpose of creating community amongst young South Asians and South Asian America

27. Educational Equity, Media Coverage of Affirmative Action, and Our Ideal College Admissions Systems with BSAY and AASA (Series Pt. 2)

Jan 9th, 2021 1h 2m

Thanks for tuning into the second part of the affirmative action series! This week, I am joined on the podcast by Eden Senay and Nina Todd, the co-presidents of the Black Student Alliance at Yale, and Kevin Quach and Michelle Liang, the previou

26. Affirmative Action in College Admissions: Origins, Misconceptions, and the Role of Asian Americans with Professor Janelle Wong (Series Pt. 1)

Jan 2nd, 2021 1h 13m

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 OF HOMECOMING!!! The Season 2 opener kicks off an informative two-part series on affirmative action, an extremely relevant topic in the U.S. and the Asian American community. Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard wi

Season 2 Trailer!

Dec 29th, 2020 4m 9s

Season 2 of Homecoming starts THIS SATURDAY, January 2nd! In the trailer, here what Homecoming is all about and some of the featured topics of the season. GET EXCITED, and see you all soon!!!---Follow Homecoming on Instagram (https://www.inst

25. Off-Season Life Updates (Schopenhauer, College Classes & Books are Good?!) with Sam Katz

Nov 28th, 2020 1h 3m

In this episode (which I hope will be the start of a new off-season series of life updates, in which I bring friends of mine onto the podcast to have casual and fun conversations about anything and everything), Sam, my good friend from high sch

24. Voting, Parenting, and Recharging During the Pandemic with Linda Hower Bates

Nov 1st, 2020 1h 14m

Happy November! In this off-season episode, Linda Hower Bates, a parent of two residing in Rhode Island, joins me on the podcast to talk about growing up biracial, how she’s navigated conversations about race and racism with her parents and now

23. Season 1 Recap + Finale!

Oct 3rd, 2020 29m 27s

It’s the official Season 1 finale episode! Thank you all for your support, listens, and comments/kind words throughout this entire time. 22 episodes and 27 guests—it’s been an incredible season! I’m so excited to come back in January with Seaso

22. The Journey from Finance to Media with Simi Shah from Trailblazers

Sep 26th, 2020 1h 7m

My last guest for this season is Simi Shah, Harvard ‘19, from the media platform Trailblazers! Simi has experience working in both the finance and media industries, so listen to hear more about her time as a South Asian woman with Girls Who Inv

21. Running a Student Organization in the COVID-19 Era with Yalies for Pakistan

Sep 19th, 2020 46m 38s

This week, Alysha Siddiqi and Kiran Masroor, both sophomores at Yale University and the President and Vice President, respectively, of the organization Yalies for Pakistan join me on the podcast! They talk about what it was like growing up Paki

20. Conrad Lihilihi’s Hawaiian Language Docuseries “Language of a Nation” (Part 2)

Sep 13th, 2020 1h 8m

In this second episode with Polynesian filmmaker and visual storyteller Conrad Lihilihi (see the episode two weeks ago to listen to part 1), Conrad goes in-depth into the creative process of making his new docuseries about the Hawaiian language

19. Surviving FGM, Navigating Trauma and Community Surveillance, and “Cut Woman” with Poet Dena Igusti

Sep 6th, 2020 1h 26m

This week, poet and playwright Dena Igusti comes onto Homecoming to share what is what like growing up in Queens, New York as a queer, non-binary Indonesian Muslim and their experience with female genital mutilation (FGM) and the trauma it resu

18: Being a Polynesian Filmmaker and the Nuances of the Term “AAPI” with Conrad Lihilihi (Part 1)

Aug 29th, 2020 1h 14m

You all have probably noticed that every week, I begin every episode of Homecoming with saying that this podcast features AAPI folx, but to be frank, you probably have also noticed that I haven’t had any Pacific Islander guests on the podcast y

17. Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis with Yemen Aid’s CEO Summer Nasser

Aug 22nd, 2020 1h 6m

Some of you may have read in the news or on social media about the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, a country located on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. The civil/proxy war that’s been occurring for years in Yemen has pr

16. Working at a Restaurant During COVID-19 and the Story of Phở 501 with Dan Nguyen

Aug 15th, 2020 47m 43s

In Episode 16, Dan Nguyen, who works at Phở 501, his family-owned Vietnamese restaurant in East Hartford, Connecticut joins me on the podcast to share how the Phở 501 people know and love today came to be, the ways in which his story and the st

15. Asian American Solidarity, Social Media Activism, and the Intersections of Race & Gender with Richard Leong

Aug 8th, 2020 1h 24m

In this episode, Richard Leong, a board member of the nonprofit organization Act to Change and a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant, comes onto the podcast to share his experiences growing up as an Asian American and how they led him t