Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media
63 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAward-winning Journalist, commentator, and humorist, Emil Guillermo gives his take on race, society, and politics from an Asian American perspective. A former NPR host, Emil's commentaries can be read at http://www.aaldef/org/blog
His work has appeared on radio, TV, and print nationwide.
His book "Amok:Essays from an Asian American perspective," won an American Book Award.
Twitter: @emilamok
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Ep. 105: Little Manila Rising For All; Exec. Dir.Dillon Delvo with Emil Guillermo
March 14, 2022 05:52 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBDillon Delvo, executive director of Little Manila Rising, talks to Emil Guillermo about how the Stockton non-profit has expanded its mission to do more and to help more people in South Stockton. From preserving Filipino American history and historic buildings, the LMR's mission now includes public health initiatives and environmental efforts in community air monitoring. Beyond that, the non-profit has its eyes on owning and developing land and projects to benefit the broader South Stockton c...
Ep. 104: Asian American Filipinos' Continuing Trauma Over the U.S. Colonization of the Philippines
January 03, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBIn California, 2022 brings new requirements for ethnic studies at the community college and high school levels. It could become a model for schools around the country. It's too late for one Oakland student who has since graduated and gone to Harvard. But even there, Eleanor V.Wikstrom has found learning about her Filipino history has not been easy. There are no Tagalog or Pilipino language classes taught there. And Filipino American history is an afterthought, despite the role the U.S. playe...
Ep. 103: Environmental Justice Warriors: Little Manila Rising's Matt Holmes
December 15, 2021 20:03 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBNote: See Index below for quick access Little Manila Rising, a community non-profit in Stockton, Calif., is taking an aggressive stand to protect its Filipino American community from environmental racism. Matt Holmes heads up the environmental effort and talks about a new project with UC Merced to make sure the air in Stockton and the valley is monitored. He also talks about the ways the pollution from the freeways and port is being mitigated. The situation is dire, Stockton has one of the...
Ep. 102: "Try Harder" Director Debbie Lum
December 07, 2021 01:01 - 1 hour - 105 MB"Try Harder" director Debbie Lum talks to Emil Guillermo about Lowell High School and the college admissions process captured in the film's profile of five students of diverse backgrounds. What are AAPI going through to get to the elite colleges of their choice? And how are their parents dealing with it? Is it possible that the African American parent wins the "Tiger Mom" competition? And what of the white student who knows he has no chance to compete? Everyone wants to go to an eli...
Ep.101: Little Manila Rising Goes Door-to-Door to Get Out the Vaccine; Protects the Community by Fighting Misinformation.
September 09, 2021 06:02 - 59 minutes - 82 MBAmy Portello Nelson talks with Emil Guillermo about Little Manila Rising's "Get Out the Vaccine" drive. Modeled after the "Get Out the Vote" idea, the program goes door to door to give people good information about the virus and vaccines. And it's working, vaccine rates went from the low 30 percent range to more than 50 percent in the zipcodes canvassed. Now the plan is to keep going through the end of November. But it's not easy. Some are hesitant, and one resident even pulled a gun. But it...
Ep. 91: Little Manila Rising's Youth: From Stockton to Stanford And Back On a Mission
July 16, 2021 06:09 - 1 hour - 131 MBLittle Manila Rising is an non-profit organization in Stockton, Calif. servicing primarily the South Stockton community. After a recent youth conference produced by Little Manila youth, Emil Guillermo talked with Celine Lopez, a newly-minted Stanford graduate, who hopes to use her senior thesis in Urban Studies as a foundation for policy-making in her hometown. Celine talks about how she rediscovered her pride and self-worth as a Stocktonian at Stanford and how that fueled her desire to ret...
Ep.81: How Little Manila Rising, An Environmental Justice Advocate in Stockton, CA, Makes A Difference
April 22, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 97.4 MBAn Earth Day/Earth Month Special! A Filipino American group called Little Manila Rising is part of a "people-powered" Green Revolution that's changing how the community in Stockton, Calif. gets involved in environmental justice. Recently, community members, empowered by state money through AB617, rejected a $5 million proposal from the Port of Stockton. The community stood up to the polluters. They were all tired of being dumped on. LMR's Dillon Delvo tells Emil Guillermo how and why ...
Ep. 71: Do You Know Angelo Quinto? He's the Asian American/Filipino American George Floyd
February 27, 2021 20:58 - 1 hour - 143 MBAngelo Quinto died after a policeman had a knee to the back of his neck for 5 minutes. Emil Amok is Emil Guillermo, journalist, commentary, performing artist reads from the column he wrote on www.aaldef.org/blog about Quinto, the need for re-thinking policing, and what this means for Asian Americans. Prof. Dan Gonzales of SF State Univ joins in to comment on this, the recent rash of anti-Asian hate incidents in the U.S., and other news. For more go to www.amok.com #angeloquinto
Ep.70: Phil Tajitsu Nash on E.O. 9066 and the Incarceration of Japanese Americans
February 21, 2021 05:06 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBWhy were Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II? President Franklin Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942 paved the way. And while some where given redress payments in 1988, the battle continues for a few hundred Japanese Latin Americans who were also incarcerated at the same time but left out of the settlement. Phil Tajitsu Nash, U.Maryland Asian American Studies professor, lawyer, and activist talks to Emil Guillermo about the ongoing fight for justice. ...
Ep.67: Farewell to Corky Lee-- My goodbye and my 2017 interview with Corky
January 30, 2021 17:26 - 1 hour - 79.7 MBCorky Lee died on Jan. 27 of Covid. He is now the undisputed Asian American photographer laureate. There was no sense of a modern Asian American civil rights movement before Vincent Chin inspired a generation to stand up and be seen. Corky Lee documented it all. I talk of my friendship with Corky as I read my post from the AALDEF blog. Then, I reprise my 2017 interview with Corky where he talks about the photograph he saw as a young boy of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Golden Spike unit...
Farewell to Corky Lee-- My goodbye and my 2017 interview with Corky
January 30, 2021 17:26 - 1 hour - 79.7 MBCorky Lee died on Jan. 27 of Covid. He is now the undisputed Asian American photographer laureate. There was no sense of a modern Asian American civil rights movement before Vincent Chin inspired a generation to stand up and be seen. Corky Lee documented it all. I talk of my friendship with Corky as I read my post from the AALDEF blog. Then, I reprise my 2017 interview with Corky where he talks about the photograph he saw as a young boy of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Golden Spike unit...
Ep.66: Covid, Dorothy Velasco, Pete Hamill, Race, Environment, Affirmative Action, Harvard, and Ted
August 08, 2020 15:37 - 2 hours - 127 MBEmil Amok's Takes on the latest Covid news, Dorothy Velasco's passing, Pete Hamill, Race, Environment, affirmative action, opening of schools, Harvard, Emil's speech and his friend Ted. Read more at amok.com; Or at https://www.aaldef.org/blog Emil Amok is the moniker of Emil Guillermo, the Asian American journalist of Filipino descent, who is the writer of the longest running column on Asian America in the ethnic media.
Ep. 65: John Lewis' "Good Trouble;" Trump's "Bad Trouble." And Another Ted Talk
July 31, 2020 18:29 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBTrump wasn't yelling, "We're No. 1." when the country surpassed 150,000 Covid-19 deaths. He didn't even bother to show up at John Lewis' funeral. Emil talks about the news and more. Plus another experiment into Covid friendship as he has a reunion with a college classmate, now a philosophy professor, Ted Schatzki. See Emil's columns at http://www.aaldef.org/blog. Twitter @emilamok. Watch for his shows at ww.zoomcomedian.com and at amok.com
Ep.64: How the Slants Helped To Change the Washington Football Team Name
July 17, 2020 08:29 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBEmil Guillermo talks to Simon Tam of the Slants about how his case to trademark what was thought to be a disparaging name didn't hurt but helped in the battle to change the name of the Washington NFL team. Emil also talks to author, journalist Jacqueline Keeler, who led activists through her group EradicatingOfensiveNativeMascotry. See his columns at http://www.aaldef.org/blog. Twitter @emilamok. Watch for his shows at ww.zoomcomedian.com and at amok.com
Ep.63: Emil Amok's Takeout on Hamilton, July 4th, Mt. Rushmore; Plus...another TED talk!
July 05, 2020 00:20 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBYou are not alone. Emil Amok Guillermo is a journalist, commentator, and humorist. Emil Amok's Takeout is where he works out his talk show days and gives you his take on everything. See his columns at http://www.aaldef.org/blog. Twitter @emilamok. Watch for his shows at ww.zoomcomedian.com and at amok.com
Ep.62: Emil Amok on Trump's "Make America Sick Again" Rally, Father's Day, White Privilege; Another Ted Talk, and more.
June 20, 2020 04:04 - 2 hours - 99.4 MBJournalist/commentator/humorist Emil Amok Guillermo gives his take on everything from Trump's "Make America Sick Again" rally, Father's Day, White Privilege, and Juneteenth. He talks to a friend he hasn't seen in more than 40 years named Ted, who is a philosopher. Listen to more shows on amok.com, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Read Emil's columns
Ep.61: #BLM, George Floyd, Trump's Reaction, and why FIlipinos should be in solidarity with BLM
June 06, 2020 17:43 - 1 hour - 151 MBEmil Guillermo has written his "Amok" column covering race, culture and ethnicity for the last 25 years in the Filipino and Asian American media. Professor Daniel Phil Gonzales of SF State's College of Ethnic Studies talks about George Floyd, the protests, #BLM, Trum['s future, gassing innocent people, and more...including the PBS "Asian American" documentary, and stories about growing up Filipino. Listen to more at amok.com. Read emil here. Visit the Filipino American National Hist...
Ep.60: Emil Amok: My Kind of TED Talk
May 30, 2020 00:53 - 1 hour - 83.2 MBEmil Amok Guillermo talks with his old friend, University of Kentucky Philosopher Ted Schatzki about life, Covid, and George Floyd. They met at college and last saw each other when Emil gave a shocking speech. They reunited after 40 years when the pandemic began. This is their third conversation trying to make sense of life. Twitter @emilamok Contact: www.amok.com
Ep.59: Peter Jamero and Emil Amok Guillermo talk about the American Filipino-Native Born Experience.
May 23, 2020 16:09 - 2 hours - 99.7 MBA special Filipino American National Historical Society Museum program as Emil Guillermo, museum director, talks to author Peter Jamero, one of the first Filipinos born in America. Filipinos were first brought to America in large numbers in the 1920s and 1930s. But because of discrimination, few were able to either marry or intermarry in order to start families. Americans born here were treated no different than immigrants. Visit the FANHS National Museum in Stockton, CA. Facebook @fanhsmu...
Ep.58: Emil Amok Talks to a Philosopher about Covid, Pt.2
May 18, 2020 19:31 - 1 hour - 78.6 MBIs America too big to fail? Should the government do all it can to prop up the little guy as it has Big Business? Some of the questions in part 2 of "Emil Amok talks to a Philosopher About our Lousy Covid Life." Check out Emil's columns on at www.aaldef.org/blog , and at www.amok.com Also a speech for 2020 graduates, as Emil contemplates his alma mater's virtual graduation.
Ep.57: Emil Amok's Takeout on Stephen Miller, Colonial Mentality, Asian Americans, APA Heritage Month, and Skin-Whitening
May 11, 2020 16:24 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBWe're colonized by Covid but we're fighting back--by staying home! Professor E.J.Ramos David, author of "Brown Skin, White Minds," talks to Emil about colonial mentality, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and skin-whitening. David is also featured in promotional clips on the new PBS documentary on Asian Americans. Emil Amok begins with a rant on a variety of topics including, Stephen Miller, Mother's Day, and staying true to the quarantine ethic. Read Emil at http://www.aaldef.org/blo...
Ep.56: Emil Amok's Takeout--Lumpia Party Celebration Asian Pacific American Heritge Month
May 02, 2020 01:33 - 2 hours - 207 MBAsian Pacific American Heritage Month in 2020 is like no other because of the Covid Crisis. We talk to Gem Scorp, an essential Asian American, and Filipino nurse, about fighting the virus as a nurse in NYC's Elmhurst Hospital. But then faces racism on the subway when someone calls him "Chinese." Also featured: Seattle's Monyee Chau; NYC photographer Corky Lee; Asian American Studies Professors Daniel Phil Gonzales, and Phil Tajitsu-Nash, and more. See Monyee Chau's work. See more at www....
Ep.55: Emil talks to a Philosopher about Covid, Asian Americans, and more.
May 01, 2020 00:06 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBProf. Ted Schatzki is in the Philosophy Department of the University of Kentucky. A former classmate of Emil's, the two talk about Covid and the future. Shelter long enough and it becomes a philosophical question. See Emil's writing at http://www.aaldef.org/blog And at http://www.amok.com
Ep54: FANHS Museum Storytelling Lifeline
April 19, 2020 08:49 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBThis is a special Filipino American National History Museum editon of Emil Amok's Takeout. Host Emil Guillermo, museum director, talks with Mel LaGasca, a Filipino American Community leader whose life exemplifies how the Filipino middle class developed in America. LaGasca grew up working in the fields, followed the migrants to Alaskan canneries to work, then finished college and had a distinguished career at Sandia Labs that lasted 34 years. Emil interviews the community and conducts stor...
Ep: 202005: FANHS Museum Storytelling Lifeline
April 19, 2020 08:49 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBThis is a special Filipino American National History Museum editon of Emil Amok's Takeout. Host Emil Guillermo, museum director, talks with Mel LaGasca, a Filipino American Community leader whose life exemplifies how the Filipino middle class developed in America. LaGasca grew up working in the fields, followed the migrants to Alaskan canneries to work, then finished college and had a distinguished career at Sandia Labs that lasted 34 years. Emil interviews the community and conducts stor...
Ep.20203: Asian Americans In The Covid Era
April 17, 2020 06:22 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBEmil Amok was a columnist for Asian Week, at one time the most read Asian American publication in the U.S. Phil Nash, a longtime civil rights attorney and activist, was a fellow columnist. Nash, now a professor in Asian American Studies at University of Maryland talks about life for Asian Americans under Covid-19. See the show on video at http://www.aaldef/org/blog Originally released 4/16/2020 Copyright @2020
Ep.53: Asian Americans In The Covid Era
April 17, 2020 06:22 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBEmil Amok was a columnist for Asian Week, at one time the most read Asian American publication in the U.S. Phil Nash, a longtime civil rights attorney and activist, was a fellow columnist. Nash, now a professor in Asian American Studies at University of Maryland talks about life for Asian Americans under Covid-19. See the show on video at http://www.aaldef/org/blog Originally released 4/16/2020 Copyright @2020
Ep.20202: A Filipino Nurse in NY Battles Covid19
April 11, 2020 17:10 - 1 hour - 50 MBEmil Amok's Takeout talks to Gem Scorp an RN at Elmhurst hospital in New York about what he's seen on the frontlines fighting the virus. Scorp, an 18-year nursing vet, describes the virus' effects up close and how people can die suddenly from new symptoms, showing how the virus mutates and attacks. He also talks about the shortage of PPEs, how he stays positive, and how he saved himself using a natural approach. He says at his hospital the nurses were at least 80 percent Filipino. In t...
Ep.52: A Filipino Nurse in NY Battles Covid19
April 11, 2020 17:10 - 1 hour - 50 MBEmil Amok's Takeout talks to Gem Scorp an RN at Elmhurst hospital in New York about what he's seen on the frontlines fighting the virus. Scorp, an 18-year nursing vet, describes the virus' effects up close and how people can die suddenly from new symptoms, showing how the virus mutates and attacks. He also talks about the shortage of PPEs, how he stays positive, and how he saved himself using a natural approach. He says at his hospital the nurses were at least 80 percent Filipino. In t...
Ep. 20201: Numbers don't lie: Trump Virus Spawns Anti-Asian American Hate
March 27, 2020 05:18 - 29 minutes - 23.6 MBAfter a long hiatus, Emil Amok's Takeout is back with a new show. And all because of the virus. The threat to Asian Americans isn't Covid-19. It's POTUS-45, Donald Trump. His insistence on calling the virus "The Chinese Virus," and now "The Wuhan Virus" is only causing a new wave of anti-Asian American violence from coast-to-coast. Nearly 700 cases have been reported to a website started by Asian American Studies Professor Russell Jeong of San Francisco State. At Stop-AAPI-Hate, individuals ...
Ep 51: Numbers don't lie: Trump Virus Spawns Anti-Asian American Hate
March 27, 2020 05:18 - 29 minutes - 23.6 MBAfter a long hiatus, Emil Amok's Takeout is back with a new show. And all because of the virus. The threat to Asian Americans isn't Covid-19. It's POTUS-45, Donald Trump. His insistence on calling the virus "The Chinese Virus," and now "The Wuhan Virus" is only causing a new wave of anti-Asian American violence from coast-to-coast. Nearly 700 cases have been reported to a website started by Asian American Studies Professor Russell Jeong of San Francisco State. At Stop-AAPI-Hate, individuals ...
Ep.31 : Emil Amok: Crazy Rich Asians is a movie; Crazy Asians is a social problem
November 30, 2018 06:03 - 47 minutes - 38.2 MBDr. Helen Hsu, the president of the Asian American Psychological Association talks to Emil about the status of mental health in the AAPI community. We're not accessing services. We are trying to DIY mental health. And it's a big mistake. Dr. Hsu talks about how things are changing to empower the community to seek services and not to be quiet and keep problems to themselves. Topics discussed. Suicide. How low-income and well-to-to-families both underutilize services. How beating the sti...
Ep. 101: Emil Amok: Crazy Rich Asians is a movie; Crazy Asians is a social problem
November 30, 2018 06:03 - 47 minutes - 38.2 MBDr. Helen Hsu, the president of the Asian American Psychological Association talks to Emil about the status of mental health in the AAPI community. We're not accessing services. We are trying to DIY mental health. And it's a big mistake. Dr. Hsu talks about how things are changing to empower the community to seek services and not to be quiet and keep problems to themselves. Topics discussed. Suicide. How low-income and well-to-to-families both underutilize services. How beating the sti...
Ep 29 Emil Amok's Takeout: A Student Striker who became a Professor
April 03, 2018 00:52 - 1 hour - 96.3 MBEmil Guillermo: The striker who became the teacher—Podcast with Asian American Studies professor Daniel P. Gonzales on how ethnic studies was birthed at SF State University Over the Easter weekend, Donald Trump was resurrecting his anti-immigrant rhetoric in tweets and off-handed comments. First, he blasted California for issuing pardons to a group that included three Asian Americans subject to deportation. Then he tweeted he’s changed his mind on DACA and that he would end NAFTA to fo...
Emil Amok's Takeout - California's David Chiu on why the state will stand up to the feds and fight for immigrants' rights
March 10, 2018 02:31 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBEmil Guillermo: California Legislator David Chiu on the most Asian American state being sued by the Feds; calls Trump “the most xenophobic and racist president in modern history.” Stormy Daniels, Kim Jong Un, and trade-war inducing tariffs? The Trump administration is a never-ending three-ring circus, where chaos is Trump’s best friend. How can the American public get a grip on any of the really big issues like gun control after Parkland, or the on-going Russian investigations, when our ...
Ep.27: Bipartisan push gets Filipino WW2 Vets a Congressional Gold Medal; but for Trump, a bipar approach on DACA divides GOP
September 15, 2017 09:50 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBA bipartisan effort in Congress may not work on DACA. But it has worked on winning a Congressional Gold Medal for all Filipino Veterans of World War 2. Emil Guillermo talks with Ben DeGuzman about how the resolution was passed and approved Oct. 25 as the day the first 1,000 vets get medals. As many as 250,000 medals may be given to military personnel, or their heirs. To see if you or your loved one who served qualifies for a medal, go to http://www.filvetrep.org Read Amok at http://...
Ep.26: All You Need to Know About DACA; Plus Janet Napolitano's UC lawsuit to save it.
September 09, 2017 23:18 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MBSee Emil's latest at http://www.aaldef.org/blog This podcast on Emil's DACA take, plus clips from the news call of UC President Janet Napolitano on the lawsuit seeking to protect DACA recipients. Also Tom Wong of UCSD talks about his survey of DACA recipients And Luis Quiroz, one DACA recipient hints at how Trump's action has bred a new distrust. A betrayal of Trump? Emil thinks it may be Trump's ruse to slap down another Obama legacy an rebrand DACA as the Trump Action for C...
Ep25: Evacuee, Katrina Survivor, Trump Supporter: 3 Asian Americans on Harvey
September 03, 2017 08:14 - 1 hour - 147 MBCheck out the blog at http:/www.aaldef.org/blog You can donate to help Asian American Harvey victims here: http://www.ocahouston.org/harveyrelief Emil Guillermo interviews: Jessica Kong, who evacuated from her home with her brother and mother the first Monday after the storm hit. Steven Wu, a Katrina survivor who now lives in Houston. Martha Wong, the first Asian American city council person in Houston's history. She talks about the post-Harvey politics. Emil Guillermo: Three...
Ep.24: Harvey Hits Houston; Ed Gor of Chinese American Citizens Alliance talks about impacts on Asian Americans there.
August 28, 2017 07:50 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBEd Gor is a Houston resident and the president of the nation's oldest Asian American civil rights organization. Gor talks with Emil Guillermo about Harvey and how Asian Americans are impacted. Emil also discusses how President Trump was slow to show any real compassion or empathy for those victimized by Harvey. See more at http://www.aaldef.org/blog
Ep23: Filmmaker Curtis Choy on The Fall of The I Hotel, 40 years later;
August 03, 2017 23:33 - 50 minutes - 70.1 MBCome by the I-Hotel/Manilatown Center, 868 Kearney St. SF,CA Friday, Aug. 4 to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the eviction. Emil will moderate a panel and Curtis Choy will screen his film. 6pm - 9pm. PDT See more at http://www.aaldef.org/blog See more about Curtis Choy, director of "The Fall of the I-Hotel." http://www.chonkmoonhunter.com/Asian-American-History.html Emil Bio: Emil Guillermo wrote for almost 15 years his "Amok" column for AsianWeek, which was...
Ep.22: Eddie Huang,"Fresh Off the Boat" Memoirist on Race and Identity, an AAJA convention highlight
July 30, 2017 16:49 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBSee more info at http://www.aaldef.org/blog Eddie Huang at the Asian American Journalists Association convention. Speaks candidly on race and identity. See previous story on Huang: http://aaldef.org/blog/emil-guillermo-is-fresh-off-the-boat-historical-or-the-taming-of-eddie-huang.html Emil bio: Emil Guillermo wrote for almost 15 years his "Amok" column for AsianWeek, which was the largest English language Asian American newsweekly in the nation. "Amok" was considered the most w...
Ep.21:Emil Amok's Takeout--B.D. Wong's Emmy nomination for trans character in "Mr.Robot," cool? Or uncool?
July 26, 2017 10:17 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBSee more about my conversation with B.D. Wong at http://www.aaldef.org/blog Emil's bio: Emil Guillermo wrote for almost 15 years his "Amok" column for AsianWeek, which was the largest English language Asian American newsweekly in the nation. "Amok" was considered the most widely-read column on Asian American issues in the U.S. His thoughtful and provocative social commentaries have appeared in print in the San Francisco Chronicle, SFGate.com, San Francisco Examiner...
Ep.20: Trump Jr., The Slants, and Saying No to Hawaii 5-0
July 12, 2017 00:28 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBEmil Guillermo: The Slants' Simon Tam speaks candidly on PODCAST: "The cure for hate speech isn't censorship...let communities decide, not government." July 10, 2017 6:58 PM It's been a big summer for Simon Tam, musician and founder of the Slants, now trademarked, reappropriated, and unanimously affirmed by the Supreme Court. He also got married recently in his native state of California, so there's been much to celebrate. And yet it seems there still some who aren't cheering his n...
Ep.19: Getting Fringey! Emil's "Amok Monologues" at the San Diego International Fringe Festival
June 29, 2017 21:09 - 33 minutes - 47 MBI'm on the road, but I can still podcast. My "Amok Monologues" are at the San Diego International Fringe Festival. Get your tickets for the final show Thursday, the 29th at 10:30pm. ( I know, last minute, but then I'm less self-absorbed than normal). Or buy a ticket and I will send you an audio of the show! Just $10! https://sdfringe.ticketleap.com/amok-monologues/ Got a great review too. "Excellent," says the San Diego Story arts journal. READ THE WHOLE REVIEW HERE ...
Ep18. Helen Zia, 35 years after Vincent Chin Hate Crime; Plus, What Chin Killer Ronald Ebens Told Me
June 19, 2017 05:08 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBChin estate trustee provides insight on how difficult it was to get justice for Vincent Chin. The Asian American community was small and reluctant to speak up. Even civil rights organizations weren't sure about Asian Americans in a black and white world. It may also explain why Asian Americans have reacted differently in recent years to hate crimes that should be considered as significant as Chin's but have failed to get traction with a now larger, divided and complacent Asian American commu...
Ep.17 Emil's Father's Day Essay; Karthick Ramakrishnan on Asian Americans and South Asians
June 17, 2017 04:42 - 1 hour - 105 MBShow Log 00: Open, intros, Emil comments on news, including the week's gun violence and the NBA champion Golden State Warriors. 14:35 Karthick Ramakrishnan, UC Riverside, School of Public Policy; AAPI Data 15:52 Interview begins 1:01:20 On bias against South Asians 1:02:49 On Vincent Chin Anniversary 1:07:10 Emil reads his Father's Day Essay Emil Guillermo: Who is Asian American? On AMEMSA, Vincent Chin, and my Amok Monologues for Father's Day. PODCAST E...
Ep.16: Asian American Islamophobia? Research of Jennifer Lee and Karthick Ramakrishnan; Reaction from Pawan Dhingra.
June 07, 2017 07:06 - 1 hour - 108 MBEp.16: Emil Amok's Takeout---Show Log :00-show open; Emil's take on Trump's tweets, climate change accord, Kathy Griffin, James Comey, Trump as hood ornament. 15::40 The NAAS Survey's finding that Asian Americans often exclude South Asians, Central Asians. Our xenophobia problem. 17:00 Prof. Jennifer Lee, Columbia Univ. on her research with Dean Karthick Ramakrishnan, UC-Riverside 58:25 Prof. Pawan Dhingra, Tufts University, reacts to the findings. Show ends with my Warrior Predi...
Ep.15: Celestino Almeda, Filipino WW2 Vet still fighting for Equity; Martial Law?; Theo Gonzalves, AAAS president-elect
May 27, 2017 17:16 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBShow log Emil Amok’s Takeout Ep. 15 :00 Emil’s opening rap 1:46 San Diego Fringe Festival and SF Marsh shows 2:30 Coming up intros of top stories 5:05 What made me go amok this week 6:25 Martial Law in the Philippines? Oh, just “Partial Martial”? 18:12 Intro Celestino Almeda, the 100-year old Filipino WW2 Vet still Fighting for his equity pay 24:12 Interview with Almeda 42:28 Intro and interview with Association of Asian American Studies President-elect Theo Gonzalves, ...
Ep.14: Randall Park of "Fresh Off The Boat" gets an APAICS award in DC; Emil gives speeches; Trump's bad week
May 22, 2017 09:40 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBLinks to columns touched on by Emil in Podcast No.14: http://aaldef.org/blog/emil-guillermo-last-fable-day-asian-americans-emmy-snub-fresh-off-the-boat-easter-xua.html http://aaldef.org/blog/emil-guillermo-is-fresh-off-the-boat-historical-or-the-taming-of-eddie-huang.html http://aaldef.org/blog/emil-guillermo-wong-kim-ark-gop-anchor-baby-suzanne-ahn-award.html http://aaldef.org/blog/emil-guillermo-asian-americans-no-1-by-2065-immigration-pew-report.html * * * ...
Ep.13: "Mommy I Need you," a Mother's Day Memory; and more on Trump/Nixon
May 12, 2017 18:52 - 42 minutes - 59.2 MBEp. 13 Emil Guillermo: "Mommy, I need you," a Mother's Day podcast memory; plus Trump grows more Nixony by the day May 12, 2017 3:04 PM From the AALDEF blog: http://aaldef.org/blog/emil-guillermo-mommy-i-need-you-mothers-day-podcast-trump-nixon.html I wrote an essay about my mother that was in my collection of Emil Amok columns in my book Amok back in 2000. I read it here, along with a preamble on the podcast, because I've too often given short shrift to my mom's story, ...