Hello, angry podcast listeners! Sound and Fury: The Angry Asian Podcast took a bit of an unintended summer hiatus, lost some momentum, but we're back. Trying to get this show on a regular schedule, and it's coming along.Big thanks to everyone who downloaded and listened to our first few episodes. To recap our previous editions: 001, 002, 003 and 004. This has been really fun so far, so thank you for all your encouragement. Be sure to subscribe if you haven't already.
So check it out. This episode features a great conversation with a friend, fellow writer and pioneer in the Asian American media space, Jeff Yang:
| SOUND AND FURY Episode 5: Jeff Yang In episode five, I talk to writer/thinker/Asian American media godfather Jeff Yang about A. Magazine, C-grade multicultural superheroes and the struggle to create content that speaks to the diversity of Asian America. download | subscribe | iTunes | Stitcher |
Some notes about this episode:
- Check out Jeff Yang's musings on Asian American pop culture in Tao Jones, his column for The Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog.
- Here's an old San Francisco Chronicle article, circa 2004, on the launch of Jeff's television show for young Asian Americans, Stir: Bay Area station creating a 'Stir' / Asian-language Channel 26 trying first show in English.
- Learn more about Secret Identities, the Asian American superhero comic anthology Jeff co-edited with Keith Chow, Jerry Ma and Parry Shen, and its upcoming sequel Shattered.
- And just for the hell of it, here's a link to the Signature Shirt, designed by Cliff Chiang and available from Epic Proportions, I was wearing while recording this podcast.