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Episode 17: For this episode, I spoke with a local Hmong shaman about his journey to becoming a master shaman, balancing his spiritual duties while living in modern times, and an upcoming film called Modern Shaman. The music throughout this

Episode 9: Two plaques hang in the rotunda of the Minnesota State Capitol, one that memorializes Minnesota’s participation in a forgotten war and another that claims the first plaque told is full of lies. Today on New Narratives, we start

Episode 16: In this episode, we’re joined by Alex Vang and Lynn Nguyen from the Minnesota Chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF). We discuss their journey coming to work with NAPAWF, how abortion restrictions impact the

Episode 8: A plaque hangs in the rotunda of the Minnesota State Capitol, memorializing Minnesota’s participation in a forgotten war. Today on New Narratives, we start to tell the story of that plaque–all the way from the beginning, hundreds of

[MUSIC] Siena Iwasaki Milbauer: Welcome to a very special episode of New Narratives! I’m your host, Siena Iwasaki Milbauer. I use she/her pronouns and I’m the Content Creator Intern at Asian American Organizing Project, also known as AAOP, a youth-focused,

Siena Iwasaki Milbauer: You’re listening to the series finale of New Narratives: Justice for George Floyd. To start, let’s take a journey through the series, episode by episode, voice by voice. Here we go!  Episode 1:  Siena: Welcome to New

Episode 15: In this episode, we’re joined by Our Justice to discuss abortion access and reproductive justice in Minnesota.  Guests: Megumi Rierson, Shayla Walker Yoko Vue: Hello everyone, welcome back to New Narratives: dispatches from Minnesota that highlight the stories

Episode 14: For PRIDE month I speak with three queer Asian Americans about how to navigate difficult conversations with family when it comes to their queer identities. You’ll hear some personal stories and you’ll hear from SEWA-AIFW as well. The

Episode 5: In this episode of New Narratives, we’re talking about heritage languages. We’re going to discuss why people lose their heritage languages, how that feels, and why language revitalization is so important. This episode is part 2 of a

Episode 4: In this episode of New Narratives, we’re talking about heritage languages. We’re going to learn a little bit about the Asian languages people speak, what it means to them to speak their heritage language, and their journey to