In January, ACAM launched a new mini-podcast series to accompany our ACAM Dialogues podcast "Flow of Thoughts". The mini-episodes encourage dialogue with people in the ACAM community to facilitate conversations of their past and present during this new era of working.

Our next guest is Jeanne Sakata, renowned actress and playwright. Our host, Leilan Wong, speaks with Jeanne about her family's migration story, the inspiration and relevance for her play, Hold These Truths as well as her new radio play produced during the pandemic, For Us All.

Also available on Spotify, Apple Music, Pocket Casts, and Anchor.fm!

Transcript: https://acamdialogues.arts.ubc.ca/acam-podcast/

Mini-Episode: An Interview with Jeanne Sakata

* FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: https://acamdialogues.arts.ubc.ca/flow-of-thoughts-episode-01-transcript

* RSVP to the listening party and dialogue: bit.ly/354Urbh

The UBC Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies (ACAM) program is excited to introduce new ways of situating and facilitating dialogues in different multimedia forms and styles. The first in this exploration is the pilot episode of the ACAM Dialogues podcast, dedicated to exploring the numerous intersections that lie within the Asian Canadian experience. 

Written and recorded by Jackie Sarvini with additional production assistance from Moses Caliboso, the inaugural episode of the ACAM Dialogues podcast comes out of Jackie’s experience while processing emotions around the global pandemic. Jackie returned to the music of her youth, in turn coming across the album SAWAYAMA by British-Japanese artist Rina Sawayama, an artpop extravaganza of colliding identity crises and reconciliations amidst a sonic palette of early 2000s pop music. What follows is Jackie’s exploration within her own relationship to Rina Sawayama and the ever shifting landscape of racialization in pop music. The result is a talk that is equal parts memoir, equal parts cultural analysis.

Ep. 01 - Flow of Thoughts

*FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: https://acamdialogues.arts.ubc.ca/mini-episode-winnie-cheung-transcript/

The UBC Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies (ACAM) program is excited to announce a new podcast series to accompany our ACAM Dialogues podcast "Flow of Thoughts". The mini episodes encourage dialogue with the people of the ACAM community to facilitate conversations of their past and present during this new era of working. 

Our first guest is Winnie Cheung, Executive Director of the Pacific Canada Heritage Centre (PCHC). Our host, Olivia Lim, speaks with Winnie to learn about her experience with migration and her time at UBC. They discuss the new PCHC initiative and how their work changed during this time. "From Far and Wide: Pacific Canada Stories" is a new virtual story gathering project to better understand migrants and descendants of migrants who arrived through western portal to live on the territories of Indigenous peoples. To learn more, visit https://pchc-mom.org/

Produced by Katie Hoang
Hosted by Olivia Lim

Mini Episode - Winnie Cheung

Flows of thoughts surrounding film, and the filmmaking process with Natalie Murao and Thea Loo, the writer-director/producer duo behind No More Parties, as well as Alejandro Yoshizawa, filmmaker and professor at the University of the Fraser Valley. 

Hosted and Produced by Moses Caliboso

ACAM Dialogues: Podcast & Dialogue