During the 1890s, Portland had the second-largest Chinatown in the United
States. Today, its history stands in danger of disappearing altogether.
Join Pacific Underground Producers Tabitha and Jake this morning as we talk
about Portland's new Chinatown Museum with Museum D...
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Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!
While past listeners may remember that the commemoration of this month has
been somewhat controversial among members of Pacific Underground, this year
we are choosing to highlight certain important figures and moments in the
As...
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Producer Vy Pham talks to La Vang, owner of the only Hmong eatery in the
Pacific Northwest - aptly named "@La's, A Hmong Food Cart," located in
Aloha/Beaverton, OR. La is using her kitchen talents to spark conversations
and educate the people of metro Portland about Hmong ...
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For our show on Friday April 27th, Pacific Underground producer Kat Batuigas
chats with Carmel Laurino, founder of Kalsada Coffee Company. Kalsada, which
means "road" in Filipino, partners with smallholder coffee farmers in the
Philippines to bring quality Philippine coffee...
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Luann Algoso and Dawn Jones Redstone of the webseries, Gabby Smashes the
Imperialist, White Supremacist, Capitalist Patriarchy! join Pacific
Underground on Friday, April 6th at 9AM.
https://gabbysmashes.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcT5Z1ecUg4
http://www.wweek.c...
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Lilian Dirrebes Ongelungel speaks with Pacific Underground producers Jake
and Kat about being the only Pacific Islander in the room, Moana, tattoes,
and storytelling / oral histories.
to join Lilian and other Pacific Islander storytellers Saturday evening 3/24
at the High ...
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It's been a tumultuous year for the US in 2017 and here at Pacific
Underground, we've been trying to hold it down on API stories and
experiences. We each picked a clip from episodes in 2017 and we talked about
them and reflected on the changes to our country and ourselves i...
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Portland can be a stressful place to live for people of color. POC who
have moved here are often met with a feeling of being unwelcomed that stems
from our state's historically racist founding. Writer Zahir Janmohamed's
recent piece in the Portland Mercury talks about hi...
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