The Sifu Mimi Chan Show
Dr. Mark Cheng is back on the podcast discussing the uniqueness of Asian American culture. He shares stories from his childhood and what it was like being an Asian American while working in Asia. We are both frustrated with the of rise anti-Asian hate crimes and focus on actions we can take. I urge everyone to listen and learn as we dissect various self-defense philosophies and tactics.
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As many of you know, I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and only began sharing my story a few years ago. I had the privilege of touring a local child advocacy center in Orlando called Kids House and interviewing the CEO Juliette Kong. Kids House is dedicated to preventing child abuse and helping child abuse victims and families by providing coordinated services in a safe, child-friendly environment from report and investigation through treatment and resolution.
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In this episode, I welcome internal and preventive medicine specialist Dr. Rahul Gupta. Dr. Gupta gained national recognition for his work as public health commissioner for West Virginia and is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical and Health Officer at the March of Dimes, the nation’s leader in mom and baby health.
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Perry Yung is best known as Father Jun in the HBO series Warrior and fan-favorite Ping Wu in Steven Soderberg’s Cinemax show The Knick.
He was the founder of the Asian American performance collective SLANT Performance Group and is also a traditionally trained Japanese shakuhachi flute craftsman and musician.
Katherine Spiers is a food history expert and former journalist. She is also the host of top-rated food history podcast Smart Mouth, which explores the fascinating history behind all of our favorite foods and ingredients.
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Anti-Asian racism has risen at an alarming rate since the start of the pandemic. We are now facing a time in which our elderly community is being targeted and have even suffered death due to these attacks.
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The Year of the Rat is the first zodiac sign in the Chinese zodiac cycle. According to the Chinese zodiac story, in the competition held by the Jade Emperor to decide the zodiac animals, the quick-witted rat asked the diligent ox to take him on a ride to cross the river and jumped down before the ox crossed the finish line, so the rat won the race and became the first of the zodiac animals.
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In this episode, Angela Cheng Caplan discusses the Chinese culture, music, food, entrepreneurship, and the importance of learning languages.
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In this episode Greg Rucka responds to the most frequent objections to voting and reasons for abstaining. There is a lot of information out there on the world wide web. However, there is also a lot of misinformation! This conversation is highly political, so I hope you listen with an open mind. After all, listening is a great way to learn.
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In this episode we are back discussing politics, the presidential debates, covid19 in the White House and more.
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Marissa Meyer is the USA Today–and #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Heartless, The Lunar Chronicles, and The Renegades Trilogy.
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Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 – October 15 each year. In this episode, I have a conversation with Anthony Olvera in honor of Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month. We discuss his heritage and growing up in Orlando, Florida as a Mexican American.
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