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From #PotluckPod Asian Americana - Country Music for a Baan Nok Boy
This APAHM, we wanted to highlight some of our fellow Asian American podcasts from the Potluck Podcast Collective, so we're dropping in an episode from our sister show, Asian Americana, a podcast about slices of distinctly Asian American culture and history hosted by veteran audio producer and journalist, Quincy Surasmith. Please enjoy, and we'll be back with our mid-month check-in for May later this week!
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Timothy Singratsomboune had a complicated relationship to country music. How did his own experiences bring him away from and eventually back to the genre? And how does country music connect Tim to both Lao culture and the Lao communities he grew up around?
In this episode, we explore the connections between Asian Americans, country music, and rural life.
You can find more about Timothy on his website, singhasonh.com.
Music from this episode included:
Idle Hours ft. BJ Cole - The Road
Good Luck Ola - I’m On Your Side
Nathan Ramos-Park - Gay Asian Country Love Song
Tai Orathai - วันที่บ่มีอ้าย (Wan Thii Bo Mii Ai)
Ko Viseth - Tai Dam Lam Phan
BettySoo - Who Knows; Next Big Thing
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"Inheriting" is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, which explores how one event in history can ripple through generations. In doing so, the show seeks to break apart the AAPI monolith and tell a fuller story of these communities. In each episode, NPR’s Emily Kwong sits down with one family and facilitates deeply emotional conversations between their loved ones, exploring how their most personal, private moments are an integral part of history. Through these stories, we show how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we’re constantly inheriting. New episodes premiere every Thursday. Subscribe to “Inheriting” on your app of choice
