Once dominated by white hosts, now is an 'exciting time' for Asian American podcasts.
said he has always loved public radio and long-form podcasts such as “This American Life” and “RadioLab,” but he wanted to do a similar program that focused primarily on Asian American culture and history.
He said he noticed an uptick in independent podcasts in 2015 , following the success and popularity of the crime podcast “Serial.” That was when Surasmith became more serious about brainstorming ideas for his own narrative podcast, which ultimately became “Asian Americana” and featured episodes about the character of Claudia Kishi from “The Baby-Sitters Club” and the Asian American magazine Giant Robot.
“I think a lot of my shows focus and are founded in this philosophy that Asian American-ness isn’t something that needs to be proved nor is it something that is defined by monolithic culture or prescriptive identity,” Surasmith said. “It’s not defined by liking boba or being interested in specific YouTube artists, and I wanted to focus it on this idea that Asian American identity is descriptive.”
While he hopes his podcast continues to pave the way for these type of discussions, Surasmith doesn’t want to take credit for being the “first” of his kind nor does he want his program to take the place of an Asian American studies degree. “I value — as part of my show’s identity and the work I’m doing — that I’m part of a long tapestry of work of Asian American thinking and media,” he said.
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