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We’re very excited to have Pulitzer Prize winner and Macarthur Genius Grant recipient Viet Thanh Nguyen on the show. There was a lot to discuss and a lengthy conversation that I (Jay) found absolutely fascinating about the role of academia, especially during a time of national protests. A lot of history in this one as well — if you didn’t know about AAPA and Third World Liberation Front, there’s a short primer at the beginning of the episode.
1:05 - A conversation about the promise of the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF), a student movement that started at San Francisco State and UC Berkeley in the late sixties and promised an inclusive, solidarity-based activism rooted in anti-imperialism and anti-capitalism. The TWLF fight resulted ethnic studies programs across California and Viet talks about being an ethnic studies student at Cal in the early 90s and gives an assessment of what has happened over the past forty or so years since the establishment of the TWLF and the AAPA (Asian American Political Alliance).
8:00 - Discussion about Viet’s conversation with Pankaj Mishra, which we highly recommend you read.
19:00 - Have Ethnic Studies programs been effective in producing radical thinkers and progressive students? We talk about the early demands of the TWLF, which included a separate school within a school with its own faculty search committee and admissions office.
50:00 - a lengthy discussion about where the focal point of the Asian American identity should lie. Should we talk about immigration and the immigrant experience as much as we do? Or should we think more about where we came from and the effects of American imperialism across Asia? Can Filipinos, Koreans, Cambodians, Vietnamese, and others find common fighting ground in a renewal of “third world” logic? Or are those efforts nullified by the presence of an upwardly mobile, assimilation-driven class of Asian-Americans?
Thanks for listening!
Jay, Tammy, and Andy
Kamala Harris attacks President Trump as she accepts the nomination for Vice President. President Trump takes on Goodyear. California wildfires destroy homes. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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Now there’s no question that today the nine-county Bay Area is solidly blue, but it hasn’t always been this way. Bay Curious listener Marcus wants to know: When and why did the Bay Area become overwhelmingly liberal? The answer depends on who you ask.
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Reported by Scott Shafer. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, and Rob Speight. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Don Clyde.
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Chana has traced the history of the school from its founding and come to the present. But now: One unexpected last chapter. Last year, the school district for BHS mandated a change in the zoning process to ensure all of middle schools will be racially integrated. No longer can white families hoard resources in a few select schools. Black and Latino parents have been demanding this change since the late 1950s. The courts have mandated it. Chana asks: How did this happen? And is this a blueprint for real, systemic change?
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DNC Night 3 Recap/Night 4 Preview: WSJ, Politico, WaPo
RNC Speakers: USA Today, Forbes, The Hill
Operation Legend Status: USA Today, ABC News, FOX News, CNN
States with Most COVID Cases Per-Capita: Johns Hopkins, CNN, ABC News, Miami Herald, Austin American Statesman, AJC
CDC to Monitor Sewage: CDC, CNBC, Concord Monitor
CA Wildfires Growing: SF Chronicle, LA Times, AP, Cal Fire
Pharmacists Can Now Give Childhood Shots: AP, Reuters, HHS
FB Bans More QAnon Accounts: AP, Reuters, NY Times, Facebook, NY Times
Airbnb Files to Go Public: TechCrunch, WSJ, Reuters
Apple Becomes First $2 Trillion Company: AP, The Verge, CNN, CNBC
‘Tiger King’ Zoo Closed: CNN, TMZ, Deadline, Variety
Sports Arenas Offered as Voting Supercenters: Politico, SB Nation, The Guardian, News Release
Become a Poll Worker: Work Elections
Thing to Know Thursday: Delegates: Council on Foreign Relations, NowThis, History.com
On the Gist, Trump is trying to steal the mail.
In the interview, New York Times opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg is here as we keep discussing the Democratic National Convention this week. She and Mike talk about the sorts of progressive policies Biden might adopt from his primary opponents, and if a future Biden administration should follow up on the prosecutions Trump’s DOJ ignored.
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