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During my first year in Medill, we were required to do “person on the street” interviews. It’s when Medill students went around campus asking several people random questions in order to build interview skills. As an introvert, I was very intimidated by this. However, throughout that quarter, not a single NU student denied my silly little interviews. If you are one of the many people who have at least responded once to the relentless — and sometimes awkward — Medill students, you have officially answered to the press more times than the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, has in the entirety of his ongoing regime.  Modi was elected Prime Minister of the world’s largest “democracy” in 2014, and then reelected in a landslide victory in 2019. Over the past 8 years, he has not taken a single question from the Indian media or the international press.  MODI, THE BJP AND THE RSS  In case you aren’t familiar with the leader of the second-largest nation in the world, Modi is the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party

The Heart’s Knowledge: Science and Empathy in the Art of Dario Robleto is the Block Museum’s newest exhibition that opened on Jan. 27. Robleto is the first artist-at-large at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.  Since 2018, the artist-at-large program has encouraged interdisciplinary interactions between the arts and sciences. Contemporary artists come to Northwestern’s campus and immerse themselves in the world of scientific research, processes and collaboration. The Heart’s Knowledge is representative of Dario Robleto’s collaboration with McCormick.  Michael Metzger is the Pick-Laudati curator of media arts at The Block Museum and the curator of The Heart’s Knowledge. Moving images punctuate much of his curation and educational efforts at Northwestern. He said that Northwestern is the perfect place to initiate dialogues across the arts and sciences. Michael: The Block [Museum] is the right place for it, because we really do see ourselves as an interdisciplinary hub, a convening space,

In this audio story, the terms ‘nation’ and ‘tribe’ are used. Though sometimes used interchangeably in other forms of writing, this article uses nation as a legal term that refers to tribal sovereignty. Tribe is used to refer to a general self-determination, encapsulating lived experiences beyond the legal realm. [“Lake Superior Waves” by BullSam is licensed under CC BY 4.0.] The sound of freshwater rushing against the sand in Lake Superior is common noise for Joe Bates. He is a tribal elder of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Northern Wisconsin. Bates was born there. Then, at seven years old, he moved away with his family but finally returned at 29. This is when he made the reservation his permanent home.  BATES: “This is my homeland. This is what my ancestors died and fought for, this homeland that we have here. I’m just so grateful to be able to come back to my home and remain here for the remainder of, you know, what I have left.” Bates said that water is sacred. To him, the presence of Lak

Episode Note My name is Arden Anderson. I’m from Nashville, Tennessee, and I have an accent.  Arden: I am Tennessean, born and raised, and for the most part, I love my home. I grew up backpacking through the lush forests of Tennessee wilderness. I vacationed in cabins that perched on foggy Appalachian mountaintops. Over time, I even developed a serious appreciation for bluegrass and two-step dancing, and would go with my friends to the veteran’s bar once a week for two-step Tuesday.  (bluegrass music begins) The Southern drawl and Tennessee twang reign supreme where I am from, and my entire family lives in the South. When we all get together for reunions or day trips, you can hear the drawn-out, lazy syllables, and the occasional “bless your heart,” or “I’ll be damned.” So you can imagine my surprise when I introduced myself to my journalism professor for the first time and she told me that I didn’t have a Southern accent! That encounter developed into questions I had about my accent and my family. Why did my

Episode Notes [“Second GenerAsian Theme” by Tenny Tsang] Sophia Lo: Hello hello, and welcome to All: Second GenerAsian! Sophia: I'm Sophia. Hannah Yoon: I'm Hannah. David Deloso: And I'm David. Sophia: And we are back with our first episode of the quarter even though it's Week Seven. David: Yes. Hannah: Hell yeah. So this topic is Asian American Studies. Sophia: Since we've all taken classes on this topic, we wanted to go more into the history of Asian American Studies. But we brought in an expert to tell us more about the field. I talked with Ray San Diego, who's a Visiting Professor in Northwestern’s Asian American Studies Program. Before coming here, he taught Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, and he's been teaching here since last quarter. Ray San Diego: There's been a lot of changes with Asian American Studies since it started. And I think earlier in the late 60s and 70s, because of immigration policy at the time, it was mainly focused on Chinese Americans, Japanes

Episode Notes Episode Description: Summer’s over and we are officially back! Sophia, David and Hannah (along with special guests Carl Morison and Jakob Lazzaro) talk about studying abroad in Asia in the latest episode of Second GenerAsian! Sophia Lo: Hi and welcome back to... All: Second GenerAsian. Sophia: I'm Sophia. David Deloso: I'm David. Hannah Julie Yoon: And I'm Hannah. David: And for those of you who are new, this is our podcast where we talk about our Asian American identity... Hannah: And also generally what it's like to be an Asian-American Northwestern student. Sophia: So today, since this is our first episode back from the summer, we're going to talk about what we did over the summer, more specifically study abroad programs. David: So for this summer, I studied abroad in Beijing, China through a Northwestern program. I was studying poli-sci and Chinese language. And it was one of the best two months of my life. So many awesome memories, I met so many cool people and it really made me intereste

Episode Notes For this special edition of Second GenerAsian, Dr. Joy Sales sat down with us for a discussion on colonialism in the Philippines. Find out more on the Second GenerAsian website. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Episode Description: Sophia, Hannah and David discuss the Americanization of Asian cuisine, the difficulties of finding our favorite foods and more in this episode of Second GenerAsian! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes [music] Sophia Lo: Hi everyone, welcome to… Everyone: Second GenerAsian! Sophia: I’m Sophia. Hannah Julie Yoon: I’m Hannah. David Deloso: and I’m David. Hannah: And today’s special guest, we have our friend Gabby! Gabby Rabon: Hi! Hannah: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Gabby: Sure, so I am a quarter Japanese and otherwise very very White. I’m a freshman here studying Journalism and Spanish. Hannah: How do you know us? Gabby: We all live together in CRC. Hannah: Yes we do! Gabby: It's great. David: So when you were growing up, were people aware that you were part Asian? Gabby: I mean, sort of. I look very White so it's not something people would have guessed right away, but it was always one of those “fun fact” things for when we had culture day in school, you know, the teachers would always ask my mom to bring in our Japanese dolls and make sushi or something, so it was something that people were aware of once they knew me, and then it became sort of a weird thing

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Episode Notes What does it really mean to be Asian American? In this episode, we try to answer that question through our own stories and upbringing. From language barriers to meme pages, Hannah, Sophia and David take a closer look at what makes the Asian American experience unique. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.