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The A-Word: Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical (Part 2)

The A-Word: Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical (Part 2)
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Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical, the series inspired by the dancing inmates of Cebu, Philippines released their first episode last week and at the time of this post has already hit over 15,000 views. For lovers of musical theatre, this is a MUST SEE – I’m already a fan of LOLA. For those of you in the San Francisco area, Prison Dancer will be the Closing Night Gala film presentation for the San Francisco [...] Continue »

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The A-Word: Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical (Part 1)

The A-Word: Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical (Part 1)
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Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical, the series inspired by the dancing inmates of Cebu, Philippines will make its world premiere debut this coming Tuesday, March 6th at 9PM EST/ 6PM PST. (And for those of you in the San Francisco area, Prison Dancer will be the Closing Night Gala film presentation for the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival on March 15.) We mentioned it earlier this year and were able to get [...] Continue »

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8Asians’ The A-Word: Eps #7 – Gil Asakawa and China’s Breast-Touching Festival

8Asians’ The A-Word: Eps #7 – Gil Asakawa and China’s Breast-Touching Festival
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For the month of October, we tackle ghosts of the past, namely the issues and topics that keep popping up over the last five years or so since 8Asians launched. In this episode we trap Gil Asakawa into the podcast and then chat about China’s Breast-Touching Festival. (Photo after the jump.) Take a listen and subscribe to our iTunes channel and get all A-Word podcasts automatically downloaded to your computer!

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8Asians’ The A-Word: Eps #6 – The Origins

8Asians’ The A-Word: Eps #6 – The Origins
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For the month of October, we tackle ghosts of the past, namely the issues and topics that keep popping up over the last 5 years or so since 8Asians launched. In this episode we look back at the origins of how we got here as a community. Take a listen! Subscribe to our iTunes channel and get it automatically downloaded to your computer by clicking here!

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8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #5 – A Sign from Beyond

8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #5 – A Sign from Beyond
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“a word” [noun] – a short talk or conversation “A-Word” [noun] – a unit of the English language, starting with the letter ‘A’ 8Asians’ The A-Word — the official podcast of 8Asians.com — aims to be a fun conversation piece talking expertly about things we don’t know about, and having very serious debates about trivial things. (Man, I need to get rid of that photo.) According to the Lunar calendar, we’ve just come out of [...] Continue »

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8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #4 – Influenced by the Media

8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #4 – Influenced by the Media
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“a word” [noun] – a short talk or conversation “A-Word” [noun] – a unit of the English language, starting with the letter ‘A’ 8Asians’ The A-Word — the official podcast of 8Asians.com — aims to be a fun conversation piece talking expertly about things we don’t know about, and having very serious debates about trivial things. (Man, I need to get rid of that photo.) It is almost needless to say that we are a [...] Continue »

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8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #3 – Sexism, Masculinity, Blondes and Keychains

8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #3 – Sexism, Masculinity, Blondes and Keychains
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“a word” [noun] – a short talk or conversation “A-Word” [noun] – a unit of the English language, starting with the letter ‘A’ 8Asians’ The A-Word — the official podcast of 8Asians.com — aims to be a fun conversation piece talking expertly about things we don’t know about, and having very serious debates about trivial things. Guests for this episode — recorded April 21, 2011 — are the editors for 8Asians: Ernie Hsiung, Moye Ishimoto [...] Continue »

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8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #2 — Looting, Alexandra Wallace & the White-Washing of Akira

8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #2 — Looting, Alexandra Wallace & the White-Washing of Akira
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“a word” [noun] – a short talk or conversation “A-Word” [noun] – a unit of the English language, starting with the letter ‘A’ 8Asians’ The A-Word — the official podcast of 8Asians.com — aims to be a fun conversation piece talking expertly about things we don’t know about, and having very serious debates about trivial things. Guests for this episode — recorded March 27, 2011 — are the editors for 8Asians: Ernie Hsiung, Moye Ishimoto [...] Continue »

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8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #1 – The BANANA 2 Conference

8Asians’ The A-Word: Episode #1 – The BANANA 2 Conference
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“a word” [noun] – a short talk or conversation “A-Word” [noun] – a unit of the English language, starting with the letter ‘A’ 8Asians’ The A-Word — the first official podcast of 8Asians.com — aims to be a fun conversation piece talking expertly about things we don’t know about, and having very serious debates about trivial things. Guests for this episode include Joz Wang (@jozjozjoz from 8Asians.com) and Dr. Ray Hsu (@TheWayofRay from TheWayofRay.com.) For [...] Continue »

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