APEX Express – February 8, 2018
A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists.
APEX Express
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Apex Express is a proud collective member of AACRE, Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality. AACRE focuses on long-term movement building, capacity infrastructure, and leadership support for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders committed to social justice.
Tonight, we have guest host Zuha Khan, or DJ Baqvas, who will be spinning music that is Defiantly Yours: Radical Music from the Asian Diaspora in the Era of Trump. Regardless of the offensive statements that come out of his mouth, People of Color will not be silent. The defiant music you hear tonight will underscore this … Continued
Tonight on APEX Express, Powerleegirls hosts Miko Lee and Ayame Keane-Lee check in with documentary filmmakers and writers including Mike Siv on Daze of Justice, Sahra Nguyen on Deported and Charles Vogl on New Year Baby and his latest book The Art of Community. We hear the latest about immigration, deportation, storytelling and community. Deported … Continued
On tonight’s South Asia spotlight on APEX Express, we revisit the much discussed, shared and re-shared #MeToo campaign, but through a recent disturbing incident involving “feminist” ally and media personality Aziz Ansari. On the heels of a report detailing the account of a young photographer’s date with Ansari, which quickly degenerated into a harrowing night … Continued
Tonight, we feature organizing at the state and local level. Celi Tamayo-Li with SF Rising talks about their work on the College for All campaign in California. Deepa Varma from the San Francisco Tenants Union talks about the effort to repeal the California Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act. She brings us breaking news from the … Continued
Tonight, we kick off the new year with voices from APEX contributors and our larger community. Charged with the request to share audio clips that inspired them through the last year, we hear from APEX contributors Lindsay Oda, Geraldine Ah-Sue, Nonogirl, and the Power Lee Women (Miko, Jalena, and Ayame). We also have a contribution … Continued
To wrap up the year, we rebroadcast our show featuring guest hosts from API Equality – Northern California, Spam and the Cynthisizer. They talk integrate wisdom from Sabiha Basrai from Alliance of South Asians Taking Action and Sarah Lee from Asians 4 Black Lives in a discussion about the significance and practice of direct action from Asian Americans who believe that … Continued
APEX Express – December 21, 2017
A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists.
APEX Express – November 30, 2017
A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists.
Tonight, we have a special music show mixed by Selector Puzzle. We’re mixing it up a bit on this annual day of No THANKS to colonization, imperialism, and white supremacy. This installment of electro acoustic resistance systems is an antidote to challenges in the world right now. Tonight’s music comes from around the world and … Continued