Episode 118: What Does It Means to be a Trans-racial Adoptee? with Dan Matthews

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Emily, Madelyn, Jen

Relationships, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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On today’s episode of AsianBossGirl, we have Dan Matthews, a Los Angeles-based rapper and Korean-American adoptee. Dan is an active spokesperson and advocate for Trans-racial Asian Adoptees, known for his docu-series about his search for his birth family that reached audiences worldwide and garnered a feature in Lisa Ling’s “This Is Life”. He is also an alternative rap artist who has toured internationally and released two full-length albums under the moniker DANakaDAN, as well as the executive director of ISA (International Secret Agents - an entertainment platform for celebrating Asian Youth Culture and it’s global influence founded byWong Fu Productions and Far East Movement) where he spearheads and curates the annual IDENTITY LA concert series. Dan is also one of our very close and longtime friends. Join us for this personal, candid, and reflective conversation. This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh. ___ P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode: - BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/ABG10 - Billie: MyBillie.com/ABG - Skillshare: Get a free trial of Premium Membership at Skillshare.com/abg - All of Us: Get a $25 gift card, personalized genetic ancestry & traits results, and one of 10,000 Fitbit devices at joinallofus.org/abg - Credit Karma: Open your free account at creditkarma.com/winmoney - First Republic Bank: firstrepublic.com S U B S C R I B E T O U S ! - @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook - More about us at asianbossgirl.com E – M A I L U S ! - hello@asianbossgirl.com S U P P O R T U S ! - merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com - donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.0	My name is Helen, I'm Janet, I'm Mel, and what's up, this is Dan.
1:20.7	One of the main reasons why we started this podcast was to highlight how different varied
1:24.9	and nuanced the Asian American experience is.
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1:44.5	On today's episode of Asian Boss Girl, we have Dan Matthews, a Los Angeles-based rapper
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