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Imperfect Paradise

NPR & LAist Studios present 'Inheriting'

Imperfect Paradise

LAist Studios

Society & Culture

4.5535 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Japanese American Incarceration. The Third World Liberation Front. The 1992 Los Angeles Uprising. What you think you know isn’t always the full story. Inheriting is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families that explores how the past is personal. Hosted by NPR’s Emily Kwong, we go deep with families on how their most personal, private moments are part of history.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This L.A.S. Podcast is supported by Cork and Fork Restaurant in Coachella Valley,

0:04.8

with a farm-to-table menu of chef's favorites and small plates.

0:08.3

Weekly wine dinners feature winemakers and experts from all over the world.

0:12.1

Available for catering and private events.

0:14.4

Info at cork and forkedwine bar.com.

0:17.5

Support for L.A.S. comes from Car Pros Kia and the new 2027 Kia Telluride Hybrid,

0:23.5

redesigned with striking new looks, advanced driver assistance features, and third row seating.

0:29.0

You can learn more at Car Pros Kia in Glendale, Huntington Beach, and Moreno Valley.

0:34.0

On Inheriting, a new podcast about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, we explore how a single event can ripple through generations.

0:45.3

Like Japanese American incarceration, or the Third World Liberation Front, or World War II in the Pacific Islands.

0:54.0

I'm your host, Emily Kwong, and I've been waiting

0:56.7

my whole life to make this show because I want to understand Asian American and Pacific

1:03.2

Islander presence in history. But to do that, we have to talk about how history feels to us and

1:10.4

shapes our families today.

1:13.4

After the Americans came in, like, they ruined the land.

1:16.8

Like, they bought out all our land.

1:18.1

They tore everything down.

1:20.2

I didn't hear that story until I was older.

1:22.3

The judge decided to make my uncle an example.

1:26.5

And he put him in federal prison for two years.

1:29.3

You can't be born into such an unsafe situation as a baby

1:33.3

without it having some effect on the trajectory of the rest of your life.

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