Gold & Great

In this episode we interview Filipino American DJ, host, MC, and producer, Nico Blitz. Some of you may know him as the DJ from Twitch and Tik Tok as he is a Twitch Partner and streaming DJ. He created and hosts the Lunch Table series on YouTube, is a DJ and Producer for the BootlegKevShow, as well as a host for Myxglobal. He has two podcasts out, @NicoBlitzPodcast and @MexipinoPodcast. In this episode we have a special guest co-hosting. Her name is Shannin and she is an up and coming Filipina DJ in the Bay Area. Shannin and Salena sat down with Nico to discuss everything from the growth of his career in radio, streaming and content creation, to his family, music and DJing, as well as food and culture. We are truly inspired by Nico’s story and we hope this episode brings inspiration to you as well. Enjoy! Please take 2-3 minutes to fill out a quick survey to better your podcast listening experience! Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. On the pod: Nico Blitz: @NicoAkaBlitz on IG and Twitch also follow @NicoBlitzPodcast and @MexipinoPodcast Shannin: @sisigshawty on IG @sisigshaaawty on Twitch Salena: @saleniebeanie on Twitter, IG, and Twitch Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Twitch: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

After the killing of Asian lives in Atlanta and reading Crying in H-Mart by @jbrekkie , our Kollab crew takes some space to unpack what is on our hearts. What can we learn from the ways we’ve grieved personally to help us better grieve as a more united APIDA community after a long, especially difficult year?We talk about what we’ve found hope in during the pandemic and what food hits home. You’ll also hear new voices of Kollab staff on this episode of Gold & Great! Please take 2-3 minutes to fill out a quick survey to better your podcast listening experience! Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. On the pod: Josh Ko: ig@joshthebosh twt@joshkotogo Adrian Chen: ig@prediscover twt@aadrnn Long Vo: ig@lovobo twt@bobojojo Salena Nguyen: ig@saleniebeanie Sophia Yu: ig @sophiyuu Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Twitch: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

We’re joined by our friends from Mixed Asian Media Fest to talk about, well, you know - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, starring this podcast’s very first guest, Simu Liu, plus Kollaboration NY alum Awkwafina, Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, and a treasure trove of other Asian actors. We dig into how martial arts has impacted Asian stereotypes, minutiae from the Shang-Chi comics and his racist past, the excitement of watching the film for the first time, the depiction of Asian American culture and SF, and a whole lot more. Virtual karaoke is also addressed, whatever that might be! Please take 2-3 minutes to fill out a quick survey to better your podcast listening experience! Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. Join Mixed Asian Media Fest virtually September 15-19 at mixedasianmedia.com/fest. Follow our guests: Alex Chester: @alexfchester Melissa Slaughter: @melasia88 Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Twitch: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

This is a special bonus rebroadcast of our debut episode. Next episode will be a chat show with guests with our reactions to watching Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.  In  our debut episode, we get to talk with actor Simu Liu, who plays Jung  on Kim's Convenience. We'll chat with Simu about how the idea of Asian  masculinity has affected his experiences as an actor and a role model in  the AAPI community. But first, we meet our hosts Long and Elsa! Send  your questions, comments and episode ideas at  goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. Follow Simu Liu: Twitter and Instagram: @simuliu   Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf @GoldandGreat Instagram: @kollabsf Twitch: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

We continue season three with a new voice on the pod! Saumya Monga interviews Raghav Ravi, filmmaker and photographer, about his work overseas in India and domestically here in North America.  Please take 2-3 minutes to fill out a quick survey to better your podcast listening experience! Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. Follow Raghav Ravi: Instagram: @raghavravifilm Twitter: @ragsravi Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Twitch: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: www.kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

Welcome back to Season 3 of Gold & Great, featuring bite size conversations with APIDA creatives and community leaders empowering you with action steps to get involved and engaged through entertainment. We kick off with Josh interviewing Jason Chu, rapper and activist, about his new multimedia project, Face Value, an album that delves deep into APIDA history with a diverse lineup of guests including Kollab SF alums Chow Mane and Ruby Ibarra. In this present moment of activism, how can we reflect and learn from our past? Please take 2-3 minutes to fill out a quick survey to better your podcast listening experience! Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. Follow Jason Chu: Stream Face Value on all platforms Instagram: @jasonchumusic Twitter: @jasonchumusic Facebook: @jasonchumusic Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Twitch: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: www.kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

In response to the violent exhibition of racism, xenophobia, and hate crimes towards Asians in America, Kollab SF hosted a #StopAsianHate fishbowl conversation with some of our friends on Twitch (twitch.tv/kollabsf). Moderated by Kollab SF staff Ray Wong and Adrian Chen, we discussed the history as well as our own experiences of anti-Asian sentiment and aggressions in this country. Our guests also go over what actionable next steps you and allies can take to stand up for the APIDA community.\r\n\nGuests include Andrew Chau (IG: @bobaguys), Minji Chang (IG: @minjeezy), Ashley Judilla (IG: @winteeer_solstice), and Christina Kieu (IG: @christina_kieu).\r\n\nTo learn more and support others in the community go to https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ \r\n\nThis episode was originally broadcast live on Twitch on Thursday, March 25, 2021.\r\n\nFollow Kollab SF:\r\n\nTwitter: @kollabsf\r\n\nInstagram: @kollabsf\r\n\nTwitch: @kollabsf\r\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf\r\n\nWebsite: kollabsf.org/podcast\r\n\n\n--- \n\nSend in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

Live from Twitch, it’s...whenever you’re listening to this podcast! Josh and Long close out the year by reflecting candidly and personally on 2020 as it was, in its horrific and yet still hopeful glory. We dig into emotional health amongst COVID-19, anti-Asian sentiments, the Movement for Black Lives, the AAPI vote, and a whole lot more. Please take 2-3 minutes to fill out a quick survey to better your podcast listening experience! Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. This episode was originally broadcast live on Twitch on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Follow Long: Twitter: @bobojojo Instagram: @lovobo Follow Josh: Instagram: @joshthebosh Twitter: @joshkotogo Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Twitch: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

There’s a lot going on in the world, and Iranian American comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh is here to work through it all with us. Together with Long, they talk about what it means to be Persian in the Asian American community, parallels between anti-Muslim sentiment after 9/11 and anti-Asian racism during COVID, and dealing with it all. By dealing with it, we mean...watching Frasier and imagining what appropriated Persian food tastes like. Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. All donations at kollabsf.org/donate through October 31 go to Oakland Bloom. Learn more at oaklandbloom.org. Follow Zahra: Twitter: @zahracomedy Instagram: @zahracomedy Facebook: @zahracomedy Website: zahracomedian.com Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

As we’re prepping for our big charity stream event, Kollab Scramble, Josh gets to know the Oakland Bloom team and their work opening up a new shared kitchen and co-op space to continue their work training up immigrant and refugee chefs to start businesses and support their community. He then checks in with damnboy!, a singer/songwriter from Hawaii performing at Saturday’s event, talking about finding home and finding your sound. Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. RSVP for Kollab Scramble (Sat 10/24, 1 PM) here or go to twitch.tv/kollabsf. All donations at kollabsf.org/donate through October 31 will go to Oakland Bloom. Follow damnboy!: Facebook: @damnboymusic Twitter: @damnboymusic Instagram: @damnboymusic Listen to “Where Did Summer Go” wherever you stream music! Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

Join Long as he interviews his friend, artist and educator, Abdoulie, on the importance of education, the Black origins of techno music, building and participating in more inclusive communities, and what an active form of solidarity can and should look like for Asian Americans with the Black community. Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

Lauren Garcia is a multi-talented actress, playwright, director, nurse - and now comic book writer. Her new comic, published in June w/ friend and illustrator Morgan Beem, introduces the first Filipina slayer to the Buffy comicsverse. She talks with Long on connecting Filipinx folklore to a modern, relevant story, using her experiences in other artforms and collaboration with Morgan to create something wholly original. Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. Follow Lauren Garcia: Website: laurenandrei.com Instagram: @lasandrei Pick up a copy of Buffy Every Generation #1 “The Hilot of 1910” wherever you get your comics! Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

Tony grew up in the U.S., finding solace in his Asianness while often feeling like an outsider. After studying abroad, he began to wonder: was it possible he could find a greater sense of belonging back in his family’s home country? To find out, Tony explores this question with Jacob, a Chinese-American architect who lived as an expatriate in China. Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

Author Joe Ide learned the power of observation early on, growing up as a quiet Japanese kid in South Central LA. He eventually harnessed that curiosity of other people into his award winning IQ series, following Isaiah Quintabe, a Black private eye who takes the cases in his community the cops won’t take. Now being made into a TV show EP’d by Snoop Dogg(!), Josh asks Joe how his writing has been influenced by his unique childhood, feeling like an outsider, and bringing new perspectives to the mystery and crime genres. Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. Follow Joe Ide: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joeidebooks/ Pick up a copy of Hi Five and the IQ series: https://bookshop.org/books?keywords=joe+ide Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

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In a special extended Community Spotlight interview, Ray talks to actor, host, musician, chef, and content creator Jimmy Wong, known for Video Game High School and soon to be in the live action remake of Disney’s Mulan. Jimmy talks about going viral with the “Ching Chong in the Library Song” and discusses how he’s used his projects, like Feast of Fiction, to explore his culture in new ways and respond to the continuing aggression of racist ideas through music and humor. Josh sets things up by thinking through how the Internet has opened up a path for APIDA creators to reach more mainstream prominence in the first place after reflecting on the recent Kollaboration presented EMPOWERd conference last weekend. Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. Follow Jimmy Wong & Feast of Fiction: Twitter: @jfwong, @feastoffiction Instagram: @jfwong, @feastoffiction YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/feastoffiction Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

This episode was revised and reuploaded. In the Season 2 Premiere, our producers Josh, Michelle, and Long check in on each other and discuss how the world has changed since we were last on air, explaining how Kollaboration SF is responding to COVID-19. We also introduce our theme for the season, “Go Back Where We Came From,” exploring how family, cultural, and personal histories are shaping artistry and identity. Finally, we hear from singer, songwriter, and event organizer Brian Dublin about Jeremy Passion inspiring and shaping his career. We also hear how he transitioned his boba shop open mic into a global Instagram Live and how he’s continued to stay creative during these crazy times. Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. Follow Brian Dublin: Instagram: @briandublin Twitter: @briandubz Stream/buy his new single Late Night Love! Sign up for BDubz Open Mic: Instagram: @bdubz, Friday nights at 7 PM PST Website: brian-dublin.com/bdubzopenmic. Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

In the Season 2 Premiere, our producers Josh, Michelle, and Long check in on each other and discuss how the world has changed since we were last on air, explaining how Kollaboration SF is responding to COVID-19. We also introduce our theme for the season, “Go Back Where We Came From,” exploring how family, cultural, and personal histories are shaping artistry and identity. Finally, we hear from singer, songwriter, and event organizer Brian Dublin about Jeremy Passion inspiring and shaping his career. We also hear how he transitioned his boba shop open mic into a global Instagram Live and how he’s continued to stay creative during these crazy times. Send questions, comments, and episode ideas to goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. Follow Brian Dublin: Instagram: @briandublin Twitter: @briandubz Stream/buy his new single Late Night Love! Sign up for BDubz Open Mic: Instagram: @bdubz, Friday nights at 7 PM PST Website: brian-dublin.com/bdubzopenmic. Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

Welcome to Season 2 of Gold & Great. This season, we’re exploring how our family and cultural histories have shaped the work of Bay Area creatives, using interviews, narrative pieces, staff conversations, and more. With past guests including Shang-Chi actor Simu Liu and Chef Kathy Fang, we’re looking back at where we’ve been to understand where we are and where we want to go. Gold & Great, the Kollaboration SF podcast, is back with Season 2. Go Back Where We Came From. Coming May 13 wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow Kollab SF: Twitter: @kollabsf Instagram: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: www.kollabsf.org/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message

BONUS EPISODE! We check out Josh's full conversation with talented singer (with a big voice) Rachel Bergado. They cover everything from taco trucks and her time competing on the Filipino singing competition The Clash, to learning more every day about what it means to be authentic and vulnerable as she continues to grow into her artistry. This conversation was lightly edited for content and clarity, and excerpts were originally broadcast June 26, 2019. Rachel recently headed down to L.A. on Saturday, December 7 for Kollaboration STAR, a national showcase of AAPI talent from across the United States. You can get more info and see pics from the event at kollaboration.org/star2019. Please take 2-3 minutes to fill out a quick survey to better your podcast listening experience! Send your questions, comments and episode ideas at goldandgreat@kollaboration.org. Follow Rachel Bergado: IG: @rachelthebull Follow KollabSF: Twitter/Instagram: @kollabsf Facebook: www.facebook.com/kollab.sf Website: www.kollabsf.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/message