Description
Japanese manga has taken American pop culture by storm, influencing everything from fashion and film to social media. Now, the Brooklyn Museum is bringing this art to life with its first exhibition. Plus, we visit an urban rooftop farm that grows Asian produce for New Yorkers; Remember the life and powerful legacy of U.S. Army Private Danny Chen; We meet America’s first Asian American female rabbi Angela Buchdahl; And kimchi meets Cajun with a spicy fusion of Korean and Southern flavors at KJUN restaurant.
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Guest List:
Joan Cummins, PhD - Curatorial Chair & Selz Senior Curator Asian Art, Brooklyn Museum
Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, PhD - Deputy Director General, Museum of Art Mokichi Okada Art & Cultural Foundation
Celina Chan - Senior Project Coordinator, Dept of Population Health, NYU Langone Health
Aimei Wong - Participant, Harvest Share, Brooklyn Grange
Stella Yi, MPH, PhD - Associate Professor, Dept. of Population Health, NYU Langone Health
Hannah Flood - Farm Manager, Brooklyn Grange
Elizabeth R. OuYang, Esq. - Organizer, Civil Rights Attorney and Activist, Justice for Chinatown Son: Remembering Private Danny Chen
Nayeon Park - Curator, Justice for a Chinatown Son: Remembering Private Danny Chen
Banny Chen - Cousin of Army Private Danny Chen
Angela Buchdahl - Rabbi, Central Synagogue
Jae EunJung - Chef, KJUN Restaurant
Recording Date
10/07/2026
First Air Date
11/10/2026
Ernabel Demillo is the host of Asian American Life, a monthly half hour series about the fastest-growing immigrant group in the country, focusing on Asian Americans in the tri-state area from over 40 countries who speak more than 150 different languages and dialects. Every month, an Asian enclave and neighborhood within the tristate area is featured. Cutting edge issues like racial profiling and stereotyping are examined and explored. Successful Asian Americans who are forging new identities in business, politics and the arts are also be profiled. Asian American Life is reaching new frontiers in the quest for understanding and acknowledgment among tri-state Asian Americans.
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0:00:00 ART OF MANGA
0:07:13 Harvest Whole
0:11:51 Danny Chen
0:18:36 Rabbi Buchdahl
0:23:02 KJUN
0:28:24 CLOSE
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