From Here: Recent Episodes
Delia & Dawn
From Here, hosted by Delia and Dawn, features fresh perspectives from Asian American parents who are striving to build community and raise kids with socially conscious, and anti-oppression commitments. Join us for timely conversations that affirm where you’re from, make you laugh, and inspire and strengthen you, as you find your voice in the messiness of parenting. Keep in touch with us at @FromHerePodcast on Instagram.
Delia and Dawn discuss their approaches to teaching their kids about Black History Month.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name. Find us on Instagram @FromHerePodcast
Delia and Dawn discuss Lunar New Year and what it means to have this day off from school.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name. Find us on Instagram @FromHerePodcast
Delia and Dawn chat about their Thanksgivings.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Delia and Dawn talk about their tattoos.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Delia and Dawn finally talk about.... divorce.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Delia and Dawn are back!! After taking a break this summer, Delia and Dawn are back to talk about their experiences traveling in Asia as Asian Americans.
Happy Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Delia and Dawn talk about affinity space and their experiences with AANHPI affinity space for their kids.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Happy Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! This month is also Mental Health Awareness Month, and so we are kicking off the month with a new episode about navigating therapy. Delia and Dawn talk about their challenges and experiences deciding to seek therapy and finding a therapist.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Delia and Dawn share their approaches to talking to their kids about money
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Delia and Dawn revisit the topic of microaggressions.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Delia and Dawn talk about Dawn's recent social media break, and how they navigate being on social media.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
We're back! Delia and Dawn discuss their thinking behind leaving their kids home alone.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Delia and Dawn talk about work and invisible labor.
Some previous episodes mentioned in this episode:
- F the elf
- Bonus episode: Delia's wrapping paper
- Elf Body Parts and Another COVID Holiday
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Delia and Dawn talk about their experiences with sports and their kids.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Delia and Dawn reflect on their reactions to the idea that there are 8 battles you should choose to take on with your kids.
The original 8 fights to pick with your child.
Untigering's 8 battles NOT to pick with your child
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Delia and Dawn share about their experiences with school applications.
And congrats to anyone who has recently submitted a school applications!!
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Delia and Dawn talk about their feelings about halloween, costumes, and cultural appropriation.
Delia and Dawn reflect and process their experiences having COVID.
Thankfully, both have fully recovered. Stay safe out there!
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
In this episode Dawn spends some time talking with writer and journalist Grace Hwang Lynch. They reflect on motherhood as they approach 50, their identities as Asian American women, and how these identities and experiences have influenced our respective career paths.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Resources related to this episode:
- Grace’s website
Delia and Dawn chat about their feelings about back to school season. They also share and vent about their strategies for trying to manage their family calendars.
In this episode, Jenn Fang, founder and editor of Reappropriate, the oldest and most popular Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) race advocacy and feminism blogs, returns for another convo with Dawn.
In the second part, Dawn and Jenn dig into the issue of reproductive rights, Asian American women’s health care, and the implications of the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Dobbs.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Some resources related to this episode:
- Fang, Jenn. (2022). Fighting for AAPI abortion care means disaggregating data.
In this episode, Jenn Fang, founder and editor of Reappropriate, the oldest and most popular Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) race advocacy and feminism blogs, returns for another convo with Dawn. In this first part, Jenn and Dawn catch up on navigating return to work life, especially the pressure to be productive.
In the second part, Dawn and Jenn dig into the issue of reproductive rights, Asian American women’s health care, and the implications of the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Dobbs.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Some resources related to this episode:
- Fang, Jenn. (2022). Fighting for AAPI abortion care means disaggregating data.
Delia and Dawn reflect on the 40th anniversary of the murder of Vincent Chin and how learning about his murder impact their respective lives. If you don’t know who Vincent Chin is, that’s not surprising. They also consider who gets and doesn't get to learn about this significant moment for Asian Americans, even after 40 years have passed.
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Dawn hangs out with writer, poet, and journalist Frances Kai-Hwa Wang and talks with her about her new collection of prose poems and lyric essays You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is In Braids (Wayne State University Press).
In celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we will be featuring interviews with authors of books centering the experiences of the Asian American community. From Here is also hosting a book giveaway for May 2022. You can enter our drawing here.
Thanks to Eastwind Books of Berkeley for being our partners for this book giveaway. Support independent bookstores!
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Dawn hangs out with producer, writer, and director Pornsak Pichetshote and talks with him about growing up reading Spider Man, the process of writing, and his latest comic series The Good Asian (Image Comics).
In celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we will be featuring interviews with authors of books centering the experiences of the Asian American community. From Here is also hosting a book giveaway for May 2022. You can enter our drawing here.
Thanks to Eastwind Books of Berkeley for being our partners for this book giveaway. Support independent bookstores!
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
Dawn checks in with Phil Yu about being a newish dad, trying to avoid explaining you’re the Angry Asian Man to someone on a plane, and his latest book Rise: A Pop History of Asian American from the Nineties to Now (Harper-Collins Publishers), co-written with Jeff Yang and Philip Wang.
In celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we will be featuring interviews with authors of books centering the experiences of the Asian American community. From Here is also hosting a book giveaway for May 2022. You can enter our drawing here.
Thanks to Eastwind Books of Berkeley for being our partners for this book giveaway. Support independent bookstores!
Credits: Podcast logo designed by Charisse Ann Celestial. Podcast theme created by QT. Shout out to Jeanne Tyan for coming up with our podcast name.
In celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we will be featuring interviews with authors of books centering the experiences of the Asian American community.
In this episode, Delia chats with Oliver Chin, children's book author and publisher at Immedium, about representation in children's books, and how this changed over time.
From Here is also hosting a book giveaway for May 2022. You can enter our drawing here.
Delia and Dawn talk about Asian Americans in the media when they were growing up, and how that contrasts with the landscape of Asian Americans in the media for their kids.
Dawn continues her conversation with Winnie Tam, faculty and Chair of Ethnic Studies at Cosumnes River College, about the film Everything Everywhere All at Once. Warning: spoilers and strong language.
Dawn talks with Winnie Tam, faculty and Chair of Ethnic Studies at Cosumnes River College, about the film Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Warning: spoilers and strong language.
Delia and Dawn reflect and talk through their feelings on the one year anniversary of the shootings in Atlanta, and at a time when there are continued attacks on Asian and Asian American women.
Some resources discussed in this episode:
- AAPI Crime Victims & Education Fund
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta
Delia and Dawn share and reflect about talking to their kids about current events in Ukraine.
Delia and Dawn talk about the Olympics, gender and sports, and talking to their kids about gender.
Delia and Dawn share (or gush!) about Lunar New Year.
Some resources discussed in this episode:
- Asian Lit for Kids: Why calling it Lunar New Year matters
- Sam and the Lucky Money
- Eastwind Books
Delia and Dawn talk about some of the board games we play with our families, and share some of the conversations and reflections that this sparks.
Delia and Dawn reflect on being back in the holiday season and new elf trends.
Past episodes that were mentioned in this episode:
- F the Elf
- Bonus: The Wrap
Delia and Dawn discuss muppets of color and the importance of representation of Asian American voices and stories in the media.
Resources related to this episode:
- LAAUNCH: Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change Staatus Index Report 2021
Delia and Dawn talk about parents friends and navigating vaccination status in the era of COVID.
Delia and Dawn spend some time getting to know each other even more - answering some serious and some not-so-serious questions.
Related to this episode:
36 questions that lead to love
Delia and Dawn talk about small talk and reframing some of those awkward questions and comments.
Delia and Dawn talk about the current stressors in their lives - ranging from summer to navigating re-opening.
Delia chats with Dr. OiYan Poon, a Chiacgo-based educational researcher and parent, about those fancy pants colleges, college admissions and rejections, and breaking down what's best for our children when it comes to education.
Some resources related to this episode:
- Find OiYan on Twitter @spamfriedrice
Delia and Dawn talk through a recent microaggression experienced by one of Delia's kids.
Resources related to this episode:
- The Cost of Being the "Interchangeable Asian"
Delia and Dawn reflect on what they did in May for Asian Pacific American History Month.
Dawn catches up with Jenn Fang, founder and editor of Reappropriate, the oldest and most popular Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) race advocacy and feminism blogs.
Some of the resources related to this episode:
- Reappropriate.co (Jenn's blog)
- Find Jenn on Twitter @reappropriate
Delia and Dawn share stories about their own moms - and how their resilience and advocacy has shaped who they are today.
In a follow up to last week's episode, Delia and Dawn share what happened when they talked to their kids about the Chauvin verdict. And yes, it involved fascist kangaroos.
Delia and Dawn share their responses to the Chauvin Verdict and discuss talking about this with their kids.
Who are we and why did we start this podcast? Tune in to hear Delia and Dawn reintroduce themselves, and share their reflections on what this podcast means to them.
Delia and Dawn share their experiences taking action with their kids in response to the killings in Atlanta.
Delia and Dawn read their responses to some of the check-in texts they received after last week's events in Atlanta.
Dawn hangs out with Emily Roh, Founder & CEO of My Invisible Knapsack, and they talk about all the unexpected ways our kids remind us about how absurd the concept of race can be. Emily also introduces us to Uncle Charles.
Delia and Dawn continue to reflect and process the recent anti-Asian violence. They share some of the ways that they have responded in their own communities.
Dawn talks with Betsy Huang about aligning social justice parenting values and the arrogance and humility she experienced during the process of learning how to be an adoptive parent. This episode is part 2 of 2.
Dawn talks with Betsy Huang about aligning social justice parenting values and the arrogance and humility she experienced during the process of learning how to be an adoptive parent. This episode is part 1 of 2.
Delia and Dawn reflect and share how they are feeling about the recent anti-Asian violence in the Bay area (mostly).
Delia and Dawn discuss their approaches to teaching their kids about swearing. Oh yeah, and there is swearing in this episode.
Delia and Dawn share stories about Asian American teachers - teachers their kids have had, and their own first Asian American teachers.
Dawn talks with Valerie Francisco-Menchavez about how communicating principles of equity and meeting children on their terms can be forms of everyday political action as a mother. This episode is part 1 of 2.
Links for this episode:
Valerie’s website https://valeriefm.com
Valerie’s book http://bit.ly/laborofcare
Dawn continues her conversation with Valerie Francisco-Menchavez. This episode is part 2 of 2.
Links for this episode:
Valerie’s website https://valeriefm.com
Valerie’s book http://bit.ly/laborofcare
Delia and Dawn talk about the upcoming presidential inauguration and Lady Gaga, and whether they'll be watching with their kids.
Delia and Dawn talk through their reactions to the attempted coup, and how they are talking to their kids about this.
Delia and Dawn reflect on a rough week filled with the COVID incident and dealing with the game that shall not be named.
Delia and Dawn talk through the playground game "Cops and Robbers" and how to approach this conversation with their kids.
Dawn chats with Eugene Hung, a math teacher by day and women's rights activist the rest of the time, to share his experiences as a feminist dad. This episode is part 1 of 2.
Some the resources related to this episode:
- Feminist Asian Dad (Eugene's blog)
- Find Eugene on Twitter @eughung
Dawn continues her conversation with Eugene Hung. This episode is part 2 of 2.
Some the resources related to this episode:
- Feminist Asian Dad (Eugene's blog)
- Find Eugene on Twitter @eughung
Delia and Dawn reflect on the start of the school year, discussing online education and the inequities that are surfacing in their schools.
Delia and Dawn talk about books! Delia and Dawn chat about some of the books they read this summer, and some of the books they wished they read.
Here are the books mentioned in the episode!!
- Bookshop on the Corner (Jenny Colgan)
- Lumberjanes (Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooklyn A. Allen and Noelle Stevenson)
- Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations (Mira Jacob)
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix (Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds)
- Party of Two (Jasmine Guillory)
- Minor Feelings (Cathy Park Hong)
- Loveboat, Taipei (Abigail Hing Wen)
- Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
- Don't Ask Me Where I'm From (Jennifer De Leon)
- How to Be an Antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi)
- The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
- Sharks in the Time of Saviors (Kawai Strong Washburn)
- We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom (Bettina L. Love)
- An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People (Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza)
- Stand Up, Yumi Chung! (Jessica Kim)
- This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Take Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work (Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand)
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge)
- The Book Charmer (Karen Hawkins)
- The Printed Letter Bookshop (Katherine Reay)
Phew!!
Dawn sits down with Pauline Le, a working mom and a creative, to share her experiences raising a young Vietnamese boy in the San Francisco Bay Area, being pregnant smack in the middle of a pandemic, and how she has continued pursuing her creative interests during this uncertain time.
Some of the resources discussed in this episode:
- Mother.ly article
- Instagram: @paulineonpaper
- Medium: Pauline On Paper
Bonus episode! Delia and Dawn share lifegiving memories of the Democratic National Convention and other historic political moments.
Back to School, part 1. Delia and Dawn discuss pandemic pods, and managing as parents in this moment.
We are working on a summer reading episode, and we want to hear from you! Let us know what books you would recommend for our summer reading lists!! bit.ly/fromherebooks
Delia and Dawn reflect on what it means to sustain ourselves as Asian American parents, at this moment in time.
Delia and Dawn share some resources that they are leaning on in their antiracist work in their communities and with their families.
Some of the resources discussed in this episode:
- Resources for AAPI Solidarity
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
- Social Justice Books - Young Readers' Editions
- Making Space - Christian Robinson
- The Conscious Kid on Instagram
- Brené Brown with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist