Inheriting

The new podcast will be about Asian American and Pacific Islanders, and how one event in history can ripple through generations of a family.

Carol Kwang Park was 12 years old, working as a cashier at her family's gas station in Compton, California, when the 1992 L.A. Uprising forever changed her life. Her mom was at the gas station that day and Carol was unsure if she'd even make it home. At the time, she didn't understand why tensions came to a head in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of the officers who beat Rodney King. She also never understood why her mother insisted on keeping the business going, especially after the Uprising. As an adult, a personal crisis prompts Carol to finally start processing that event and her place in history. Content Warning: This episode contains racial slurs and discusses police brutality.

Episode 2 of “Inheriting” follows Carol Kwang Park’s mission to truly understand the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising and how it impacted her family.

Episode 3 of "Inheriting" focuses on the Cambodian community in Long Beach, and Victoria Uce's questions for her father about his childhood under the Khmer Rogue.

A son and father reconcile their homesickness for Vietnam 50 years after the war ended.

Episode 5 of "Inheriting" follows Leah Bash’s journey to understand how Japanese American incarceration during WWII impacted her family’s mental health.

Saira Sayeed and Shakeel Syed open up about how the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 affected their marriage and Muslim American family on Episode 6 of Inheriting.

Leialani Wihongi-Santos tells the truth about her family’s history on Guam — and fights to protect her CHamoru heritage with her grandpa on Episode 7 of “Inheriting.”

Should the acronym "AAPI" even exist? In this special episode, we deconstruct it – tracing the 50-year history of the terms "Asian American" and "Pacific Islander" and interrogating how they are used today. Emily talks with Sefa Aina, associate dean and director of the Draper Center for Community Partnerships at Pomona College. He is also a longtime community organizer who served on President Barack Obama's White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Emily and Sefa also discuss how Pacific Islander experiences are often marginalized in so-called AAPI spaces, leading to misleading data sets, funding inequities, and erasure of history. Stay connected with us! E-mail us at inheriting@laiststudios.com to share your questions, feelings, and even your story. Inheriting is entirely funded by supporters like you. If you want to hear future seasons, go to LAist.com/Inheriting and click on the orange box to donate.

Episode 9 of “Inheriting” highlights Filipino activist Patrick Salaver, one of the student leaders behind the Third World Liberation Front, and his niece’s quest to honor his legacy.

Episode 10 of “Inheriting” is an immersive look at the story behind-the-show, recorded in front of a live audience. Plus, takeaways for interviewing your own family members.