{"id":26991,"date":"2018-10-16T15:59:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T15:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorlines.madeostudio.com\/article\/new-podcast-shares-uniquely-filipino-american-stories\/"},"modified":"2018-10-16T15:59:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T15:59:58","slug":"new-podcast-shares-uniquely-filipino-american-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorlines.com\/article\/new-podcast-shares-uniquely-filipino-american-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"New Podcast Shares Uniquely Filipino-American Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Podcast Shares Uniquely Filipino-American Stories<\/h3>\n

\n By Sameer Rao<\/span> Oct 16, 2018<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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The United States’ imperialist relationship<\/a> with the Philippines fueled waves of immigration that now makes Filipino Americans the third-largest Asian-American community<\/a>. Filipina-American journalist Paola Mardo<\/a> explores the diaspora’s history in Long Distance<\/a>, a podcast she launched at the halfway point of Filipino American History Month<\/a> yesterday (October 15).  <\/p>\n

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Made a trailer for #LongDistanceRadio<\/a>, my new podcast about life in the Filipino diaspora. ??\u2728 Watch the video version below. Listen to the FULL audio version and subscribe to the podcast here ?? https:\/\/t.co\/aKugTLaMU9<\/a>
rnttFor more info ?? https:\/\/t.co\/6q6Il4uU7D<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WSdTB9M60s<\/a><\/p>\n

rnt\u2014 Paola Mardo (@paolamardo) September 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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rntMardo writes on the podcast website<\/a> that Long Distance grew out of her own research into the history of Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown<\/a>. \"But after extensive interviews and research, and through my work as a journalist, I saw a great need to tell thoughtful, well-reported audio stories about my community,\" she writes. \"Recently, Filipino stories have made headlines through food and politics. But there are also more complex narratives about the Filipino experience unfolding beneath mainstream culture.\"<\/p>\n

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For the debut episode of Long Distance (embedded below), Mardo visits Little Manila Center<\/a> in Stockton, California, which recently experienced both vandalism<\/a> and the death of co-founder and activist Dawn Bohulano Mabalon<\/a>. The episode highlights Stockton’s longstanding Filipino community and the discrimination immigrants\u2014especially single Filipino men who emigrated for jobs\u2014experienced during the early 20th century.