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Sarah interviews Cheryl's two sons, Zaccai and Santiago, about their first trip ever to Philippines - the homeland of their ancestors. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oaklandasianmom/message

Aimee Eng, former Board Member of the Oakland Unified School Board, joins us to speak about her family's roots of living and serving in Oakland over multiple generations. Aimee's rich familial and personal history includes anecdotes about public service, allies who supported her family, and treasured Oakland favorites. She also shares about the joys and challenges of her decade long tenure on the school board. We appreciate Aimee's expressiveness and energy as well as her resilience and grace. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oaklandasianmom/message

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Meet Lauren, a fellow friend from Sama Sama Cooperative and an early childhood arts educator by day and illustrator/mark-maker in life. Lauren, who has deep roots in the Bay Area (and a geographic affinity for San Pablo Ave in particular) shares her wisdom on how to nurture creativity in both little ones and the "little me's" inside of us grown ups. Along the way, she has made intentional time and space to reclaim her Filipino cultural heritage and continues to find delight in the everyday life of parenting her own child. We think you will get inspired to take your own child’s at all ages and stages) invitations to put down the screen and play more. And by the end of the episode, I bet you will feel very soothed by her stories and calming voice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oaklandasianmom/message

Sarah and I catch up as we are in summer mode, swapping observations and random thoughts that go from stunningly comfortable overalls to Korean - Filipino couplings (or the lack thereof) to childhood "benevolent lies" to Expose (yup, the 80-90s Top 40 girl band). We're all over the place which is exactly what summer sometimes feels like. Thanks for hanging with us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oaklandasianmom/message

On this mini episode, Sarah finds a way to talk about BTS (yet again), then we segue into the kindness of strangers, the ethics of keeping a library book after the due date, old bikes and candy, beans as dessert, different ways to prepare rice + coconut, and the basics of kimchi. Thanks for listening! Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinuguan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oaklandasianmom/message

Florence is a multiracial new mom and journalist-in-training whose work has been published in The Oaklandside. Originally from the bordertown of El Centro, Calif., Florence settled in Oakland just a few years ago but has longtime family roots here. Florence made two big life changes during the pandemic - becoming a mom and switching careers - and shares what that experience has been like with authenticity and humor, including hilarious stories about pumping breastmilk as a busy journalism grad student. True to her journalist spirit, Florence is full of stories about the wonder and beauty of human connection and community here in Oakland. Happy listening! Check out Florence's work here: https://oaklandside.org/author/florence-middleton/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oaklandasianmom/message

We share our thoughts on everyday parenting topics such as bedtime, sleepovers, and chores...and reflect about our own childhood experiences vs how we parent our own kids. We have some in the moment revelations too:) We apologize for the abrupt ending as we need to update our Zoom account! LOL. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oaklandasianmom/message

In this next mini episode we share our thoughts on how we get stuff on the cheap or for free and the tactics we use to avoid annoying fees. And of course, there's all the randomness that goes along with our conversation, including my discovery of a surprising life skill that Sarah has yet to learn. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oaklandasianmom/message

On this episode, Cheryl and Sarah attempt to discuss a few of our favorite things…except it turns out Cheryl doesn’t play favorites! Or does she?  Though we started out with this prompt, our wide-ranging conversation led us to chat about dimsum (including some controversial takes!), our mutual love of Trader Joe’s, Paxton Hall-Yoshida, tiny ears, Sarah vs. United Airlines, and the Oakland Thai restaurant scene.  Special links to: Fun with Dumb  Shawarmaji (grab a jar of toum!) Portal Sticky Rice  Champa (get the house special fish!) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oaklandasianmom/message

Happy 2023. For the start of this new year, OAM will be hosting a series of mini-episodes on random, but relevant topics. TBH, these conversations between Sarah and I are really just recordings of our usual banter with a sprinkling of what's been on our mind and in our texts this week.  For our first conversation, Sarah starts us off with the age ol' question about the quintessential Asian condiment: Soy Sauce.  We recorded this episode a few days before the lunar new year weekend, a time when many in our API communities look forward to food, traditions, and celebration. Thus like many of you, we were shocked, heartbroken, and deeply saddened to hear about the tragedies in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay. We mourn the loss of lives  - many who were beloved elders --  and continue to hope and pray for peace in our communities. Take good care everyone.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oaklandasianmom/message

Our friend Nancy was profoundly moved by the way food served as a source of recovery, healing, and community-building during her mother’s experience with cancer. After almost a decade of planning and dreaming, she launched Purpose and Hope, an Oakland-based small business that serves nutritionally dense, handcrafted soup. Nancy shares about how her family’s Chinese heritage helps inform her use of ingredients from a medicinal standpoint, the ups and downs of running a small business, and the community partnerships she has forged to provide soup to low income and food insecure women experiencing cancer. Listen in to hear about the beauty of beets, Hatch green chiles, and a very moving story of how Nancy nurtured and grew a precious truth about the power and beauty of food. Connect with Nancy on Instagram @purposeandhope Order healthy, handcrafted soup for yourself or your loved ones at www.purposeandhope.com Become a Soup Sponsor at https://www.patreon.com/purposeandhope You can also learn more about Nancy’s journey running one of Alameda County’s first microenterprise home kitchens through this excellent coverage from Oaklandside: https://oaklandside.org/2021/09/07/oakland-soup-company-purpose-and-hope-wants-to-comfort-and-nourish-the-east-bay/ https://oaklandside.org/2022/09/06/alameda-county-mehko-rules-purpose-and-hope-nancy-chang/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oaklandasianmom/message