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Recorded from a cute closet in LA’s Koreatown, the “invASIANtv popcast" is a podcast diving into the representation of Asian Americans in the past and present landscape of television. While co-hosts Kathlynn Alba and Patricia Gonzalez will focus each episode around a theme, there is no singular formula. Their analysis will range from origin stories of fan-favorite cartoon characters to whole series centered on Asian American families. Join them as they explore the wide and narrow spectrum of ...
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In this episode of invASIANtv, we take a look at the leading ladies of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., hacktivist turned superhero Skye/Daisy Johnson/Quake and badass veteran Melinda May, played by Chloe Bennet and Ming-Na Wen respectively. We also discuss fave of the Twitterverse, Randall Park's FBI agent Jimmy Woo, after the epic Wandavision fin…
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We know this release is at the close of Black History Month, but we wanted to do an episode dedicated to Black Asians we've seen on TV. Turns out while there are Blasian actors out there, there are very few of them playing actual Black AND Asian characters on television. Are we surprised? Of course not. In this episode, we take a huge dump on white…
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We need answers. In this first episode of 2021 for invASIANtv, we talk about the Asians (and one Pacific-Islander) taking up screen time on the still ongoing post-apocalyptic AMC show The Walking Dead. In our lineup, we have Steve Yeun’s portrayal of Glenn Rhee, onscreen hero to Asian dudes across the world, Avi Nash playing zaddy (literally) docto…
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS, FRIENDS!!! Netflix’s hit holiday rom-com Dash & Lily manages to sprinkle some charming Christmas magic... but was it enough to distract us from Lily’s far-fetched middle school trauma? On this week's episode, we talk about how great it is to see a Japanese-American family celebrating the most wonderful time of the year on TV, the qu…
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It's strange to believe that Asian Male leads on television were relatively nonexistent up until the 2010s, but lo and behold: it's true! We discuss Indians on TV (an actual Master of None episode description and title), the need for more romantic male leads (because duh), and how martial arts shows should be featuring more Asian actors than white …
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In this episode, we explore Asians on television who, contrary to the model minority myth, rarely ever did their homework. We look into Brenda Song’s portrayal of everyone’s favorite fictional hotel heiress, London Tipton, in Disney Channel’s Suite Life of Zack and Cody, and Jake Choi’s young baby daddy role as Miggy Park in ABC’s Single Parents. W…
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We know we have exited October and are officially in November and, therefore, it is no longer Filipino American History Month, but there were a few Filipino Americans on TV we HAD to talk about! In a bonus episode and part 2 of our Filipinos Playing Filipinos series, we take a look at more serious/dramatic roles played by Filipinos on television. W…
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October is Filipino American Heritage Month and for this episode, of course, we wanted to talk about Filipinos playing Filipinos on television. We talk about Olivia Rodrigo on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Vincent Rodriguez III on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Nico Santos on Superstore, and Manny Jacinto on The Good Place, and all the very c…
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Welcome to our pilot episode! Join us as we discuss the Asian American characters on television that made a huge impact on us while growing up - meaning, we get to talk about the young, hot John Cho in Charmed, the sassy Tina Nguyen from Ghostwriter, and of course, the OG badass Yellow Power Ranger Trini Kwan!... and we might also sing some Out of …
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Welcome to the invASIANtv popcast! Join co-hosts Kathlynn Alba and Patricia Gonzalez as they dive deep into the representation of Asian Americans in the past and present landscape of television. While each episode will focus on a theme, there is no singular formula. They will discuss everything from storylines, characters, and the actors who play t…
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