NPR, LAist Studios Partner to Launch ''Inheriting'' Podcast

RADIO ONLINE | Monday, May 20, 2024 | 3:01pm CT

''Inhertiting''

"Inheriting," a new narrative podcast from LAist Studios launching May 23, is a journey through the lives of seven families reckoning with major moments in Asian American and Pacific Islander history. Through these stories, the show explores how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we're constantly inheriting. Listeners can subscribe on NPR, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever podcasts are available. The podcast will also air as a broadcast special on KPCC-FM (LAist 89.3)/Pasadena, CA.

In each of the eight narrative episodes of the multi-part series, NPR's Emily Kwong sits down with one family and facilitates deeply emotional conversations between their loved ones, exploring how their most personal, private moments are an integral part of history. The first season highlights the stories of Asian American and Pacific Islander families from across the diaspora including Cambodia, Guam, Japan, India, Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam -- all residing in California.

"All the work I've done in the last 10 years has led up to Inheriting: it's the history class I wish I had taken in college, coupled with all my curiosity about family relationships. Our show lives in the space between the generations - and each episode is built entirely around a single family's questions about their past. That participatory model of journalism is really exciting to me," said "Inheriting" host Emily Kwong.

California plays an important role throughout the first season as it is an epicenter of AAPI history including the Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II, the Third World Liberation Front, and the 1992 LA Uprising. With each episode, Inheriting shares the often untold stories and seldom taught histories within AAPI communities through multigenerational conversations.

"NPR is proud to partner with LAist Studios to bring Inheriting to a national audience. The show tells important stories about American history from Californians that will resonate with listeners across the country. The NPR Network is committed to supporting and providing a platform for locally produced stories direct from voices that can offer perspectives about their lives, experiences, and communities," said NPR's Senior Director of Network Growth Dan McCoy.