Greg Watanabe's guest appearances

Greg Watanabe

KollabCast

Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine

Ellen Kim

David Choi

Kulap Vilaysack

Keiko Agena

Steve Aoki

Ellie Lee

Julie Zhan

AJ Rafael

Dante Basco

Jimmy O. Yang

Mike Bow

Nathan Ramos

Lilan Bowden

Tamlyn Tomita

Sarah Kuhn

OwlTail

Ron Bottitta

Kurt Kanazawa

Suzy Nakamura

Philip Kan Gotanda

June Angela

Ryun Yu

With poignant grace, Keiko Agena, June Angela, and Suzy Nakamura lead a stellar cast playing three Japanese American sisters finding hope, heartache, and hard-won humor. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss this story of a family’s return to their farm in California after four long years in a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Hoping to pick up where they left off, they discover that the farm is in shambles. Listeners hear the pressures of politics and the impacts of racism and violence and the ways the family moves forward. The performance is followed by an excellent panel discussion on the internment camps with actor George Takei, playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, and director Tim Dang.Hear SISTERS MATSUMOTO and three more audio plays in the Japanese American Civil Liberties collection on AudioFile’s Audiobook Break podcast, starting on September 13th.Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by L.A. Theatre Works.Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.comSupport for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from BOLINDA. A world-leading audiobook and technology company, Bolinda publishes the greatest books you’ll ever hear and inspire people to live their best lives through the power of storytelling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With poignant grace, Keiko Agena, June Angela, and Suzy Nakamura lead a stellar cast playing three Japanese American sisters finding hope, heartache, and hard-won humor. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss this story of a family’s return to their farm in California after four long years in a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Hoping to pick up where they left off, they discover that the farm is in shambles. Listeners hear the pressures of politics and the impacts of racism and violence and the ways the family moves forward. The performance is followed by an excellent panel discussion on the internment camps with actor George Takei, playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, and director Tim Dang.Hear SISTERS MATSUMOTO and three more audio plays in the Japanese American Civil Liberties collection on <a href="https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/audiobook-break/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AudioFile’s Audiobook Break podcast</a>, starting on September 13th.Read the full review of the audiobook on <a href="https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/151373/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AudioFile’s website</a>. Published by L.A. Theatre Works.Find more audiobook recommendations at <a href="http://audiofilemagazine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">audiofilemagazine.com</a>Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from <a href="https://www.bolinda.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BOLINDA</a>. A world-leading audiobook and technology company, Bolinda publishes the greatest books you’ll ever hear and inspire people to live their best lives through the power of storytelling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

SISTERS MATSUMOTO by Philip Kan Gotanda, read by Keiko Agena, June Angela, Ron Bottitta, Kurt Kanazawa, Suzy Nakamura, Greg Watanabe, Ryun Yu

Gather around! Actor Greg Watanabe joins the KollabCast this week to chat about his experience as a part of the original Broadway cast of Allegiance as well as the importance of learning lessons from the past, especially in light of current events. We also chat about the power of the arts to tell hidden stories, the power of comedy to relieve frustrations, and the power of Super Bowl commercials to annoy a bunch of people. This week’s intro &amp; outro music is provided by our guest Dia Frampton, the track is “Crave” off her upcoming album “Bruises” pre-order it now! As always, send us your listener questions at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here Subscribe to us on iTunes,  Google Play Music, Stitcher, or via our RSS feed (http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss) Follow our guest at: Greg Watanabe @gregwatanabe Follow our hosts at: @minjeeeezy @marvinyueh The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the Potluck Podcast Collective

Gather around! Actor Greg Watanabe joins the KollabCast this week to chat about his experience as a part of the original Broadway cast of Allegiance as well as the importance of learning lessons from the past, especially in light of current events. We also chat about the power of the arts to tell hidden stories, the power of comedy to relieve frustrations, and the power of Super Bowl commercials to annoy a bunch of people. This week’s intro &amp; outro music is provided by our guest <a href="http://www.diamusic.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dia Frampton</a>, the track is “Crave” off her upcoming album “Bruises” <a href="https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/dia-frampton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pre-order it now</a>! As always, send us your listener questions at <a href="mailto:podcast@kollaboration.org">podcast@kollaboration.org</a> <a href="http://kollaboration.org/kollabcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past episodes here</a> Subscribe to us on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kollabcast/id970864934" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://goo.gl/app/playmusic?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;link=https://play.google.com/music/m/I2iopmduc3s2utyalkramsndegy?t%3DKollabCast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Google Play Music</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kollabcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, or via our RSS feed (<a href="http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://kollaboration.libsyn.com/rss</a>) Follow our guest at: Greg Watanabe <a href="https://twitter.com/gregwatanabe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@gregwatanabe</a> Follow our hosts at: <a href="https://twitter.com/minjeeeezy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@minjeeeezy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/marvinyueh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@marvinyueh</a> The KollabCast is a podcast about pop culture and the creative life from an Asian American perspective A proud member of the <a href="http://podcastpotluck.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Potluck Podcast Collective</a>

Episode 106 - Allegiance and Resistance w/ Greg Watanabe