Spitting Fire: Doktora Robyn Speaks
Dr. Robyn Magalit Rodriguez is a Pinay, immigrant daughter, (former) university professor, community organizer, momma, & wife. Join the "people's professora" in her raw, real, and raucous conversations with friends, colleagues and other co-conspirators as they reflect on academia and activism, grief and hope, growing up and growing old...and more.
Episodes
8 episodes
Debra Louie - Counselor at San Joaquin Delta College
Debra Louie has been an employee at San Joaquin Delta college for 30 years. At first, she was a classified manager in charge of outreach, and transfer of students, but later on, she became a counselor, and professor. She is currently retired, b...
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Survivor of Early COVID-19
We interviewed someone who agreed to share her story with COVID-19. She would like to remain anonymous, but she has shared the following information: she is a young professional who has recently graduated from UC Davis. She shares her experienc...
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Anna Pak - Undergraduate Student at UC Davis
Anna Pak is a student at UC Davis majoring in Asian American Studies and English Literature. She shares her experience as a student dealing with the confusion at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic at UC Davis, and having to adapt to her onl...
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Dr. Cirian Villavicencio - Professor of Political Science at San Joaquin Delta College
Shunned. Spat On. Beaten. With the rapid spread of the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic in 2020, so too have videos of anti-Asian hate and violence “gone viral.” This hate and violence have become normalized due to politicians'...
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Filipinx & Social Work with Nikki Abeleda and Dale Maglalang
Next on our "Laban Group Podcast" series, Dr. Rodriguez is joined by Social Worker Nikki Abeleda and Dr. Dale Maglalang to discuss their work in academia and mental health and how it connects to social justice and community organizing. Hear abo...
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Journalism and Activism in the Philippines during Martial Law with Mark John Sanchez
Starting our "Laban Group Podcast" series, Dr. Robyn Magalit Rodriguez is joined by Assistant Professor of Asian Studies, Mark John Sanchez, to discuss the role of journalism and activism in the Philippines during the era of Martial Law. This e...
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"Don't Stay Out in the Sun: Understanding Filipinx and Colorism with Dr. Joanne Rondilla
Doktora Robyn discusses colorism within the Filipinx community with long-time friend and fellow scholar, Dr. Joanne Rondilla. Listen in as they unpack how colorism is a discriminatory system designed to maintain anti-Black and anti-Indigenous r...
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Resistance, Defiant Love, and Radical Care: Asian American Activism Course Launch with Artnelson Concordia
Doktora Robyn launches a mini-course on Asian American Activism (and this podcast!) that draws on her co-edited book (with Dr. Diane Fujino), "Contemporary Asian American Activism: Building Movements for Liberation,” as well as her previo...
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