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Exit Spring Mountain

Nevada Public Radio presents Exit Spring Mountain, a podcast about Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities in Southern Nevada. Over the course of 10 episodes, we'll look at the impact of history, politics, and the economy on AAPI community members, while sharing stories by and for Asians Americans and Pacific Islanders.

 

 

Production Team

Executive Producer: Sonja Cho Swanson
Host: Lorraine Blanco Moss
Academic Research Consultant: Mark Padoongpatt
Research Assistant: Nessa Concepcion
Sound editing, mixing, and mastering: Regina Revazova
News Director: Joe Schoenmann

Support for Exit Spring Mountain comes from Arcata Associates Inc.

Collection of Stories: 
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Exit Spring Mountain

Chapter 10: The Potluck: Food and AAPI Identity

Mar 11, 2022

Episode 10 marks the end of season 1, so we decided to mark the event with a special episode: The Exit Spring Mountain team gathered (virtually) for a potluck of food and conversation.

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Chapter 9: Navigating LGBTQ+ and AAPI in Nevada

Feb 23, 2022

Navigating the experience of being both AAPI and LGBTQ+ can be a fraught experience—but when you've found your community, it can be a joyful one, too.

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Chapter 8: Chinatown Las Vegas

Feb 09, 2022

If you’re into the food scene here, you know Chinatown Las Vegas is the place to go for some of the best eats in Southern Nevada. 

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Chapter 7: Count us in

Jan 19, 2022

Every year, the federal government allocates billions of funds for everything from hospitals and schools to emergency services and roads.

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Chapter 6: Self-defense

Jan 07, 2022

In the latest installment of Exit Spring Mountain, hear about the threats made toward Nevada's Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, and how some responded by taking self-defense classes and armin

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Chapter 5: The Overworked

Dec 22, 2021

In the second part of a three-episode arc, learn how the pandemic impacted Asian-American healthcare workers.

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Chapter 4: The pandemic, the unemployed

Dec 08, 2021

This begins a three-part arc on how the pandemic affected Southern Nevada's Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

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Chapter 3: Home Means Nevada

Nov 24, 2021

 

Episode 3 focuses on the Asian migration to the Americas. 

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Chapter 2: The "PI" in AAPI

Nov 09, 2021

Nevada Public Radio debuts Exit Spring Mountain, a 10-episode podcast about Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Southern Nevada.

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Chapter 1: The languages we speak

Oct 27, 2021

Nevada Public Radio debuts Exit Spring Mountain, a 10-episode podcast about Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Southern Nevada.

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