In this episode, we are live and in-person at The Broad Center at Yale School of Management Forum 2025, with special guest, Akemi Kochiyama. Akemi is a scholar-activist, community builder, and Co-Director of the Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project, whose mission is to carry on the work and legacy of her grandmother, Yuri Kochiyama.  We soak in the moment of doing our first recording in front of a live audience and for a community that is near and dear to us (0:50)Akemi shares her thoughts on Yuri's work, approach to solidarity and community building, and this idea about radical hospitality (4:50)How we move from relationships to solidarity and the weight and expectations of having a famous last name, and how Bill and Yuri Kochiyama met (19:00)We share our thoughts on how to navigate today and launching the Kochiyama Archives at Columbia University (39:30)Special shoutout to Feedspot and their 70 Best Asian American Podcasts list (we're #17!).

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