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Episode Synopsis
Two stories for Father’s Day.
Emily Gan’s father, Howard, has embarked on a new project in his retirement: building an edible bird’s nest farm back in his homeland of Malaysia. Swiftlets are tiny swallows whose nests are delicacies in Chinese cuisine. Howard dreams of reconnecting with his roots and providing a prosperous future for his three (now grown) daughters. But the swiftlets are not so easily convinced...
As a kid, Adriel Smiley was close to his dad, Allister, a pastor originally from Jamaica. But during Adriel's teens, they often butted heads. That didn’t change much... until George Floyd. In the weeks after Floyd’s killing, Adriel was struck by how deeply it affected his father. As the world reeled, father and son came together to talk about police, race, and life -- finding a new closeness.
Emily Gan’s father, Howard, has embarked on a new project in his retirement: building an edible bird’s nest farm back in his homeland of Malaysia. Swiftlets are tiny swallows whose nests are delicacies in Chinese cuisine. Howard dreams of reconnecting with his roots and providing a prosperous future for his three (now grown) daughters. But the swiftlets are not so easily convinced...
As a kid, Adriel Smiley was close to his dad, Allister, a pastor originally from Jamaica. But during Adriel's teens, they often butted heads. That didn’t change much... until George Floyd. In the weeks after Floyd’s killing, Adriel was struck by how deeply it affected his father. As the world reeled, father and son came together to talk about police, race, and life -- finding a new closeness.
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