Today, I talk with Bill Yang, the creator of Micronesia Daily. Bill is a breath of fresh air and you must follow Micronesia Daily on IG & Facebook.

Today, I talked with Karalahn Carl who is a Pohnpeian storyteller and talking with her is so magical!

Today, I interviewed, Cede. Cede is a Pohnpeian inspiration and if you don't believe me, just listen!

Today I invite you to listen to the great, Trevy Augustin! She is a dynamic Micronesian woman who shares her experiences and feelings on Micronesian culture. 

This season, the goal is to go back to personal interviews talking with Micronesian community members. Some of the most valuable feedback that the podcast has received is that many children of the diaspora, adoptees, adoptive parents, and allies have utilized the podcast to learn about and feel connected to Micronesian heritage. Most of that was done through simply asking community members about the culture and their relationship to it. The space will be honored again by going back to this format for the new season. 

On today's episode, I speak with the vivacious, Stephanie Takamaru. Stephanie is a Marshallese advocate who works in Northwest Arkansas educating, advocating, and providing resources with and to the Marshallese community.
Listen in to learn more!

Today, I talk to Nathan Samayo who is receiving his Master of Divinity from Harvard. We touch on his testimony, his interests and a little extra too. Enjoy!

Show notes: 

You can follow Nathan on instagram at: @nksamayoo

During this discussion, Nathan recommended: 

-listening to Guahan ChaCha Music including

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RODp0ftQ6Io

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOGtj4Z5GwU

Nathan & Angela also discussed meddos (seafaring maps) and recommended books by Kanaka Maoli scholars & activists. 

Another good read recommended was Our Sea of Islands by Epeli Hau'Ofa: https://savageminds.org/wp-content/image-upload/our-sea-of-islands-epeli-hauofa.pdf

To all of my Micronesian friends, family, and listeners in the Southwest Missouri/Northwest Arkansas area, come out to the 2nd Annual Pingelapese Tournament this weekend. So many exciting things will be occurring. Including, but not limited to: petitioning, Medicaid applications, college access information, military information, and so much more! Like, I said, come out and join us. The company is great, the food is great, and the resources are awesome. Not to mention, there will be so many beautiful Micronesian faces!!

Keep being excellent, Micronesians!

I'm giving you 10 dynamic Micronesian-Owned Businesses today that you can go and support if you see fit!

Businesses highlighted today were: 

1. Helgen’s Hogs

2. Kaselel Counseling & Consultation

3. The PwiPwi Box

4. Sweet Stuff PDX

5. One Micronesia Podcast

6. Deep Pacific Podcast

7. Green Banana Paper

8. The Ark Barbershop

9. 77 Lacquer

10. The Husk

All of these Micronesian businesses (and more) can be found listed at: 

http://www.angelaedward.com/micronesian-businesses.html 

I am fascinated by hair and want to learn so much more on it's relationship to our culture. 

Growing up, my family called it the Micronesian Olympics, but today, I talk about the Micronesian Games!

Here's the basics on your i94s. 

To read your own Micronesian legends, you can find the book on amazon. It is titled Micronesian Legends by Bo Flood, Beret E. Strong, and William Flood. It is illustrated by Connie J. Adams. 

I have yet to dive into why I love being Micronesian. Today is that day. Listen in for more!

I didn't mention a project I am working on here, but have briefly on the IG page. Listen in for more. 

Here is a few of my favorite music songs. Share yours with me in the comments or add it on the FMBM Instagram page. 

To listen to some of my favorites, here are the links. 

For some more of Larry Ohry, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S2hNYaXEAg 

If you wanna here JED slap, listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spf7zsPQCOA

And if you're ready for some J4YR, here he is: https://withkoji.com/@J4YR

And now for one of my personal favorite ancestors...

More on our favorite Micronesian ancestors!

A little dive into our favorite ancestors!

If you would like to learn more about Dr. JoJo Peter's Memorial Scholarship, please visit: 

https://www.ajojoscholars.org/