Hapa Happy Hour
a personal conversation between three hapas that investigates and celebrates the mixed race experience
- Update frequency
- every 56 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 37
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2020
Omega (episode 37)
Our last (?) episode of Hapa Happy Hour. We discuss how we began this podcast, what we're doing now, and what we hope for. Rena has accomplished a new degree, Lisa has continued success with "Alien C…
The Fallacy of the Mixed-race Utopia and the Women's March Revisited (episode 36)
Hello, dear Listeners!
We are back with a new episode! As we head into what this new year has in store for us and our country, we felt it apropos to revisit our experiences in the first historic Wome…
You are not alone/this President still sucks (episode 35)
Recorded in December 2016, we are finally publishing June 2018 (mea culpa, says Hiwa). We have also been: writing a new show (Lisa), touring the world with Alien Citizen and making the DVD (Lisa), ge…
On the Eve of the Inauguration of the 45th President (episode 34)
The Hapas reflect on the outcome of the 2016 presidential election and share their thoughts about President-elect Trump, the electoral college, and family members who may disagree. Thoughts or questi…
Hula, Family, Theatre (episode 33)
Join us for a discussion among 3 hapa women. Chicago, theatre, hula, adoption, solo show, and diverse casting are all discussed in this episode. We love hearing from you, please contact us with comme…
Hapas in Theater (episode 32)
Tune in with Lisa, Hiwa, and Rena as we talk about Rena's dissertation on mixed-race, the history of hapas in theater, and our experiences auditioning for characters of color. We also dive into repre…
Loving Day 2016
Tune in with Lisa and Hiwa as they discover technology and talk about race, Loving Day, films, and politics! And feel free to contact us through [email protected]. Happy Loving Day!
Re:Membering (our memories our stories), part 2 (episode 30)
The happy Hapas are back!
Hello, dear listeners! We hope to bring you more content and new episodes this year! We have lots to talk about including Lisa's upcoming keynote performance in Cape Town, …
Re:Membering (our memories our stories) (episode 29)
The ladies talk about Lisa's succesful one woman show: ALIEN CITIZEN: An Earth Odyssey! Recorded last year (July 2013).
Please contact us at: [email protected], we'd love to hear from you ;-)
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Writing Love on a Bottle of Water (episode 28)
Season's Greetings!! In this episode, the ladies of Hapa Happy Hour recount various events of 2013 and weigh in on some items of note, including the responses to this year's multiethnic Cheerios comm…
Re:Connecting (episode 27)
Published, graduated and Mom'd. The three ladies of Hapa Happy Hour return to discuss the micros in their lives in the hopes of connecting with yours. As always questions and comments are welcome: …
Which box do you check? (episode 26)
The ladies of Hapa Happy Hour discuss an article that talks about what box you would check to get in to college, since race matters in admissions in America today. Please listen and join in by sendi…
Coming of Age (episode 25)
Happy December! We close out the year, looking ahead and divulging what's next for the Happy Hapas in 2012! First, a discussion on Quinceanera and coming of age traditions. Rena is directing a play a…
Apologies and Other Things (episode 24)
The Hapa Happy Hour ladies are giddy to return to podcasting. This episode begins with many apologies and ends with happy holidays. Welcome to the holiday season! As always, we welcome your feedback:…
Theatre Arts Hapa (episode 23)
Acting is one of the oldest and most difficult professions - add being a hapa and the interesting stuff compounds!
Lisa, Rena and Hiwa met doing a production of Chekhovʻs "Three Sisters" and as actre…
Being Brown (episode 22)
The ladies discuss standards of beauty and "white" privilege. For questions and comments, please email us at [email protected].
The Search for Connection (episode 21)
Happy June! The ladies discuss a Hapa's rejection of her "Asian" side from Dr. E. J. R. David's Colonial Mentality Project and consider the ways they keep the connections to their mixed heritage aliv…
Back in the Saddle (episode 20)
Join the Hapa Happy Hour ladies again as we welcome (haha) 2011!
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