Pearl Dive Podcast
Pearl Dive Podcast
Podcast Description
The Pearl Dive pod will feature interviews with people who offer historically-rooted insight, wisdom and inspiration from Asian American, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Christian communities. fulleraachi.substack.com
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Content Themes
The show emphasizes themes of historical narratives, Christian spirituality, and community activism. Episodes dive into subjects like the civil rights advocacy of Asian American Protestants in the 1940s and 1950s, and Hawaiian independence movements, with examples including interviews discussing the public moral conscience shaped by Asian American Christians and insights into indigenous spirituality in Hawaii.
The Pearl Dive pod will feature interviews with people who offer historically-rooted insight, wisdom and inspiration from Asian American, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Christian communities.
The second episode of Pilgrimage: Manzanar, Memory, and Meaning invites listeners into a conversation on embodiment, hospitality, and faith.
Host Elise Kaneshiro speaks with Krystin Bruan, Creative Producer at Fuller Theological Seminary’s Asian American Center, reflecting on the 2025 Manzanar Pilgrimage and the sacred practice of returning to sites of history and faith.
Through stories of intentional care, collaboration, and presence, Return explores how acts of hospitality and remembrance sustain spiritual formation and community identity across generations.
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This conversation was recorded remotely from Oʻahu and Pasadena, California, and is supported by the Asian American Christian History Institute at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Intro and outro music by: Daniel King and Benji Tseng
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