Southern Fried Asian is back and so is one of our previous guests. Keith welcomes back Greg Pak -- whose moving new autobiographical project I Belong to You / Motherland is being turned into a choral performance in Austin -- to discuss belonging and loss and share memories of his mother and childhood in Texas.

For more info on Greg's appearance at Dragon's Lair Comics in Austin, go here: https://www.dlair.net/austin/

You can also purchase tickets for the Inversion Ensemble performance of I Belong to You / Motherland here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inversion-ensemble-presents-i-belong-to-you-tickets-270735064867

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Our official theme music is the song "Top Down" by Chops, Timothy Flu, and Mic Barz. Podcast logo by Jef Castro.

Southern Fried Asian is produced by Keith Chow and Jes Vu.