Inheriting - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I love this podcast so much!! It does an amazing job highlighting Asian American stories and perspectives that are too often overlooked. The episodes are so interesting to listen to and the stories remind me of conversations I’ve had with my immigrant grandparents. I’d recommend this podcast to anyone who wants to listen to a meaningful story, especially those of us who descend from Asian American immigrants. You’ll learn so much about your heritage! The podcast is extremely well done and absolutely AMAZING!!!

Thoughtful format (including Storycorps-style family interviews with other family members), sharp and poignant narration, and crucially inclusive of both the political/historical and individual family context /scope/scale to allow these stories hit home both emotionally on a personal level as captivating human stories and historically and politically significant as stories that fill in some of the gaps of national understanding of the depths and nuance of historical events many of us hadn’t yet examined through Inherited’s lens. Highly recommend this show to anyone interested in strong storytelling, history, filling in historical /cultural gaps in coverage of historical events, family dynamics, American identity or human relationships - which is to say this show has a wide appeal.

What a fantastic show, and so thoughtfully produced. Inheriting shows us that the most important historians are our ancestors. As a CHamoru with roots in Guam, hearing the episode covering the Japanese occupation of my island was enlightening, not many folks know the history — and even less people share it widely. Do yourself a favor and listen, especially if you are AAPI diaspora (not a great term but it gets the job done) and make sure to grab some tissues. It may get dicey.

My wife’s family (parents, grandparents and aunts and uncle) were incarcerated during WWII because they lived in California and were of Japanese ancestry. Though I have seen and read many things on this topic, along with first hand accounts from family and friends, I found this episode unique in how it unwrapped the underlying trauma that affected the families through generations. Thank you for doing all these podcasts!

I have continued to listen to these stories over time. They are such important stories to hear and they are done so well!