Episode #2

Uplifting rich and diverse stories from our Asian Minnesotan community.

Episode #2: “We shared a love and pride for our people… Isn’t that what friendship is?”


Pete met Orpheus Black while training with a mixed martial arts group in Los Angeles. As their friendship grows, Pete is forced to grapple with the internalized racism and anti-Blackness that was reinforced in him at a young age. Listen in as Pete shows us how solidarity can play out powerfully in our relationships with those closest to us.

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Meet our storyteller

Pete K. Wong (he/him)

Pete K. Wong (he/him)

Pete is an educator, podcast host, and coach. Raised in Minnesota, Pete has worked in the film/TV industry, as a model, actor, writer, and director. An educator and coach in public schools and organizations, and a former head instructor with the Minnesota Mantis Kung Fu Association and assistant instructor with Bloodline Hybrid Boxing in Los Angeles, California. ​Pete has lived and taught in Hong Kong, China and the USA. He has held workshops, guest spoken in public schools, senior assisted living houses, corporations, non-profit organizations, and other businesses on the topic of self care and being a two time suicide survivor. He will be publishing a health and wellness book and begin writing his next one on healthy masculinity and growing up an Asian man in the Midwest. You can listen to conversations about mental health and wellness on The Pete Wong Podcast.

#MinneAsianStories Series

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2020

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2019

Hello Neighbor

2018