Keeping Up With Khmer Maine

How can arts and cultural partnerships help preserve traditions and strengthen communities? In this episode of Keeping Up with Khmer Maine, host SreyArt Rathbut is joined by Ian Bannon, Executive Director of Mayo Street Arts, and Kathleen Mundell, Director of Cultural Resources, to discuss the collaboration behind the Traditional Arts Network (TAN) and its impact on traditional artists across Main...

Caring for our elders is one of the most deeply held values in Cambodian culture — and in this episode of Keeping Up with Khmer Maine, we explore what that looks like in practice here in Maine. Host SreyArt Rathbut sits down with Bunly Uy, Food & Farm Program Manager at Khmer Maine, and Meredith Anderson, Community Outreach Director at Southern Maine Agency on Aging, to talk about the Elder He...

Food is memory. Food is belonging. And for Maine's Cambodian community, it can also be a pathway to connection across generations, cultures, and seasons. In this episode of Keeping Up with Khmer Maine, host SreyArt Rathbut sits down with Bunly Uy, Food & Farm Program Manager at Khmer Maine, and Sander Sam, a 4-H volunteer and University of Southern Maine freshman, to explore how growing food,...

In this January episode of Keeping Up With Khmer Maine, host Marpheen Chann is joined by Tophe Torne from Presente! Maine to discuss the recent surge in ICE activity across Maine and its impact on immigrant communities. Together, they explore how increased enforcement—and the fear it creates—affects families, workers, students, and elders, even when no direct action is visible. The conversation hi...

In this special holiday episode of Keeping Up With Khmer Maine, host Marpheen Chann reflects on how many Cambodian American families have come to celebrate Christmas since resettling in the United States. Blending personal storytelling with cultural reflection, Marpheen shares an extended excerpt from his memoir, Moon in Full, recalling his first American Christmas growing up in Maine and the comp...

In this heartfelt episode of Keeping Up With Khmer Maine, co hosts SreyArt Rathbut and Marpheen Chann sit down with two Khmer mothers, Sokuntheavy Kheam and Suphanny Peun, and their daughters, Angel Chhoeung and Sarita Sam, to reflect on family, culture, and gratitude. Together, they share how they first connected with Khmer Maine, what it means to raise Cambodian American children in Maine, and h...

In this episode of Keeping Up with Khmer Maine, co-hosts SreyArt Rathbut and Liz Greason sit down with Chim Lev, Civic and Community Engagement Manager, and Madeleine Weatherhead, Grants and Impact Manager, to talk about how the outdoors has become a meaningful space for connection, healing, and belonging within Maine’s Cambodian community. They share the story of the Land & Justice Outdoor Pr...

Keeping Up With Khmer Maine is a monthly radio and podcast show produced in partnership with WMPG. Hosted by Khmer Maine’s Arts & Culture Coordinator, SreyArt Rathbut, and Board Member and interculturalist, Liz Greason, the show brings Cambodian voices and perspectives to the airwaves while creating space for dialogue with the wider Maine community. Each episode highlights stories, history, an...