But Where Are You Really From?: An Asian-American Struggle
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But Where Are You Really From?: An Asian-American Struggle
Hosts and life-long best friends Angela Lin and Jesse Lin explore their identities as Asian-Americans through the lens of their first-generation upbringings and how those influences have shaped how they see the world and their place in it. Each episode explores a different topic of identity or com...
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175. What Are the Kids Saying These Days?
Nothing makes us feel older than not understanding a word that Gen Z or Gen Alpha says because the kids be changing their slang so quick, it's hard to...
174. Living Life on the Edge
Have you ever stopped to think about if you live your life out on the edge? It sounds cliche, but how close to "average" is your life? If you've wonde...
173. Blade Runner: 2025
With all of the technological innovations that we live with everyday, are we already living in the future?
From home help robots...
172. White Lotus S3: WTF Moments
White Lotus Season 3 has come to an end and we have...thoughts. We're discussing the whole season in review of our most WTF moments - the ones that li...
171. Is Creativity What Makes Us Human?
If you're an OG listener, you know we started the pod as a hobby during the pandemic. But we weren't the only people following creative pursuits - so...
170. Can You Read My Mind?
Do you believe in telepathy or ESP-like phenomena? This week we discuss "The Telepathy Tapes," a podcast that explores if non-verbal autistic individu...
169. Bethenny's Dior Bags (UAP)
Did you hear about the SUV-sized drones, plasmoids, orbs, and other strange objects in the sky over New Jersey/the East Coast the past few months, or...
168. But What Have You Really Been Doing?
We're back with a life update where we chat about the most fun recent things we've been up to during our off-season break, Angela being re-energized a...
167. The Happiness Curve
"The Happiness Curve" is a concept that postulates that on average, a person's happiness acts as a U-shaped curve where you are happiest in your youth...
166. Should Video Games Represent Us?
Have you ever spent hours in anticipation of your next escape, only to find that you can't quite see yourself in that narrative?
...
165. Hindsight is 20/30
Have you ever taken a moment to look back on your actions from a different period of your life? Have you ever wondered why you made certain decisions...
164. Bilingual Parenting ft. Sunny Horstmann
We've often grappled with reconciling our identities as Asian-Americans, straddling two or more cultures between our family's motherland and the weste...
163. Food As A Way Into Taiwanese Culture ft. Lisa Cheng Smith (Yun Hai)
We've often talked about how food is one of the most easily accessible ways into a culture, and this episode's guest is a perfect living example of th...
162. Financial (In)Dependence
"More money, more problems" as they say. But is financial inequality in a relationship a unique problem or does it just exacerbate existing ones?
161. Election Schmelection
The 2024 General Election is coming up in a matter of days... thank god because we are over it, lol.
No matter which side of the...
160. The Call is Coming from Inside the House
It's that spooktacular time of year - Halloween!
In keeping with the pod tradition, we've gone diving in the deepest, darkest recesses o...
159. When Love Is More Than Words ft. Jocelyn Chung
Jocelyn Chung is a Taiwanese-American graphic designer and writer whose new children's book "When Love Is More Than Words" was just released this week...
158. Hello, Listeners!
Your besties are back with some new topics for fall!
Before we get into a slew of new conversations these next few months, we'd like to...
157. Unlocking the Real You in Mandarin
You've heard Angela share her struggles with trying to improve her Mandarin, being at a loss knowing simultaneously too much and nothing at all, it se...
156. The Path Towards Inner Peace
How do you go about seeking inner peace for yourself?
We've spent many past episodes diving into mental health and self-growth. Bu...
155. How I Found My Voice Playing My Mom in A Movie ft. Lydia Bai
What's it like to not only have an Olympic gold medalist mom but also have the chance to play her in a movie in China alongside the likes of Gong Li?!...
154. Seeking the American Dream Abroad
As the pandemic recedes, the dream of remote work forever has also shrank. But for those who can still telecommute, the allure of planting roots elsew...
153. Tip, Tip, You Pay!
Look, we think service and gig workers should be paid a fair wage for their work, but at what point did that responsibility shift to the consumer inst...
152. Hello Grief, My Old Friend
Our relationship with grief changes as we get older. The range of loss we learn to absorb over time is so large - so where do we learn how to cope?
151. A New Blueprint for the Modern Family
Family structures have changed throughout time and vary depending on which part of the world you're from.
Recent surveys done by P...
150. Three Body Problem Netflix Review
Netflix has finally released its highly anticipated adaptation of the beloved sci-fi series "The Three Body Problem," and we're giving you our honest...
149. Fake It Til You Make It: Taiwan Edition
We've talked about the culture shocks & challenges we've faced being American-born kids visiting the motherland (in our case, Taiwan), but all of thos...
148. House Hunting: New York vs. Kyoto
What's it like to search for and buy a house in the US vs. in Japan?
Jesse purchased a co-op apartment in New York City two years...
147. Election Scaries: Taiwan Edition
Did you know that there was a presidential election in Taiwan this year?
While election madness is just starting in the US, it's a...
146. Is Democracy Worth Saving?
Do people around the world still believe that democratic institutions represent their best interests?
Recent survey data reported...
145. Is It Polyamory Or Just Being Selfish?
Are polyamory and open relationships becoming popular in modern society?!
...or is the media just presenting it that way and enab...
144. Moving Abroad & Moving In Together
It's the Year of the Dragon y'all and we're looking to tap into that energy of success, power, luck, and excellence as we wade through the new changes...
143. Starting Again
The end of the year means that we're at the start of a fresh new
beginning! It can be so exciting to start the year fresh, but new life
...
142. Canton Kiwi ft. Henry Yuen
What do you get when you take a Hong Kong-born kid, move him to New Zealand for the next 13 years, and then have him cross over the ocean to the US as...
141. Odd Man Out ft. Nick Anderson
What made a white college kid from the midwest decide to move to the other side of the world to live in China?!
In this episode, w...
140. Asian Kids Trying to Gentle Parent
Have you ever wondered what parenting in 2023 looks like? Are more parents disciplinarians or have more parents found their way to gentle parent?
139. Y U No Friend
Finding new friends is challenging at any age, but it seems to get
particularly more difficult as we get older.
As we age o...
138. Modern Problems for Modern Baby Making
Modern science has truly come a long way with regards to fertility and alternative ways to start families. However, even with these science-aided opti...
137. Because You’re Worth It…?
Even though we're pushing towards our mid-30s, finding a healthy sense of self and self-worth can still be challenging.
Sense of...
136. Boo, Bitch!
It's time to get scary again!
Since y'all loved our scary stories from Asia episode last year, we're coming back at you with new...