Phung Huynh wants people to question dominant culture (aka white and patriarchal) and embrace their Asian identity through her artwork. She talks about paying homage to immigrant labor in Roy Choi’s Las Vegas restaurant, Chinatown life, Barbie confusion, cathartic art, pre-med college lies, community college love, vagina peaches, baby nose pinching, plastic surgery for monolids, and her upcoming donut project.

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Aaron talks about being labeled as the Asian Commercial Guy, going from a grocery store manager to landing a national TMobile commercial, Backstage vs Backpage, auditioning against a bunch of white guys, racist Asian accents, Mr. Robot, representation behind the camera, red carpet awkwardness, and sad Facebook friend requests.

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Growing up in New Orleans as a Korean kid comes with its own unique experiences and challenges. Amanda talks about alcohol allergies, fuck you Gavin, Mardis Gras as a child, being temporarily disowned by her mom, moving to NYC jobless, struggling to find her identity, working as a freelance graphic designer to landing her job at L'Oreal, the squirrel method, and seeking a Korean from NOLA in NYC.

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Singer Bao Han spent nearly 2 decades performing for Vietnamese audiences worldwide when a medical diagnosis shattered her life. She talks about her von-Trapp-family upbringing, giving up her dreams to make her parents proud, finding her identity after leaving Austria, coping with Parkinson's disease, dealing with damn buttons, finding happiness in her fashion and styling career, and living in the moment. (Please excuse the bad audio. I had to re-record the host part so it sounds a bit unnatural.)

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She's the designer behind Shake Shack's signage, merchandise and other creative visuals. Cathie Urushibata talks about Californians in NYC, being Japanese American vs Japanese, dolphin trainer dreams, her path from art therapy to freelance graphic arts to managing the creative team at Shake Shack, keeping it fresh in-house, Game of Thrones collab, hiring 51 percenters, In-n-Out vs Shake Shack, donut and hot dog enamel pins, and dealing with criticism.

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K-Beauty boss Sarah Lee talks about adjusting from Korean to American corporate culture, female empowerment, sandwiching, being direct, embracing your acne, starting her own company, Alexa, conference calls during bathtime, building a positive company culture, and dealing with competitive coworkers and unsupportive bosses.

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Agnes designates a theme song that perfectly captures Evan Sung's work and discusses his identity as a New Yorker, Craig's List, the chef that he credits in launching his work with cookbooks, his not-so-big secret to working with all the big-name chefs, his photography pet peeve, and tips on photographing food.

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A member of one of the first K-Pop girl groups called Baby Vox, Yu-mi talks about the grueling training to become a K-Pop star, getting hate mail, sustaining on Choco Pie, challenges of being a female in K-Pop, opportunities for Asian American singers, transitioning to becoming a founder of a startup app, and still being recognized on the streets.

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David Yi is set out on a mission to redefine masculinity and men’s beauty standards through his media company, Very Good Light. David talks about eating kimchi for lunch in elementary school, faking it until making it in fashion writing, visiting Melania Trump in her NYC apartment, traditional vs. modern masculinity, designing a travel beauty bag, and manifesting his book deal.

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Agnes talks to her cousin about leaving Vietnam in 1980 on a small boat, starving for nearly 2 weeks at sea, witnessing unfathomable atrocities, living in an orphanage refugee camp, reuniting with family in the US, and discovering the truth about her childhood.

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