Chluy Talk

This episode is special to me because this man taught me how to record, mix, and engineer my own music early on in my musical journey. Alin Pech, also known as AP Muzzika is a singer, songwriter, producer, and audio engineer from a small town called Toutle, Washington. Its 2 hrs south of Seattle and 1 hr from Portland. AP and I have a long history, and we shared a lot of laughs from our childhood, our biggest musical influences, how picking berries at a young age taught us the "hustle" and how to work hard everyday.  AP Muzzika makes great r&b music and I hope you guys stream his songs on all major platforms and expect more music for 2021 and beyond.

In this episode, I interview Debbie Sath. She's a Khmer-Australian model, actress, producer, and Tik Tok star. Debbie and I have been social media buddies for a quite some time. We talked about her humble beginnings. Born and raised in Australia, Debbie is the 2nd oldest of 7 siblings. She started her modeling career in 2009 and was a Cover model for Import Tuner, Super Street, Performance Auto and Sound and Live to Ride magazines who has also been featured in editorials for Zoo, Ralph and several other publications. Complex magazine ranked her as among the 25 Hottest Import Models on Instagram in 2013.  Debbie moved to Hollywood 3 years ago and has been taking over social media by storm. She has 139K followers on instgram and more recently, grew her favorite platform, Tik Tok to 163K followers. Debbie also has a couple short films under her belt that has won awards and her ultimate goal is to film, produce, direct, and and star on the big screen. She is  definitely going places and I'm rooting for her.

In this episode, I have a great conversation with my friend and fellow Khmer American comedian, Yanna aka Yoko. We talked about her viral crab apple skit and the first time we met in Lowell, where we feasted at Simply Khmer restaurant. Yoko grew up in a town in Massachusetts called Amherst where her family first settled. She shared stories about going through foster care early in her childhood, which help mold her into the woman she is today. We also talked about important topics such as dealing with the pandemic, police brutality, racism, and so much more. Currently, Yoko has opened her online store selling Khmer Pins with her signature "Nov Nooh" mouth pointing and crab apple pin, as well as Khmer Pride pins. You can check out her store and social media links below.

https://www.okayyoko.com/

In this episode, I have a great conversation with Prenz Sa-Ngoun about his journey as a Buddhist monk. Born and raised in Seattle, Prenz had a normal childhood up until after middle school. He made a life changing decision and  a very young age where he moved to Cambodia at 12 years old, and ordained as a Khmer Buddhist Monk when he turned 13. From then on, his religious journey began in the motherland. After a couple years, he moved back to South Seattle in a neighborhood called Tukwila. His new home was Watt Pothiram in South Park and he continued to be a monk until August of 2019 at the age of 21, where he decided to Derobe and become a civilian. Prenz continues to serve the community buy hosting virtual meditation events and still teaches Buddhism to those who are interested in learning or brushing up on their culture. It was interesting to learn more him in this interview and his experiences in Monk hood.  Currently, he works at a local food bank and enjoys serving the community in that way as well as running his online Khmer arts and memorabilia store, PSA Khmer.

In this episode, I chat with Savannahry Em. A Khmer American MMA fighter who was born in Long Beach California. Sovahnnary was raised by her mother and helped take care of her younger siblings. We talked about her fascination for Martial Arts growing up, watching Kung Fu movies, and Bruce Lee. She was introduced to a local boxing gym by her friend when she was 20 years old and the rest was history. She developed a love for mixed martial arts and began training for fun until her coaches noticed her potential to be great. They convinced her to try competing in competitions where she dominated, winning her first 2 fights via knock out in under 2 mins. This led to her professional MMA career and currently her goal is to become a One Champion, but more importantly she wants to use her platform to inspire young women to be sweet but savage.

Watch Full Video Interview: https://youtu.be/lLCW2Vqpe8U

In this episode, my special guest is one of the first Khmer Youtubers. Long before I got on Youtube, there was a girl named Spring Roll Fever. She was known her Khmer American comedy skits and I stumbled upon her "Kung Fu Mom" video circa 2010 ish. Lina aka Spring Roll Fever and I talk about her Youtube journey and how we continue to evolve through the years as content creators. We share tips and tricks on how to maximize your youtube channel as well as the gear we use, and what gear we recommend for any one that wants to start their own youtube channel but just don't know where to start. This is a straight forward and informative episode as well a fun one and we hope this helps the next youtuber or content creator out in a positive way. Make sure you head over to Spring Roll Fever's channel and subscribe as she does more then comedy now. You can Mukbangs, Job search tips, travel vlogs, food reviews, and many more. You might even see me on there stuffing my face with hot pot lol. We both, thank everyone for the support though out these years and we will continue to produce quality content for your entertainment. 

Subscribe to Spring Roll Fever's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9HjQTDpE8TpOMcny6TgCwg

Watch Full Video Podcast now on Hella Chluy's Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/_VFol1n1Gok

In this episode, I had my guest Sareth Ney share some ghost stories. Sareth Ney is a first generation Cambodian-American, award winning short filmmaker, content creator, fashion designer, festival director, journalist/superhero, philanthropist, and stand-up comedian. I also share some stories about my past sleep paralysis experiences as a youth and the one time I was possessed by 2 spirits at once. We hope you enjoy this episode and wish everybody a Happy Halloween.

In this episode, I catchup and interview my long time friend and Hip Hop legend, Rob "Southstar" Campman. If you're my age, you will definitely remember him from the smash single "Tell Me" from his group Smiles and Southstar. The single peaked at #28 on the Billboards hot 100 and #10 on the US Hot Rap songs (Billboards) in 2003. Rob and I talked about how met on Aznraps.com which was a popular online forum for Asian rappers in the early to mid 2000s. From then on, we kept in contact via Aim (Aol) and social media. I had a lot of questions regarding the music industry and his rise to fame and Rob answered them all. He shared so many great stories from his humble beginnings, from rapping in the bathroom & getting invited to a local studio to record some raps, to playing basketball in a gym, which let to meeting Transcon Records in house producer, Dakari. Dakari played beats for him and invited him to Transcon studios and the rest was history. Smiles and Southstar got signed to Artist Direct Records and released their debut album, "Crash The Party," and made noise all over the world, touring with Beanie Man, doing shows and tv appearances on MTV, BET's Rap City, Soul Train, Late night with Conan, Jimmy Kimmel, The Jennie Jones show, just to name a few. Currenly, Rob has been doing podcast style Instagram lives weekly on Wednesday. His show is called "Conversations" and he has lots of great music industry guests who share their story and life advice on the platform. Make sure you check him out and support his new endeavor! There are so much gems in this interview so I hope you guys watch it from beginning to end as its very inspirational and informative, especially if you have a passion for music or just dream in general.  

Wikipedia Bio: Smilez & Southstar was a hip-hop duo based in Orlando, Florida. The group was made up of Rodney "Smilez" Bailey and Rob "Southstar" Campman. They are best known for their hit single "Tell Me".[1][2]  Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilez_%26_Southstar 

Smilez & Southstar: Crash the Party is the only studio album by American hip hop duo Smilez & Southstar. It was released on July 23, 2002 via Artistdirect. Production was handled primarily by Dakari, with one track produced by DJ Nasty & LVM. The album debuted peaked at number 91 on the Billboard 200 and at number 24 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_the_Party

In episode 12, I chat and catch up with my good friend Michelle Hak of Portland Oregon. Some of you may recognize her from my "Dime" music we released earlier this year. Michelle works in healthcare and during the pandemic, she wanted to start a side hustle doing what she loves, which is eyebrows. So she's been doing it for a few months now and doing pretty well for herself and I just wanted to have a conversation with her about whats going on in her life as learn more about her on a personal level. If anyone, needs their eye brows done in Portland area, make sure you hit up Michelle at Archemy Brows.