Derf Talks

Getting back to my roots with Leon Sykes. We talked Oakland’s past, present and future.

My grade school friend, Alex, went vegan back in 2016. Why?

In this episode, I am joined by my two older sisters Felicia and Christina Yu. Here we talk about how they are soon to be aunts and growing up together. We talk about the fun times and theorized about how we beat Scleroderma as a family.

Craig Calfee is one of the pioneers of carbon bicycles in the 80’s and 90’s. He designed a bike for Greg LeMond. Who is Greg LeMond? He was the first American to win the Tour de France.

My guest for episode 5 is Andy Russo. Six minutes locked in a cage and a training session 1.5 years later was the only interaction we’ve had between us prior to this podcast. On this episode we chat about our thoughts in preparation for the fight and the event itself. It was fascinating to get his perspective on the experience and to learn about him as a person & a martial artist.

In this episode, my guests are my wife Joanne Chang, one of my best friends Alex Baumgartner, and his wife Sharlene Lee. Sharlene and Joanne share the same due date and have a little over a month left until labor.

In this episode, father shares his experience in the US army. He talks about being drafted, to basic training, and up until he was deployed to Vietnam.

In this episode, my guest is my father, Edward Yu. He shares his recollection of our family’s journey from mainland China to The United States. Through this conversation we traced our family history from the 1920’s where my great grandfather owned a laundromat in Pittsburg, PA all the way up to 1960’s in Oakland, CA where after a small stint, he was drafted to the Vietnam War.

First episode of Derf Talks. My first guest is my wife Joanne. We’re catching up on how week 29 of her pregnancy is going.