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Feeling Asian
By Youngmi Mayer & Brian ParkSociety & Culture
Feeling Asian episodes
- Gifts And A Bad Santa
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Feeling Asian! Youngmi and Brian discuss gifts, Christmas traditions and holiday movies. Follow us on Instagram: @itsbrianpark, @ymmayer and @feelingasianpodcast!
55 min - Parents Are The OG Relationship Models (feat. Fumi Abe, Asian Not Asian Podcast)
Fumi Abe (Asian Not Asian Podcast) joined Feeling Asian this week to open up about parental negligence and how it impacts his relationships. We also discuss the advantages of growing up in your native country and the challenges that come with creating Asian content. Follow Fumi on Instagram at @thefumiabe and check out Asian, Not Asian Podcast on all streaming platforms. Follow us at @itsbrianpark, @ymmayer and @feelingasianpodcast!
1 hr 12 min - Ghosts, Superstitions and Vacuum Cleaners
Youngmi and Brian discuss spirits and superstitions, and the impact these might have on the mental health of Asians. Youngmi also shares her frightening ghost encounters. Follow us on Instagram: @itsbrianpark, @ymmayer and @feelingasianpodcast!
1 hr 1 min - Advice From A Lawful Top And Chaotic Bottom
Our first advice episode! Youngmi and Brian answer questions from listeners about dating as an Asian male, handling Asian in-laws, Asian parenting 2.0 and bedroom performance issues. Thank you so much for all of your submissions so far! Email your advice questions at [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram: @itsbrianpark, @ymmayer and @feelingasianpodcast!
57 min - Depression And Toad Venom (feat. Nancy Whang, LCD Soundsytem)
Nancy Whang (LCD Soundsystem) joined us this week to open up about her relationship with depression and her experiences with different psychedelic treatments. We also discuss the challenges of being emotionally vulnerable as an artist in the public eye. Follow Nancy on instagram at @nancywhang and dance to her amazing music available on all streaming platforms! Follow us at @itsbrianpark, @ymmayer and @feelingasianpodcast. Also email us your advice segment questions at [email protected]!
1 hr 26 min - We've Done Drugs
This week’s Feeling Asian is all about drugs! Youngmi and Brian get raw and real about their experiences which include heroine allergies, microdosing shrooms, marijuana arrests and more. Follow us on instagram: @itsbrianpark, @ymmayer and @feelingasianpodcast. Also, email us your advice segment questions [email protected]!
1 hr 1 min - Cetaphil is Trash (feat. Sable Yong, Beauty Writer)
Sable Yong (Allure) joined us this week to unpack the feelings that come with Asian beauty standards. We also discuss the the story behind Youngmi's cursed Hermes purse and toxic Asian masculinity. You can find Sable Yong's writing on sableyong.com. Follow her on instagram at @sabletoothtigre and follow us @itsbrianpark, @ymmayer and @feelingasianpodcast. Also, email us your advice segment questions at [email protected]!
1 hr 6 min - V For Validation
"Manic" Youngmi and Brian discuss unhealthy forms of validation, ways to be kinder to yourself and advise on the risk of pursuing your dreams. Follow us on Instagram: @itsbrianpark, @ymmayer and @feelingasianpodcast. Also, email us your advice segment questions at [email protected]!
1 hr 4 min - You Can't Improve Asian FoodThis week’s episode is all about food! Youngmi and Brian discuss the inception of Youngmi’s restaurant Mission Chinese Food, appropriation of Asian cuisine and the perception that Asian restaurants are “low-class”. Follow us on Instagram: @itsbrianpark, @ymmayer and @feelingasianpodcast. Also, email us your advice segment questions at [email protected]1 hr 1 min
- Rummage Through Garbage For Success (feat. Angela Wong Carbone, Tinder Swipe Night)
Our first guest ever! Angela Wong Carbone joins Feeling Asian to discuss her career transition from architecture to acting, half-Asian identity and why she rejected Brian. Catch her every Sunday on the new Tinder series Swipe Night! Follow her on instagram @labellacarbone and follow us @itsbrianpark, @ymmayer and @feelingasianpodcast.
1 hr 20 min
About Feeling Asian
From the publisher's feed
Feeling Asian is a weekly podcast hosted by Youngmi Mayer and Brian Park, two Asian Americans with plenty of feelings about sex, dating, survival, self-worth, and everything in between. Meet our fun, interesting friends along the way; past guests include Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast, Stephanie Hsu, Bowen Yang, Yaeji, and more! Named a top podcast of 2021 by CNN and featured on Apple and Spotify’s homepages, Feeling Asian offers a healthy and compassionate space for Asians, Asian Americans, and Asians in America to be themselves without feeling as if their time is a fleeting moment. Check out Feeling Asian for a catharsis that is, well, pretty Asian! New episodes out every Wednesday!
Follow us on IG @itsbrianpark and @ymmayer and @feelingasianpodcast. For all inquiries please visit feelingasian.com!
[EDITOR'S NOTE]
“There was this space for a podcast like this and I was like, ‘Let’s just try it out, I think there's going to be other Asian Americans out there that feel like we do,’” says Brian Park, co-host and co-creator of Feeling Asian. “As long as we stay irreverent and stay authentic to ourselves and lead with empathy and vulnerability, I think that this is something that could resonate with other people.” What started as an idea between two fellow stand-up comedians, Park and Youngmi Mayer, Apple Podcasts’ Spotlight show for May 2022, Feeling Asian, has made its mark amplifying Asian American voices and illuminating all facets of the Asian American diasporic experience.
After meeting at an open mic in New York City, Park and Mayer decided that podcasting was the ideal way to go in-depth about their shared experiences, and to go beyond their comfort zones as comics to speak freely and vulnerably. It’s with that very vulnerability that they’ve been able to build a devoted community of listeners and continue to grow each week. “I remember last May during AAPI [Asian American & Pacific Islander] Heritage Month, the Stop Asian Hate movement got going and I was just inundated with hundreds of DMs from people about all the racist acts that they were living through,” says Mayer. “That's when I really realized that it’s much bigger than just a podcast. It’s like we’re giving back to this community that maybe all they really need is to hear someone that's like-minded.”
With new episodes airing Wednesday, the weekly show focuses on their feelings (as evidenced in its title), but goes beyond the surface with a sense of openness and honesty that makes you feel like you’re in same room laughing (or crying) alongside them with guests, ranging from fellow entertainers to mental health professionals, and even their family members, Youngmi’s mom and Brian’s sister. “We're not claiming ourselves to be experts, we're not claiming ourselves to be journalists,” says Park. “We're comedians by trade. We like to make people laugh and we like to inject levity. And I think it's created this nice flavor to our podcast where we can go really deep with our guests and provide a very comfortable space for them and for ourselves and for everyone listening.”
For Mayer, the loyal and diverse following that Feeling Asian has cultivated gives a glimpse of the potential for what a successful podcast can do. “I don't want to sound too grandiose, but a lot of people really use our podcast as something to help themselves process,” she says. “I just want to grow a community and make people feel less alone.”