Are you or someone you know curious about how to start a career in Hollywood? While working at the LA Times Ada Tseng and her co-author Jon Healey interviewed dozens of people from all parts of the entertainment industry. This book is a collection of chapters outlining most of the jobs involved with film and television production. As a TV and movie geek, I found it really interesting! Where was this book when I was a drama major in the 90s?

Get Breaking Into New Hollywood wherever you get books. Follow Ada @adatseng88 on Instagram and listen to Ada's podcast about Asian American films, Saturday School, wherever you get your podcasts. She's part of the @podcastpotluck network!

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We're back with part 2 of our marathon session with Isabel and Lingjie! This time we're discussing the 2025 drama Karma and the 2016 classic Signal. I think we all enjoyed these shows and would recommend them to you! Let us know the shows or movies you want us to watch next!  

Thanks again to Isabel of @proudlyasian podcast and Lingjie of @worstasianpod ! It's always fun recording together. Give them a listen wherever you get podcasts!

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We had some free time this summer, so I suckered some podcast friends to watch some shows with me. Lingjie from @worstasianpod and Isabel from @proudlyasian were game to be part of a watch club. We each recommended a show for the others to watch, and a few months later, we jumped on a Zoom call to give our thoughts!

The shows picked were: Love After Divorce Season 4 (2023), Karma (2025), and Signal (2016). We ended up recording for almost 2 hours, so I split it up into 2 episodes. Part one will have Love After Divorce. Come back again on Thursday for the part where we discuss Karma and Signal. I think we all liked the picks, so give them a watch and let us know what you think!

Thanks, of course, to my guests Isabel and Lingjie for helping me with this episode! Listen to Proudly Asian and the Worst Asian Podcast wherever you get podcasts. 

I hope you're having a great summer and talk to you soon!

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From Dartmouth, Harvard, Barnard, and Stanford, to Wall Street and Silicon Valley, Tiger Sisters Jean and Cherie Luo achieved what many can only hope to. In their podcast, Tiger Sisters, they share secrets and mistakes they've learned along the way. Sydney and I had a great chat with them, talking about their journey and learning more about how they manage to work so well together as ambitious sisters.

Find the Tiger Sisters wherever you get podcasts, and on YouTube @cherie.brooke (soon to be rebranded - You heard it here first)! You can follow them on Instagram @cherie.brooke or @tigersisterspodcast  To learn more about their matcha brand, find them over at https://sistersmatcha.com 

Thanks to Sydney for helping me with this episode! You can follow her @sydleu

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Our podcast pal Yowei loaned us one of her episodes of Proxy to air on our feed this week! It features an episode she produced with comedian and podcaster Mic Nguyen. In it, the episode explores what Mic calls "the biggest regret of his life," abandoning his pre-med studies to pursue a comedy career. If you've never listened to Proxy before, you're in for a treat!  

Thanks to Yowei for letting us air her show. Please go listen to all the episodes of Proxy, wherever you listen to podcasts. You can follow them @proxypodcast on social media, or at https://www.proxypodcast.com/  

We'll be back with a fun interview with Jean and Cherie Luo, aka The Tiger Sisters,  so come back next week and check us out!

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You might know Yowei Shaw from the NPR podcast Invisibilia, and if you do, then you know that most of the Invisibilia team got laid off in 2023. Since then, Yowei has been on a mission to continue telling stories that explore emotions and life's conundrums. This mission has turned into her new show, Proxy, an independent podcast that Yowei created, produces, funds, and hosts. 

My new summer intern, Lauren, and I had a really fun time chatting with Yowei about her love for Philadelphia, her ups and downs as a podcaster, as well as her YAO. 

Follow Yowei on social media @yoweishaw and listen to her podcast Proxy wherever you get podcasts!

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Poker is a game of strategy, numbers, psychology, and luck. Xuan Liu has been playing poker professionally on and off since college. She has had several tournament scores of over half a million dollars. In May 2025, she became the first woman to win a Triton Series Tournament, taking home over $860,000!

Listen to our episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube or wherever you get podcasts.

I'm in awe of how she does it all with a smile on her face. She is as nice as they come and is a great conversationalist. Follow Xuan @xxl23 on social media, or find lots of content at Xuan Liu on YouTube. 

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Tyrus Wong is the Chinese American artist who provided inspiration and vision for the Disney animated masterpiece, Bambi. He went on to have a long career as an artist at Warner Brothers, as well as designing cards for Hallmark. He was an amazing individual whom my guest, film scholar Karen Fang, has written a book about. It’s called Background Artist.

Listen to our conversation on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or wherever you get podcasts!

I had so much fun chatting with Karen; she’s super knowledgeable on a wide range of topics, but especially the life of Tyrus Wong. You can learn more about Karen at her website https://www.karenfang.net/  Get a copy of Background Artist, wherever you get books, especially at your local independent bookstore.

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Got any questions that you're pondering at the moment? Wouldn't it be great to have someone to run it by to get some ideas? My guest Vicki Tan wrote a book for you! It's called Ask This Book a Question, and it walks you through different types of decisions you might need to make and gives stories from her life as well as biases that might be clouding your judgment. It's a very interesting and practical read!

Give us a listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc... 

Follow Vicki over @vickiheart on social media or https://www.vickitan.com/

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Men’s fashion influencer Jeff Yamazaki and his wife Naomi have made the trip between Los Angeles and Japan dozens of times —and they’ve learned a thing or two along the way. In this episode, the stylish duo shares their go-to travel tips for navigating Japan like a pro: from the best places to shop to eating some of the tastiest foods. Whether it’s your first visit or your fifteenth, Jeff and Naomi offer a chic, practical guide to making the most of your time in Japan.

Check out Jeff's content @jeffyamazaki on social media and also his new(ish) YouTube channel, where you can find some longer-form content from both LA and Tokyo!

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