InfatuAsian Podcast

A Special Lunar New Year Side Dish!  Xin Nian Kaui Le Everyone!  We hope you have a very prosperous new year!  This is a movie I’ve loved since the moment I saw it.  And it zooms in on a love story marked by the Lunar New Year.  Some love stories center on couples who are so right and yet so wrong for each other.  That’s the case for these two strangers, who become friends, who become lovers, who become strangers again. It’s on Netflix and might be an interesting way to spend your Lunar New Year, and it might even get you thinking about love, regret, forgiveness, and more.

Thanks to Beijing native Jenny for coming along this week.  Hope you’re all well!  Please write to us at [email protected] or send us a direct message on Instagram @theinfatuasianpodcast Please follow us wherever you get your podcasts, and give us a rating/review at Apple Podcasts or Spotify.  Thanks for listening!

Music:  愛了很久的朋友 (A Friend You Have Loved For a Long Time) by Hebe Tien

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Episode 19 Creator and Executive Producer Miranda Kwok talks with us about The Cleaning Lady!  Fox’s #1-Rated drama features a Cambodian/Filipina lead character whose strength, intelligence, and sheer determination are a force to be reckoned with. Hear Miranda talk about some of the subtle but very deliberate choices she made to maintain as much authenticity as possible.  Everything from the soundtrack, the language, to the Jollibee fried chicken work to create a world we haven’t seen on network television before. It has an engaging story that will suck you in from the first episode.  The Cleaning Lady airs on Fox, Mondays at 9 PM also Saturdays at 9 PM or on Fox.com. We highly recommend it!

Thanks to Melanie for co-hosting with me and Intern Madison for editing the show.

Music Clip:

“Us” by Ruby Ibarra. CIRCA91 (2017 Beatrock Music) now available on iTunes and elsewhere

Have you watched The Cleaning Lady? Write to us and let us know what you think, at [email protected]  Please, please, please give us a review/rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  Give us a follow @theinfatuasianpodcast on Instagram or Facebook.

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Episode 18! This week we have a double treat, first, we talk to award-winning photographer Zabrina Deng about the art of her photography, and second, we chat about one of our favorite actors, Tony Leung! The photos we are discussing in the episode can be found on our Instagram or Facebook pages. We then talk about the masterful of acting by Tony Leung, who many people know only from Shang Chi, but whose career goes back 4 decades and over 200 acting credits. Also coming along on this week's conversation is our intern/producer Madison!

Special thanks to Zabrina who spent 2 hours with us sitting outside in the cold at 8 AM! To see more of her work, follow her account @zabrinaxyz on Instagram or check out her website www.Jezaphoto.com.

FREE workshop!!! Zabrina along with her mentor Scott Robert Lim will be leading a photography workshop through the SF Public Library. It’s called: Extraordinary Photos from Any Camera, and It’s from 7-8 PM on Zoom, on the LAST Monday of each month starting January 31st and going through April. Then in May, there will be a special outdoor photo walking session led by Zabrina and Scott through Chinatown!  Anyone can join, even if you only have a cell phone camera!  Totally free, but you need to register. Fined out more details and register at: https://sfpl.org/events/2022/01/31/workshop-extraordinary-photos-any-camera

Music: 

“Infernal Affairs [ 無間道 ]” performed by Andy Lau and Tony Leung (WMG)

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Part 2 of Episode 17! Our special collaboration with The Asian Soup Podcast continues as we touch on many topics about life in Australia as an Asian.  Our SOUPER friends, Roxane and Julia, join us again from Sydney and we dive deeper into the similarities and differences growing up halfway around the world. Curtis, Mandy, and Madison also share their Asian American experiences and make plans for a hypothetical but hopefully real meet-up in the future! Also, you can tell from this picture that we were on opposite sides of the world because we have half the group wearing blankets and sweaters in the pitch black of winter while the other group is wearing tank tops and dresses on a bright Aussie summer day before Christmas!

Did you grow up Asian where you weren't part of the dominant culture? Share with us your thoughts at [email protected] Please give us a review or rating at Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  And follow us over on Instagram @theinfatuasianpodcast

More episodes coming soon! We'll be talking Tony Leung films as well as having Chef Shirley Chung from Top Chef season 11 and 14 (co-hosted by my favorite sister Caryl!)

Music:

Rose and Onew from JTBC's "Sea of Hope"  바라던 바다 

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Episode 17 Part One! Does growing up Asian halfway around the world, on a different continent, in a different hemisphere lead to a different experience? Today we have a SOUPER fun collaboration with two Asian Aussies, Roxane and Julia, the hosts of The Asian Soup Podcast! Listen to my co-host Mandy, Intern Madison, and me chat with our friends down under about a wide variety of topics about growing up in places where we were not the dominant culture. Does the Asian diaspora have more in common than we think?

Give our friends Jules and Rox a listen at The Asian Soup Podcast on most podcast servers.  You can write to them at [email protected] and follow them @asiansouppodcast on Instagram/YouTube/TikTok.  

As always you can write to us at [email protected] Send us your address and we’ll send you an Infatuasian Podcast sticker! (I swear we won’t sell your address or stalk you!) Follow us on Instagram @theinfatuasianpodcast And please consider giving us a rating/review at Apple Podcasts and also Spotify!  Thanks for listening!

Songs: 

“Rosé-On the Ground” Black Pink (YG Entertainment) 

Our Theme: “Super Happy J-Pop Funtime” by Prismic Studio

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***warning possible SPOILERS, especially The Silent Sea, skip minutes ~36-40 to avoid our Silent Sea commentary!***

Happy New Year!  An impromptu look back at the 2021 K-Drama highs and lows! Super last-minute replacement Amy comes in off the bench to chat about a year's worth of K-Dramas.   There were definitely some stinkers, but plenty to be happy about too! Hope you found some K-Drama joy in 2021, and here's to looking forward to more great shows in 2022!  Feel better Jennifer!

Thank you all for listening and writing in!  Let us know your favorite dramas in 2021, as well as what you're looking forward to in 2022!  You can write to us at [email protected] or message us @thefinfatuasianpodcast on Instagram.

Have a great new year everyone!

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An end-of-the-year surprise episode! In this Side Dish episode, we will discuss The Hong Konger Anthology by Sophia Hotung.  Author and Illustrator Sophia Zoomed in from Hong Kong to chat with me about her life's journey, her art, and her 1st book!  What started as a joke/parody of The New Yorker magazine covers, grew and evolved as a way for Sophia to express her experiences and observations of a place her family has called home for over 150 years. I think you'll really enjoy hearing her stories living both as an insider and an outsider in Hong Kong.

You can find out more about Sophia and her book or message her at Sophiahotung.com or follow her @sophiahotung on most social media platforms.

If you'd like to connect with me, you can email me at [email protected] or on Instagram @theinfatuasianpodcast  Please consider giving us a rating or review on Apple or now Spotify!

Hope you all have a wonderful beginning to 2022! More episodes coming soon!  Thanks for listening!

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This week Curtis talks about the Netflix live-action remake of the legendary 90's anime Cowboy Bebop! To help break it down, Lingjie from The Worst Asian Podcast, a self-proclaimed weeb, lends his anime and manga knowledge.  Find out if we agree with whether or not the show starring John Cho deserved to be canceled after only one season! 

Do you agree with us? Send us your thoughts via email to Infatuasianpodcast @gmail dot com or please follow and message us @theinfatuasianpodcast on Instagram or Facebook.  We love hearing from listeners!

We'll be taking a 2-week break from posting episodes, but we'll be back in 2022 with more InfatuAsian content.  Have a restful beginning of winter and happy holidays!  Thanks for listening and talk to you soon!

Sound Clips:

"Tank!" by the Seatbelts (Sunrise Music)

"Super Happy J-Pop Funtime: by Prismic Studios is our theme song 

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Episode 15 Part 2 More Asian Sitcoms!  Actor Feodor Chin sits in with Curtis and our friend Melanie and we talk about Asians on television in 2021 and beyond.  Are Netflix and Disney the key to representation?  We discuss Netflix's Never Have I Ever and Disney's Doogie Kamealoha.  We also talk about Feo's voice-over work on Asian dramas like the South Korean hit Sweet Home.  

Special thanks to my guests this week. If you'd like to follow Feodor, you can find him on Twitter and Instagram @Feochin

Please write to us at [email protected], and let us know what TV shows you remember having an Asian on it. You can follow us @theinfatuasianpodcast on Instagram or Facebook to keep up with our latest episodes and news.  Please consider giving us a rating or review at Apple Podcasts!!!

Sound used in this episode taken from YouTube

"Funniest Moments from Never Have I Ever," Netflix

"Doogie Kamealoha Episode 8 Talk-Story," Cartoon Site

"Overwatch Zenyatta Quotes," MetaKirb7

Our Themesong: "Super Happy J-Pop Fun Time by Prismic Studios

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Another surprise side dish podcast!  I am very excited to share this conversation I had with filmmaker Debbie Lum about her documentary film, Try Harder!  This film hit me personally as it was filmed at my high school, documenting the struggle today's teenagers feel as they apply to the most prestigious Universities in the country.  It opens more widely on December 2nd or 3rd.  Please go to Tryharderfilm.com to see which theaters it is playing in.  Go see this film, I highly recommend it!  Special thanks to Director/Producer Debbie Lum for coming on with us!

If you listen to us on Apple Podcasts, please consider giving us a rating and review!  If you'd like to write to us you may do so at [email protected] and please follow us @theinfatuasianpodcast on Instagram or Facebook.

The trailer for Try Harder can be found on Youtube.