James V Ta is a well known jeweler from Los Angeles. He's been in the business for a long time and has worked with famous celebrities including Akon, Usher, Dom Kennedy, Stupid Young, and many more. 

He shares his background and where he's from, how he got into the business, and growing up dealing with racism in LA.

Be sure to check him and his work out on Instagram: @jamesvta. 

The Slice Podcast is hosted by DNR & Kris D.

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In this episode, we had the chance to sit down and connect with a tattoo artist from the Bay Area.

Tito shares his story about becoming a tattoo artist, traveling to Southeast Asia and some of the experiences he had there.

During his travels, he dived deeper into the Filipino roots and culture. 

Earlier in March of 2020, Tito caught Covid on a trip back from New York. 

He became very ill and had to visit the ICU. It took him about 2 months to fully recover. 

Check out Tito on Instagram. @titogavina.

In this episode, we had the chance to sit down and connect with Mark Bustos.

Mark shared his story about how he got started as a hairstylist and shares some memories dealing with racism growing up.

He also shares his journey dealing with the pandemic.

Mark is known for doing something very different and unique, and that's cutting hair for homeless people. 

Listen to his journey and how he got into helping others in need.

Be sure to check him out on Instagram: http://instagram.com/markbustos

We came across Bobby Tino after seeing several TikTok videos of him speaking AND singing in Vietnamese. 

Bobby is a very interesting man who self taught himself how to fluently speak in Vietnamese as well as 8 other languages.

He is originally from Boston and currently resides in Luxembourg (a country between Belgium and Germany), but has been around the world and traveled to 51+ countries and counting.

Listen to his story and prepare to be inspired to learn new languages and want to travel the world.

We had the chance to connect with Dion Lim from ABC 7 News and learn about how she got into journalism and hear about her journey in becoming one of the biggest Asian American reporters.

She discusses some of the challenges that she's struggled with and had to overcome in her career to get to where she is today.

Dion also shares some great career advice and tips for those that want to get into journalism and reporting.

Be sure to check out and purchase Dion's book "Make Your Moment" available now on Amazon.

We had the chance to connect with Dion Lim from ABC 7 News and learn about how she got into journalism and hear about her journey in becoming one of the biggest Asian American reporters.

She discusses some of the challenges that she's struggled with and had to overcome in her career to get to where she is today. 

Dion also shares some great career advice and tips for those that want to get into journalism and reporting.

Be sure to check out and purchase Dion's book "Make Your Moment" available now on Amazon.

We had the chance to sit down with Arnelle, a wildlife conservationist,  who works with a non-profit organization called Global Wildlife Conservation (now rebranded as Rewild).

Their mission is to conserve the diversity of life on Earth, where all of life has value and can flourish - plant, animal, and human. Their goal is to  help retain, restore and revitalize the planet.

Born in the Philippines and raised in the Bay Area, Arnelle shares her story of her journey to how she became a wildlife conservationist.

Arnelle shares some stories of safaris she's been on in Africa, talks about challenges finding her career path, discusses about the non-profit she works with, and shares tips for those that want to get involved.

Connect with Arnelle on Instagram @arnelle. 

Learn more about the non-profit at http://GlobalWildLife.org

In this episode of The Slice podcast, we discuss the importance of travel.

We share some of the places we've traveled to, what traveling can do for you and talk about some stories that happened in some countries.

Some of the reasons why you should travel more include experiencing new cultures, exploring new places, trying new food, and meeting amazing people. 

Travel will heal the soul and give you priceless memories and experiences you can't buy.

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In this episode of The Slice, we had a chance to sit down with Alan Z, a rapper/artist from Atlanta, Georgia.

Some of the topics we discuss include:

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In this episode, we had a chance to connect with Cung Le and his girlfriend Sunshine Spring to discuss and expose some of the corruption happening in Kentucky.