Literally, Gaysians

By Bao Nguyen and Chris YoungSociety & Culture

Literally, Gaysians episodes

October 18, 2023 Literally, KUNG FOOD with Chef Jon Kung
Send noods! 🍜 We’re tackling every Asian’s favorite topic: FOOD. Jon Kung (@jonkung), self-taught chef, podcaster and dumpling messiah of TikTok, joins us to talk about being a third culture cook, tomato caviar sandwiches, cartoon meatballs, and his upcoming cookbook KUNG FOOD (preorder it below!). Plus, a quick round of hot takes on MSG and bottoms rights. Hurry eat while it’s hot!

Pre-order Jon's book here. Do *your* part to place gaysians on the bestsellers list!
Listen to Jon's podcast with @kimchichic "1 for the Table" here.

Follow us at @literallygaysians on Instagram and TikTok.
Hosted and produced by Bao Nguyen (@baobaobaozer) and Chris Young (@meatmesouthofmarket.gif)
Music by Adam Baker (@adamibaker)
Key art by Chris Young
Email: [email protected]
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1 hr 9 min
October 04, 2023 Literally, Boyfriends with Justin & Jason
Your hosts have been “in-between boyfriends” since 20$&**(redacted). For years, we’ve assembled Blue Apron dinners alone, snapping IG stories of our dominant fap hand on National Boyfriend Day. Yet boy relationships is our most-requested listener topic! So we welcome fiancés/friends Justin and Jason to show us what one queer relationship looks like in 2023. We learn that you can find true love on Grindr. That open relationship evolve. And navigating parents, hookups, and the community as a mixed-race couple comes with funny stories and heartbreak. Plus, how to use Sniffies to cruise HMart and a Folsom apology from Chris.

Follow us at @literallygaysians on Instagram and TikTok.
Hosted and produced by Bao Nguyen (@baobaobaozer) and Chris Young (@meatmesouthofmarket.gif)
Music by Adam Baker (@adamibaker)
Key art by Chris Young
Email: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 16 min
September 20, 2023 Literally, KINK with Zed Sheng, Kink/Adult Performer
It’s FOLSOM WEEK! The perfect time to get *all tied up* in a convo on kink, BDSM, porn and sex work! Joining us is adult performer and kinkfluencer Zed Sheng a.k.a @toolboi, fresh from his first-ever Kink.com scene. We exchange our wildest Folsom memories and fetish curiosities. And Zed guides us through the pleasures of rope bondage, how kink found him, reclaiming the radical joy of being a bottom, and Asian representation in gay porn. Gaysian pup play makes a cameo, obvie (woof!) 🐶. So strap in or strap-on - you’re in for a fun ride into sex positivity. No shame. No judgment!

Follow us at @literallygaysians on Instagram and TikTok.
Hosted and produced by Bao Nguyen (@baobaobaozer) and Chris Young (@meatmesouthofmarket.gif)
Music by Adam Baker (@adamibaker)
Key art by Chris Young
Email: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 12 min
September 06, 2023 Literally, Being Real, Catching Up
We’ve had little time to catch up on our own gaysian feelings. So this week - it’s a whole Be Real episode! Just your hosts covering their world tour of gaysian milestone birthday trips, the sexual tension on these trips, tough lonely unemployment days, and our parents changing (or not).

Follow us at @literallygaysians on Instagram and TikTok.
Hosted and produced by Bao Nguyen (@baobaobaozer) and Chris Young (@meatmesouthofmarket.gif)
Music by Adam Baker (@adamibaker)
Key art by Chris Young
Email: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
56 min
August 23, 2023 Literally, the Great K-Pop Debate with Jack Choi, Derrence Lim & Steve Cha
GAYSIANS IN YOUR AREA! Three of our biggest K-pop stan friends come onto the podcast to reminisce about the rise of K-Pop in queer Asian culture. Then, we get into a DDU-DDU-DEBATE about the most under- and overrated songs and acts. When it’s time to be real, we dig into complicated feelings about the genre. So whether your K-pop knowledge is trainee status like Doncha, or Idol status like guests Jack Choi, Derrence Lim and Steve Cha - geek out before we say gee gee gee gee baby baby! K-Pop fandom please don't doxx us!

Follow us at @literallygaysians on Instagram and TikTok.
Hosted and produced by Bao Nguyen (@baobaobaozer) and Chris Young (@meatmesouthofmarket.gif)
Music by Adam Baker (@adamibaker)
Key art by Chris Young
Email: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 15 min
August 09, 2023 Literally, anti-Gaysian discrimination with Jack Song
Jack Song knew something was up when leaders at his former tech employer began shutting down his responsibilities. What happened next helped Jack find his voice for change against anti-Asian bias in Silicon Valley. He joins the podcast to tell us what he’s learned, how queer Asian folks can spot discrimination at work. AND, how to stand up to it (sue the f*ckers!). Also, Doncha gets real about his grief.

Read Jack's story:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/07/06/asian-americans-denied-leadership-roles-tech-industry-lawsuit/70369457007/
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7082730528847663104/

Follow us at @literallygaysians on Instagram and TikTok.
Hosted and produced by Bao Nguyen (@baobaobaozer) and Chris Young (@meatmesouthofmarket.gif)
Music by Adam Baker (@adamibaker)
Key art by Chris Young
Email: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
45 min
July 12, 2023 Literally affirmative action, butt hair and other hot takes with Chris Zou
The gaysian sage of TikTok, Chris Zou, joins the podcast to chat about his accidental road to internet and Australian fame, and the gay little Chinese boy behind the @storiesofcz. He joins a game of hot takes on affirmative action, dating White guys, butt hair and other critical global issues. And when it’s time to be real, we tackle the fake *ssholes who run online sextortion rings.

Follow us at @literallygaysians on Instagram and TikTok.
Hosted and produced by Bao Nguyen (@baobaobaozer) and Chris Young (@meatmesouthofmarket.gif)
Music by Adam Baker (@adamibaker)
Key art by Chris Young
Email: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 19 min
June 28, 2023 Could you be a daddy? Literally, the Fatherhood episode with dads Ed Center & Bobby Lee
On Father’s Day, we asked ourselves, “could we be dads?” So we invited two real-life gaysian dads to explore fatherhood. Ed Center (@villagewellparenting) and Bobby Lee (@leeland15) join us to chat about their path to fatherhood: when they knew they were ready, intergenerational family drama and trauma, lots of internal struggle, and how they made it all happen through adoption and surrogacy. We get real about a tragic loss Chris is going through, then wrap up with a hilarious game of “Dad or Daddy?” Be ready to cringe - you’re about to enter dad jokes galore!

Follow us at @literallygaysians on Instagram and TikTok.
Hosted and produced by Bao Nguyen (@baobaobaozer) and Chris Young (@meatmesouthofmarket.gif)
Edited by Bao Nguyen
Key art by Chris Young
Music by Adam Baker (@adamibaker)
Email: [email protected]
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1 hr 18 min
June 14, 2023 Literally, the Electric Gaysian Controversy! EDC Part 2 with Tay Nguyen, Martin Hui and Aydin Quach
Our previous episode stirred up some DRAMA! We dive into the Electric Gaysian Controversy at EDC with two new guests: NYC rave ambassadors Tay Nguyen (@taywen) and Martin Hui (@martinhui). And we bring back rave researcher Aydin Quach (@aydin_quach) to get his hot takes on the aftermath -- the cliques! the fanning on Kinetic Field! the NY gaysians! the rave baes! the trance-phobia! Sh*t gets real when we talk about how the controversy felt and share our peak core memories from EDC. Plus, Tay and Martin join us for a little rave game.

Show notes:
Here's the peak core memory EDC video Bao and Chris mentioned
Follow us at @literallygaysians on Instagram and TikTok.
Hosted and produced by Bao Nguyen (@baobaobaozer) and Chris Young (@meatmesouthofmarket.gif)
Music by Adam Baker (@adamibaker)
Key art by Chris Young
Email: [email protected]

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1 hr 23 min
May 31, 2023 EDC is literally the Electric Gaysian Carnival with Aydin Quach, rave researcher
SO MANY gaysians were at Electric Daisy Carnival last week - but not your hosts! So Bao and Chris interview someone who did. Our guest Aydin Quach brings a fresh perspective as an EDC first-timer. But also as someone who’s dedicated his academic research to the growing gaysian subculture at raves. We cover EDC 2023’s highlights and low lights, totem poles, and rave baes. Then dig into Aydin’s research on raves and their place in queer Asian culture. Plus, we get real about circuit party behavior infiltrating raves.

Read some of Aydin’s research here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blJrA3txpJFqAQK
Follow us at @literallygaysians on Instagram and TikTok.
Hosted and produced by Bao Nguyen (@baobaobaozer) and Chris Young (@meatmesouthofmarket.gif)
Music by Adam Baker (@adamibaker)
Key art by Chris Young
Email: [email protected]

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 2 min

About Literally, Gaysians

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Two gay asian guys (a.k.a. gaysians!) get real about their feelings and literally, gaysian stuff. Join hosts Bao and Chris as they explore situationships, mental health, sex, and everything going on…