Mx. Asian American

Mx. Asian American

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Mx. Asian American episodes

  • 28 - Sliced Fruit with Leo Xia
    Leo Xia is a Chinese American singer-songwriter, poet, and activist. His music has been featured on Wu Assassins (Netflix), Warrior (Cinemax), and national commercials on Panda Express. His first full-length album 384 is available on all streaming platforms. In this episode, we discuss his experiences as a child and what influenced him to pursue music. Specifically, we talk about his newest song “Sliced Fruit,” and his creative process.
    Connect with Leo: @leoxia or @leoxiamusic on all platforms OR @NITEMRKT
    Sliced Fruit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5wrJ9gZICw
    Connect with us:
    IG: @mxasianamerican
    Support: patreon.com/mxasianamerican
    41 min
  • 27 - Seeking Therapy with Sam Chiu
    Sam Chiu (she/they) is a Chinese-American master’s student studying clinical psychology. In this episode, we discuss mental illness, therapy, and seeking therapy, especially among Asian Americans, queer folkx, and queer Asian Americans.
    Connect with us:
    IG: @mxasianamerican
    Support: patreon.com/mxasianamerican
    40 min
  • 26 - Korean Skincare with Jojo

    Jojo is a Korean American, recent graduate from Wellesley College currently living in Southern California. In this episode, we discuss Asian vs American skincare, skincare routines, and whitening. Jojo is also the host of More Than 5, a podcast about friendship. JoJo’s Podcast: @morethan5podcast Resources mentioned: Beauty and Fashion in the Time of Asia https://nyupress.org/9781479892846/fashion-and-beauty-in-the-time-of-asia/ Beauty in the Age of Empire http://cup.columbia.edu/book/beauty-in-the-age-of-empire/9780231191166 Connect with us: IG: @mxasianamerican Email: [email protected] Support: patreon.com/mxasianamerican

    44 min
  • 25 - Boiling Pot with Yi Jun Loh
    Yi Jun Loh is a Malaysian food writer and podcaster. He runs his food blog, Jun & Tonic and his podcast, Take a Bao. In this egg-citing episode, we discuss the boiling pot in Asia vs in America, diving into spicy topics like authenticity and appropriation.
    Connect with Jun:
    junandtonic.com
    Take a Bao podcast
    Connect with us:
    IG: @mxasianamerican
    Support: patreon.com/mxasianamerican
    46 min
  • 24 - East vs West with Crystal and Jeesoo
    Crystal and Jeesoo are two friends from the Bay Area. Crystal is Chinese Canadian, and Jeesoo is Korean American. They are the hosts of Eat Your Crust podcast. In their podcast, they bring on different guests to have unfiltered and genuine discussions around friendship, society, culture, and more. In this episode, we compare and contrast our experiences as West Coast Asian Americans vs East Coast Asian Americans.
    Connect with them:
    IG: @eatyourcrustpod
    Website: eatyourcrust.com
    Connect with us:
    IG: @mxasianamerican
    Support: patreon.com/mxasianamerican
    1 hr 14 min
  • 23 - Jewish, Adopted, and Asian? with Ilana Lieberman
    Ilana Lieberman is a Chinese-American adoptee, actor, mover, and creator. In this episode, we discuss her journey towards identity formation as an adoptee. We dive into dissociation, trauma, shame, and the as well as her position in the recent Black Lives Matter resurgence and coronavirus xenophobia.
    We referenced in this episode a book on therapy with adoptees: Racial Melancholia by David L. Eng and Shinhee Han
    Connect with Ilana: @thevlogbyilana and @theblogbyilana
    Connect with us:
    IG: @mxasianamerican
    Support: patreon.com/mxasianamerican
    57 min
  • 22 - Honor with Jason Chu
    Jason Chu is a Chinese American rapper, poet, and activist. His music has been featured in Warrior (HBO/Cinemax) and Wu-Assassins (Netflix). He has opened for Snoop Dogg and Bernie Sanders, performed at the Obama White House and the Getty Center. He has lectured and spoken at UPENN, ArtCenter College of Design, the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, Stanford, NYU, Yale, Dartmouth, and beyond. In this episode, we discuss his journey to becoming a rapper and musician, including the struggles with mental illness, quarantine during this time, and activism in art.
    Connect with Jason: @JasonChu on all streaming platforms and social media platforms
    Connect with us:
    IG: @mxasianamerican
    Support: patreon.com/mxasianamerican
    45 min
  • 21 - Dating Coach with Hai Ta
    Hai Ta is a Vietnamese dating coach who helps Asian professionals in Western countries find their ideal partner in 12 weeks without sacrificing time from their career(s). In this episode, we dive into the landscape of dating as an Asian and some of the differences between Asian American dating and dating in Asia.
    Connect with Hai: @HaiTa on FB or LinkedIn
    Connect with us:
    IG: @mxasianamerican
    Support: patreon.com/mxasianamerican
    43 min
  • 20 - UX Design and Music with Elise Mas
    Elise Mas is a Filipino-American singer-songwriter and UX designer based in New York City. In this episode, we discuss her journey towards finding identity from her hometown to New York. We also dive into her career in music production and transition into UX design.
    The music at the very end is Elise Mas’s “Ride it Out”
    Connect with Elise: @EliseMas under all streaming platform
    Connect with us:
    IG: @mxasianamerican
    Support: patreon.com/mxasianamerican
    46 min
  • 19 - Digital Nomad with RJ Macalanda
    RJ Macalanda is a Filipino American digital nomad, professional fisherman, and businessperson who began in a corporate insurance job and quit it to pursue a totally different lifestyle of traveling and working out of a laptop as an entrepreneur. In this episode, we dive deep into his changing career decisions and lifestyles.
    Connect with RJ: @rj.mac
    Connect with us:
    IG: @mxasianamerican
    Support: patreon.com/mxasianamerican
    48 min

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