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Edith Yang is a registered dietitian, a published cookbook author, and the founder of Healthy Mission Dietitian. As a food enthusiast and a nutrition expert, Edith talks about how a registered dietitian, instead of just providing nutrition advice, goes to great lengths to help clients cultivate a long-lasting healthy lifestyle. Edith and Oliver zestfully bond over braised pork rice–a type of popular household Taiwanese cuisine, and they also talk about body image, protein powder, broccoli, and what it's like for her to be a working mom of two kids. After working with patients with chronic kidney disease who have special diet needs, Edith curates 75 simple recipes in her Renal Diet Cookbook for Beginners as a patient-specific diet guide. Edith also explains the method of using LEAP therapy (stands for Lifestyle, Eating, And Performance.) to create an individualized eating plan based on the MRT (Mediator Release Testing) food sensitivity test. Her company, Healthy Mission Dietitian,  provides customized nutrition consultation, and can even accompany you to your local grocery store to help you pick up the right ingredients for your diet! Foodies, you are in for a treat!

• Healthy Mission Dietitian Website: https://healthymissiondietitian.com/
• Healthy Mission Dietitian Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthymissiondietitian/
• Renal Diet Cookbook for Beginners (Amazon Purchase Link):  https://amzn.to/3xjYGvH
• Oliver Wong's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliverwongcomedy/
• Get Intimate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getintimatepodcast/
• Get Intimate's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oliverwongcomedy

Mattio Martinez is a stand-up comedian, writer, and director. Growing up in a Catholic family as a gay kid in the 80s and 90s, Mattio shares his struggles with internalized homophobia and why he avoided participating in gay pride for a long time. Oliver and Mattio discuss the pros and cons of the commercialization of gay pride such as corporation sponsorship, celebrity involvement, and rainbow merchandise. Mattio recounts his story of coming out to his Latino parents and the shame he had felt about marrying a gay male. Both stand-up comedians, Mattio and Oliver talk about how they started in stand-up comedy and the psychological relief stand-up comedy can produce. Mattio was a close friend of Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Screech on Saved by the Bell, and Mattio brings up bits of memories he has with Dustin. 

• Mattio Martinez's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrmattio/
• Oliver Wong's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliverwongcomedy/
• Get Intimate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getintimatepodcast/
• Get Intimate's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oliverwongcomedy

Dr. Pattie Lin is a singer-songwriter and a physical therapist. Pattie and Oliver open their conversation with a little "Would You Rather" game which leads Pattie to reminisce about her childhood music inspiration, Céline Dion. Pattie then talks about how her dad is obsessed with her songs. Being an Asian-American female musician, Pattie gives her reasons why "Asian-American" and "female" such labels could pigeonhole an artist and why she often feels people don't know how to categorize her music. Pattie and Oliver also discuss K-pop and offer a different perspective on looking at this current popular music genre.  Pattie touches on her academic journey to become a physical therapist, what is a "freelancing" physical therapist, and shares stories she has with her patients. Pattie also candidly talks about the corruption she has observed in the US healthcare system. 

• Pattie Lin's "Ride" music video 
• Pattie Lin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patt5e/
• Oliver Wong's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliverwongcomedy/
• Get Intimate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getintimatepodcast/
• Get Intimate's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oliverwongcomedy

Kik (pronounced Gig) Udomprasert is a storyteller, language nerd, and meditation enthusiast with 10 years of experience as a film & TV industry professional. Born and raised in Thailand, Kik thinks back on her cultural roots, compares the Thai culture with the American culture, and educates us on the Thai name system and why all Thai people are given a nickname by parents at birth. Considering herself as a Buddhist, Kik also talks about her concern over the commercialization of Buddhism currently happening in Thailand, and explains what the five moral codes of Buddhism are. Kik and Oliver also touch on how religion is so often weaponized to be against the minority. Kik and Oliver, both speaking English as their second language, nerd out on the language intricacy of English, Thai, and Mandarin. After having worked in the film & TV industry for a decade and decided to leave it, Kik shares her opinions on career change and the difference between quitting and leaving. 

• Kik Udompraset’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kikudomprasert/
• Oliver Wong's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliverwongcomedy/
• Get Intimate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getintimatepodcast/
• Get Intimate's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oliverwongcomedy

Gary O’Brien is an HIV/AIDS advocate and group facilitator at Being Alive LA, an HIV/AIDS non-profit based in Los Angeles. Gary and Oliver are both living with HIV, and this shared experience sparks an intimate dialogue about current issues HIV-positive people often face. Gary and Oliver talk about the global inequality in healthcare accessibility, and also bring up the fact that many people are still not aware of what HIV undetectable means—which raises a lot of questions such as: How to spread knowledge about HIV undetectable? How and when to disclose your status to your sexual partner when you are already HIV undetectable? What are some common discriminations HIV-positive and undetectable people receive? Gary and Oliver also recount the story of how they were infected with HIV and how they learn to accept living with this disease, with a more optimistic outlook. 

• Being Alive LA website: https://beingalivela.org/
• CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) website info about HIV:  https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/livingwithhiv/protecting-others.html
• Oliver Wong's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliverwongcomedy/
• Get Intimate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getintimatepodcast/
• Get Intimate's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oliverwongcomedy

Lien Chen is an LA-based Taiwanese photographer with roots in marketing and branding for clients like HBO and the Grammy-nominated Trey Songz. Lien shares how she started photography, and having worked in corporate for years, Lien also talks about what her transition is like from being a business person to a creative photographer. Lien, with her childhood and adolescence spent in both the US and Taiwan, also delves into the pros and cons of having a bi-cultural background and provides insight into the differences between the American communication style and the Taiwanese style. Lien and Oliver, both sex-positive, candidly share never-told-before stories about sex and dating, and examine how people from different cultures can perceive sex differently. As a co-founder of the Taiwanese American Film Festival, Lien proudly talks about the origin of the festival and how it helps celebrate Taiwanese-American cinema. 

• Lien Chen's photography website: https://www.bylienchen.com/
• Lien Chen's photography Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bylienchen/
• Oliver Wong's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliverwongcomedy/
• Get Intimate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getintimatepodcast/
• Get Intimate's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oliverwongcomedy 

Marc Ambinder is a journalist, professor, author, and currently a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy. Marc and Oliver chat about his recent audio course "Infodemic Cleanse" (available on Knowable) which provides easy-to-follow advice on how to engage online information mindfully. Marc explains the difference between misinformation and disinformation, providing us knowledge on how to spot false information. Marc and Oliver also talk about Taiwan's response to the Covid-19 pandemic and compare it with the US from a socio-political perspective. They also chew over Grindr's decision to remove the "ethnicity filter". HIV stigma is also part of their discussion. Marc talks about why digital literacy is all the more important and should be written into the education system. 

• Infodemic Cleanse: https://knowable.fyi/courses/marc-ambinder
• Marc Ambinder's Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcambinder
• Oliver Wong's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliverwongcomedy/
• Get Intimate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getintimatepodcast/
• Get Intimate's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oliverwongcomedy

James Nevada is an actor, director, and writer. He and Oliver start their conversation talking about insecurities about their looks and body image; then James shares his creative journey from being an assistant on production sets, to have worked in the gaming industry, and to his current pursuit in acting. He also looks back on his Ukrainian-Catholic childhood growing up in a white-dominated neighborhood on the East Coast. James describes his love for pyrohy, a type of Ukrainian cuisine and Oliver shares his love for boba tea. Last year during the pandemic, James and his business partner started their company called New Angle Films, which teaches corporate improv exercises and how to utilize improv ideas and filmmaking concepts for corporate virtual meetings and teambuilding. James's book "Through The Screen: Secret Hollywood Tactics to Make an Impact in Virtual Meetings" is also written as a guide to help people better communicate and have a more efficient meeting in a virtual setting.

• New Angle Films: https://www.newanglefilms.com/
   
• Through The Screen: Secret Hollywood Tactics to Make an Impact in Virtual Meetings: https://www.amazon.com/Through-Screen-Hollywood-Tactics-Meetings-ebook/dp/B08X1SWRBX
   
• James Nevada's Personal Website: https://www.jamesnevada.com/home
   
• Get Intimate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getintimatepodcast/
   
• Oliver Wong's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliverwongcomedy/
   

Mikkel Simons is an actor, writer, comedian, and model. She shares her Catholic upbringing and how her liberal parents helped her acting journey during her formative years. Mikkel and Oliver also talk about the methods they use to learn different accents for performance. Raised by a nature-loving father, Mikkel tries to convince Oliver to be more adventurous but Oliver, a city kid, seems hesitant. Mikkel also brings up her stories about how she communicated with her conservative family members who share different political views than hers. Mikkel and Oliver discuss current social issues such as Stop Asian Hate, gun violence, and immigration. 

• Mikkel Simons's Personal Website: https://www.mikkelsimons.com/
   
• Get Intimate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getintimatepodcast/
   
• Oliver Wong's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliverwongcomedy/

Sarah Fatemi is an Iranian-American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She is the creator of the web series “Saffron ‘n Rose”. She shares her parents’ long-distance love story and talks about her upbringing in a secular Muslim immigrant household in Ohio. She delves into the origin of “Saffron ‘n Rose” and discusses how she wants to combat the way the mainstream media misrepresents Middle Eastern people. As a person often traveling between the United States and Iran, she also shares her observation about the Iranian culture, how Iranian people use social media for self-expression, her memory when the 9/11 attacks happened, and where to get authentic Iranian food in Los Angeles.

• Sarah Fatemi's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahfatemicomedy/
   
• Get Intimate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getintimatepodcast/
   
• Oliver Wong's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliverwongcomedy/