Not Your Average Mai Podcast

In this episode, we finally sit down to talk about ... finances in relationships! What does it mean to equitably share income and expenses in a relationship? Tune in as we discuss everything relationship and money - sharing finances when dating vs. being married, getting or not getting prenups, women's earning power when starting a family, and much more.

To close out our wedding recap series, we answer all of your questions about wedding drama, regrets and lessons learned, including the most asked question: how much did everything cost?! You've been a part of Monica & Mai Nhia's wedding planning journey from the beginning so you definitely don't want to miss this reflection piece.

Tune into part 1 of our latest episode on all things wedding related! Join us as we reflect on all the moments filled with laughter and tears during the Hmong and western wedding ceremonies for Monica and Mai Nhia.

Let the waterworks begin.

It’s wedding season and we’re in full swing of wedding festivities and planning! Listen in to our final episode of this season as Monica and Mai Nhia share their wedding highlights and lowlights. With less than 100 days before each of their individual weddings, they both get honest about the emotional and financial challenges they’ve faced throughout their wedding planning, all the tiny details that go into planning a wedding, bridezilla moments, and what they’re looking forward to. You don’t want to miss this!

Stay tuned for a post-wedding recap which will air next season after each of their weddings.

We’re living in unprecedented times where some say it’s a worker’s market. As the pandemic and the great resignation continue, many people are looking towards careers that offer greater work-life balance and equitable pay, and careers that fulfill their creative outlets. We know as Hmong Americans and children of immigrants, creative careers aren’t always the first option, let alone welcomed. But we know they exist among our community. Join us as we speak with Phillipe Thao about what it's like to work in a “non-traditional” career as a Hmong American in media and entertainment, and his hopes for the future of Hmong millennials and gen Zer’s.

As young Hmong women professionals, we have had our share of great managers and mentors, and not-so-great leaders that we had to work with. In this day and age, what does it mean to be an authentic leader or mentor? How do we build a successful leadership pipeline to develop community leaders or mentors? We are ecstatic to have Doua Thor and KaYing Yang as co-hosts in this episode takeover! Doua and KaYing have been building power in the Hmong and larger AAPI community for decades. They explore what it means to be authentic leaders and how to build up capacity within our communities. Together, they remind us to be vulnerable and show up as ourselves while leading authentically. Tune in for a conversation between these two powerhouses as they share their own journeys and lessons learned. You will not want to miss it!

Join us for our last episode of our 2021 with a podcast swap feature courtesy of the @ReelAsianPodcast team! We give all our #hottakes on Shang-Chi and share more about what the film meant to us. What did you think? Share with us in the comments below!

Many kudos and thanks to the Reel Asian Podcast team for the co-feature and edits to the episode!

Social media has really changed our generation’s access to Hmong clothes. Platforms like Facebook have allowed Hmong Americans to be high consumers of Hmong clothes and accessories via an online Hmong clothing market. We invited textile artist and expert, Sheng Lor, to discuss the history and trends of Hmong textiles and clothing and the social-political impacts of the Hmong textiles market. We also dive into the transnational supply-and-demand relationship between Hmong women makers and consumers, and share our own stories of our own relationships with Hmong clothes. We hope you enjoy this episode and reflect on your own journey with Hmong clothes and/or how to become a more conscious consumer!

We are over a year and a half into the pandemic, halfway through 2021, and anti-Asian hate incidents are still happening across America. We know that they are not new, and we know that anti-Asian hate has occurred long since before the pandemic started. Let’s be honest, they started when we first arrived in this country. However, this time everything is exacerbated by the pandemic and media. So how did we process it all? How are we processing it? Tune in to our season finale on our latest life updates (apologies for the delay!) and some of our reactions and thoughts to all of the anti-Asian hate incidents.

We are really excited to do a first podcast episode swap with Reel Asian Podcast, a show that focuses on Asian and Asian-American films and examines themes and cultural impacts of these movies.

This episode features the movie "Donut King." So grab your donuts, grab your coffee because Ray and Renee sprinkle in their takes throughout this delectable documentary. Let that sweet aroma of freshly baked donuts lure you into this episode as we talk about Ted Ngoy, known as The Donut King, and his rags-to-riches story, his downfall and rise again, and where the donut industry stands today.

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