WELCOME TO OUR FIRST IN-PERSON EPISODE!

What is a perfect memoir? According to us, it’s this book right here: Stay True by Hua Hsu. This is a story about friendship, growing up, and seeing the world through an Asian-American lens. Hua sheds light on a very poignant time in his life—college. Discovering himself amid the flurry of pop culture ‘zines was hard enough, but losing a friend in a fatal carjacking caused him to have to grow up quicker than most. 

This week, we read Stay True by Hua Hsu.

Ella Kopeikin, lover of Cinderella stories and a good friend of mine, came to visit me in-person to discuss this beautiful book.

In this episode we cover: 

• The power of friendship that extends beyond the bounds of time. 


• Why we should never be allowed to work at a tech company (yes, it did take us an hour to set up two mics…)


• The formula to the perfect memoir 

Open your book and press play on a podcast episode that will have you taking stock of your own friends and feeling that deep gratitude for each of them. 

Mentioned in the Pairings section of the podcast:

• TV SHOW - My So Called Life, Never Have I Ever


• MOVIE - Everything Everywhere All at Once, Reality Bites, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 


• BOOK - Persepolis (mainly book 2), Everything I Never Told You, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

Drink Pairings: good ‘ole PBR

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