The Uncooked Rice Show

In the final episode of Season 2, Jesse talks to Calvin Chan of The Novice Experience to talk about his experiences as an engineering student and what advice he had for co-op students going into their work terms.

This is the second-part episode from our pod-swap with The Empathy Show! Be sure to listen to the first part on The Empathy Show, available on all your favourite podcasting platforms.

In this amazing collaboration with G&G Podcast, listen as Jesse (he/him) and Gaven (he/him) explore numerous queer-related topics; touching on our experiences growing up and coming to terms with our sexualities, societal pressures and toxic masculinity, straight-passing privilege, what it means to be an activist, and the concept of Respectables vs. Provocateurs when it comes to LGBTQIA+ activism work. This episode was one of the longer ones we've done on the show, but it was one of the most inspiring, enlightening, and enjoyable conversations to date. The episode is also uploaded on the G&G Podcast under Ep. 22: "Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side?".

If you thought commitment was scary, long distance certainly takes that fear to a whole new level. In this new episode (after ANOTHER long hiatus... if you're noticing a pattern, don't come for us, we're students ok), Jesse and Carina talk about their own experiences with long distance relationships and the lessons they've learned.

What does activism mean for a second generation immigrant, especially a Gen Z immigrant?

Is online school draining you out? Are you finding it difficult to be motivated to do schoolwork? Yeah, same here. In this episode, Jesse and Yuchi Lin both talk about how to deal with lack of motivation, especially with school being online for the next while and a half. Will this episode help you? Hopefully. If not, maybe it's time to drop out of school... jk don't do that.

Tinder, Grindr, Hinge: limited pictures, limited characters for your bio. Basically, it's all just about marketing.

Welcome to Season 2. Nothing's changed except our content is becoming more random and raw. In the very first episode, Jesse's horny... for friends. Oh, and Connie's back to listen to Jesse rant about it. She also talks about her plans to start a marketing scheme where she sends her friends to find new friends on dating apps, without warning them that they could be sent dick pics. What fun!

Maggie is the author of "Trekking the Pacific: The Cornerstone of Two Cultures", a collection of her personal stories, pictures, and journals depicting the influence that her two cultures have had on her childhood. In this second episode of season 2, Jesse sits down to talk with Maggie to talk about her journey exploring her familial roots in China and how she has managed to balance that aspect of her life with her Canadian childhood.