Unchecked

Feeling the after-effects of this weekend and need to find time to de-stress and relax? We got you. 

Check out our latest episode to fill in your drama, docuseries, and reality show binge list. We have recs that run the range - from true crime to Hong Kong soap operas to K-dramas to American animated shows.

📺 Emily's Binge List: Dramas - Boys Before Flowers, When The Camellia Blooms, It's Okay To Not Be Okay, It's Okay That's Love, Heart of Greed, Westworld, Riverdale | Variety Shows - Running Man, The Sixth Sense, The Super Trio Series, Food Network Challenges | Docuseries - Social Dilemma, Blackfish 

(Episode correction: Running Man has 500+ episodes! Em sends her apologies in advance if any of the actor names were mispronounced.)

📺 Rosa's Binge List: Dramas - High Fidelity, Triad Princess, Big Bang Theory, My Love From The Star, Sex and the City, Because This Is My First Life | Animations - Rick and Morty, BoJack Horseman | Reality Show - RuPaul's Drag Race | Docuseries - Tiger King, Anything True Crime (Killer Affairs)

Rosa and Emily decide to go through the ultra-famous 36 questions to fall in love (created by psychologist Arthur Aron) to learn more about one another. 

Series I covers the first set of 11 questions, ranging from who we most admire to hunches about our deaths to what we're most grateful for in our lives.

Here's the quiz if you are interested in trying it out with a friend, partner, whomever! https://nyti.ms/30Nhkim

Series II and III will come in future episodes!

In today's political and social climate, it's easy to get heated up and feel frustrated - especially when you are talking to someone who's values and beliefs don't align with you. In today's episode, we'll talk about tips to engage in thoughtful dialogue - whether in person or via social media - and strategies to consider when approaching a conflicting opinion. We'll also share some stories on how we've navigated (successfully or not) these conversations.

These discussions can often be messy, confusing, and emotions-driven, and there ultimately will never be one "perfect" way to approach them. But keeping an open mind (when and where possible) is helpful in maintaining healthy public dialogue - where we seek to understand one another as human beings.

It has been six months since the COVID-19 pandemic. This week's episode touches upon how COVID-19 has upended our lives, and the adjustments we've had to make with work, home, and family during this time.

PSA - GO VOTE. Your voice is critical more than ever. You can check your registration status and/or request your absentee ballot ✉️ through Vote.org.

Light it up like dynamite! 💥

📧 Send us an email at [email protected] if you are a fellow K-pop fan and have some favorites you'd like to share!

Breakups happen. Whether it’s with a significant other, a long-time friend, or any other person in your life that you realize was not a right fit for you.

In this episode we’ll talk about our hardest breakups, when we knew it was the right time to sever those connections, and what we look for in any platonic or romantic relationship. We will also explore how relationships tie back to our own ideas of self-worth and the importance of setting healthy boundaries.

💬 Have a break up story you want to share? Drop us a comment on @uncheckedpodcast on IG or email us at [email protected].

In this episode, we are going to share our personal mental health journeys. We'll discuss how we approached mental health growing up with immigrant parents, how we’ve learned to take care of ourselves as adults, and what resources we’ve tapped into to support us emotionally. We end with some thoughts on why us, as millennials, have become the most anxious generation.

We hope this episode can give some inspiration for you all to talk openly about your own mental health journeys with friends, loved ones, or with a professional. Please note there is a trigger warning for this episode concerning anxiety, developmental disorders, and self-harm. 

📙 Books mentioned: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | Burnout by Amelia Nagoski | Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood | Untamed by Glennon Doyle | Good Habits Bad Habits by Wendy Wood | Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari | Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

💬 Find a therapist near you: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ | https://openpathcollective.org/ (Affordable Counseling) | https://www.therapyforlatinx.com (Latinx Directory) | https://www.asianmhc.org/apida (APIDA Directory) 

Is there such a thing as good or bad media? In today’s episode, we will discuss the media's influence on our daily lives, how it has affected our outlook on life and politics, and take a critical eye on how we might get stuck in media echo chambers (and ways to counteract that). We’ll end the episode with some funny and semi-embarrassing content that we also indulge in. Check your own habits and tell us what platforms you spend the most time on! 

📱Here’s the list of content we follow online:

📃 Rosa’s - Educational: For Harriet, The Grapevine, PIERRE XO, Nu Mindframe, Crashcourse, ARTE, innerFrench, LastWeekTonight, Kurzgesagt, Anastasia | Arts/Entertainment: Shady Doorags, The Take, Cholita Julia, Doc Seven, 130mood, Une bière et Jivay, Viaja y Prueba, Two Cents Rugby | Comp Sci/Philosophy: The Coding Train, Einzelgänger, Computerphile, Then & Now

📃 Emily’s - Educational: Two Cents, Jubilee, ChalkBeat, NYTimes, NPR, HowToBeBrokeinNewYork, Context.Project, Brown Girl Therapy, Kurzgesagt, DelyanneTheMoneyCoach | Social: Design Boom, Passion Passport, Chloe Ting, Emi Wong, Kobe Eats, LauraIz, ILoveDance, AsianBossGirl, Weylie Hong

⛰️🍜  From trekking up Machu Picchu to finding the perfect ramen spot in Kyoto, we’ve had our fair share of travel adventures crossed off our bucket list. Rosa and I will share with you the best, the worst, and everything in between - as well as some handy tips when navigating the unknown. We will also take a look at how traveling has broadened our perspectives and allowed us to learn new things - about other cultures and ourselves - along the way. 

✈️ Grab a seat folks on that not-so-comfortable airplane chair, buckle up, and enjoy the ride.

Today’s episode will be focused on the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as what we can do to stand in solidarity with the Black and Brown community. Although the media has shifted focus away from the movement, the fight is far from over. We acknowledge that this podcast has been long overdue, but we also know that silence is compliance and we want to engage in and continue this conversation with our listeners. We will first talk about the Black Lives Matter movement and walk through the history of systemic racism in the U.S. From there, we will provide the shared history between the Asian and Black Community and the Latinx and Black Community, along with our personal anti-racist journeys.

📖 Books Mentioned: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander | So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo | The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein | Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis

📑 Resources: https://tinyurl.com/BLMUnchecked

💭 If you have any resources or reflections you’d like to share after listening to this episode, please drop us a comment.

In solidarity,