who let the dawgs out

Discussion: moving to NYC, balancing work & life, frisbee, some St Lucia reminiscing

How we met: Penn through M&T program

Current whereabouts: NYC

References made in the episode: Venus ultimate frisbee at Penn, M&T (dual degree engineering & business program), St Lucia (country in the Caribbean where we vacationed together in Jan 2022 but only overlapped a day bc I flew back early for foot things), America is not the Heart (book), All In Podcast, Fleabag (tv show)

Cover pic: M&T formal

How we met: PennQuest (PQ)

Current whereabouts: NYC

Cover pic: PQ

References made in the episode: God’s Love we Deliver (volunteer group), Story of Your Life (book), Arrival (movie), The Devil Wears Prada (movie), modal fabric underwear, Severance (tv show), How to Blow Up a Pipeline (movie), Cocaine Bear (movie), Triangle of Sadness (movie), Little Fires Everywhere (book), The Great Believers (book), The Goldfinch (book & movie), The Dutch House (book), The Farewell (movie), 青春有你 (tv show)

Discussion: structure in life, 2 months free time between jobs, Chinese culture, being stubborn, Penn, fitness, lotta great content recommendations

How we met: PennQuest

Current whereabouts: NYC

Discussion: new chapter in life post Penn, live planning Sao Paulo trip, investment banks, chatGPT, journey from Nebraska to Penn to NYC, working with ex-felonies back in high school spraying weeds, rent stabilized rent, lifting & casually walking 20 miles before work, unwavering commitment, honeymoon

References made in the episode: Guggenheim (where he worked for 2 years), Apollo PE (where he´s about to work), Cabela´s (company in Sidney Nebraska where he grew up), JetBlue (airline company), Max (his husband), Rocky Mountain Power (company he sprayed weeds for), Fresh Basil (nyc restaurant with good pasta & meatballs), Michael Connolly books

Cover pic: PennQuest ABC (anything but clothes) party

How we met: through mutual friend Mariana

Discussion: catching up on life a little, living his long-term dream of living in NYC, consulting, potential abroad lifestyle, journey from Washington the state to Penn to NYC, cooking, hot girl summer, first dates, brewing kombucha, bagels, poetry

References: Spokane Washington (where he grew up), Lucky Cheng midtown nyc (drag show), Mint (budgeting app), Tompkins Square Bagels (shop), Why You´re Ready This is How You Heal (book)

Cover pic: food festival in Queens

How we met: during my first rotation at Halma on the innovation & digital (I&D) team 

Discussion: his story from Canada to Rhode Island, successful teams, what he wants out of his next role, education, spending dividends instead of capital, international living experience, investing in our own financial literacy & kitchen literacy too

References made in the episode: Marco & Inken (from I&D team), Luminys (where he used to work), Rich Dad Poor Dad (book), Simon Sinek (author), Malcolm Gladwell (author), Shawshank Redemption (movie), The Outfit (movie)

Cover pic: May 2023 in Sedona, Arizona on work trip

Intro: living in NYC, year abroad in Korea, traveling when you don’t know the language, Mich references me as bananas sometimes in the convo, don’t get confused.

How we met: childhood friends through church, though church isn’t really part of our lives today

Current whereabouts: NYC

References made in the episode: USCIS, Chloe Ting workouts, Instagram @sweatysorrentino (workout account), Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (book), The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (book), The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (book)

Cover pic: 2022 summer in Troy CROCS

How we met: childhood friends through Friday night Taiwanese school

Current whereabouts: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Cover art: Applebee’s lmao

References made in the episode: Nerd gummy clusters, Beef (tv show), 

Discussion: planning UMich econ graduation through her job that she enjoys but doesn’t find completely fulfilling, cities, her brother Alex, goals in life, munchies

How we met: one of my first HFL rotation boss 🙂

Current whereabouts: Singapore

Cover pic: team gathering, we both happened to have fun hats

References made in the episode: Blink 182 (band), Perugia Italy (where he was born), Umbria (region that Perugia is in), M&A (mergers & acquisitions), Jioufen Taiwan (where he visited for 3 days in 2019), chatGPT, universal basic income (UBI), panta rhei (everything flows, his life motto), Tear Along the Dotted Line (tv show)

Discussion: his life journey from Italy to Singapore, life philosophy, friendships evolving, fun acronyms like UBI M&A chatGPT, and Italian things

How we met: childhood family friends

Current whereabouts: Phoenix

Cover art: French Polynesia waterfall, guess who the real ballerina is

References made in the episode: Angela (her oldest sis) & Drew (Angela’s boyfriend), Sweet Tooth, 168 (Asian mart near our childhood home in Michigan), color guard (flag dancing squad in marching band), MSU (her university), French Polynesia (group of islands that we lived on), Tropical Smoothie Cafe (where she worked), tumbleflipsplit (her co-Instagram account that blew up), Cerave (daily moisturizer), Supergoop (sunscreen), 

Discussion: siblings, starting first adult job soon, hobbies, screen time, Arizona, timeline of raising a family

How we met: 2016 summer in Taiwan through AID teaching English in Taiwan

Current whereabouts: LA at time of recording but has since moved back to home in NJ (life surprises!)

Cover art: 2016 summer

References made in the episode: her TikTok @angexlaa, YouTube @urmomashley, Marvel series

Discussion: NJ where she grew up, cheerleading, living in LA, studying abroad in Italy her first semester of university at Northeastern, reminiscing about our time in Taiwan together with the crew A3-8 (which was our group number but translates to foolish which is quite fitting for our group). Also talk about long distance friendships, valuing alone time