Why You No Doctor: An Asian-American Podcast

Episode 23: Megan Le (@missmeganle) holds many titles. While growing up in Indiana, Megan began dance classes as a toddler, and eventually expanded her creative efforts towards theatre and acting in high school. Now, she lives in Los Angeles and juggles both acting and serving as a stunt-woman - oh, and she also founded her own production company, where she helps produce and direct independent projects.Most recently, Megan starred in the Netflix series, Medical Police as Agent Tran.On this ep...

Episode 22: Aneesh Chaganty (@aneeshchaganty) is the director and co-writer of the critically-acclaimed film, Searching (2018, starring John Cho; winner of the Sloan Feature Film Prize at Sundance), as well as the upcoming thriller, Run (2020, starring Sarah Paulson). He is also a recipient of the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 award in Hollywood & Entertainment. When he first came out of film school at USC, Aneesh took part in the typical recent-graduate festivities: writing scripts at coffee s...

Episode 21: An Phan (@anthienphan) is a Vietnamese-American actress, model, and writer who is best known for co-starring on HBO's Euphoria and winning the Miss Talent Vietnam USA crown in 2018 - but her background is anything but easy and glamorous. An is the second child of two Vietnamese refugees with grueling stories - her father, who was caught while trying to make his escape to the United States, served two years of jail time before reuniting with his wife in Arkansas. But even while fac...

Episode 20: Chris Do (@thechrisdo) is the founder and CEO of two companies: his first being Blind, an Emmy award winning brand design consultancy, and the second being The Futur (thefutur.com), an education platform that teaches creatives the principles of business. He's garnered a huge online following on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram for the content he produces.But being a first-generation immigrant refugee, Chris has had to navigate through a multitude of hoops to get to where he is tod...

Episode 19: Kevin Wu (@kevintxwu) is the founder and CEO of Pathrise (pathrise.com), an online mentorship program for job searching that focuses on optimizing and systematizing the career hunt. Kevin is also a Y Combinator alum, as well as a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient in the education category.In episode 19 of the Why You No Doctor podcast, Kevin goes into how and why his company helps young professionals rise above the grueling aspects of job hunting, what his experience at Y Combinator wa...

Episode 18: Peilin Chou (@peilinchou) is the Chief Creative Officer of Pearl Studio, and has worked behind-the-scenes production roles for various hit films, including Mulan, Kung Fu Panda 3, and Abominable. After graduating from college in the '90s, she nearly went down the law-school route before solidifying her place as one of the few Asian Americans creatives working behind the camera in the entertainment industry. On episode 18 of the Why You No Doctor podcast, Peilin and Dominic touch u...

Episode 17: Florence Shin and Athina Wang are co-founders of Covry (@shopcovry and shopcovry.com), a direct-to-consumer eye-wear brand that specializes in elevated fit; the idea that started as a conversation at a climbing gym has turned into a company with over 10,000 followers on Instagram.Covry launched on Kickstarter in 2015, where Florence and Athina surpassed their initial goal of $18,000 by over $30,000, nearly tripling their project budget. In this episode of the Why You No Doctor pod...

Episode 16: Joy Regullano (@joyregullano) is a Filipino-American screenwriter and actor who's worked for Netflix, CW, Adult Swim, and more. She's starred in Supernatural, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Secret Life of the American Teenager, and held a staff writer role on the Netflix series "The Healing Powers of Dude."Even though Joy has been writing all her life, she made her dream career a reality when she made the decision to switch majors at UC Berkeley, much to her parents' dismay. After gradu...

Jacob Fu (@jacobthefu) is the co-founder of LocalAdventurer.com, one of the top five travel blogs in the US. He and his wife, Esther JuLee (@estherjulee), run their business together.What started as a side hustle has since turned into a full-time gig and seemingly countless memories in the cities they've traveled to. But Jacob admits that when the couple is not outside exploring, they spend much of their time looking at their computer screens - editing content, trying to strike new partnershi...

Episode 14: Jerry Lee (linkedin.com/jehakjerrylee) is by day, a Senior Strategy & Operations Manager at Google who’s been promoted twice in just two years at the company. By night, he’s a vocal leader in the Asian American community, most known for his contributions to the Subtle Asian Networking group on Facebook and his own content on Linkedin. In this episode of the Why You No Doctor Podcast, Jerry and Dominic dig deep into what it takes to be a strong candidate in the race up the...