For someone who plays villains, actor Yvonne Chapman could not have been nicer! Calling in from Vancouver, Canada, Yvonne talked with me about her road to acting as well as her three seasons on CW's Kung Fu, playing villain turned friend Zhilan Zhang. In February of 2024, Yvonne was stunning as the larger-than-life supernatural Kyoshi Avatar in Netflix's live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.  This fall you can see Yvonne in CW's Superman and Lois, playing another "misunderstood" character Amanda McCoy. I had such a great time talking with Yvonne, and wish her all the best ..read more

We headed back to our favorite KPOP store, SarangHello, here in San Francisco to have some fun on a Friday night!  We had a Trivia Night with about 30 of our listeners and friends!  It was lots of laughs, a few tense moments, but in the end, I think everyone left a winner! Special thanks to Chesca, Pip, (and Kevin in absentia) for hosting us and providing our final prize of a $50 gift card to the shop!  Also shouts to the Lawton Alternative School and Galileo High School's KPOP clubs for participating!  Intern Sydney, helped a lot with the logistics! I hope you have fun lis ..read more

This episode was so much fun to record!  I was able to get a mini tour of Chinatown with two SF natives who grew up down there, Josh Chuck, co-producer and co-director of the documentary film Chinatown Rising, and my mom Brenda!  It was really fun to capture the sounds of Chinatown on this recording, I hope you enjoy!  A few FACT CHECK items:  I said Pan-Pacific Exposition, but I meant The Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939.  And I also said my mom's grandparents immigrated here in the 1870's, but I meant to say my mom's GREAT-grandparents. After a little wal ..read more

**No Spoilers For the First Half**  Jess Hong plays Jin Cheng in Netflix’s sci-fi thriller 3 Body Problem, adapted from Chinese novelist Cixin Liu’s books, and produced by Benioff, Weiss (Game of Thrones) and Woo (True Blood).  Jin is a genius scientist trying to save mankind from a consequence that started over five decades earlier.  Jess called in from New Zealand, and she couldn’t have been nicer or more generous with her time. Her performance in the show left both me and my co-host Zoe wanting more of Jin and her friends!  My co-host this week is Zoe.  Zoe hails fr ..read more

Julia Chen has my dream job! (though it does seem like a lot more work than I realized) She is a Senior staff writer at the restaurant recommendation site The Infatuation. (no, the similarity of our media names did not escape us)! Julia eats out in SF 6-10 times a week and writes reviews for The Infatuation website. The Infatuation has quickly become my favorite restaurant recommendation site! Coming back to co-host for a third time is my student Sydney!  The three of us came up with some San Francisco Asian restaurant recommendations for various prompts like, the best under $10 bite, bes ..read more

What a year 2023 was for Asian American representation in TV and film. Since the Oscars is traditionally the end of awards season, I figured it’d be fun to do a little recap of some of our favorite AAPI projects that aired in 2023!   I brought back 2 friends of the pod to help me with this. We’re happy to have Katie Nguyen back!  And joining us again is our old pal Kelvin, who is a real Asian American Hollywood mainstay with 90+ acting credits under his name.  It’s always fun to hear Kelvin’s take on things happening in Hollywood! Also, Katie and I were able to screen a film cal ..read more

We hit the beach for this "on-location" recording (ignore the wind and wave sounds).  I had a super fun time trying to catch crab with Kaitlyn and Adam.  In between checking our crab snares, we had time to chat about fishing and whatnot.  Did we go home empty-handed? Check out our Instagram for pics of the day.  Or you can watch Adam's video of our outing at his channel ( https://youtu.be/CLoDXJi3Ee0?si=tK7PecsyfEyy6wtt )  Please ignore the part where I botched my first cast! Special thanks to my guests KB and Adam!  You can check out Kaitlyn's content on Instagra ..read more

Science fiction with feelings! Mike Chen is a New York Times bestselling author.  He's written parts of both the Star Wars and Star Trek collections.  He has penned 6 original novels including, Here and Now and Then, Light Years From Home, and the recently released A Quantum Love Story.  Besides both being geeks with the same last name (in Chinese), Mike and I also have UC Davis and growing up in the Bay Area in common. If any of that also describes you, you will certainly want to read some of Mike's books! His books also explore Asian American identity issues and intergeneratio ..read more

It’s not every day that we have a reverend on the InfatuAsian Podcat! Reverend Eugene Cho has made it his mission to end suffering around the world.  He founded One Day's Wages, a grassroots organization that uses small donations from everyday people to help people all over the world.  He’s written and co-authored 3 books and speaks all over the world.  He is currently the President and CEO of Bread for the World. Eugene and I have known each other for about 40 years, and it is truly an honor to call him a friend.  I admire the person that he is and the work he does tremend ..read more

Michelle has been traveling the world for the past 10 years.  She has been to over 68 countries on all 7 continents… and she’s gotten paid for most it!  It started by teaching English in Japan, which turned into teaching English and taking care of kids on cruise ships. This past year (November to November) Michelle was working at the South Pole Station in Antarctica!  If you have a desire to see the world, and you’re not independently wealthy or a trust fund baby, this episode is for you! You can read and see more of Michelle’s travels at her blog www.wandereatwrite.com or her I ..read more