Category: chinese-american
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S4 E09: Chef Jenny Dorsey on food politics, and the uneasy conversations that the food industry isn’t ready to have.
Chef Jenny Dorsey left the corporate world to become a professional chef, food writer, activist, researcher and photographer. The author the best-selling Avatar: The Last Airbender Official Cookbook joins host LAZOU to talk about exploitation in the food industry, and how grassroots efforts can open up conversations the industry just isn’t ready to have.
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S4 E03: Ryan Alexander Holmes reminds us the importance of art to connect us with our humanity, and that Asians don’t all look alike.
“It’s not that I don’t look Asian, you just haven’t seen an Asian like me before” – Ryan Alexander Holmes shares his journey embracing both his Black and Chinese roots, and his passion for creating art that speaks to people.
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S3 E02: Cherie Hu on music, culture and technology, and why you can’t copy/paste deployment strategies across cultural contexts. We also talk about AI, ChatGPT and deepfakes in music & media.
Interview with Cherie Hu, founder of music-tech research organization Water & Music. Her writing has been featured in Billboard, Forbes, Pitchfork, Variety & more. She has taught as a guest lecturer at Harvard, NYU, and others.
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S3 E01: DJ Mimi Chen on knowing her worth, standing up for herself, and having a blast doing it.
This week, I had the privilege of talking to Mimi Chen. I was so excited when I first saw Mimi’s Instagram because how cool is it that an Asian American woman has been killing it in the radio industry for decades? Mimi Chen is a Chinese American career DJ, who has been a trailblazer in…
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S2 E14: Nicolas Kee Mew on recognizing signs of dementia, the importance of planning, tips on choosing a care options, and how to support without infantilizing newly diagnosed loved ones.
Our guest today is passionate about providing care for dementia patients, as well as raising awareness of dementia & Alzheimer’s. We talk about the early signs, how to communicate and support loved ones with dementia, and how to decide whether professional care should be considered. Nicolas’ story is also an inspiring one, as he is…
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S2 E8: Judy Leia on using music to process the trauma of surviving war, becoming disillusioned after signing with a label, then falling in love with music again on her own terms.
Summary GUEST BIO Judy Leia is a Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter creating cinematic darkpop that blends her ethereal, sultry vocals with a hybrid production of orchestral and electronic elements. Her unique sound can be described as: “Lana Del Rey meets Hans Zimmer in a dystopian film. She began learning piano at age 5 and…
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S2 E6: Summer Swee-Singh on becoming a successful pianist with zero connections, being female and Asian in the industry, the importance of representation, and how colorism affects mixed-race kids.
Summary GUEST BIO Summer Swee-Singh is an AAPI studio/event/touring pianist and keyboardist, string and orchestral arranger, composer, music director, string contractor, backing vocalist, and music educator. Summer graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Legal Studies and a Music Minor. After graduating, she worked full-time at Jones Day San Francisco, a law firm, as…
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S2 E3: Tiffany Chou on never underestimating people, and why she founded Depo Market to give disabled people like her brother enjoyable, meaningful, and visible jobs.
Summary GIVEAWAY To win our giveaway from Depo Market, do one of the following: Winner will be announced at the end of the season. You can enter all 3 ways, which would triple your chance of winning! GUEST In 2019 Tiffany moved home to Maui, Hawaii to become primary caregiver to her brother Christian, who…