The 4 Best The Mash-Up Americans Podcast Episodes
1) Frank Shyong Cares a Lot
The Mash-Up Americans are back with another Mash-Up to Know—journalist Frank Shyong of the LA Times. He covers the San Gabriel Valley and the self-described Asian Beat, knows his way around the delis ...Show More
2) Reprise: What Is Your Bubbemeise?
We're re-sharing our episode with the fantastic author, chef, historian, and mensch Michael Twitty about bubbemeises. Call them old wives tales, call them folk wisdom, call them what you will, we're n...Show More
3) Aline Brosh McKenna on Leading Ladies
The Crazy Ex-Girlfriend showrunner talks hanging what the leading lady looks like, and how to recenter the stories on ourselves, and why that’s still important in 2019.
4) Raising Generation Mash-Up
Welcome to the third and final installation of our Mash-Up journey: raising our kids. In some ways, we've been working on this episode for the entire lifespan of The Mash-Up Americans. Where do we com...Show More
5) Day 30: Begin At The Beginning
And end when it’s time. Wisdom from Lewis Carroll, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, published by MacMillan in 1865. Thank you for joining us on this 30-day celebration of Lunar New Year. We ho...Show More
6) Day 29: Our Stupid Hearts
Our hearts are broken and we’re so grateful for it. Meditations in an Emergency, by Cameron Awkward-Rich, from Dispatch, published by Persea Books in 2019. This Lunar New Year we’re trying something ...Show More
7) Day 28: Kind Hands
What is there but kindness? I Am Not Alone Here, by Jacqueline Suskin from The Verse for Now, published by Flower Press in 2025 This Lunar New Year we’re trying something different - 30 days of short...Show More
8) Day 27: Life Goes On
Despite reality, reality also demands joy. Life goes on. Thank you to Wislawa Szymborka for Reality Demands, translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh, published in View With A Grain of San...Show More
9) Day 26: Maya Angelou and Dolly Parton Are Rooting For You
Be you, and do it on purpose! Thanks to Maya Angelou and Dolly Parton. This Lunar New Year we’re trying something different - 30 days of short daily episodes with art, poetry, and words of wisdom an...Show More
10) Day 25: Courage Is A Muscle
Summoning our strength of heart with Rabbi Susan Goldberg of our beloved Nefesh in Los Angeles. This Lunar New Year we’re trying something different - 30 days of short daily episodes with art, poetr...Show More