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) Joanne Lee Molinaro on the Power of Korean Food, Culture, and Self-Love
The Korean Vegan’s Joanne Lee Molinaro joins us to talk about the cultural power and the politics of Korean joy. How can scarcity become abundance? Look to Korea! From budae jjigae to K-Beauty, Joanne...Show More
6) Why Are Korean Sports Fans Are So Intense?? With Tommy Craggs
What makes something feel Korean? Journalist Tommy Craggs joins us to unpack Big Korean Energy, from the ’88 Seoul Olympics to Son Heung-min, Cubs fandom to K-pop Demon Hunters. We dig into how sports...Show More
7) Time Travel and The Korean Literati with R.O. Kwon
Bestselling novelist R. O. Kwon joins us to explore Big Korean Energy in literature and how she writes her desire (and freedom) onto the page. She shares what it was like growing up in a mostly Korea...Show More
8) Everything Is Korean with Phil Yu
From bootleg VHS tapes to a Tony-winning Broadway musical and Netflix megahits, Koreans have gone from “who?” to “whoa!” In this episode of our Big Korean Energy season, we sit down with Phil Yu, crea...Show More
9) Coming Soon - Big Korean Energy
We’re living in Big Korean Energy. From Kdramas to ramen hacks, skincare routines to fandom rituals, Korean influence is everywhere, shaping how we connect, celebrate, and imagine the world. This seas...Show More
10) Telling Stories with Anna Holmes
We can repair by writing new stories for ourselves and the world.