The 4 Best Sweet and Sour Podcast Episodes
1) 10: Power and Poké: Authenticity and Gentrification of Asian Food (ft. Sonia Chopra)
Sonia Chopra, the managing editor of Eater.com, joins us this week to discuss Asian food trends and how certain foods reach the mainstream, who gets to be an authority on ethnic cuisine, and the impor...Show More
2) 1: The Contradictions of Being Asian American (ft. Jiming Zhu and Li Huo)
For our first episode, katie and Nicole discuss their Chinese to American ratio with their parents, Jiming and Li, who also shared their perspective on raising kids in America. katie and Nicole discus...Show More
3) 2: Swintoning
This week, katie and Nicole dive into diversity in Hollywood, centered on a discussion of Margaret Cho and Tilda Swinton’s quest for racial absolution. On the new Can We Not segment: Rappers who only ...Show More
4) 27: Little Discomforts (ft. Diana Zheng)
Author and founder Diana Zheng shares her journey of leaning into discomfort. Diana discusses her cookbook, Jia! The Food of Swatow and the Teochew Diaspora, digging into the Teochew culture, language...Show More
5) 28: Taste of Home (ft. Mitra Raman)
Founder and CEO Mitra Raman takes us behind-the-scenes of The Buttermilk Company, a delivery startup that makes authentic Indian dishes that can be cooked by just adding hot water. She discusses her e...Show More
6) 26: Empathy Driven Design (ft. Hannah Chung)
Cofounder and chief creative officer Hannah Chung tells us about Sproutel, a patient-centered research and development workshop. She discusses her upbringing in the US and Korea, how she combined her ...Show More
7) 25: Goddess Days (ft. Katerina Jeng & Krystie Mak)
Katerina Jeng and Krystie Mak share the origin story of Slant’d — an independent media company that celebrates Asian American identity through personal storytelling. They share their upbringings, conc...Show More
8) 24: Kawaii Wonderland (ft. Leanna Lin)
Leanna Lin, a curator, buyer, designer, and businesswoman, tells us how she started Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, a family-run gift shop and art gallery based in Los Angeles. She discusses the kawaii aesth...Show More
9) 23: Trial and Error (ft. Katherine Jin)
COO and cofounder Katherine Jin tells us about the evolution of Kinnos, a biotech company that’s raising the standard of infectious disease decontamination. Katherine also discusses her experience in ...Show More
10) 22: You Do You (ft. Alisha Ramos)
Founder and CEO Alisha Ramos discusses her journey building and and growing Girls’ Night In, a lifestyle brand and community for women who’d rather stay in tonight. Alisha shares how her perspective o...Show More