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The Year of Asian Movies Jul 24, 2019

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This past year has been amazing for Asian American representation in mainstream media. With awesome recent news (congrats to Simu Liu for getting a lead role for the first Asian Marvel super hero!) and some great high profile movies, this is only the beginning for us.

This week we chat about Crazy Rich Asians, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, and Always Be My Maybe.

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2:44 Lucy Liu who was one of the most prominent Asian Americans in mainstream media around the 90s and early 2000s. Greatly known for her role in Charlie's Angels.
2:45 Sandra Oh was another prominent Asian Canadian(!) who grew popular from various movies and shows. One of her biggest ones of the 2000s you may know is Grey's Anatomy!
10:30 Singapore's demographic breakdown: 74.3% Chinese, 13.4% Malaysian, 9.1% Indian (including Sri Lankan), 3.2% other. Malays are recognized as the indigenous people of Singapore.

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Love, Your Immigrant Parents Jul 17, 2019

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Our parents are superheroes. One morning, after long deliberation, they decided they wanted a better life for their families and packed their bags, trading in their comfortable lives for challenging ones. They conquered the difficulty of an unfamiliar language, navigated the brand new culture, and explored countless communities to fit into the new country. They left behind their parents, their loved ones, their closest friends. They are immigrants, and they are our everyday inspirations.

Today we dive deep into our parents’ immigration journeys, and discuss our experiences growing up with immigrant parents - from everything to being embarrassed about their broken English, to learning to express love through every way except saying the L word.
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12:00 Sponsorship, ok Crystal clarified with her mom: a sponsor was needed if you were going to school in the new country and needed a student visa (Crystal's parents were enrolling in Canadian university to get their Canadian master degrees). The sponsor would sign with the intent/proof that they could pay for the education. If the person coming to study in the new country already has enough money/proof that they can pay for the education, then they would not require a sponsor for their student visa.
American student visa rules , Canadian student visa rules
27:22 Pork Floss
51:18 Mission Peak is referring to a 6 mile hike in Fremont, popular for the totem pole and beautiful view at the top. Parts of it are super steep and the trail has 0 shade - which is why Tanaya and Jeesoo are so astonished.

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Let's Go Out! Jul 10, 2019

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We've made it to episode 10! A perfect excuse to go out and celebrate (':
Join us today on our very special episode, where we chat about going out, fantasize about our ideal night out, and share tips about how to avoid peer pressure, pace yourself through the night, and fit in when you’re a lightweight.
Just a warning - in all of our vacay-happiness and bliss of hitting the big 10, this episode contains a lot of ratchet stories and way more cussing than usual. (Sorry!)
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04:45 “yak and rally” is basically a college student’s favorite strategy, this is the ability to throw up when you’re too drunk but still get back to the party and drink even more 😎

06:20 “T” - we are referring to alcohol tolerance, AKA how much you can drink before dying.

10:15 Amy’s favorite chase: Guava Juice, particularly the Kern's brand.

11:05 Jeesoo’s favorite chase: Cactus Cooler, orange-flavored soda that’s mostly sold in SoCal.

11:35 Crystal’s favorite alcohol: Makgeolli, Korean rice wine that’s milky and sweet.

12:18 Gaam is a Korean lounge in K-Town LA that we like to frequent when we’re in the area.

29:20 Baseball is a drinking game that combines beer pong and flip cup with the standard baseball rules.

32:20 White Claw is an alcoholic Seltzer water

45:20 BCD Tofu House, Sun Nong Dan

45:25 Carne Asada Fries/Christian Fries from Vallartas

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Why Can't You Be More Like ________? Jul 03, 2019

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When you’re growing up, family friend parties are a major part of weekends - especially the huge holiday dinners where everyone brings a special dish, kids are forced to play piano, and parents brag about their kids’ most recent achievements. Family friends are also the people your parents always seem to compare you to, especially that damn John kid who quadruple-majored at Harvard and invented the cure to cancer. Join us today where we talk about family friend dinners, being compared to other kids, and getting drunk at holiday parties.
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10:00 - Korean Jellyfish salad - Here’s a link to Maangchi’s Jellyfish Salad recipe!

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A Day In The Life of Passion Jun 26, 2019

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Most newly working adults could probably relate - after the fluttering unfamiliarity of your first adult job dissipates, your 9-6 work schedule (how is that even legal anyways?!) with your 2-3 hour commute (which is terrible for your back) leaves you with no energy to do anything else except scroll through social media for 3 hours on your couch until you finally drag yourself to go shower. Trying to fit in all of your errands and housework on the weekends is easy enough, until you realize you need to leave time to hang out with your friends, hit the gym, maintain some hobbies. Is it just us, or does it feel impossible to do ALL of this and be as creative and adventurous as we were in college?

Long ass intro aside, we want to let you know that - SAME. We feel you. Today we discuss how we keep our brains fresh and our hearts passionate as modern day working adults.

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How Extra(verted) Are You? Jun 19, 2019

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Whether you’re the party animal, or the homebody, we’re right there with ya! An extravert, an introvert, and an ambivert battle it out on today’s episode where we explore how our personality affects our daily life.
Here's the website with the questions we used!
Note: Apparently extravert is not spelled "extrovert" according to this article.
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Damn, I Need Some Therapy Jun 12, 2019

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If taking care of your mental health wasn’t hard enough, fighting the stigma of therapy is another layer of stress that many Asian-Americans can relate to. Today we open up to each other about our personal journeys with mental health.
Content Warning: We will be discussing sensitive topics such as mental illness, therapy, and various manifestations of anxiety (OCD/ED/GAD).
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#GIRLTALK: Red Flags Jun 05, 2019

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Red flags aren’t always easy to spot, especially when you’re blinded by love. Join us four girls for our first ever #GIRLTALK where we talk about qualities we look for in men, red flags to watch out for, and what to do when a friend is in a toxic relationship.
Let us know if you like this episode so we can do more!
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A Little Privacy PLS May 29, 2019

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Find My Friends, Facebook ads, spam calls… They’re always watching you! Today we talk about how to find that perfect sweet spot between technology and privacy (if it even exists).
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16:13 “websites where you type in your name and address comes up” - Spokeo is one of the more well-known sites that store such information.

18:55 Facebook scandal is referring to what started with the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and has grown into a whole debacle over what companies can and can't do (and what they actually are doing) with our individual information. Now Facebook is tied up in various controversies and more scandals, honestly we can barely keep up now too.

32:55 "use that voice" meaning the spam callers record your voice on the phone.

37:25 If you want to see the videos of people hacking the spam callers' computers,YouTuber Kitboga has a collection of spam caller revenge videos.

38:35 "receiving a gift card from spam callers" was remembered slightly wrong here; what happened was people would use the scam caller's tactics right back at them. Kitboga once again has an example of this.

44:20 "deep fakes" are referring to convincingly doctored videos/images/audio using artificial intelligence (and often, an NVIDIA graphics card).

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Insta-ntly Addicted May 22, 2019

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Our generation basically grew up as the Internet did too. Was the Internet your first friend? Did you grow up addicted, or deprived? And now, as adults, how do you utilize your social media?

This week we explore how we grew up with (un)limited internet access. We also chat about instas, finstas, baby instas, and ads in social media.
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14:00 The "Momo challenge" is apparently a challenge that puts kids through dares that eventually lead up to a final dare of killing themselves. It is unclear if it is a real challenge that took lives or just a viral hoax. Read more. (Warning, there are some creepy pics in the article)
14:30 "White... something" Actually referring to what was called the "Blue Whale game/challenge", very similar to the "Momo challenge" but confirmed to be the cause of over 100 deaths in over 20 countries.
15:30 Meatsp*n, Blue W*ffle, 2 G*rls 1 C*p - NSFW!!! We strongly discourage you from looking this up.
44:30 - Fashion Nova - A women's fashion eCommerce website marketed as being affordable and thicc-girl-friendly. It had HUGE marketing campaigns all over YouTube, meme instas, Facebook, etc a few years ago.
50:00 - Adblockers - so useful, please do yourself a favor and download one!!!

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