Bästa Rocking Asia podcaster (2024)

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75 | Talk about US China Relations 46:42

3+ y ago46:42

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For the last episode of Season 5 of Rock the Boat, Lucia invites Lynne back on the pod to give an update. Lynne also invites her classmate Hua Qu to come speak about a political topic that has recently been at the forefront due to the pandemic, elections, and trade wars: US, China relations. Tune in for the last episode of the year! ——————————————-…

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74 | Writer of the Affordable Care Act and Founder of Valera Health: Dr. Thomas Tsang 33:17

3+ y ago33:17

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This week, Lucia speaks with Dr. Thomas Tsang, who is the CEO and co-founder of Valera Health, a physician, and a former congressional staffer in the Obama Administration who helped write and execute the Affordable Care Act. Thomas shares how he pursued a career in healthcare despite growing up not being able to afford healthcare. He also shares ho…

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73 | Founder of The Slants: Simon Tam 34:58

3+ y ago34:58

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Simon Tam is the founder and bassist of The Slants, the world’s first and only all Asian American rock band. He’s also an author, activist, and self-proclaimed troublemaker, setting a world record by appearing on the TEDx stage 13 times. Asians are one of the most bullied demographics in America. When Simon Tam was growing up in San Diego, he faced…

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72 | Former Health Commissioner of Baltimore: Dr. Leana Wen 44:08

3+ y ago44:08

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The presidential election is over, well… sort of, but COVID is not. In this episode Lucia speaks with the former health commissioner of Baltimore, Dr. Leana Wen about how to ensure that mask wearing is a public health issue and not a political issue. Dr. Wen also speaks about her journey from being a practicing physician to being a public health ad…

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71 | Virginia Dem Congressional Candidate: Qasim Rashid (with Model Majority Pod) 36:42

3+ y ago36:42

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Qasim Rashid is a Pakistani-born author, activist, attorney, and is currently running for Congress in VA. When hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Qasim was a senior in college confronted with a critical decision to make. Would you risk failing all your classes to help your neighbor? His choice was a paradigm shifting moment in his life. Now, Qasim’s ca…

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70 | New York Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou (with Model Majority Pod) 33:55

3+ y ago33:55

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When we talk about representation, we usually think about representation in the media and in the corporate office. However, there is a place where we rarely see Asian Americans, and that is in the government. When was the last time you saw an Asian governor, or an Asian mayor? Today’s guest Yuh-Line Niou talks about the importance of having represe…

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69 | Season 5: Senator Tammy Duckworth (with Model Majority Pod) 29:35

3+ y ago29:35

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Welcome to Season 5 of Rock the Boat! In Season 5 we highlight Asian Americans who are challenging the status quo in the world of Government, Politics, Civic Engagement, and Advocacy. We are proud to be partnering with the Model Majority podcast to bring you a short season of incredible guests. Today’s guest is Senator Tammy Duckworth. She is the f…

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68 | Modern Minorities: Sharon Lee Thony and Raman Sehgal 40:10

3+ y ago40:10

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Meet Sharon Lee Thony and Raman Sehgal, the hosts of Modern Minorities Podcast. Their podcast focuses on conversations with fellow modern minorities to uncover how our different cultural backgrounds shape how we uniquely experienced the world. Sharon and Roman have unique perspectives of what it means to be a modern minority because they're not onl…

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67 | [Pod Swap] Shoes Off: COVID-19 and Australia's History of Racism 37:49

3+ y ago37:49

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During our break between Season 4 and Season 5. We’re bringing you bonus episodes from other Asian podcasters. This week, we’re bringing you an episode from an Asian Australian podcast called Shoes Off. Shoes Off explores Asian Australian culture and is beautifully written and produced by Jay Ooi. In this episode, Jay explores the roots of Anti-Asi…

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66 | [Pod Swap] Self Evident: Hate Goes Viral 32:45

3+ y ago32:45

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During our break between Season 4 and Season 5. We’re bringing you 3 bonus episodes from other Asian podcasters. The first episode is from our friends over at Self Evident. Self Evident is a community-driven podcast where Asian American stories challenge the social and political narratives that shape our lives. This episode comes from Season 2 of S…

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65 | Dagne Dover: Melissa Mash 52:11

4y ago52:11

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We’re at the end of Season 4 and what better way to end than with a fellow Penn alum? This week, Lucia sits down with Melissa Mash, founder of digitally native bag brand, Dagne Dover. Melissa shares her journey from working at Coach to spending her life savings to pursue and MBA at Wharton so she could start her company Dagne Dover. Melissa doesn’t…

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64 | Jazz Prodigy: Grace Kelly 45:15

4y ago45:15

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Grace Kelly is an award-winning singer, saxophonist, songwriter, and performer. Lucia heard her live at a jazz concert where she was a surprise guest and asked Grace to share her music journey on Rock The Boat. In this episode, Lucia sits down with Grace to have a candid conversation about living the life of a jazz musician and balancing her creati…

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63 | Managing Director at Goldman Sachs: Phillip Han 54:11

4y ago54:11

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In partnership with the Asian American Business Development Center, we are bringing you more stories from Asian American executives. Lucia sat down with Phillip Han, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, to talk about his career path and his passion for uplifting the Asian American community in corporate America. Phillip opens up about his career f…

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62 | M.M. LaFleur : Sarah Miyazawa LaFleur 1:01:37

4y ago1:01:37

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Finding the intersection of what you love and what you’re good at is a tough thing to do. However, Sarah Miyazawa LaFleur, the Founder of the direct to consumer fashion brand M.M. LaFleur discovered it in an unexpected place as an entrepreneur after a zigzag career path in consulting, finance, and international development. Sarah credits her mother…

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61 | Guitar Hero: Kai Huang 38:11

4y ago38:11

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Bootstrapping, facing bankruptcy, and South Park-- this is the startup story of Guitar Hero. In this episode, Lucia sits down with Kai Huang, the cofounder of Red Octane, the company behind Guitar Hero to learn about the ups and downs of starting a company during a recession. Kai speaks about how he and his brother built a video game rental busines…

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60 | Hustle Fund VC: Elizabeth Yin 35:09

4y ago35:09

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Many people think that Entrepreneurship is the epitome of the American Dream. It’s a meritocracy where anyone can build something and find success. However, Elizabeth Yin, the founder of Hustle Fund recognized otherwise. In this episode Lucia has a candid conversation with Elisabeth about why traditional VC models are not working, how minority foun…

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59 | How Do We Ally? Talk with Ed Pokropski and Galen Reeves-Darby 48:11

4y ago48:11

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First and foremost, Rock The Boat supports Black Lives Matter. Last week was a very difficult week. Protests erupted across the country to combat systemic racism and police brutality. Lucia felt compelled to open up a dialogue after a comment her mother made about Blacks targeting Asians during these protests. In this episode, Ed Prokropski, a Kore…

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58 | Actor, Producer, Filmmaker, Connector: Brian Yang 41:44

4y ago41:44

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The Asian American experience is a complicated one. We all have our different realities when it comes to our relationship with our culture and identity. This is compounded by the fact that America is becoming more diverse, but also more divisive. To help combat xenophobia against Asians and reach across the aisle, a group of Asian American leaders …

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57 | Dating Coach: Ruby Le 34:21

4y ago34:21

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Dating is hard, especially now when meeting-in person is almost impossible. Dating within the Asian American community is even harder since there are unfair dating dynamics at play for Asian men and Asian women. One out of three Asian Americans marry outside of their race where Asian women are two times more likely than Asian men to marry outside t…

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56 | Salt Partners Group: Hanson Li 40:50

4y ago40:50

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Do you still remember the feeling of eating out at your favorite restaurant? It’s tough now when most restaurants are closed or only offering delivery. This week, Lucia sits down with Hanson Li, founder of Salt Partners Group, a restaurant investment and development company that co-owns Michelin Starred restaurant Atelier Crenn and investor in Sais…

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55 | CRA Screenwriter: Adele Lim 49:00

4y ago49:00

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Lucia sits down with screenwriter of Crazy Rich Asians, Adele Lim, for a hilarious conversation uncovering Adele’s experience working on Crazy Rich Asians, the difference between working in television and feature film, her parents' reaction to her pursuing a career in writing, and then her parents' reaction after watching Crazy Rich Asians. During …

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54 | Talk About Asian Identity During COVID-19: Fung Bros 44:17

4y ago44:17

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Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM)! This week Lucia invites The Fung Bros, Andrew and David Fung to unpack what it means to be Asian during COVID-19. Tune in and join us in answering some of these important questions: Do you feel like you you have a pick of side of being Asian or being American? Do you feel like American-ness is gr…

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53 | Twitch: Kevin Lin 45:53

4y ago45:53

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Cofounder of Twitch and Gold House Collective almost became a fish farmer?! This week, Lucia sits down with Kevin Lin, the Cofounder and COO of Twitch, the premier live streaming service for gamers. Kevin opens up about being bullied as a child and how gaming became his escape as well as a way to build community. He also speaks about what he’s doin…

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52 | Loveboat, Taipei: Abigail Hing Wen 49:08

4y ago49:08

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What does a young adult novel have to do with conspiracy theories, activism, and a career in politics? This week, Lucia sits down with Loveboat, Taipei author Abigail Hing Wen, a Harvard graduate and practicing lawyer in venture capital about her journey of self-discovery. Abigail opens up about her career decisions, the inspiration behind her youn…

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50 | Boba Guys (Part 1): Bin Chen and Andrew Chau 26:15

4y ago26:15

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What was your first experience with bubble tea or “boba”? Bin Chen and Andrew Chau, the founders of Boba Guys share their first experience with the drink and their journey to creating Boba Guys. In Part 1 of this two part conversation, they explain the meaning of the word “boba” and the ethos behind the brand they’ve built. In Part 2, Bin and Andre…

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51 | Boba Guys (Part 2): Bin Chen and Andrew Chau 41:09

4y ago41:09

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In Part 2 of Lucia’s conversation with Bin and Andrew--the founders of Boba Guys-- they share the experience of shutting down their now 17 stores across SF, NY, and LA in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Andrew talks about his decision to go public with the announcement and what it was like to testify in front of Congress on behalf of small busine…

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49 | Former CEO of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi at Asian American Business Roundtable 42:19

4y ago42:19

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What does it take to be the CEO of one of the biggest consumer packaged goods companies and be a woman minority on top of that? In this episode Indra Nooyi, the former CEO of Pepsico shares a bit about her journey transforming Pepsico’s product portfolio. Indra also dives into how her cultural heritage helped shape her work ethic and her ethos behi…

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48 | Crunchyroll: Kun Gao 39:57

4y ago39:57

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To all the Anime fans out there, Lucia was able to sit down with Kun Gao, the founder of Crunchyroll, one of the first online Anime streaming services, to discuss his startup story. Kun shares how he and his team felt like Avengers sitting at a Denny’s late night after hours of assembling their own servers. He also opens up about his journey to Jap…

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47 | Shanghai Restoration Project: Dave Liang & Sun Yunfan 37:00

4y ago37:00

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Dave Liang and Sun Yunfan of Shanghai Restoration Project talk about how they revitalized the band after some hiatus. Lucia dives deep into their backgrounds before pursuing music and art, and how their new sounds transcend cultural boundaries, times, gender, and race. ——————————————- Listen to SRP on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/L57LRF Follow SRP on I…

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46 | Editor of TheNewYorker.com: Michael Luo 33:53

4y ago33:53

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Editor of thenewyorker.com, Michael Luo, opens up about the story behind his open letter to the woman who harassed him in the middle of the street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and told him to “Go back to China!”. Michael also shares his career journey on becoming one of the most influential Asian American journalists and what others can do t…

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45 | Introducing Season 4: Making Waves 6:01

4y ago6:01

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In Season 4, we explore the stories of change makers who are often times behind the scenes. They are the ones making waves, pushing boundaries, and creating change, but their names aren't always associated with the companies they've built, or the movements they've started, or the influence they have within an industry. The first episode of Season 4…

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44 [Bonus] COVID-19: Anti-Asian Sentiment in Media 33:47

4y ago33:47

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News of COVID-19, the novel Coronavirus, is spreading as fast as the virus itself. Along with it, news of anti-Asian sentiments, cross-border tensions, and fear in general. Lucia sits down with Ed Pokropski (@epopski), a producer at NBC, and Kyle Marian (@kylemarian), a science comedian to make sense of it all. ----- Kyle’s Coronavirus show Sunday …

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43 | [Bonus] Talk About Awkwafina with Ed Pokropski 36:54

4+ y ago36:54

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Awkwafina recently made history by winning a Golden Globe! Lucia speaks with Ed Pokropski, a producer and writer at NBC Universal Kids, and comedian about Awkfanina’s win and what it means for people who want to pursue a career in media. We also talk about cultural appropriation and what we can do to me more of it. -- Give us feedback: http://bit.l…

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42 | Season 3 Finale: Until Next Time Lynne 17:15

4+ y ago17:15

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This is the last episode in Season 3 and the question is, where is Lynne? Lucia catches up with Lynne on her new adventures and they reminisce about starting Rock The Boat. We’ll be taking a break until March to launch Season 4. Season 4 will go back to the roots of Rock The Boat where Lucia will tell the stories of leaders, founders, and pioneers …

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41 [Bonus] New Year + [Rebroadcast] Boxed.com: Chris Cheung 33:38

4+ y ago33:38

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Happy New Year! Next week is the last episode of season 3. It’s been a whirlwind season where we tackled tough issues like mental health, incarceration, living with physical disability, failed businesses, discrimination, and more. This week, we bring you an episode that we loved from Season 1 featuring Boxed.com’s cofounder Chris Cheung. Next week,…

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40 | Rotten Tomatoes: Patrick Lee 40:34

4+ y ago40:34

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Cofounder of Rotten Tomatoes, Patrick Lee speaks candidly about the ups and downs of founding an internet company during the dot com bubble and 9/11. Lucia speaks to Patrick about his journey building Rotten Tomatoes, selling the company, moving to Asia, and then coming back to the states. ——————————————- Follow Patrick on Twitter @rottendoubt Link…

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39 | E!News & The Rundown: Erin Lim 25:42

4+ y ago25:42

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What happens when a health scare disables you from continuing your work? Erin Lim, “The Rundown” Host and “E! News” correspondent, came forward to her fans about getting Bell’s Palsy, which paralyzed half her face. This didn’t stop her from continuing her work. We also talk about finding her niche within broadcast journalism, the hustle of building…

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38 [Bonus] Andrew Yang Update 16:33

4+ y ago16:33

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Just over 9 months ago, we interviewed a little-known Democratic presidential candidate named Andrew Yang. Since then, he has surprised many by outlasting the campaigns of governors and senators and being the lone candidate of color in tomorrow night’s nationally televised debate. We had a chance to attend one of his fundraisers in New York at the …

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37 | Block Party: Tracy Chou 29:12

4+ y ago29:12

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Lucia shares a personal story at the start of this episode because this one is all about women in the workplace. We speak with Tracy Chou, one of the leading engineers in Silicon Valley, who has worked at companies like Google, Facebook, Pinterest, and Quora. She gives advice about how to stay true to yourself in a broken system, and tells us about…

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36 | Spot Dessert Bar: Ace Watanasuparp 32:50

4+ y ago32:50

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Collegiate basketball superstar Ace Watanasuparp once had college kids cheering for him in the bleachers. Many years later, college kids were throwing cupcakes at him in a St. Marks basement. How did this happen? well we sit down and have a candid conversation with Ace. Ace now works in the mortgage industry and is currently the Regional VP of Citi…

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35 | PS Kitchen: April Tam Smith 30:23

4+ y ago30:23

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In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this episode is all about radical generosity. We speak with April Tam Smith, who is a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and the Cofounder of P.S. Kitchen, a vegan restaurant in Times Square that donates all their profits to charity. We talk to April about being herself in a male dominated industry, being a missionar…

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34 [Bonus] Tea Time with Dr. Dana Wang: Dating and Relationships 20:48

4+ y ago20:48

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In the final installment of Tea Time, Lucia and Dana dive into a conversation about Asian American Dating! Topics covered include (1:48) Asian American masculinity, (3:46) Interracial dating, (8:02) how much of our relationship problems are related to our relationships with our parents, and (9:14) the fear of intimacy. Dana Wang is a trained psychi…

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33 | Monsoon Diaries: Calvin Sun 29:44

4+ y ago29:44

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In this episode we speak with Calvin Sun, an ER doctor by day and travel entrepreneur by night. Calvin is the Founder of The Monsoon Diaries, a blog-turned-travel community that has taken hundreds of readers to 165+ countries in the past 8 years including North Korea, Nauru, Iraq, and Antarctica. Calvin has a complicated relationship with being a d…

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32 [Bonus] Tea Time with Dr. Dana Wang: Dealing With Anxiety and Finding Purpose Driven Work 15:06

4+ y ago15:06

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In the third installment of Tea Time with psychiatrist Dana Wang, Lucia and Dana talk about anxiety and how to find purpose driven work. Dana tells us how you can be happier and find satisfaction in your life and work by reframing your thinking to control anxiety. They also talk about Asian parents, how to cope with anxiety from comparisons, and fi…

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31 | Kabam Games: Holly Liu 26:25

4+ y ago26:25

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In this episode we speak with Holly Liu, who cofounded a gaming company called Kabam. Holly’s work has been game changing within the gaming industry. Fortune named her one of the “10 Most Powerful Women in Gaming,” and Forbes named her a leading woman in gaming and entrepreneurship. Holly led the design for Kabam’s award-winning “Kingdoms of Camelo…

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30 [Bonus] Tea Time with Dr. Dana Wang: Mental Health & Peak Performance 16:04

4+ y ago16:04

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Grab a cup of tea as Lucia talks to Psychiatrist, Dr. Dana Wang about Mental Health and Mental Illness in this mini episode. In this episode Dana spills the tea about turning x the clinical perspective of mental health away from a disease model to a wellness practice, how to support people you know who are struggling with a mental illness, how medi…

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29 | Valera Health: Dr. David Mou 28:31

4+ y ago28:31

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In this episode I speak with psychiatrist, David Mou. David has a medical and business degree from Harvard, yet his mother still disapproved of his career choice. We talk to David about why Asian Americans are less likely to seek mental health treatment and what you can expect when finding a therapist. He also gives us great tips on how to deal wit…

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28 [Bonus] Tea Time with Psychiatrist, Dr. Dana Wang | Dealing with Family 13:13

4+ y ago13:13

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Grab a cup of tea as we talk to Psychiatrist, Dr. Dana Wang about Family. In this bonus episode, Rock The Boat host, Lucia Liu and Dana Wang chat about how to deal with your parents under the clash of Eastern versus Western value systems, how to set boundaries but still express love for each other, and what self acceptance has to do with looking in…

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27 | The Cosmos: Karen Mok 33:30

4+ y ago33:30

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We interview Karen Mok, the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of The Cosmos, a community for Asian women to flourish and thrive. In this episode, we talk to Karen about: How starting her first company at the age of 16 led her on a path of community building and entrepreneurship. The genesis of The Cosmos and how she met Cassandra Lam, her cofo…

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26 | The Asian American Man Study: Jason Shen 28:17

4+ y ago28:17

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Season 3 of Rock The Boat features Asian Americans who’ve succeeded Against All Odds. Follow Rock the Boat on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @rocktheboatnyc. You can reach us at hello@gorocktheboat.com. If you’re a fan of the podcast, please subscribe, share, and leave us a 5-star rating on iTunes! We really appreciate your help in spreading the …

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