In this conversation with a long-time friend and a perfect example of charting a path as she has lived it, I discuss with Dr. Lily Bui the wandering and winding path that took her from music, radio, hip hop dance, and most recently to completing her Ph.D. program at MIT.
She offers a unique perspective as a first-generation Vietnamese American woman that has experienced the world as much through her career paths as much as a surfer, an artist, and ultimately a human who seeks to help people however she can.
31 Jan 2020
An artist's perspective on depression and how life informs our craft w/ Deborah Lee
Deborah Lee is an accomplished artist, author and fantastic human being who shared her perspective on how her early life moving numerous times and facing challenges around fitting in and belonging helped shape the art and illustrations she has produced for audiences around the world. This is a candid, light-hearted, and sometimes pensive conversation.
8 Jan 2020
Menswear, Personal Style, and Friends We Make Along the Way w/ Ethan M. Wong
This week we sit down with eclectic and creative connoisseur of style Ethan M Wong, social media manager of Ascot Chang, co-host of the Style and Direction Podcast, and author of the Street x Sprezza fashion blog.
As a fellow style and satorial geek myself, I chat with Ethan about how he found himself going a completely different direction than what he originally planned and how he approaches the community side of menswear to craft a personal style and approach that is uniquely his own.
6 Jan 2020
Creating Goods with a Slow Spirit with Cabal Crafted
We sit down with Walter Cabal and Tony Nguyen of Cabal Crafted, a California based design studio interested in designing a more human culture.
They approach the design of objects and spaces with a slow spirit.
Discussing how friendship and partnership evolved from meeting at a local coffee house, Walter and Tony share their perspective on why goods made with intention and care rather than speed are more relevant now than ever before.
30 Oct 2019
Entrepreneurship: Learning to thrive amidst a recession while serving your customer with authenticity & originality
Eva Kuhle, the owner of Epaulet Brand, is an entrepreneur who makes serious men’s clothing for discerning customers around the world. She talks about her business, her struggles, her life lessons and her journey to both be herself and make an awesome pair of khaki pants.
In our conversation, we cover how she launched a company during the Great Recession and has continued to navigate the fashion retail landscape over the last 11 years with personality, a meticulous eye toward details, and understanding what people want and how to give it to them in a way that's unabashedly original.
2 Oct 2019
What makes a job more than just a 9-5? w/ Danielle C. Lara
Can a job be more than just our 9-5? What makes our work-life meaningful and how much does organizational culture play a role? Danielle C. Lara, MSW breaks down what we can do when we come to work and what organizational leaders need to know about how our work lives affect everything else.
19 Sept 2019
Is Work-Life Balance a Myth? w/ Cristine Chen
In this episode with Cristine Chen, a graduate student in psychology who has read over 400 pieces of research on the intersection of human-computer interaction and pyschology, we unpack the nuances of work-life in America with what it looks like in different regions in Asia.
As a recovering workaholic, this topic hits close to home where I once believed burning out was a form of success and validation -- until I eventually crashed and had a serious breakdown.
30 Aug 2019
Doing Good for You and Letting Go of the Bad: A Conversation With the Founders of UnleaSHE
After attending a business rally for women of color, I met some heart-led entrepreneurs who invited me to participate in a campaign to raise awareness about bullying. 6 months after a photoshoot that terrified me to let my guard down and publish it, I caught up with the founders to learn about how their movement is growing with more people choosing to own their story and let go of the labels that have been prescribed to them.
20 Aug 2019
Tony Robbins Ruined My Life...Or So I Thought
Exploring what I thought Tony Robbins’ messages and tapes did to my Dad who terrorized my childhood.
I admit to myself only recently that I am scared shitless and run away from this type of stuff because I also have my dad’s ability to communicate and charm — fearing I will turn into the same type of guy who cheats on his wife, beats his children, and changes his identity multiple times, constantly swindling and never owning up to his responsibilities.
This is the final episode of season 1 and means, even more, because my brother joined me in this episode to help unpack these experiences.
7 May 2019
Madmen Method Acting Gone Awry - Spring in D.C.
The summer of 2010 was spent interning for a congresswoman in D.C., sorting mail, giving tours, and gathering signatures that were produced my machines and tracing over letterhead, buying my first “nice suit” and employing a strange version of Don Draper’s confidence to mixed success and disastrous results.
22 Apr 2019
Betting everything I had in the land of Prince and Bob Dylan
My time in the midwest following graduation where I ended up homeless, broke, and fifty pounds overweight — guided by an intention to help someone I cared about. I delayed my acceptance into the Peace Corps, declined jobs, and sold everything I had and bought a one-way ticket to Minneapolis.
21 Mar 2019
Going through business and friendship divorce
Following the failed clothing company, I discuss three years spent living with friends, working with friends, and pretty much married to friends, only to have it abruptly end, resulting in a painful and necessary breakup.
13 Mar 2019
The t-shirt company that was, then wasn't: Kickstarter edition
A frame by frame explanation of why the relaunch of clothing company Absidee, the project between a motley crew of friends burned hot and fizzled out quickly after it launched.
26 Feb 2019
An unintended open relationship with my first kiss at age twenty one
When listening to my college friend who I revered in addition to a lack of confidence and conflicting sense of pride resulted in me getting dumped within a month by my first somewhat girlfriend who was also my very first kiss.
21 Feb 2019
Is that a Tamagotchi in your pocket or are you happy to see me?
How totems of belonging like Tamagotchis and the knock-off version I had from Big Lots along with an irregular factory defect Calvin Klein tee from Ross shaped my view of community and identity.
3 Feb 2019
Shopping for confidence and belonging in the lost and found
The journey of a Fila windbreaker and my childhood of being bullied and ditching school in a beachside elementary school. Why I cared about clothes at an early age and how that helped me survive my childhood moving every 5-6 months.
31 Jan 2019
How Pyramid Schemes Taught Me False Confidence
Why I thought I could cure my grandmother’s Alzheimer's and dementia through supplements and skin care products -- and the strange cult of Ferragamo belts and a mythical pizza shop messiah who had us all drinking the Kool Aid.
28 Jan 2019
All the wrong ways to secure your first internship
Doing what I was “supposed” to do without having a guideline or context and working at a skate company for a summer, unpaid, without school credit, commuting in a 95’ honda civic that was already breaking down.
27 Nov 2018
Why therapy in the kitchen can feel so good.
Why at age 31, I’m recording this podcast in my kitchen to share my story and connect with others.
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