Old Asian Lady is a space where real people share the life experiences that shaped who they are. Hosted by Sharon Landon, OAL features thoughtful, authentic conversations about identity, cultural belonging, resilience, life transitions, relationships, family, aging, personal growth, success, and purpose.
We explore the moments that challenge us, change us, and help us understand ourselves and the world a little differently.
Sometimes the stories we carry help someone else understand their own.
Real Stories. Thoughtful Conversations. Different Perspectives.
What happens when life takes you somewhere you never expected to go?
In this episode of #OldAsianLady, host Sharon Landon sits down with Victor Stevenson, a former cruise director and polyglot consultant whose remarkable journey has taken him from Chile to France, Taiwan, and around the world aboard cruise ships.
Born in Chile and speaking four languages, Victor traces an extraordinary 25-year journey from dancing on cruise ships to organizing Taiwan's very first International Queer Film Festival in Taipei.
They touch on the psychological phenomenon of how switching languages rewires your brain, surviving the surreal 2020 lockdown stranded on a ghost liner in a maritime "cemetery," navigating the cultural gap between legal same-sex marriage and traditional Asian filial contracts, and why real success means having the courage to take a risk.
8 Oct 2026
I Found My Birth Family—But Reunion Didn't Heal Everything
What happens when you finally find your birth family? They shared my DNA—but they were total strangers.
In this episode of #OldAsianLady, Sharon sits down with Chenna Leinders who was adopted at 18 months old by a Caucasian Dutch family.
In this deeply personal conversation, Chenna opens up about international and interracial adoption, identity, racism, abandonment, attachment, trauma, belonging, and the life-changing decision at age 24 to travel back to China alone to find closure.
Together, they uncover the shocking truth behind her adoption, the emotional reality of meeting her biological family in China, and why society needs to dismantle the toxic "grateful adoptee" trope so true healing can begin.
6 Oct 2026
Travel Writer to Spiritual Seeker: Asking Bigger Questions About Life
What happens when you reach a point in life where you realize you may have more years behind you than ahead of you?
In Part 2 of Joshua Samuel Brown's interview on #OldAsianLady, Novelist and "recovering travel writer" moves beyond his years as a travel writer, He shares a candid, funny, and comforting reflection on aging, mortality, and finding peace.
We also talk about something fascinating: what it's like to realize you're living through history without necessarily knowing it at the time. How do our ordinary lives fit into the much bigger story of history?
And as Josh looks toward the next chapter of his own life, his answer to what he'd like to try next is wonderfully unexpected: Beekeeping. 🐝
Because perhaps growing older isn't about slowing down.Maybe it's about becoming more curious about what still lies ahead.
Who has been a guest on Old Asian Lady
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Sophie Lee
Jean-Jacques Chen
Karen Chung
Antonella Gismundi
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YouTube views
42,983
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Spotify
5.0 / 5
3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100
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Social presence
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YouTube
76
Engagement
32
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