On this episode of the KollabCast, Marvin chats movies with two new friends that he met last month at the Toronto International Film Festival, Gretel Truong and Christina Jang. Together, we discuss the films that we saw at the festival with Asian American connections including Hustlers, Parasite, Just Mercy, and the Personal Memoirs of David Copper…

On this Kollabcast, we chat with two of the stars of the new Netflix series WU ASSASSINS, Celia Au, who plays mystical guide Ying Ying, and Li Jun Li, who plays restaurateur and fight club aficionado Jenny Wah. We chat about what it was like making the series alongside a mostly Asian cast, as well as how and why they got started acting. Listen to t…

We're still in hiatus mode, but wanted to give our subscribers a little bonus for staying with us while we're figuring things out. A few weeks ago we chatted with Michael Golamco, who co-wrote the Netflix Original Movie "Always Be My Maybe" with his friends Randall Park and Ali Wong. Michael shares his early days with the UCLA Asian American Theate…

On this episode, we chat with Hoon Lee and Dianne Doan from the Cinemax Series WARRIOR, based on the writings of Bruce Lee, which just finished up its first season last week with a Season 2 already on its way. We chat with Hoon and Dianne about their roles as Wang Chao and Mai Ling, and how they feel about being a part of Bruce Lee's legacy. Learn …

On this episode, we're introducing you to the newest podcast from our team at Kollaboration SF, Gold & Great! If you like what you hear, follow the podcast at https://anchor.fm/gold-and-great/ or on your favorite podcast app! ------ Gold & Great Episode 1: In our debut episode, we get to talk with actor Simu Liu, who plays Jung on Kim's Convenience…

Presenting part 2 of our coverage from the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival! On this installment, we chat with more Asian American actors, producers, and filmmakers about their projects that screened at LAAPFF, including catching up with some old friends! Featured on this episode are: Bao Nguyen & Jeff Chang from We Gon' Be Alright Kevi…

On this special episode of the KollabCast, we bring you part one of our interviews from the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival which took place over the first week of May in LA. We chat with some amazing Asian American filmmakers about their films and what it means to be screening at one of the largest Asian American film festivals in the…

On this week's KollabCast, we bring you our Filmmakers Panel from last month's 2019 EMPOWER Creative Leadership Conference. Moderator William Yu leads a fascinating discussion with four amazing Asian American film directors. Featuring panelists Andrew Ahn (Spa Night, Driveways), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Tanuj Chopra (Staycation, Punching at the Su…

Our guest for this week's KollabCast is Vera Chow, a costume designer who has worked on several tv and movie projects including Marco Polo, Deadbeat, The Blacklist, and more! We chat with Vera about how she got started as a designer, growing up in Hong Kong, and the need for more representation in below the line roles. Intro & outro music for this …

The closing night film of the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is Empty by Design, a story of two filipino millenials who return home after some time abroad and find themselves drawn together through their mutual loneliness. On this episode of the KollabCast, we chat with director Andrea A. Walter, Producer/Actors Osric Chau and Chris P…

On this episode of the KollabCast, we begin the road to APA Heritage Month with a preview of one of the month's biggest events, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, hosted by our community friends at Visual Communications. Deadline Hollywood editor Dino-Ray Ramos joins the podcast along with Festival programmers Eseel Borlasa and Lindy Leon…

On this special episode of the KollabCast, we chat with the newly minted 2019 HBO APA Visionaries finalists at the EMPOWER 2019 kickoff event at RED Studios in Hollywood. Minji chats with Julie Zhan, Nirav Bhatka, and So Young Shelly Yo about their making their films and being named finalists by HBO. Stream all three finalist films on HBO Now and H…

It's a KollabCast Pop Culture Roundtable! This week, we gather a panel of pop culture experts to talk about what to expect from Asian American led film and television in 2019. We also chat about guilty pleasure reality TV shows, problematic favs, groundhog day stories, and our favorite regency era stories. Our guests this week are Phil Yu from Angr…

On this episode, we chat with actor Dallas Liu, who plays Shuji Ishii-Peters on the Hulu original series Pen15. Dallas shares his experiences learning about what it was like to be a teen in the year 2000, including learning about AIM for the first time. We also chat about how Dallas started acting, and how he balances his budding acting career and …

Multi-talented actor and comedian Sherry Cola joins the KollabCast this week to chat. We talk about her role as Alice (who we must protect) on the hit Freeform series Good Trouble. Sherry also tells us about her personal story of how she ended up becoming a performer and shares a few of her reality TV guilty pleasures. Intro & outro music for this …

On this special supersize episode of the KollabCast, we bring you interviews recorded at the 2019 Sundance film festival with Asian American filmmakers, actors, and directors. Featured in this episode are: Lulu Wang, Director of The Farewell Justin Chon (Director), Alex Chi (Producer), and Chris Dinh (Co-Writer) of Ms. Purple Tiffany Chu, Lead Acto…

On this mini-episode of the Kollabcast, Minji chats with Ludi Lin, known best as the new Zack in last year's Saban's Power Rangers Movie, on his new role as Captain Murk in the upcoming DC blockbuster, Aquaman. Minji and Ludi talk about how he got started acting, whether he prefers acting in action or drama films, and more. Intro & outro music for …

On this episode, we return to San Diego for the 2018 San Diego Asian Film Festival to chat with our friend Brian Hu. Brian is one of the co-hosts of fellow Potluck Pod Saturday School as well as the Artistic Director of SDAFF. Long-time listeners know that this guy knows his movies and we have a blast reflecting on the outstanding year Asian Americ…

It's a full house on this episode of the KollabCast. This week we welcome the full cast of East West Player's production of Vietgone, the critically acclaimed play by Qui Nguyen about his parent's love story in a relocation camp in Arkansas after the fall of Saigon. Paul Yen, Sylvia Kwan, Jane Lui, Scott Ly, and Albert Park share their experiences …

On this episode, we catch up with Singer-Songwriter Inch Chua, one of Singapore's biggest Indie artists and also a Kollaboration Alum. Past guests and fellow Kollab Alum Priska and Alfa join Marvin as special co-hosts as Inch chats about what she's been up to lately, the growth of independent art in Singapore, and the imminent ecological disaster c…

We're back from our short hiatus for another great interview with actor Jake Choi. We're excited to chat with Jake about his role on the new ABC network sitcom, Single Parents, where he plays Miggy, a early 20's new dad taking care of his newborn while his partner is away at school. We also chat with Jake about how he got started acting, and the di…

Just the original hosts on this episode of the KollabCast as Marvin and Minji find time to catch up after a busy few weeks. Thoughts are shared about recent movies, including Henry Golding's 2nd leading role in 2 months in Paul Feig's A Simple Favor. Marvin also asks Minji to re-live her whirlwind August after making it to the 2nd round of the Sund…

#AsianAugust at the movies may be over, but we're already getting ready to see even more Asians in the media this Fall on Television! IndieWire's TV editor Hanh Nguyen returns to the KollabCast to go over some new and returning shows featuring Asian Americans this Fall. Listen in to find out what shows to set your DVRs to! Also check out Angry Asia…

On this episode, we bring you two segments recorded at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival! First up, Marvin chats with Anderson Le, the artistic director of the Hawaii International Film Festival, about the films that they've seen while at the festival, including thoughts on the festival's Asian offerings like Burning, Shadow, and The Cro…

Marvin is at TIFF busy gathering stories for the next KollabCast so episode #182 will be dropping in a few days. Apologies for the delay! The music for this updated is “Set Free” from Singer Songwriter & Kollab Alum Travis Atreo As always, send us your listener emails at podcast@kollaboration.org Learn more about the KollabCast and listen to past e…

On this last day of #AsianAugust, our guest is one of our favorite independent filmmakers, Tanuj Chopra, director of 2006 Sundance Selection Punching at the Sun, and last year's fun festival favorite Chee & T. We chat about his newest film Staycation, premiering next month at the LA Film Festival, as well as dive into how he got started (and fell i…

As we look forward past #AsianAugust, let's take a moment to take a look back. We invite David Magdael, film publicist and community advocate, to the KollabCast to chat about what #AsianAugust means to him and to reflect about the early days of the movement, when he worked on a little film called Better Luck Tomorrow. David shares his story of the …

It's time for the KollabCast Crazy Rich Asians SPOILERCAST! Journalists Ada Tseng and Rebecca Sun return to talk major plot points, characters, and favorite moments all from an Asian American perspective! Make sure you listen AFTER you watch Crazy Rich Asians. Intro & outro music for this episode is “Set Free” from Singer Songwriter & Kollab Alum T…

On this week's #AsianAugust edition of the KollabCast we're doing a focused Pop Culture Rountable all about the hit movie Crazy Rich Asians! Joining Minji and Marvin are Rebecca Sun, Senior Reporter for the Hollywood Reporter, and Ada Tseng, host of #PotluckPod Saturday School! We chat (spoiler-free) about our thoughts on the film and how it repres…

As #AsianAugust surges on, we welcome Lana Condor, the star of the upcoming Netflix Original Feature To All the Boys I've Loved Before, to the KollabCast. We talk to Lana about her thoughts on being the lead of her own Asian American led romantic comedy as well as her upcoming role on SyFy's Deadly Class. We also chat about her upbringing as an ado…

We are officially into August, and not any August, this is ASIAN AUGUST! We bring in CAPE's Jess Ju to go over all the movies featuring Asian American actors, directors, and writers coming out this month including The Darkest Minds, Dog Days, The Meg, Crazy Rich Asians, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, and Searching! This month, we'll see you at …

On this episode, we chat with the 2019 HBO APAVisionaries Short Film Competition ambassador, Sujata Day! Best known for her role as Sarah on HBO's Insecure (and its predecessor Awkward Black Girl), Sujata shares her thoughts on filmmaking and her experiences making her own short film projects. We also chat with Sujata about her childhood in Pennsyl…

Here's a bonus KollabCast to wrap up our coverage of the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con. This Episode’s Segments: Interview with DNEG's Peter Chiang Peter Chiang is the visual effects supervisor of Pacific Rim: Uprising and co-founder of special effects company DNEG. What does a special effects supervisor do, and how does somebody become one? We ask Pete…

We're back at Comic-Con! This episode is part 1 of our coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2018 from an Asian American perspective! This Episode’s Segments: Comic-Con News Update w/ Laura Sirikul We chat with geek writer Laura Sirikul about the first few days of SDCC including the Titans trailer, Iron Fist Shenanigans, and The new Dr. Who. Asian Americ…

This week, we return to chat about the recent Emmy nominations! We gush about Sandra Oh's history making best actress nomination and also give due to the other Asian actors, producers, and writers who have shows with noms. Marvin chats about the new Dwane Johnson movie Skyscraper and Minji shares her 2018 pick for summer jam. This week’s intro & ou…

On this episode, we catch up with singer-songwriter Matt Almodiel. A showcase alum of both Kollaboration DC and LA, Matt shares his experiences of becoming a musician, from his brief stint at a music conservatory to almost being signed to a major label He also chats about growing up in DC, how he came out of the closet, and discovering the early da…

It's throwback week on the KollabCast as we reach back into our vault to bring you a segment that we recorded 2 years ago for the now defunct "Kollaboration Presents" podcast series. This interview features Tim Ma, Chef/Restraunteur in DC and Owner of Tim Ma Restaurant Group. 2 years ago, Tim was (and still is today) a rising star in the DC culinar…

Singer-songwriter and one of our favorite people Priska returns to the KollabCast! In this episode, we chat with Priska about how she overcame her fears in the process of making her debut album (available now!), as well as her past and origins with music. Music featured on this episode are from Priska's debut EP "State Change" As always, send us yo…

Let's try something new, this episode of the KollabCast is a pop culture roundtable focusing on one show, the hit BBC America thriller Killing Eve starring the one and only Sandra Oh. To discuss the stellar first season, Marvin enlists the help of seasoned pop culture journalists, Hanh Nguyen of IndieWire, Linda Sirikul of Nerd Reactor, and freelan…

It's a new month as we transition from APA Heritage Month to Pride Month! Minji returns to the KollabCast to chat with Marvin about the top pop culture and entertainment stories of the past month. Topics include TV pilots and renewals, the arrival of Shogun World to HBO's Westworld, and more! Also, help us improve the KollabCast by filling out this…

On this episode of the KollabCast, Marvin sits down with a few of the creative minds behind, As We Babble On, the upcoming new play from the historic East West Players Theatre. Director Alison De La Cruz, Actor Bobby Foley, and Playwright (and returning guest) Nathan Ramos sit down with host Marvin to chat about the play, how casting led to rewriti…

This episode is all about the next generation of visionaries! Earlier this month at the 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, we attended the premiere of the 2018 HBO APA Visionaries Short Films. Three directors, chosen out of thousands of submissions, will have their films showcased on HBO during the month of May and available to stream on…

We continue on with the KollabCast's coverage of the 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. On this episode, host Marvin Yueh chats with the filmmakers behind Kuleana, In the Life of Music, Waru, and ULAM: Main Dish. Stay tuned, this is part 2 of 3 episodes of our coverage of LAAPFF 2018. In this episode: Kuleana – Brian Kohne (Writer/Direct…

On this special episode of the KollabCast, host Marvin Yueh brings you interviews from the 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival with the filmmakers behind festival films Fiction & Other Realities, It's a Party, and Searching. Stay tuned, this is part 1 of 3 episodes of our coverage of LAAPFF 2018 coming out this week In this episode: Fictio…

We're back! Marvin and Minji return to begin Phase 2 of the KollabCast! In this episode, we talk about the pop culture that's captured our attention, as well as the hot Asian American entertainment news of the day, including our takes on Crazy Rich Asians! It feels good to be back! Also, help us improve the KollabCast by filling out this survey! Th…

It's been a minute since our last episode. Marvin and Minji catch up after a hectic March to talk about the future of Kollaborartion and this podcast. Stay tuned for some important announcements. Also, help us improve the KollabCast by filling out this survey! This week’s intro & outro music is “Fly the Coop” the new single from Kollab Alum Priska …

On this week's #KollabCast, we take things on the road with an interview with Playwright Lauren Yee and Kollab Alum Jane Lui about the upcoming world premiere of their new play Cambodian Rock Band! Lauren talks about her inspiration for writing the play and how a play about the lost rock scene of pre-Khmer Rougue Cambodia became a musical play abou…

Since director Andrew Ahn last joined the KollabCast, he has been promoted to Award Winning Director after receiving the John Cassavetes Award at the 2017 Independent Spirit Awards. Andrew returns to the guest seat to chat about his newest project, This Close, a TV series that just premiered on the Sundance Now streaming network. In this week's rou…

Just a quick KollabCast this week as the Kollaboration team has been swamped with preparations for the upcoming SXSWMusic Festival (exciting announcements coming soon!) We recorded this episode while watching the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea and our hosts share their thoughts about their experiences with …

Globetrotting journalist Clarissa Wei returns to the KollabCast after a year of tracing her roots and covering food, permaculture, and environmentalism across the world. Clarissa shares about her adventure discovering her indigenous roots in Taiwan, as well as stories of online dating in Taipei. We also catch up on the latest awards season news and…