Some of the most inspiring and empowering conversations occur among a group of people when they have formed their friendship based on their shared goals of making a positive impact through the work they do and the community they’re building. Join me in a fun and reflective conversation with my two badass friends, Caterina Rizzoni and Lindsay Melete…

How might one’s identity and cultural background shape the way someone approaches their design, and how might community building help strengthen and evolve one’s design philosophy? In this episode, my dear friend Ana Mengote Baluca, a designer, educator and activist, joins me in a conversation to talk about how she uses design as a medium to weave …

The pandemic has triggered many people to reassess their current work and life, resulting in nearly a third of the people in the U.S. looking for a new opportunity that feels more aligned with their values and beliefs in the last year and a half. Changing jobs is never an easy transition, and it can be overwhelming to evaluate whether your next job…

In this episode, I spent some time talking to two of my favorite designers, Hector Silva and Mauricio Garcia Villaseñor from Advanced Design about a topic that’s been trending in the digital art world for the last couple of months—NFTs. We talked about how NFTs started and how it gained so much popularity within last few months, how it has impacted…

This episode is a continuation of the conversation I've had with Hector Silva and Mauricio Garcia Villaseñor about NFTs. We talked about how NFTs started and how it gained so much popularity within last few months, how it has impacted the digital art world as well as our environment, actions we need to take from an individual, corporation, and gove…

This episode is a continuation of the conversation between Mari and myself where we dive deep into the history of anti-Asian violence, discuss the importance of solidarity, and share our suggestions on a few actionable suggestions we have for people who’d like to support the AAPI community. Note the prohibition of the entry of Chinese women to the …

In this episode, I shared two announcements as I become the host of this podcast and join the "That's Not Canon Productions", and spent some time talking to a friend of mine whom I admire and look up to—Mari Miller—to discuss the recent waves of violence towards the AAPI community in the United States, a topic that has been close to our hearts and …

We've all had to change our habits and behaviors in the past year due to COVID. We got used to wearing masks in public and front-liners wear intense PPE on a daily basis. Many of us are ordering takeout and grocery delivery more frequently as well. All of this means more waste. Takeout containers, plastic shopping bags and wrappers, gloves, disposa…

We welcome our first guest, Tiffany Do, as we discuss the topic of gender disparity and inequality in the design industry. This episode was inspired by the discussion surrounding Yanko Design's post sharing gender disparity metrics and the response of many male designers in the comments. We discuss our reactions to the post, and share our experienc…

Prototypes, group projects, late studio nights, oh my! In this episode we reflect on our design education and how it has shaped us as designers today. How our college experience was affected by other aspects of our lives and the role our professors played in our education. We discuss what we might change in hindsight, and how design education shape…

In this episode we share the inspiration behind the name Push&Play and reflect on changes in our lives since miss Rona had us all quarantining. We also reflect on some of the inequities in how our world is designed that have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss how we have adjusted to a new work culture and some of the positive cha…

Welcome to the first episode of Push&Play! Join us as we discuss our journeys as designers, the role of design in shaping our social systems, and the injustices built into them. We share our personal experiences as women of color and minorities along with our aspirations as designers to move the needle.…

Yet another two man podcast, this time with Adam and Chad! They talk about TellTale Games' demise, Nintendo Switch Online, Guilds of Ravnica and other cool things!

We're back and almost better than ever!In this two man podcast, Adam and Zack talk about various topics including E3, Nintendo Switch Shenanigans, and Fry Cry 5! oaZYxA72l3qVsqxQmfuy

WHOOOOOOOA NELLY! It's the first podcast of 2018 and the first podcast in months! Adam, Chad and Zack are joined by friends Jason and Angie to talk about a lot of cool things! Topics include Final Fantasy, Nintendo mobile apps, and our One Cool Thing segment. Angie's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU3d... Theme Song is "Up In My Jam (All…

In this podcast, Chad, Zack, Adam and Pat talk about the Nintendo Switch (again), Modern Masters and bunch of other stuff including plans for the future.

The gang's all here and with a guest! Adam, Chad, Harry, Zack and Pat are joined by Jason to talk about Pokemon, Pillars of Eternity, Magic the Gathering and a whole lot of other things. I suck at writing these.

The first episode of 2017 is here and boy it's a doozy! Chad, Adam, Pat and Zack are joined by their friend Alyssa aka Chattabox for some high flying, rough and tumble, podcasting shenanigans. They talk about the Nintendo Switch, Adam's top picks for CES, and Zack mentions a cool kickstarter. Theme Song is "Up In My Jam (All Of A Sudden)" by Kubbi …

In this late upload episode (because the podcast uploader sucks at this), Adam, Chad, and Zack meet up to discuss Magic: The Gathering Commander 2016 and their experiences with the preconstructed decks, while also quickly touching upon some other news and information in the gaming world.

For what seems like the first time in their five year history, Chad, Pat, Adam and Harry stay on topic for once. Topics include Blizzard, Pokemon, Magic the Gathering and other things I, Adam, cannot remember while writing this. I should upload these the day we record this. Blame the others for wanting to play EDH. Anyway this is a week late so I a…

In a three topic podcast, Chad, Adam, Pat, and Zack are joined by their friend Tori. They discuss Pokemon Go, ConnectiCon and the Eldritch Moon PreRelease! Let's get toasty.

Reunited and it feels so good, Harry comes back from the land of exile known as Rhode Island to finally join everyone else. Nothing exciting happens. We talk about Total War Warhammer though. That's neat.

Adam, Pat and Zack are back in the saddle for another high flying, root and tooting, fun fun show about all the things but not really! Things covered include Zack at PAX, Total War, and a bunch of other things Adam can barely grasp.