We're chatting with Andrew Chau, the co-founder and CEO of Boba Guys, a national boba brand that’s bridging cultures through deliciously disarming beverages. If you live in the Bay Area, LA, or NYC, you’ve probably passed by -- or through -- a Boba Guys store. Today, Boba Guys has 18 immaculately designed retail locations, but as with most start-up…

Which do you think more often about: “Me” or “We”? Historically, whether we belonged to the school of individualism or the school of collectivism had to do with the cultural context we were brought up around, whether we grew up with more Western or Eastern influence. Today however, between a global pandemic, planetary climate change, and national c…

MIT undergrad. FAANG internships. Antitrust economic consulting. Stanford PhD candidacy. No question Allison Koenecke is an academic force. Beyond impressive institutional associations -- which she seldom spotlights -- what has made her a true force of nature (or shall we say, software?) is the research she's leading to address equitability in main…

Today’s guest is Ruoyi Jiang, founder of Chop Suey Club, a concept store in NYC's Lower East Side that is simultaneously redefining what “Made in China" looks like and partnering with local Chinatown businesses to ensure their cultural currency for generations to come. Once upon a time, Ruoyi was a middle schooler living in China, who decided to dr…

Finding freelance work. Illustrating for an international audience. Art directing at tech giants. That’s just the tip of the iceberg for today’s guest, Decue Wu. Decue was born in Shenzhen, China, where she lived and studied into adulthood, and made her way to the U.S. in 2012 to work towards her M.F.A at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Sinc…

Today marks our first double digit episode! Thanks for being on this journey with us. Now, let's celebrate. 1) New jade necklaces are dropping today. We've partnered with craftswomen from around the world to bring them life. and now, they're coming to a neck near you. This is jade jewelry, reinvented. Please enjoy! 2) Today's episode is a healthy, …

What do you do when you start feeling like you’re just going through the motions? How do you optimize around your strengths to make the biggest impact? Who are you without your day job? Heidi Lim has been there, and in this episode, she’s sharing with us what she’s learned. Heidi is a queer Chinese American who grew up in Las Vegas (yes, that Vegas…

From folding origami to pass time at her mom’s Chinese restaurant in Australia, to starting her eponymous clothing label, Lisa Qu was on a pure-play academic path until her parents gave her the thumbs up to pursue a career in fashion. That is, so long as she was able to get admitted into a storied design school. With Lisa’s minimal formal arts trai…

Jesar Shah is a product manager on a mission to ensure advances in technology benefit the many and not just the few. Previously, she brought Twitter to 100 new countries with tweets spanning 70 languages, rolled out the Twitter’s first web redesign in nearly a decade, and was named Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for her work in consumer tech. Today, she conti…

Amy Kuo is a film producer, founder of Animon Studios, a fervent advocate for women, LGBTQ+ and POC communities, as well as 2nd generation Taiwanese-Chinese American. Amy founded Anamon Studios to build a more inclusive future through animation. In the process, she also created a movie production bootcamp for underrepresented young professionals se…

In this episode, we chat with Jenny Arimoto, an NYC-based comedian who spends her weekdays sending lots of email at Google. When Jenny’s not writing comedy sketches and performing improv with the Upright Citizens Brigade NY (psssst, Amy Poehler used to perform with this group! ), she's helping the world get around a little better with the Google Ma…

What started as an attempt to create a new normal and bring Friday night cocktail hour to the living room turned into so much more. The carrot juice that I lifted off the shelves intending to use as a cocktail mixer, wound up lifting my spirit in some unexpected ways. It’s a juice chock-full of vitamin A, a vitamin that serves to keep eyes bright a…

In this episode, we chat with Anna Xie, financier-turned-lawyer, and all around master of hyphenated identities, about self-advocacy, the influence of familial expectation, and the process of personal reinvention. Anna is a first generation Asian American, born in Beijing and raised in the States, and currently a JD-candidate at Columbia Law School…

Today’s chat is with Anya Sinha, architecture aficionado, bonafide nomad, and second generation Asian American. She calls both the rolling hills of California and the vibrant sectors of New Delhi her homes, and her early exposure to a vast landscape of urban design led her to a career in architecture. She received her Masters at UPenn and has spent…

Hello and welcome to the party! New listeners, this primer episode will get you up to speed on the foundation for this season. In a nutshell, Hot & Sour Soup for the Soul is a celebration of multicultural identity in America. Throughout the season, we explore the different flavors of leadership, fulfillment, and success that come with these unique …