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Have a Taste of Priya Ragu Our artist of the month for December brings the perfect blend of Western and South Asian cultures Read
Let’s Start December Right With These Silly TikToks A laugh is sure to kick things off on the right foot Read
Hairy Butthole Ep. 24: My Dad Left My Family And All I Got Was A Burberry Trenchcoat w/ Samuel Hyun On juggling a “real” job and Internet celebrity, abandonment, and Asian male online culture Listen
‘Glass Onion’ Is the Fun Romp We All Need Right Now But unfortunately, Netflix has decided you need to wait a month to watch Read
Su Lee Embraces Chaos on ‘Messy Sexy’ The South Korean singer went from from singing in her bedroom to releasing her debut album in just two (pandemic) years Read
Have a Taste of Priya Ragu Our artist of the month for December brings the perfect blend of Western and South Asian cultures Read
F*ck Around and Find Out with Anna Lee: Sex Myths Busted Does size REALLY matter? Anna Lee is here to let you know! Read
Our Favorite Music Videos That Pop These AA+PI artists may have different musical styles, but they understood the assignment to create popular music Read
442: The Man Responsible for the Birth of Birthright Citizenship Why millions of Americans have Wong Kim Ark to thank for their citizenship Read
Legendary Lees: Ang Lee to Direct Biopic on Bruce Lee And the Oscar-winning director’s son Mason Lee is set to star in the film Read
442: The Woman at the Heart of Two Chinese American Food Empires Cecilia Chiang’s goal was simple: introduce Beijing’s rich culinary offerings to Americans Read
What I’ve Lost. What I’ve Learnt. What I Am Not. A moving essay by actor Tony Giroux on his father’s death and their broken relationship Read
Marvel’s Wave Isn’t Just Filipino, She’s Bisaya And we’re hoping the MCU remembers this when the superhero makes her onscreen debut Read
442: The First Indian Woman to Blast Off Into Space Kalpana Chawla’s love of flying took her far—until it ended in tragedy Read
We Love These TikToks With Major Sagittarius Energy Sagittarius season is well under way; can you keep up with this crazy fire sign? Read
Hairy Butthole Ep. 23: Korean Fuckboys with Milly Tamarez Youngmi and her guest talk about dating Asian men and the bad behaviors some have developed to disprove stereotypes Listen
‘Nanny’: Lukewarm Immigrant Horror With A Great Lead Performance Anna Diop leads Nikyatu Jusu’s debut film, about a Senegalese woman navigating America Read
442: An Intro to Hollywood’s Original Heartthrob Sessue Hayakawa walked so Daniel Dae Kim and Henry Golding could run Read
Our Favorite Music Videos that Prove Romance Isn’t Dead Love is full of ups and downs and these AA+PI artists are here for all of it Read
AA+PIs make history nationwide in midterm elections Raise a glass to celebrate an election with many ‘firsts’ Read
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‘Bad Axe’ Shares An Intimate Portrait of the Pandemic’s Racial Tensions Cambodian Mexican American filmmaker David Siev tells his family’s story—albeit incompletely Read
Hairy Butthole Ep. 22: My High School Crush Was Racist w/ Whitley Watson What do you do when someone you like attacks you for your race? Listen
Ep. 4 Socially Distanced Stand Up: PAUL OGATA Who knew all those years of practicing comedy alone at home would prepare Paul for a session of Zoom stand-up? Watch
Travels with Malika Ep. 19: Tucson: Finding Life in the Desert As Malika’s cross-country trip wraps up, she learns some survival skills Watch
Ep. 5 Socially Distanced Stand Up: SIERRA KATOW Sierra’s childhood in a single phrase: “McDonald’s chicken nugget boxes make excellent parakeet coffins” Watch
Ep. 6 Bulge Bracket: Closing Costs In the season finale, Cathy’s faced with a major decision: Is she in? Or out? Watch
A Leading Man: Act 2 In the second of this three-part series, GQ consults his mother on a comeback strategy that involves casting director Rachel Watch
A Leading Man: Act 1 A three-part mini-series from director Steve J. Kung, this beautiful story follows a handsome and ambitious Chinese American striving for his big Hollywood break. Watch
A Leading Man: Act 3 In the third and final installment of this beautiful film, GQ manages the fallout from the Q&A and takes responsibility for his actions. Watch
Travels with Malika ep. 9: Miami: Home to the Sunshine State Find out the South Florida culinary staple Malika says is “one of humanity’s greatest creations” Watch
Hairy Butthole Ep. 24: My Dad Left My Family And All I Got Was A Burberry Trenchcoat w/ Samuel Hyun On juggling a “real” job and Internet celebrity, abandonment, and Asian male online culture Listen
Hairy Butthole Ep. 13: You Can Never Go Back Home Youngmi Mayer chose not to cut off her family, despite the childhood trauma… but why? Listen
Hairy Butthole Ep. 8: I Need Friends That Are Smart Enough To Kill Me (featuring Jenny Arimoto) A look at how death is perceived in Asian families, versus American families Listen
Hairy Butthole Ep. 2: Love Yourself! But I’m Not. I’m Going To Get Plastic Surgery Should you get Botox on Groupon? Youngmi Mayer tells us more Listen
Hairy Butthole Ep. 6: Fatti Cazzi Tuoi! (Mind Your Dick!) (with Vanessa Lavorato) Youngmi talks to Vanessa Lavorato about how so many people with trauma find comfort in the abusive familiarity of restaurant service Listen
Bella’s Table Ep. 4: Imposter Syndrome Want an empowering pick me up at the end of a long work week? Hear from three boss women on why it’s not you, it’s the system Listen
The Yes I Kan Podcast Ep. 6: Risking Your Way to an Extraordinary Life Sometimes we need to take that big risk to create the life we want Listen
Carolyn Hinds ‘Pachinko’ masterfully dramatizes the universal trials and tribulations of an immigrant family
Youngmi Mayer Hairy Butthole Ep. 14: Not Sex Work, Not Not Sex Work, But A Secret Third Thing (featuring Yurie Collins)
