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South Gaysian Boys

A JoySauce original video podcast from cousins Vik Chopra and Sundeep Singh Boparai

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HB Ep. 75: Diary of a Gay Kid

Youngmi talks with actor and comedian Jared Goldstein about the struggle to be cool—personally and professionally

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HB Ep. 74: Wangtta (King Reject)

Youngmi talks with comedian Ed Pokropski about his complicated feelings after visiting Korea

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HB Ep. 73: Photoshopping mom into my success

Youngmi talks with Charlene Kaye about the wildly taboo topic of mother-daughter competition

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HB Ep. 72: Parenting Your Parents

Umeko Motoyoshi, founder of Umeshiso, chats with Youngmi Mayer about how they found happiness and success despite a shitty childhood

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HB Ep. 71: Journalism versus TikTok ft. Tulika Bose

The pros and cons of social media and the news

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HB Ep. 70: Thailand One Year Later ft. Oak Laokwansathitaya

Youngmi and Oak discuss the one year anniversary of their trip to Thailand

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HB Ep. 69: Niche Asian Content Creators

Youngmi talks with TikTok creator Royce Akifumi Wilmot about how he fell into his content niche, and more

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HB Ep. 68: World Peace And Running Away

This week, standup comedian Lana Siebel joins Youngmi for a chat on the weird ways we band together based on religion, race, and other abstract factors

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HB Ep. 67: Post Me On Main

This week, Youngmi chats with comedian Jes Tom about how sometimes small relationship problems signal larger issues

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HB Ep. 66: Jesus Was Korean

Youngmi talks to comedian Mic Nguyen about current events, Christianity, and culture

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HB Ep. 65: Us. Vs. Them

As a biracial person, Youngmi shares her thoughts on governments’ habits of alienating and dividing people

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HB Ep. 64: Beef Pho

In this episode, Youngmi talks about the busy year she’s spent writing a book, and how that’s impacted her son as well

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HB Ep. 63: Amplifying Palestinian voices…from Alabama, with Atheer Yacoub

Youngmi talks with the comedian about growing up in the West Bank and Alabama and how it has shaped her work

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HB Ep. 62: The Korean Vegan

Youngmi talks to the queen of plant-based Korean cooking, Joanne Molinaro

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HB Ep. 61: Is It Because We’re Asian?

A conversation with special guest NBC News’ Kimmy Yam

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HB Ep. 60: The Group Chat

Youngmi introduces the duo she texts daily and talks about the origins and importance of the almighty group chat

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South Gaysian Boys Ep. 8: Sexism, Fighting Stigmas, and Punjabi Culture with Monica Gill

Tune in to Vik and Sundeep’s season 1 finale!

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HB Ep. 59: Be The Crazy Korean Soju Lady You Want To See In The World

Why is body shaming such a big part of Korean culture?

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South Gaysian Boys Ep. 7: Political Activism, Beauty Pageants, and Bollywood with Monica Gill

In part one of their interview with actor, model, and political activist Monica Gill, Vik and Sundeep discuss the farmers’ protests that took place in the Punjab region of India two years ago, and the steps Monica took to raise awareness throughout the global community. She traces the path of her success back to being…

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HB Ep. 58: In competence

Laura Danger joins Youngmi for a breakdown of some mind-blowing statistics around domestic labor