Ever since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a stark rise in anti-Asian hate incidents. Specifically, the non-profit social organization Stop AAPI Hate has tracked 3795 reports of anti-Asian verbal and physical attacks between

Spice up your life with MáLà Project owner Amelie (Ning) Kang

Feb 22nd, 2021 37m 10s

Hi everyone, welcome back to another episode of the Loud Slurp podcast!For this episode, we are so glad to have Amelie (Ning) Kang, the co-founder and owner of MáLà Project to recount her journey from working at the famed Chinese restaurant Ch

One year after Wuhan lockdown, a look back at the first 76 days of the COVID-19 pandemic with filmmaker Hao Wu

Jan 25th, 2021 45m 11s

More than a year after the Wuhan lockdown that marked the beginning of an unprecedented global fight against the pandemic, the world is still reeling from the hurt and losses caused by the contagious COVID-19 virus. For the first episode of 202

Being an Asian American creative during the pandemic

Dec 22nd, 2020 39m 19s

Hi everyone, happy holidays and welcome back to another episode of the Loud Slurp podcast!For this episode, we have special guest Amy Zhang, a writer, editor, educator, and former segment producer for the popular Netflix series Patriot Act wi

Reinventing makgeolli with Carol Pak

Nov 16th, 2020 36m 19s

Hi everyone, welcome back to another episode of the Loud Slurp podcast!For this episode, we are so glad to have Carol Pak, the founder and CEO of Makku to recount her journey from working at the venture division of the world's largest alcohol

Cooking therapy with celebrity chef Maddy Park

Oct 9th, 2020 30m 1s

Hi everyone, welcome back to season two of the Loud Slurp podcast!To start off the new season, we invite celebrity chef and vlogger Maddy Park to recount her journey from first discovering the therapeutic effects of cooking to becoming a food

Hannah Bae on being a writer, journalist, and illustrator

Sep 8th, 2020 35m 11s

To cap off season one of the Loud Slurp podcast, we invite our mentor and friend Hannah Bae to share with us her journey from working as a journalist at some of the most prestigious media organizations in South Korea and New York to becoming a

You are probably watching Indian Matchmaking ...wrong

Aug 17th, 2020 37m 16s

In this episode, we invite our friend and fellow journalist Debanjali for a deep dive into a Netflix summer sensation - Indian Matchmaking, the eight-part docuseries that follows Sima Taparia, "Mumbai's top matchmaker" as she flies around the w

Our unlikely friendship

Aug 3rd, 2020 33m 44s

We got real personal in this episode by inviting Mary Kekatos, our best friend from journalism school (and ever since), to talk about how our unlikely friendship was made during a year of intense journalism training, competition, and camaraderi

Being a Chinese journalist, is that even possible?

Jul 20th, 2020 33m 19s

In this episode, Owen Guo, who worked for the Financial Times and the New York Times for seven years in Beijing, joins us to talk about working as a Chinese journalist for foreign media in China and all the obstacles he and many of his Chinese

To all the Asian idols we've loved before

Jun 29th, 2020 28m 48s

In this episode, we invite our dear friend and podcast guru Suzie to reminisce about our favorite childhood celebrity crushes. From Super Junior's impeccable Lee Donghae, Japanese singer-songwriter legend Gackt, to the Queen of K-pop BOA, we ea

How Chinese people are talking about racism and Black Lives Matter

Jun 15th, 2020 36m 52s

The ongoing protests against racial injustice in the United States have also triggered a heated debate on the Chinese internet. For this episode, we called up Isabelle Niu, an award-winning journalist who has covered China and its interactions

Understanding the world of Chinese influencers

Jun 1st, 2020 40m 45s

'How can you amass millions of followers?' That's the question we will be asking our guest, Vivien, for this episode. She has over one million followers across two of the most popular Chinese social media platforms (Douyin - the Chinese version

To all the restaurants we've frequented before (the COVID-19 lockdown)

May 18th, 2020 31m 38s

In this episode, we reminisce about the happy memories we shared in some of our favorite restaurants in New York City and their signature dishes that had us salivating in the middle of recording. First, a warning against listening to this episo

Home is far away

May 4th, 2020 34m 32s

This episode focuses on a topic that hits close to home with us: what it's like to live thousands of miles away from your family during the global coronavirus pandemic. We talk about our concerns for our families back in China months before the

Why can’t people stop talking about Itaewon Class? (spoiler alert!)

Apr 20th, 2020 33m 57s

In this episode, we talk about one of the hottest Korean dramas right now - Itaewon Class, which both of us binged in a matter of few days. We explore the various elements, including delicious Korean food, that make the show so addictive.

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