TAAV 019: The Original Asian-American Entertainment Blog with Nelson Wong
Release Date: 07/12/2016
TAAV 41: Erasing Shame with DJ Chuang
The Asian American Voice
DJ Chuang is a strategy consultant, currently working with the .BIBLE ("dotBIBLE") Registry, a new top-level domain for all things Bible. He co-hosts the Erasing Shame podcast () and authored the book, MultiAsian.Church: A Future for Asian Americans in a Multiethnic World (multiasian.church). He has been blogging at his personal website [] since 1999 and also freely sharing connections to ideas, people, and resources. Topics we cover in this interview: What is shame? What is the difference between guilt and shame? Can shame be healthy? How to be good listener when...
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TAAV 40: Normalizing Therapy in The Asian-American Community
The Asian American Voice
Yin is an Asian American marriage and family therapist licensed in California and Oregon and founder of Theralane. As a child of immigrants, she didn’t always know she wanted to be a therapist. Yin started out in investment banking right out of college and co-founded an IT services company where she worked for almost 15 years in Silicon Valley. As a therapist, Yin primarily works with Asians, Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders for a range of concerns ranging from challenging family dynamics, chronic relationship difficulties (romantic, love, family, work), life transitions,...
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TAAV 039: From Backyard Kung Fu Filmmaking to The Paper Tigers Movie
The Asian American Voice
Mentored early on by master action director Corey Yuen, Bao was instilled with an approach to action that doesn’t rely solely on spectacle, but also draws on story and character. Screen Anarchy praised his written-and-directed short Bookie for its “flawlessly realized world populated by entirely fleshed out and believable characters, driven by a compelling narrative and brought to sumptuous life.” He has since traveled back to his homeland of Vietnam to work as a feature film editor. His editing credits include Cho Lon, one of Southeast Asia’s highest-budgeted action blockbusters, and...
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TAAV 038: How to Not Care What Others Think with Andrew Choi
The Asian American Voice
St. Lenox is an American indie pop outfit from Columbus and Brooklyn, helmed by Andrew Choi, who works as an attorney in New York City. Writing in the vein of modern American social realism, Choi's most recent record, Ten Hymns From My American Gothic, discusses progressivism, immigration and family, set in the Iowa midwest. PopMatters, rating the record 9/10, calls it "nothing short of a 21st century pop masterpiece" with AllMusic similarly praising it as an example of "true 21st century songwriting." The Harvard Crimson proclaims it a “stellar album, covering the experience of the children...
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TAAV 037: From Quarter Life Crisis to Quarter Life Calling with Paul Sohn
The Asian American Voice
Paul Sohn is a leadership coach, best-selling author and speaker. Formerly employed by both a Fortune 50 company and a Top 100 Great Place to Work Company, Paul is the founder and CEO of QARA, an organization committed to helping twenty-somethings discover their God-given identity and calling. Paul is a best-selling author of Quarter-Life Calling: Finding Your God-Given Purpose in Your Twenties. In 2014, Paul was named one of the Top 33 under 33 Christian Millennials to Follow by Christianity Today. Some of Paul’s favorite things include authentic Korean food, tennis, and traveling. Paul...
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TAAV 036: Reflecting On The End of Season 1
The Asian American Voice
B.J. Kang talks about his thoughts and reflections after season 1 ends of The Asian American Voice podcast. For the show notes page for this episode please visit: theasianamericanvoice.com/podcast/36 "Like" our Facebook page for updates on future shows and other resources: https://www.facebook.com/TheAsianAmericanVoice/
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TAAV 035: From Depression to Purpose with Tuan Nguyen
The Asian American Voice
Tuan is first and foremost, a father and family man. While doing his best at that, he is an entrepreneur driven by fun, passion and the purpose of making the world a better place. Currently, he owns 3 businesses. HealthGenie.ca provides business advisory, marketing and leadership services to dental groups across North America. TuanNguyen.Space helps individuals ready to screw the 9 to 5 life to build a business and life in realization that legacy is important to them and their loved ones. Lastly, DudeBuddha.com curates life's greatest hacks and lessons from awesome biz dads to help other...
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TAAV 034: Making Your Art Your Business with Koji Steven Sakai
The Asian American Voice
Koji Steven Sakai is the founder of Little Nalu Pictures LLC. He has written five feature films that have been produced, Haunted Highway , The People I’ve Slept With , Monster & Me , #1 Serial Killer , and Dying to Kill. He also served as a producer on The People I’ve Slept With, #1 Serial Killer, Dying to Kill and Dwayne Perkins: Take Notes, a one hour comedy special. Koji is also currently working on a Kickstarter campaign for a film he is producing called "The Big Bachi and also has a new novella available on Amazon Kindle, "Operation Survive". Koji shares about who influenced him...
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TAAV 033: Showing Your Talents To The World with Scott "Chops" Jung
The Asian American Voice
Musician Scott "Chops" Jung has produced music for The Lonely Island, E-40, Nikki Minaj, Kanye West, Ice Cube, Snoop, Lil Wayne Scott is a member of the legendary hip hop group "Mountain Brothers" which is the first Asian American rap group to be signed to a major record label. Scott shares when his love for music started and his journey of getting signed to a major record label. For the show notes page for this episode please visit: theasianamericanvoice.com/podcast/33 "Like" our Facebook page for updates on future shows and other resources: https://www.facebook.com/TheAsianAmericanVoice/
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TAAV 032: Having a Positive Mindset with Anisha Adusumilli
The Asian American Voice
Anisha Adusumilli is an LA-based South Asian content creator and actress making her directorial debut in her first short, FIRST DATE, currently making rounds at film festivals across the country. She is also an actress, and has been previously seen as a guest on major television shows like How I Met Your Mother, New Girl, and NCIS: Los Angeles. Anisha shares why she wanted to begin directing as well as acting. She also shares about the importance of mindset and having a positive attitude. For the show notes page for this episode please visit: theasianamericanvoice.com/podcast/32 "Like" our...
info_outlineNelson Wong is the original Asian-American entertainment blogger. He is the founder of AA Risings Record and also founder of AA Risings the blog that used to be called the "Yahoo of Asian American entertainment websites".
Nelson was in a car accident that propelled him to go all in with AA Risings Record and immersed himself in the Asian-American entertainment industry by putting on talent showcases and starting AA Risings.
After 25 years in 2015 Nelson retired from AArisings.com and still is actively involved in the Asian-American entertainment industry.
For the show notes page for this episode please visit:
theasianamericanvoice.com/podcast/19
"Like" our Facebook page for updates on future shows and other resources:
https://www.facebook.com/TheAsianAmericanVoice/