One in a Billion
70 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsOne in a Billion is a podcast about Asian values, culture and society – one person at a time.
We interview Asian writers, producers, entrepreneurs and entertainers about what they do, and what drives their choices and decisions. Hosted by Mable Chan (former ABC News producer), “One in a Billion” gives the stage to the young and the bold with a voice and a view that is rarely heard.
Learn more at https://www.oneinabillionvoices.org/
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Season 7 Episode #10: "I Love India!"
December 26, 2023 13:00 - 38 minutes - 28.2 MBSheetal Sheth is an Indian American actress, author and activist based in New York City. You may remember her breakout role as “Maya” co-starring with Albert Brooks in “Looking For Comedy in the Muslim World” (2005). Since then, Sheetal’s star keeps rising, appearing in dozens of TV shows and films. In 2013, she got married and soon became a mother to two girls. Then, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. As Sheetal struggled to recover, she was determined to raise her children with a d...
Season 7 Episode #9: "Due to You Guys"
December 12, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutes - 27.8 MBNeil Mody is a media entrepreneur, tech enthusiast and philosopher at heart. In this open-hearted conversation, Neil shares snippets of his phone conversations with his father that would forever be seared into his mind. What did his father say? Why did Neil tell his mother not to wear a “sari” to his eighth grade graduation? Why did he feel embarrassed by his “Indianness” growing up in New Jersey, and how does he feel now? Find Your Roots is a history and culture pro...
Season 7 Episode #8: "Let me in. Let me in!"
November 21, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBMartial Arts, Kung Fu Master (師傅) , Yoga Instructor, Political Activist Mai Du was just eight years old when she aspired to learn Kung Fu. Then she became a refugee after the Vietnam war fleeing with her family through Thailand and the Philippines before arriving in America. Today, Mai du is a martial arts instructor, kung fu master and political activist. What formed her fighting spirit? How did her parents’ survival skills mold her mindset? Check out our conversation! Music used: ...
Season 7 Episode #7: "Reflections of a Tiger Mom"
October 31, 2023 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBMore than a decade after she was labeled as “Tiger Mom” for her 2011 memoir “The Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother,” Amy Chua reflects on her strict parenting style as she traces the roots of her culture to Fuzhou, China. Why did Amy feel right about raising her daughters the same way she was raised by her immigrant parents? What lessons has she learned from her critics in the West? What prompted her to pursue a career in corporate law before teaching law at Yale? And now, what motivated her ...
Season 7 Episode #6: "For Self-Healing"
October 10, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes - 22.3 MBHave you ever felt abandoned by your parents? What would you do to reconcile with them? 24-year-old Angela Li was born in New York City but sent back to Fuzhou, China while an infant to be raised by her grandparents until she turned five. When she entered the U.S, she felt she’d closed the door on her childhood in China. Now, she is just beginning to reconcile with that as an adult. In this podcast conversation, Angela describes her process of self-healing by starting an oral project of...
Season 7 Episode #5: "Undying Faith"
September 19, 2023 12:00 - 38 minutes - 27.2 MBHave you ever lost your sense of purpose after your loved one suddenly died? Whom do you turn to find strength to renew your mind and spirit? Born in Sorsogon, the Philippines, Loida N. Lewis, traces the roots of her undying faith that revives her in her darkest hour after her husband Reginald F. Lewis died of brain cancer. Loida also talks about her new memoir,“Why Should Guys Have All the Fun?” - an Asian American story of love, marriage, faith and running a billion dollar business emp...
Season 7 Episode #4: "Becoming Whole"
July 25, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBHave you ever felt the need to know your family history as a way to become whole? What can you remember about your parents’ immigrant journey or struggle that would help you weave a cohesive narrative for their past sacrifices and your current success? Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Fran Chin, tells a compelling story about his father and mother’s voyage from Guangdong, China to escape penury so he and his eight siblings could enjoy a better life here in America. Music used: His...
Season 7 Episode #3: "What Got You Here?"
June 27, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBHave you stopped and considered what got you here? Who paved the way for you to learn and grow up in America? For first-generation Chinese American Paul Lee who was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, it is time for him and his siblings to remember their cultural roots, and to honor his parents’ incredible immigrant journey to America. It is also time for us to thank his father Sen Lee for his service to America. Sen Lee fought for America in WWII in the United States Armed Forces in Pacific ...
Season 7 Episode #2: "Felt So Foreign"
May 30, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBDo you have a hard time identifying with this kind of Chinese, or that kind of American, and wanting to create a third category of cultural identity? Do you feel so foreign while visiting China as a Chinese American? Irene Li is a James Beard Award Winning Chef, Co-founder/Co-owner at Mei Mei Dumplings in Boston, Massachusetts. She is also a tech founder, and WBUR (Boston NPR) CitySpace Moderator/ Host. A Cornell University graduate, Irene Li was part of the college scholar p...
Season 7 Episode #1: "Find Your Roots: Don’t Deny It"
April 25, 2023 02:04 - 32 minutes - 22 MBAre you denying your roots if you ignore them? Why should one’s culture be a forethought and not an afterthought? Who defines your cultural identity? Dr. Elaine Shiang is a retired Chinese American medical doctor at MIT with over 35 years of experience. Episode 1 Don't’ Deny It is her account of her family history in China, their journey to America, her parents’ influence on her and her advice for the next generation. Elaine is a mother of three adult children - Andrew, Margaret,...
Season 6 Episode #5: “LifeChangers: Making a Difference”
December 16, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBHow can you make a difference when you are still climbing the career ladder and have little money to spare? How much can you give when you already focus so much of your time and effort to gain acceptance, appreciation, and accolades at work and in life? Listen to my podcast conversation with Kyung B. Yoon - president and co-founder of the Korean American Community Foundation (KACF). A television journalist, public speaker, Taekwondo instructor. Music used: One in a Billion Theme Song by...
Season 6 Episode #4: “LifeChangers: Reconstructing a Positive Image”
November 25, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBWhy would a Harvard-educated college graduate and medical school student get thrown out of a UCLA medical residency? What did he do wrong? What did he do right to get back in? And why would he later quit his medical residency to pursue creative projects including documentary-filmmaking in China? Most intriguingly, how did any of these paths pave the way for his eventual success as a cosmetic surgeon in Beverly Hills? And now, why does he choose to devote his philanthropic passion to prom...
Season 6 Episode #3: “LifeChangers: Reconnecting with Your Roots”
October 28, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBWhy does an American-born Chinese philanthropist want to help young Chinese in America reconnect with their roots? Why is that important? What seeded that passion? Tune into my conversation with Carolyn Hsu-Balcer in Episode #3 “Reconnecting with Your Roots.” Carolyn Hsu-Balcer is a designer, philanthropist, and art collector based in Los Angeles and New York. Having lived in Hong Kong, Thailand, and the Philippines, she returned to America (her birthplace) obligingly for college. H...
Season 6 Episode #2: “LifeChangers: Money Matters”
September 30, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBLifeChangers is about Asian philanthropists sharing stories about life-changing turning points that have shaped their mindset and inspired their philanthropic passion. Now, they feel compelled to change the lives of others. How old were you when you first started making money? 16? 17? 18? Meet Mei-Lee Ney - an investment advisor, philanthropist, and art collector. At age 75, Mei-Lee has been working non-stop since she was 10. Why? Who gave her critical advice about how she could get...
Season 6 Episode #1: "LifeChangers: Am I the Only One?"
August 26, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBWe kick off Season 6 “LifeChangers” today (August 26th) with a limited special series. LifeChangers is about Asian philanthropists sharing stories about life-changing turning points that have shaped their mindset and inspired their philanthropic passion. Now, they feel compelled to change the lives of others. You don’t need to give away a lot of money like Bill Gates to be a philanthropist. You only need to ask the right question at the right time. Episode #1 “Am I the Only One?” ...
Daniel Christopher “D.C.” Rogers: A Storied Career, as Passion and Heart Hit the Screen
November 01, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes - 78 MBWhat would you do if you’ve written about becoming a Supreme Court justice, dreamed of a life and career in law, put in a lot of time and work to prepare for that track - then one day you change my mind? Is it a waste of time, money and education at that point? These are some of the questions that Daniel Christopher “D.C.” Rogers (Harvard Class of ‘12) had to wrestle with during his college years. And what made him change his mind? In “Where Are They Now?” Episode #6, Gemm...
Neil Shubin: The Evolution of an Evolutionary Biologist
October 25, 2021 14:13 - 37 minutes - 67.9 MBHow far will you travel outside of your hometown, your neighborhood, your comfort zone, in order to see the world differently? Why is it important to keep your sense of insecurity as your companion as you embark on your scientific, academic or philosophical enquiry? How does failure keep you hungry for success? Those are some of the questions that have led to surprising discoveries and satisfying rewards for Dr. Neil Shubin (Harvard GSAS Class of 1987). In “Where Are They Now?” Episo...
Sangu Delle: Investing in Dignity, Innovation, and a Healthier Future
October 18, 2021 13:56 - 33 minutes - 61.1 MBShould a Harvard education prepare you for failure? Should failure be normalized in the course of higher education? Or at the very least, would you want to learn how to take or talk about failure? Those are the sort of questions rarely asked if you’re a Harvard student who is used to acing your exams, winning accolades or top awards until one day – you suddenly lose what you’ve been taking for granted. In “Where Are They Now?” Episode #4, Gemma Schneider (Harvard student journalist/Class...
Janet Hook: Always Asking Questions, From Politicians on Capitol Hill to Strangers on the Streets
October 11, 2021 15:05 - 33 minutes - 61.1 MBHow do I want to engage in the world? Do I want to be an academic teaching philosophy as a professor? Wouldn’t that be a very inward-looking, insular kind of life? Is that what I want? Those were some of the questions Janet Hook, (Harvard Class ’77) asked herself before deciding not to pursue a Phd in philosophy. For Janet, a Harvard graduate with a degree in philosophy and government, her career choice is also a lifestyle choice. She chose to become a journalist right after college. I...
Divya Narendra: Born to Connect, From HarvardConnection to SumZero
October 04, 2021 18:02 - 36 minutes - 66.9 MBMany Harvard Asian American undergraduates I know with immigrant parents who are physicians receive a lot of pressure from their families to be a doctor. But not Divya Narendra, (Class of 2004) While at Harvard, Divya was given the space and the autonomy he needed to think critically and explore creatively what he wanted as a consumer that was missing in the market. Soon, he became an entrepreneur. In “Where Are They Now?” episode #2, Gemma Schneider (Harvard student journalist/Class of ...
Angela Duckworth: Gritty Since Her Harvard Days
September 27, 2021 16:49 - 39 minutes - 71.4 MBRemember your college days dreaming big dreams, anxious about your grades, fearful about your future until one day, you find yourself in a different place, at a different stage of life doing very different things than you could ever imagine as a student? “Where Are They Now?” Is a special co-production between One in a Billion and WHRB (Harvard Radio Broadcasting). It is a 6-part series featuring one-on-one interviews with Harvard graduates who draw lessons from their campus experience a...
Season 5 Episode #10: Reflections on 2020
November 17, 2020 12:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBWith less than ten days before Thanksgiving, my podcast team and I find ourselves counting the innumerable ways that we have been challenged, and the unpredictable opportunities that have come our way in 2020. So in today’s Season 5 True Colors Episode #10 Reflections on 2020, we each will share our voices expressing our thoughts and feelings about some of these life-changing experiences. But we will kick off with Kira Oman’s story. Before the pandemic, Kira moved to Hollywood to build ...
Season 5 Episode #9: Hard Choices - For Better and For Worse
November 03, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes - 5.29 MBToday, tens of thousands of Americans head to the polls. Our choice of the next president - Donald Trump or Joe Biden - may be hard for some, but it will have immediate and long-term consequences for America in the years to come. Many of our listeners like you may not be able to choose your country’s leaders for a variety of reasons. But in your own lives, you often make hard choices about where to live and work, or where to raise your children. These choices could be far more consequent...
Season 5 Episode #8: The Bias Before the Virus
October 20, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 4.5 MBThree in ten Americans blame China or Chinese people for the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the Ipsos Poll. Anti-Asian harassment, assault and hate crimes have also been on the rise since the outbreak began. However, the racial bias against Asians in America has long existed in everyday life way before the virus. In Season 5 True Colors: Episode 8: The Bias Before the Virus, Janet Wu, a former Boston-based television journalist at WHDH-TV and media personality, talks about a racial...
Season 5 Episode #7: Mission After Mission
October 06, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 3.38 MBWhen was the last time you felt your life was turned upside down? How did you find a way out? Last Spring when Covid-19 outbreak led to a series of campus closures, forcing tens of thousands of students to move out of their dorms in a matter of days, Kimberly Jung, a graduate student at MIT Engineering School, got the news on her mobile phone. Stunned, she kicked into crisis-ready mode. As a U.S. army veteran with three years of combat experience in Afghanistan and emergency respo...
Season 5 Episode #6: Reflect and Reach Across
September 22, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 4.63 MBAs the Black Lives Matter movement spread across America earlier this summer, many Asian Americans began to reflect on their personal history of struggling for racial equality. In particular, one civil rights group has pushed for attitude change among Asians to reach across the racial divide and join African Americans and other communities of color in the fight for social justice. In Season 5 True Colors: Episode 6, Jenny Chiang and Dr. Mabel Lam of the Asian American Commission (AAC) i...
Season 5 Episode #5: We Owe Them
September 08, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes - 4.26 MBTo whom do you feel indebted for your civil rights and citizenship status in America? Your parents or your parents’ parents? Or yourself? Frankly, I had never considered this question until I came across Eileen Huang’s critical letter urging the Chinese American community to confront their anti-Black racist statements and stereotypes. In her words, “We owe them (referring to Africans Americans) everything.” In Season 5 True Colors: Episode 5 “We Owe Them”, Eileen makes a case for...
Season 5 Episode #4: Protecting Frontline Doctors & Nurses
August 25, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 4.77 MBImagine this. You have Covid-19. You’re running out of breath. You’re inside a hospital emergency room getting a blood transfusion. Suddenly this happens. There’s a leak somewhere. Your bodily fluids spew and splash all over the bed sheets, some of the droplets land on the exposed skin of the emergency physicians and nurses risking their lives to save you. Is this an impossible scenario? No. The lack of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for healthcare workers dominated ...
Season 5 Episode #3: Stand With Us
August 11, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 3.64 MBIt’s been four months since the police shooting of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency room technician of Louisville, Kentucky. Her tragic death in her own apartment has triggered ongoing protests demanding police accountability. As the sound of fury and cries of justice rage on across the country, there is one young African American woman who wants to voice her sorrow in a poem, dedicated to Breonna Taylor. Why a poem? “I don’t know Breonna, but she could have been me.” Serina ...
Season 5 Episode #2: Finding Humanity in Emergency
July 28, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 4.83 MBWho can assure you when you can’t breathe? What do you need to hear from ER Doctors when you are in ICU? In the age of Covid-19, these questions are more pressing and personal than ever. In Part 2 of our Season 5 True Colors: “Finding Humanity in Emergency” Dr. Anita Chary and Dr. Paul Chen, both are ER doctors in Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. They vividly describe their experience trying to save lives and to assure Covid patients in those life or death moments. Who can make i...
Season 5 Episode #1: Being Black in America
July 14, 2020 11:39 - 22 minutes - 3.82 MBWe kick off Season 5 today (July 14th) with a 10-part series True Colors. True Colors is about the color of one’s character in times of crisis. How do you respond after you’ve seen the video of George Floyd dying under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis? What can you do to confront anti-black racism in America? Veteran ABC News correspondent/anchor Ron Claiborne and I (Host, Mable Chan) had worked for years at ABC News Good Morning America. For the first time, we discus...
Season 4 Episode #13: This Asian American Life- Cutting My Own Path in Hollywood
December 17, 2019 12:00 - 21 minutes - 29.1 MBShe never ceases to amaze me. Sanyee Yuan - a 20 something writer, actor, host, and Harvard graduate - is always chasing the next big opportunity by connecting with people who inspire her creative thought that would turn into a story or a script! I first interviewed Sanyee in 2012 when she spoke movingly about being raised by a single mom with two jobs, two kids - her and her older sister. Both girls love television and movies. Since moving to L.A., Sanyee has written numerous blogs a...
Season 4 Episode #12: This Asian American Life- Don’t Call Me Crazy
December 03, 2019 12:00 - 29 minutes - 16.6 MBWhat drives you crazy? How about being called just that - crazy. If you are struggling with a mental disorder, you might lash out or turn inward. And when you do, that word “crazy” could feel like a weapon that cuts through your skin. In this episode “This Asian American Life: Don’t Call Me Crazy” - New York based writer/editor/illustrator Hannah Bae reads a chapter she’s contributed to a new book “Don’t Call Me Crazy” that depicts her personal struggle dealing with her mother. H...
Season 4 Episode #11: This Chinese American Life- What’s an Education For?
November 19, 2019 12:00 - 21 minutes - 12 MBWhat’s wrong with bribing your 3-year-old with a gold star? Or, if you’re in China, it’s a red star. Chinese American journalist Lenora Chu was a new mother when she first moved to Shanghai with her husband, she quickly discovered the authoritarian style of Chinese schooling clashed with her American upbringing in Texas. How? What did she do? Well, she wrote a book called “Little Soldiers” describing how children are educated and what the education system is designed to accomplish. Ch...
Season 4 Episode #10: This Chinese American Life- Tracing My Roots
November 05, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutes - 10.8 MBHave you ever been tempted to trace your roots? What might pique your curiosity if your mother refused to talk about her parents? For Scott Tong, he decided to find his home village precisely because no one seemed to remember his grandparents. What happened to them? Why did they stay in China when his mother fled to America? Check out my conversation with American Public Media’s “Marketplace” correspondent - Scott Tong - in this episode “This Chinese American Life: Tracing My Root...
Season 4 Episode #9: This Asian American Life- Finding
October 22, 2019 11:00 - 12 minutes - 7.35 MBWhat if your father called you after you two hadn’t talked for a year? What if you were looking for a better relationship with him, and you were finding you were running out of time? In Part 2 of my interview with Mimi Wong, a New York-based writer and multimedia producer, she shared her reflections on those last few conversations with her father, and her inner journey of reconciliation. Music used: One in a Billion Theme Song by Brad McCarthy When I Dream by Joseph Blanchard Redwoo...
Season 4 Episode #8: This Asian American Life- Searching
October 08, 2019 11:00 - 23 minutes - 13.3 MBWhen was the last time you had a talk, or a fight with your father? What might trigger your urge to call him, or to reflect on what’s been missing in your relationship? In Part 1 of my interview with Mimi Wong, a New York based writer and multimedia producer shared her story, first published in “How Watching Asian Father on Screen Helped me Face My Own.” The movie “Searching.” prompted her to dive into deep personal thoughts about her father, Asian fatherhood and media portrayal of...
Season 4 Episode #7: This Chinese Life- The Pursuit of Happiness
September 24, 2019 11:00 - 21 minutes - 12.2 MBWhy would you give up all that you’ve studied or worked so hard for once you hit a certain life stage and decided to pursue what really makes you happy? In Part 2 of my interview with Chinese American documentary filmmaker Hao Wu, he talked about giving up the traditional notion of success. Making money. Making parents proud. Instead, he chose to listen to his heart. This is a story about pursuing what’s deeply fulfilling for you. Music used: One in a Billion Theme Song by Brad Mc...
Season 4 Episode #6: This Chinese Life- The People’s Republic of Desire
September 10, 2019 11:00 - 24 minutes - 14.1 MBWhat will you find if you bank on the Internet to fulfill your desire? How much money will you spend to make your dream come true in this digital universe? In this 2-part interview with Chinese American documentary filmmaker Hao Wu, he talked about “The People’s Republic of Desire” - a film about live-streaming in China. It’s a story about the human longing for fame and fortune, as well as love and connection. Music Used: One in a Billion Theme Song by Brad McCarthy I Will Not Let...
Season 4 Episode #5: Don’t Talk Over Me
August 27, 2019 11:00 - 22 minutes - 13 MBIf you’re a 20 something Asian woman trying to establish yourself as a writer in Tech, listen up. You can speak up, share your thoughts and yet, nobody hears you. You’re ignored. That’s Eda Yu’s story. In “Don’t Talk Over Me” Eda talks with Lauren Dai, another Asian woman working in Silicon Valley about tough challenges in a room full of white men. Who helped her? How did she get over barriers? Also, how did she first discover her passion for writing? Who persuaded her to pursue it...
Season 4 Episode #4- Leaving a robotic life to create my own show
August 20, 2019 11:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBIf you have spent a good chunk of your life studying and working like a robot, how would you know to wake up one day, and say “I am not a robot!” That’s Kou Aizhe’s story. A former librarian and TV journalist, he was inspired by "This American Life" podcast to create his own show “Gushi FM.” The idea is to give voice to real people with real-life experiences and struggles. It’s now one of the most popular podcasts in China since it was launched in 2017, reaching 600,000 listeners and count...
Season 4 Episode #3- How can this be...the rest of my life!?
August 06, 2019 11:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBPart 3 of a Special Summer Series from Shanghai: In Context with Anita Xu: “How can this be...the rest of my life!?” If you’d invested almost your entire adult life training to be a professional landscape designer, you’d landed at your dream job. But a few years later, you looked around your workplace and you discovered something that would forever change your idea of what is a good life or what is a good career. What would you do? That’s what happened to Lu Xiaoya (卢小雅) 3 years ago, w...
Season 4 Episode #2- Why Work So Hard?
July 23, 2019 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBPart 2 of A Special Summer Series from Shanghai: In Context with Anita Xu. Can you imagine your life’s mission is to meet the expectations of your parents? Ever since she was a little girl, Carol pushed herself, moving to a big city from a small town, working her way up and up to satisfy her parents. Now, at age 33, Carol’s lost. Her parents have changed their minds. They ask her to slow down, but it’s too late! Why? Take a listen. In this Episode 2 “Why Work So Hard?,” our contributin...
Season 4 Episode #1: Why Risk It?
July 09, 2019 12:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBSeason 4 kicks off with a Summer Special Series from Shanghai: In Context with Anita Xu- "Why Risk It?” It’s an intimate conversation between digital marketing professional Anita Xu and her college buddy Xu He. Xu He chose to become an entrepreneur after feeling unfulfilled in his first few jobs after graduating from a top journalism university in Shanghai. Anita, our contributing podcaster, is puzzled. She saw him as a rising star in the journalism world, and she wonders -why risk it? ...
Season 3 Episode #5: “What Makes People in China Laugh?”
December 18, 2018 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBWhat makes people in China laugh? Why would they spend time and money to go to a stand-up act by an American comedian in Beijing? And, who is he? This is story about an American scholar turned comedian who dedicates his life to bringing Chinese and Americans together through humor and laughter. Music Used: Brad McCarthy's One in a Billion Theme Song
Season 3 Episode #4 “This Chinese Life: Her Guilty Pleasure”
November 20, 2018 04:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBWhat is love about? Can you show gratitude without spending or giving money? Can you show care without sacrificing your passion? To truly show gratitude, must you also sacrifice? With these questions in mind, I interviewed Jinzhao (JZ) Wang, a 28 year old Chinese American a few months ago. JZ told me she can’t fully enjoy what gives her pleasure without also feeling guilty. Why? What is her guilty pleasure? What makes it wrong? Music Used: One in a Billion Theme Song by ...
Season 3 Episode #3 “This Chinese Life: Whose Life is This Anyway?”
October 16, 2018 02:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBAre you the person you or your parents want to be? Is your personal dream inseparable from your parents? Can it be? Should it be? That is Angela’s agony. How does she navigate around a set of cultural expectations to create her own path? Check out my interview with Angela Tang, a rising senior at Williams College, in Episode #3 “This Chinese Life: Whose Life is This Anyway.” We want to include you in this conversation. To send us your comments or stories, just go to our Faceboo...
Season 3 - Episode 2: This Chinese Life: What does it mean to be Chinese?
September 18, 2018 02:16 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBWhat does it mean to be Chinese? 415 million Chinese millennials in China wrestle with crushing pressure to live up to a cultural identity and societal ideal. What are they? How do they cope? What are their biggest fears? Check out Part 2 of my interview with author/public speaker Zak Dychtwald “This Chinese Life: What does it mean to be Chinese?” Music used: Brad McCarthy's "One in a Billion Theme" Jason Shaw's "Acoustic Meditation" Doctor Turtle's "Wherever I Lay My Hat, That's M...
Season 3 - Episode 1: This Chinese Life: As a 28 year old white American in China
September 11, 2018 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBHe grew up in a predominantly white suburban town in California. His parents would take him travelling around the world for work since he was a child. Then one day, he stumbled upon a movie - “Enter the Dragon” (starring Bruce Lee) that would strike his fancy about another world - China. That’s where Zak Dychtwald decided to go right after he graduated from Columbia University six years ago. Without a word of Chinese or a drop of Chinese blood, he went in search of himself. Why China...
Season 2 Episode #7- Reflections on 2017: What’s Weighing on My Mind
December 12, 2017 13:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBAn unexamined life is not worth living. What leads one to examine one’s life? A surprise setback? An unforgettable encounter? An ongoing desire? All of these experiences tend to re-emerge or surge in our memory as we look back on 2017. In this last episode of Season 2 “Reflections on 2017: What’s Weighing on My Mind,” we listen to three compelling stories from Maggie Shi, Joel Tsui and Justine Yan. Each embodies a personal awakening during one’s reckoning with the past, present and f...