For AAPI Month, do yourself a favor and ask:

Are your Asian parents right and you should have been an accountant, not a writer? FREE Decision Tree: https://www.sophiachang.com/freebie

Happy Asian American Month!

We’re 12 days in because THIS Asian was taken out by an immunosuppressed spoonie’s worst nightmare: the common cold.

Stop coughing with your mouth open, people.

But I’m here! Wearing lucky red, and I have three pieces of Asian media that hit me so hard I had to drag myself to the mic. One preaches hatred as the answer (trust me, you’ll laugh). One is 49 episodes of your Japan bucket list. And one made me want to write plays again after months of creative burnout.

Also: boba of the week. Obviously. And! A surprise BIG RED guest.

Best Quotes:

"Autoimmune diseases hate Asians and the Asian it hates the most is me. Happy Asian American month, everybody."

"Comedians are the hardest audience. Once you do some standup, nothing else will phase you."

"I wrote plays because there weren't any parts for Asians. You had to create your own. Things aren’t different now."

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Hasan Hates Ronny, Ronny Hates Hasan: who’s most Asian?! The rivalry show that proves Asians will save America

• Why female comedians can only say certain things privately (both sides would come for me)

• 49 episodes of Terrace House and why I need to visit a hockey player's dad's soba shop in Japan

• Love is Blind France is high-key a Vietnamese show and beating America in diversity

• Kim's Convenience the PLAY (before Simu Liu, there was a stage)

• The 24-hour play-a-thon that became a peak life moment and made me mic-drop out of LA

• Boba of the week: the older I get, the more Asian my stomach gets

Timestamps:

00:00 12 Days Late for AAPI Month Because Autoimmune Disease Hates Asians

00:50 Comedy Show #1 Hasan Hates Ronny, Ronny Hates Hasan: Hatred is the Answer

03:33 TV Show #2 49 Episodes of Terrace House

07:10 Stage #3 Before Simu, Kim's Convenience Was a Play

09:19 Surprise Guest Appearance (Red Pandas Anyone?)

09:43 Boba of the Week: My Perfume Drink Obsession

10:28 Subscribe So We Can Be AZN Friends!

For AAPI Month, do yourself a favor and ask: are you actually ready for traditional publishing or are your Asian parents right and you should have been an accountant? Find out with my FREE flowchart — plus get access to Ask Sophia Q&A where you can submit a question for me to answer on the podcast. https://www.sophiachang.com/freebie

Sophia Chang is a Reese's Book Club LitUp fellow, disabled dancer, and extroverted writer. She hosts The Sophia Chang Show podcast where her honest traditional publishing stories will make you scream in your sleep. Subscribe to find out why deadlifts will save your writing life. http://sophiachang.com/

TOPICS: AAPI Heritage Month, Asian American media, Asian American author, Hasan Minhaj, Ronny Chieng, Terrace House, Kim's Convenience, Turning Red, Asian representation, comedy, Asian American culture, traditional publishing, writing community, boba tea, podcast for writers