Here’s a podcast by Micah Huang and Hao Huang about Chinese laborers and the Transcontinental Railroad: Iron Horse Road: a Tale from Gold Mountain recounts one of the great untold epics of American history: The story of the Chinese laborers–neither truly enslaved nor truly free–who built the most rugged stretches of the Transcontinental Railroad. More than 150 […]

New podcast 'Magnificent Jerk' explores the eccentric life and career of actor/writer Galen Yuen. The way most people probably remembered Galen Yuen — if they knew or knew of him at all — was as a working actor with a few dozen minor movie and TV roles, playing characters like "Yakuza Member," "Smuggler" or "Low […]

Jeff Yang and Phil Yu present an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America. What's up, podcast listeners? We've got another episode of our podcast They Call Us Bruce. (Almost) each week, my good friend, writer/columnist Jeff Yang and I host an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America, with a strong focus […]

Really enjoyed this episode and all the spicy goodness they cooked up, but the best was the “adrenaline-infused Ktown tteokbokki challenge” with actor Rek Lee (from Beef) and Rick Lee from Year Of The Ox (and yes, he does rap, and that’s what happens when you ask that question…which actually was great for everyone!). Check […]

Seattle museum targeted by man with a sledgehammer who said "the Chinese ruined my life." Seattle's Wing Luke Museum was targeted in a hate crime last week when a man smashed the outside windows of the museum with a sledgehammer. The suspect later apparently told police, "the Chinese ruined my life." Link: Shattered windows and […]

From WIRED’s Web’s Most Searched Questions Thank goodness TH didn’t try and follow Rodrigo around Released two days ago

Jeff Yang and Phil Yu present an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America. What's up, podcast listeners? We've got another episode of our podcast They Call Us Bruce. (Almost) each week, my good friend, writer/columnist Jeff Yang and I host an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America, with a strong focus […]

  When White Guys post pics/stills/videos of Asian Women with tag lines like “Thai girl makes me eat her mushroom” and “Thai gurl makes me eat her bread”, with the still in a midshot pose, it just tells me all I need to know about someone. At the same time, I just think Travel Vloggers, […]