Infatu Asian Podcast

Ep 206 Breaking Banh-Mi with Queer Viet-Khmer American Podcaster - Randy Kim

Randy Kim is a creator and podcaster out of the Chicago-land area. Randy produces the Banh Mi Chronicles. He was the 2024 award recipient of the annual Communicator Awards. He is the founder of his current Substack newsletter, “Banh Mi Bites,” which explores conversations with BIPOC creatives and more. Randy formerly served as a board member with The National Cambodian Heritage Museum in Chicago and is now serving as a board member with the Vietnamese Association of Illinois.
Listen to our conversation on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Follow Randy on social media @banhmi_chronicles and subscribe to his newsletter at https://substack.com/@banhmibites
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Ep 205 Satsuki Ina - Echoes from the Internment Camps: Satsuki Ina’s Family Story

The incarceration of over 125,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II is one of the greatest injustices in US government history. I've wanted to do an episode discussing the history and impact of this moment in history, but finding a guest who lived through it is getting harder and harder. Then it was suggested that I speak with Dr. Satsuki Ina. Mr. and Mrs. Ina were living in San Francisco when Executive Order 9066 came down. They were placed in different concentration camps in San Bruno, California, Utah, and Texas over the course of 4 and a half years. During that time, they gave birth to two kids, one of them being Satsuki!
The Poet and the Silk Girl is her book, which is comprised largely of her mother's journals from that time, as well as letters and poems written from within the camps. It is amazing that we have her mother and father's words to keep their voices alive. I highly recommend it to you. Get it wherever you get books!
Follow Dr. Ina @satsukiina on social media or online at https://www.satsukiina.com
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Ep 204 An Interview with Chef Roy Choi Talking About Life Before and After Starting the Kogi BBQ Food Trucks!

My sister Caryl and I got to hear a lifetime's worth of stories from one of the most influential chefs in the 21st Century. Hear Chef Roy Choi talk about the humble beginnings of Kogi BBQ Food Trucks, which led to awards, movies, television shows, restaurants, and books. 
Roy's latest book, The Choi of Cooking, is more than recipes; it's a culmination of food lessons and ideologies that Roy has gathered over the past 30 years. Get it wherever you get books.
Follow Roy @chefroychoi on social media, or at his website https://thechoiofcooking.com You can find my sister @carylchinn on Instagram
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Ep 203 From A Single Mom High School Dropout to Entrepreneur and Mentor - Ashely Du Has Forged Her Own Path

Ashley Du was living on her own and working before she was 15 years old. She got married, had two kids, and got divorced before she was 21. For most, that would be a recipe for a life of struggle and problems, but Ashley turned it around and started her own childcare business in San Francisco, which she has run and grown to a lucrative business for over 13 years (expanding to a 3rd location in San Mateo in 2026)! 
We had a great chat, and I am impressed by all she's accomplished and become. I hope you enjoy our chat!
You can follow Ashley @inashsworld on Instagram or at her website https://ashleydu.com. You can watch/listen to her podcast on YouTube by searching for Ashley Du or wherever you get podcasts.
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Holiday Re-Play: Lan Lam Interview: From Cooks Illustrated, America's Test Kitchen, and Techniquely!

We're still chillaxing during our winter break, but here's one of my favorite interviews from 2023. It's with Lan Lam! If you watch America's Test Kitchen or Techniquely, you've seen Lan. She is so great at explaining food and food science that kitchen noobs and experienced cooks can all learn from her!
This chat was so much fun, we've had Lan on a few more times! (with Andrea Nguyen, ep 84, and the intro for Sarah Ahn, ep 167) 
I hope you're having a wonderful end of the year. Happy New Year to everyone! And we'll be back with new episodes in January!
PC: America's Test Kitchen via YouTube

2025 Holiday Re-Gift: Our Episode with Stephanie Park On Playing Eliza Hamilton on Broadway

Happy Holidays to all who are celebrating! I'm taking 2 weeks off, but just in case you need something to listen to on a drive, your walk, while you're wrapping presents, or in the kitchen... here's a replay of an episode from March 2023!
Stephanie Jae Park grew up on Guam. Her mom is a professional opera singer. Stephanie started performing on Broadway, NYC in the days before Hamilton, when the roles she would be considered for were limited. The musical Hamilton changed all of that! I hope you enjoy this episode, no matter what you're doing this week! 
Follow Stephanie @stephanieslaypark on social media. Give us a follow @infatuasianpodcast. Write to us at infatuasianpodcast@gmail.com. Please give us a rating and a review on Spotify or Apple!
 

Ep 202 - 2025 Wrapped! Our Top 5 Episodes of the Year with Guest Host Sarah Ahn of Ahnest Kitchen!!!

Another year is coming to a close, and so I wanted to do a Wrapped Episode and share my Top 5 Episodes of the year. And who better to share it with than Sarah Ahn, of Ahnest Kitchen! It was really fun catching up with Sarah. We talked about a lot of podcast things, and recapped her amazing year, too!
Thanks to Sarah for helping me with this episode. Get a copy of her family's amazing cookbook, Umma, and, of course, follow her on social media at @ahnestkitchen.
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Episode 201 A Mini-Interview with Nico Santos - Rene on St. Denis Medical and Oliver T'sien in Crazy Rich Asians

I had a guest cancel on me last week, but as fate would have it, a PR team that I've worked with before reached out about interviewing Nico Santos! Nico is an actor that you may have seen as Mateo on Superstore, and he was definitely memorable as the all-knowing and all-seeing cousin, Oliver T'sien, in Crazy Rich Asians. 
It was a very brief but fun chat with Nico. I hope to have him on again and do a proper interview. Follow Nico @nicosantos on social media, and go watch Nico on St. Denis Medical this coming week! St. Denis Medical airs on NBC Tuesdays at 8 PM, or streaming on Peacock. 
We'll be back next week for our annual End-of-the-Year, Wrapped Episode. This time, cohosted by Sarah Ahn of Ahnest Kitchen.
Listen on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! And follow us on social media @infatuasianpodcast
Thanks for listening!
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