Add to Cart with Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak

Add to Cart with Kulap Vilaysack & SuChin Pak

Join the hosts of Add to Cart, comedian-writer-director Kulap Vilaysack and veteran journalist SuChin Pak, in a subversive take on consumerism. Each week, they have honest, revealing (sometimes TMI) conversations about all the big and little things they’re adding to, or removing from, their carts. They decide what's worth the monetary/emotional investment, and what's not. From beauty products and health trends, to celebrities and philosophies they’re passionate about, our hosts dig into anything we buy into and what it says about who we are.

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July 1, 2025 48 mins

We revisit the very first episode of Add to Cart, when Kulap shares her newest book purchase, her recent Christmas splurge (dogs are involved), and why she’s giving up on her home modeling career. Meanwhile, SuChin is investigating how to improve her hand strength and reveals the one beauty product she actually believes isn’t a scam. The two delve into why creature comforts feel so important right now and how to best ad...

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As we say good-bye to Add To Cart (for now), we swing you into the beefy arms of Jason Mantzoukas, where he’ll swaddle you in so many cubes you won’t even miss us. Find out what packing passions ignite his flame, what it’s like to be on the road with him and of course, what happened on his third and final (?) marriage to Auntie Su. We love you Carters forever!

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This week we revisit an episode that made it out of the groupchat. Besties of the pod Casey Wilson and Danielle Schneider of Bitch Sesh join the Aunties to catch up. First, SuChin regales them with tales of laser treatments in South Korea, which means they’ll be adding to cart some plane tickets soon. Then, Danielle shares an inspiring book and Casey is swayed by a 24-year-old beauty influencer. We’re all a...

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June 17, 2025 40 mins

It’s Auntie season! And no, I’m not talking about Christmas, but the sweet sweat of summer. Su Adds to Queue some great shows and defines what a perfect “door shoe” is. Plus Ku is extremely chill walking down the aisles of Costco to tariff/disaster-prep shop.

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Two Hollywood working women; 2 industry tycoons; and 2 best friends, Liz Feldman and Jessi Klein have launched their pod, Here To Make Friends, obsessing about Friendship. And today on ATC, they bring that obsession to drug hazed purchases, what white overalls says about your art and the heartbreak of Narcisco Rodriguez discontinuing your signature scent.

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June 3, 2025 40 mins

The Aunties make a big announcement about the future of the podcast. After almost 5 years of incredible guests, blatant solicitation for free stuff, deranged shower routines, poise pads, TreeTime (™ Casey Wilson), soupy packing and Zouk’s Cubes… we are ending the show as we know it. Sign up for Auntie updates at addtocart.world. In the meantime, we are leaving you with an entire month of some of the best episodes...

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This week we revisit Sherry Cola stepping straight out of the big screen into the Add to Cart universe. The “JOY RIDE” actress reflects on the importance of seeing Asian women fully represented as their wild, raunchy and hilarious selves. In the spirit of being true to yourself, Sherry dishes on her favorite Asian snacks and why her Hello Kitty subscription box is self-care. She also shares how she’s finding her z...

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The Aunties wrap up their Asian American/Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian Heritage Month programming with returning champion, Jenny Yang! They talk about her new weekly podcast, “What Should We Talk About? With Jenny Yang”, how she’s living a 2025 no buy/low buy lifestyle, and how she maintains her naturally blonde hair. 

 

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Today is a treat for Auntie Su as the gals invite one of her BFFs of all time on the show. Learn from a true gift master, world traveler and from the woman who pioneered curation at Opening Ceremony: Carol Lim. She’ll show us how to level up a picnic, elevate your hair routine and of course gift like a pro.

 

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In these uncertain times, we here at Add To Cart will remain steadfast and true every May as we uplift, celebrate and in this episode…create history for our AAPI brothers and sisters. These old Aunties get into the Blackpink fray, deconstruct identity and uplift unsung heroes.  Happy AAPI month today, every day, forever and beyond.

 

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April 22, 2025 51 mins

It’s our first Auntie Book Club of the year with the incredible memoir Boat Baby by Vicky Nguyen. But we start with why Su is feeling wolverine-level insane and a book pick that is making her feel less insane. Plus Ku and her friends go hard (yet again) on game night, complete with costume change. Author Vicky Nguyen talks about going from boat refugee to national TV and why the R is for refuse in her household.

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Prolific podcaster (Nobody’s Listening Right & Nobody’s News), world champion Tetris contender & mahjong killer, Elizabeth Laime finally joins the pod.  We talk about her game changers, mahjong as a source of income and naturally, why breast milk really jumped the shark.  

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April 8, 2025 48 mins

Prompted by a DM from a listener who asked for alternative brands for the home, Auntie Ku & Su come to the rescue with a list of brands that may curb your Amazon and Target addiction.  Su focuses on the home and Ku has major fun recreational shopping with Eme and together, they are trying to find joy through “protest shopping”...which may or may not be a thing, but here on the pod, it’s our preferred form...

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We are joined by real life bffs and on screen teenage lovers, Majandra Delfino and Brendan Fehr from The Ex-Files podcast. The two co-stars reminisce about their first kiss on the iconic TV series–Roswell and how Majandra’s teenage diary has come to haunt them today.  They’ve brought a very special Early Aughts cart to the show for a nostalgic walk down memory lane which includes first kisses, flammable fligh...

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March 18, 2025 48 mins

This week, Auntie Su defies brain fog with some sharp takes on a hot movie and brings big game changers to the pod.  Auntie Ku takes parenting to an organized art form and hopes for the best as Eme’s first snow day approaches. Plus a very surprising and disturbing discovery Auntie Su makes about her husband, leads to some of the best investigative journalism of her career.

 

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March 11, 2025 56 mins

We all know that the Aunties love to nerd out on books, but this week, we bring an extra horniness to the pages with book expert Traci Thomas.  Traci gives us her absolute favorite reads of last year and why #fairysmut is taking over the shelves. Plus we get into some controversial takes on some of the biggest books on your list and Traci blows our minds with some big game changers.

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We can hardly believe it ourselves, but 200 episodes later, the Aunties are still here dispensing vital and unwanted advice. To celebrate Ku and Su traveled down memory lane to cherry pick some moments from the pod that have brought them joy, laughter and yes…confusion. 

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February 25, 2025 73 mins

Carters, we are so excited to share with you an episode from Model Minority Moms, co-hosted by a beloved previous guest Susan Lieu (The Manicurist's Daughter), Jeanette Park and Kate Wang, three millenial Asian American moms. In this episode, Kulap talks about making of her documentary Origin Story. Talking about your life story with three other women who just understand you so well because they are fellow parents, fellow women, fe...

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February 11, 2025 40 mins

Love is in the air…but also, not really. It’s still really rough out there, which is why the Aunties are continuing to strategize for joy. Ku is dreaming of monthly Sunday dinners that are easy and delicious. Su is reading, watching and listening to stories that are fascinating and hopeful. And nothing screams joy like a little kid jamming out to music. The Aunties talk about their kids' awesome (if slightly confusing)...

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February 4, 2025 39 mins

We can’t believe 2025 just started. This episode was recorded after the double whammy of the inauguration and the ongoing LA wildfires, and the Aunties are feeling it. In order to survive these four years, they need to claw back some joy.  Su shares what she did on a family trip that left everyone in shock. Ku, meanwhile, is neck-deep in the world of mahjong, which means small dollar bets and gold glitter mahjong tiles. ...

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