Eat Your Crust

Eat Your Crust

Two Asian-American girls navigating their way through post-grad life in the Bay Area, with a little help from our friends. Tune in during your lousy commute to laugh and chat with your hosts Crystal and Jeesoo as we ramble about tech, culture, family, and more through an Asian-American lens. If you can relate, feel free to visit us at eatyourcrust.com or reach out to us @eatyourcrustpod on insta, twitter, facebook, or email us at eatyourcrustpod@gmail.com!

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May 24, 2023 40 mins

Today we talk about ways we try to be present in our daily lives and live in the moment. We theorize about why certain parts of our life feel vivid, and why certain periods feel harder to be present for. We also discuss doing new things (one of our new years’ resolutions!) like visiting a new city or engaging in new hobbies. 

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Today our friend Deepak joins us to share how he stays close to his cousins. We discuss keeping up with our cousins on social media and crossing the boundary from a family connection to a friendship. We also talk about whether parents ask for tea about cousins you’re close to.

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May 10, 2023 51 mins

Now that we’re back in the office more often…we’re feeling the office social anxiety more often! Today we talk about how to say hi to your coworkers, feeling antisocial at lunchtime, and other awkward office mishaps we’ve been experiencing lately. We also talk about whether to keep doing you, or matching the energy of your coworkers. For any basketball fans out there, we also talk briefly about our experiences going to some of the ...

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May 3, 2023 55 mins

Today our friend Cindy joins us to discuss all things group chats! We talk about setting the vibes of the group chat with fun nicknames, and how group chats can serve as a quick and easy way to coordinate hangouts (tfti tho), or even a memory archive for longstanding friendships! We also discuss the highs and lows of a group chat - from being left on read, to counting the number of reacts you get, and even going back to reread funn...

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April 26, 2023 76 mins

Today our friend Eugene joins us to chat about Hinge profiles and first dates. We dive into common patterns and overdone lines we’ve seen in Hinge profiles, and talk about how to find compatibility in a Hinge profile when so many of them feel so similar. We also share our first date experiences and whether we would split the bill on the first date.

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April 19, 2023 55 mins

Today we chat about big moments in our life and reflect on what kind of advice we would give to our past selves. We muse about our confusion around choosing majors, the chances we had to network in high school & college, and our first heartbreaks. We also chat about buying apparel and shoes for high school dances & learning how to eat, socialize, and sleep properly in college.

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April 12, 2023 51 mins

Today our friend Andy joins us to talk about his experience moving to a brand new state…New Mexico! We dive into what it was like moving to a state where you don’t know anyone living there. We also chat about learning to be emotionally vulnerable with strangers and converting them into friends.

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April 5, 2023 42 mins

Today we talk about diversity & asian representation at school, at work, and in the media. We discuss the importance of having both culturally sensitive teachers, as well as teachers of similar ethnic background. We chat about how diversity at the workplace impacts our enjoyment and understanding of work.

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This week, our friend Chelsea shares her experiences going to weddings in Malaysia & Guatemala. We explore how weddings outside of the US differ, from cultural ceremonies to expectations around gifts and guest lists. We also discuss how wedding guests decide whether to attend an international wedding or not based on factors like cost and time.

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March 22, 2023 62 mins

This week our friend Michelle joins us to talk about the importance of water cooler talk, the process of befriending someone at work, and how to turn a work friend into a lifelong bud. We share our experiences feeling weird emotional attachments to coworkers we’ve trauma bonded with or found common ground with. We talk about swiping on dating apps for your coworkers.

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March 15, 2023 45 mins

Crystal takes her family on a vacation to Hawaii! A bit of a role reversal from the family vacations we’re used to from our childhood. She shares how the planning process went, unexpected stories from the trip, and who the best behaved people were :-) 

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This week, we are joined by our friend Jin to chat about the differences from our friendships in childhood, college, and post-grad. We discuss the way our mindset towards friendship as well as the ease of making new friendships change in the different life stages. 

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March 1, 2023 57 mins

Our friend Helen joins us today to talk about our personal icks & how we would react in sticky dating situations. We debate over whether we'd be OK if our hypothetical boos are too nice or follow a lot of IG models. We muse on whether we'd date a trendy guy, an Android guy, or a socks-with-sandals guy.

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February 22, 2023 45 mins

We talk about how the winter months make us want to watch sad things and be cozy. We discuss how isolation affects us emotionally, mentally, and socially. We exclaim our love for the word deadass (does this count as a gen z word??)

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Our friend Jimmy joins us to talk about his experience walking his sister down the aisle and being the officiant for his other sister’s wedding. We also discuss what makes a good wedding speech and dive into the prep that goes into being an officiant. 

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February 8, 2023 54 mins

This week our friend Aileen joins us to discuss whether we still seek parental permission for things, even in our late twenties. We talk about the word “gas” and whether it has a spot in our daily vocabulary. We muse on the evolving relationship we have with our parents and how we have changed our expectations and communication styles.

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February 1, 2023 49 mins

We discuss some of the unspoken etiquette for hosting friends and being a guest. We talk about good gift ideas, proper leaving times, and the challenge of being not too late, not too early. Join us in our mini quarter life crisis moment as we enter our late 20s. 

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January 25, 2023 48 mins

This week we are joined by our friend Sunny who currently lives alone in SF. We discuss the pros and cons of living alone and whether or not we think it's for us. We also explore Crystal's Gen Z slang word of the week: "rizz".

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January 18, 2023 47 mins

This week we brought on our friend Jonathan to talk about law school. This will be the final episode of our #GRADSCHOOL series!! Thank you for all the love you have showed to the series and to our grad school guests :’)

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January 11, 2023 33 mins

Jeesoo goes to Korea and translates up a storm for her Chinese fiancee and Korean family.
Crystal deals with a Valorant addiction and fascination with Gen Z slang.

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