MAIM TIME
What time is it? MAIM TIME! A show about overcoming the Asian diaspora identity struggle and Self-Actualization. We go DEEP & HARD into important topics: dealing with our identity struggles, intergenerational trauma with our families, reconciling different cultures, spirituality and religion after church, building confidence in dating, enterprise, and creative pursuits, and so on... to get closer to realizing our full potential!
Episodes
This conversation is with a special guest, my karate sensei: Sogyel Lhungay. He has 2 decades of Kyokushin Karate experience. His is a story that bridges heritage, identity, and the martial arts way. We talk about his life story and where his family comes from, his relationship with his Tibetan roots, and how he thinks about identity as an Asian American today.
Sogyel shares how he first got into martial arts, why Kyok...
This episode is a meditation and a prayer — to the Ancestors who came before us, on behalf of the future generations who will carry on after we are gone.
Drawing from the wisdom of Marcus Aurelius and the Stoic ideal of living a virtuous life in service to others, I reflect on impermanence, legacy, and what truly matters. Wealth, fame, and status fade like vapor, but kindness, generosity, and love endure across time.
I ...
🎆 Coronado Island, San Diego 🌇 July 4, 2025 🇺🇸 FREEDOM IS A STATE OF MIND
Today's my birthday. I’m a Korean-American immigrant born on Independence Day, so let’s talk about freedom. MURKA.
We’re going from political to philosophical to spiritual. From July 4, 1776 to Marcus Aurelius, Viktor Frankl, and Nelson Mandela. From the Founding Fathers to the gulag. From Emerson to Epictetus. From empire to inner...
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In this soul-stirring episode of MAIM TIME, we dive into the transformative journey of voice, identity, and liberation with none other than Gavin Masumiya—vocal confidence coach, spoken word artist, and founder of FlowFam. Gavin is not just a coach—he’s a movement. He works with professionals, leaders, and everyday introverts alike to unlock the voice that’s been buried dee...
“The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
You ever feel like you’re stuck between worlds?
Too Asian for America, but too American for your Asian family?
Like your face tells one story, but your heart is somewhere else entirely?
I know that feeling. If you’re part of the Asian diaspora — whether you grew up in NYC, Sydney, London, or somewhere in the Midwe...
This podcast is about dealing with your identity struggle as part of the Asian diaspora. I share personal stories and sometimes interview others to promote healthy, honest conversations about what it means to carry trauma, resentment, and confusion—and how we move toward peace, joy, and self-love. I don’t have all the answers. This is an ongoing conversation.
But today, I have a solution: learn martial arts.
If you’re a...
Rewrite your immigrant family history by HEALING INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA and by EMBRACING YOUR CULTURAL ETHNIC IDENTITY!
In this powerful and deeply personal episode of MAIM TIME, we dive headfirst into one of the most painful, complex, and transformative experiences shared by many children of immigrants: intergenerational trauma.
Growing up with parents who came from third-world countries—who survived war, poverty, an...
Here's my cheesy ass episode description courtesy of ChatGPT:
Yo, what’s good my people? MAIM TIME is BACK. After a long hiatus, I’m back on the mic to celebrate a major milestone—five years since I first started this podcast. February 2020, right before the world flipped upside down, I put out my first episode. Now, five years later, I’m back in America, starting over, and it’s time to catch y’all up on everythin...
Happy Birthday America, and Happy Birthday to ME!
What’s good? This is your annual MAIM TIME birthday episode special where I reiterate all my usual sheeeeiiiit about identity, coming to accept and love all of your identity, self-actualization, being the bridge between the East and West, spirituality, and more.
One juicy indulgent hour of stream of consciousness, I know you need it hard. And I missed you. Hard.
YOUR DEAD ANCIENT ANCESTORS HAVE BEEN WAITING THOUSANDS OF YEARS FOR YOU TO REALIZE THERE IS A SLEEPING DRAGON INSIDE OF YOU
YOU NEED TO BE THE ONE TO AWAKEN IT TODAY
#072: I usually describe this podcast as a show about Asian diaspora overcoming identity struggle to become the best versions of ourselves. The tagline is something I’ve revised over the past several years. But I realize, there needs to be a purp...
LISTEN TO THE GREATEST MOST MIND-BLOWING MAIM TIME EPISODE SO FAR THIS YEAR! 🤯🔥
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KILL AND EAT
YOU MUST COMPETE
Jesus is not enough for you to become the strongest most capable competitive version of yourself. Only you are.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I went to Jubilee Church in Seoul for New Yea...
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This episode focuses on the importance of understanding competition as the basis of life and essential to nature, and why we must compete in order to become the best versions of ourselves in all aspects.
HO HO HO! Merry Christmas, Good Will to All Men!
This year, Santa Claus has a very special gift for you.
No, it&apo...
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The name's TIME.... MAIM TIME.
It’s me again.
They thought I was dead.
Some said I escaped to North Korea.
They thought I was in jail, or worse:
They thought I went back to college to finish my theology degree.
But you can't kill me.
I'm back, and better than ever.
And hard...
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Happy birthday America!
Thanks to all you MAIM TIMERS, we finally reached over 5000 downloads for MAIM TIME! This is a big milestone. Every download counts. You count.
I count, but I didn't always think I did.
10 years ago, I tried to take my own life. I'm glad I didn't, because then I wouldn't be talking to...
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#067: "Be the hero of your own story."
Nobody's going to take charge of your life but you. No one can be the hero of your own journey, but you. You write your own story. You're not the mistakes of your past. You're not all your failures.
Anybody can do this. Even if you don't get your ultimate dream of what you want, you open...
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#066: This is Part II of a great chat with Victor, who talks more about his experiences in film in America and China, and PURSUING HIS DREAMS KICKING IT WITH AND WORKING ALONGSIDE ASIAN HOLLYWOOD!
Really awesome story and projects. Inspiring. If you want to make something, just BUILD something for yourself and opportunities will appear! Even if...
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#065: We have a GREAT CHAT here with a super cool dude, Victor. If you're into indie filmmaking, acting, and living a rich multi-faceted life, listen to Victor speak! This is Part I, stay tuned for Part II.
Victor Zheng is a Chinese American filmmaker from Fairfax County, Virginia. He is currently consulting on the Disney Plus show "American Bo...
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#063: Six exits and however many millions earned and burned later... what does it all mean? What do you do when you reach "success"?
What do you do when you're BURNED OUT?
How do you stay young?
What's the secret?
Chillionaire Mindset Coach for Burnt-out Over-Achievers Seibo Knows!
I LOVED THIS CONVERSATION!
THIS EPISO...
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#062: This episode is AWESOME! I interview Chelsie, a filmmaker who posted about her AMAZING upcoming short film "Mandarins" on the Asian Creative Network FB Group. Big shoutout to the ACN fam, we love you!
This story is about INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA portrayed through the funeral of a Chinese-American family. MAIM TIME is all about coming to g...
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