Infatu Asian Podcast

We have a rare Monday special episode! Amanda was in town, and so I wanted to record a quick episode to mention that she'll be at On Waverly on Thursday, November 20th, 2025, at 4 PM. Drop by to get a copy of her new book, How to Break a Girl, and meet Amanda in person.

The story centers on 3 Asian Canadian immigrant best friends, who are navigating life and love in their 30s while dealing with work, family, and generational trauma...

We're back at it with our annual K-Drama Draft episode. This year, we're switching it up and assembling a dream cast, including a writer/director and an OST performer. In addition to my usual co-hosts, Jennifer and Nadira, we're bringing back the PodMother herself, Judy! If you haven't heard my origin story, Judy and her pod partner, Linda, were the inspiration for this podcast in 2021. The four of us had fun picking actors we woul...

Gloo Books produces seven Very Asian Guides to cuisines from around Asia. The seventh book in the series was written by my guest, Nancy Jeng, and is illustrated by the talented Felicia Liang. If you're unfamiliar with Taiwanese food, it's a really good primer to introduce you to iconic Taiwanese foods. If you're a Taiwanese food connoisseur, the book will take you down memory lane. It can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike.

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The Blackboard 4 is back with some more ghost stories! We have a new member with us this time, it's Jordan! And Jordan did not disappoint, stealing the show with two stories that have to be heard to be believed! Of course, Vicky and Jackie came through as well; there was not a dry eye in the house!

Special thanks to @onwaverly for letting us use the Clubhouse to record. And also thanks to Chat GPT for writing a VERY entertaining ve...

There are thousands of cookie cookbooks out there, but only one of them is an Asian themed cookie book! Kat Lieu’s latest book, 108 Asian Cookies, is full of cookie recipes that are so creative and delicious. The recipes are full of fun flavor combinations, packed with Asian ingredients that make them a unique homage to our cultures.

Get 108 Asian Cookies wherever you get books. Follow Kat @katlieu or over at her website https://ww...

Author Jamie Jo Hoang has written a pair of companion books, My Father the Panda Killer and My Mother the Mermaid Chaser. They explore the Vietnamese American experience through the eyes of American-born teenagers and their refugee parents. They are fictional, but history "adjacent" for many children of immigrants.

Also joining me on this episode is returning guest, licensed clinical social worker, Allison Ly, who came on episode #...

On a warm September evening, 5 cooks/chefs gathered at the On Waverly Clubhouse to share and sample dishes with a live studio audience. It was a fantastic night of food and community. Our tastebuds may never be the same!

Cooking for us was 2x James Beard award winner and cookbook author, Kristina Cho @eatchofood. Co-owner and part-time cook at Little Aloha restaurant on Taraval, Winchell Chow @littlealohasf. Program manager and coo...

Since we usually release episodes on Tuesday evenings, I figured we could squeeze in one more #chinforthewin guest in September! Curtis S. Chin is a business leader and public affairs and policy specialist. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Milken Institute.  He has spent much of his life bridging the gap between America and Asia. 

Find out more about Curtis @asiaminute or over at https://milkeninstitute.org/events/asia-summit...

There is nothing I enjoy more on this podcast than catching up with former students of mine! Justin Chin graduated about 25 years ago, and we hadn't spoken since. It was an extra-pleasant surprise to hear that he is the general manager at San Francisco's hottest restaurant, The Happy Crane. I had to call him up to find out how a kid who skipped college to go to the Marines ended up in fine dining. I had a blast listening to Justin'...

I know for a fact that Jeff Chinn is NOT related to me (listen to the episode to find out how I know)! But besides being a double N Chinn, he's the world's foremost Bruce Lee memorabilia collector. His collection is immense and important. Even Bruce's widow Linda and daugther Shannon Lee have been to the Bruce Lee Room at Jeff's house. I had a great time hearing Jeff's stories and seeing part of his amazing collection.

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Our 2nd Chinn for the Win Episode, and what better way to celebrate than to have a double N Chinn!  Surae Chinn is a TV host in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the lifestyle show Good Things Utah. Surae is such a professional with a sunny disposition and bright personality; it was a real treat to chat with her!

Follow Surae @suraechinn on social media, and keep an eye out for her new side hustle #chinnfluence. Segments of her series on ad...

Happy Chin(n) for the Win Month! All our guests this month have the name Chin(n), and that's NOT just a gimmick; all our Chin guests are interesting, fun, and all have unique and interesting jobs!

I figured it was appropriate to start the month with none other than Curtis Chin! Curtis is the author of the award-winning memoir, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant. It chronicles about 20 years of Curtis' youth gro...

Adonis has popped up on my Instagram feed many times over the past 2 years. He's a local guy visiting some of Daly City and San Francisco's best mom-and-pop restaurants. His recommendations always hit, so I wanted to hear more about how he got into content creation.

I felt like it was only appropriate to break bread together as we chatted, so we popped on down to New Lun Ting in Chinatown for some roast pork and oxtails. Pardon the...

If you were around pop culture in the early 2000s, you know Kaila Yu's face. She was a young import car model and pin-up girl. In her just-released book, Fetishized, Kaila pulls back the curtain on what it was like to be an Asian model in the 2000s. Her book is raw and revealing, and definitely worth a read.

We recorded this way back in April, as I think I was one of the first podcasters to jump in line to speak with Kaila. It was ...

Are you or someone you know curious about how to start a career in Hollywood? While working at the LA Times Ada Tseng and her co-author Jon Healey interviewed dozens of people from all parts of the entertainment industry. This book is a collection of chapters outlining most of the jobs involved with film and television production. As a TV and movie geek, I found it really interesting! Where was this book when I was a drama major in...

We're back with part 2 of our marathon session with Isabel and Lingjie! This time we're discussing the 2025 drama Karma and the 2016 classic Signal. I think we all enjoyed these shows and would recommend them to you! Let us know the shows or movies you want us to watch next!  

Thanks again to Isabel of @proudlyasian podcast and Lingjie of @worstasianpod ! It's always fun recording together. Give them a listen wherever you get podca...

We had some free time this summer, so I suckered some podcast friends to watch some shows with me. Lingjie from @worstasianpod and Isabel from @proudlyasian were game to be part of a watch club. We each recommended a show for the others to watch, and a few months later, we jumped on a Zoom call to give our thoughts!

The shows picked were: Love After Divorce Season 4 (2023), Karma (2025), and Signal (2016). We ended up recording for...

From Dartmouth, Harvard, Barnard, and Stanford, to Wall Street and Silicon Valley, Tiger Sisters Jean and Cherie Luo achieved what many can only hope to. In their podcast, Tiger Sisters, they share secrets and mistakes they've learned along the way. Sydney and I had a great chat with them, talking about their journey and learning more about how they manage to work so well together as ambitious sisters.

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Our podcast pal Yowei loaned us one of her episodes of Proxy to air on our feed this week! It features an episode she produced with comedian and podcaster Mic Nguyen. In it, the episode explores what Mic calls "the biggest regret of his life," abandoning his pre-med studies to pursue a comedy career. If you've never listened to Proxy before, you're in for a treat!  

Thanks to Yowei for letting us air her show. Please go listen to a...