Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/culturally-relevant-conversations A specially curated collection of interviews from David Chen's Culturally Relevant podcast © 2025 David Chen b85e7606-ad4a-5359-957f-da67e501b86f no en Thu, 10 Oct 2024 14:45:40 -0700 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:00:26 -0800 https://joysauce.com/podcast/culturally-relevant-conversations/ https://img.transistor.fm/5cJ8_q0MKkQXuveCf0_MQ7X8LqAafoss4_K11F07JRQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMwMTUyLzE2NTA5/ODQyNTYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg https://joysauce.com/podcast/culturally-relevant-conversations/ episodic David Chen A specially curated collection of interviews from David Chen's Culturally Relevant podcast A specially curated collection of interviews from David Chen's Culturally Relevant podcast. JoySauce No No 10 10 Making a Middle-aged Martial Arts Comedy full 23456e5f-fc85-44e0-b387-de2df7ae2dcb https://share.transistor.fm/s/e3ad9486 Sun, 05 Jun 2022 18:04:48 -0700 David Chen David Chen 3351 David chats with writer/director Bao Tran about his hit martial arts comedy film "The Paper Tigers." David chats with writer/director Bao Tran about his hit martial arts comedy film "The Paper Tigers." No 9 9 Telling Your Mom's Life Story full b0a71ab7-b5f3-488c-908d-c293f134f190 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bc19aa85 Sun, 05 Jun 2022 18:02:59 -0700 David Chen David Chen 2356 David talks with writer/director Tze Chun about his episode of "Little America" entitled "The Grand Prize Expo Winners." David talks with writer/director Tze Chun about his episode of "Little America" entitled "The Grand Prize Expo Winners." No 8 8 Losing Faith and Finding a Life in Writing full 21a1fc14-6695-4a27-80a2-6f4332e99ab7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a4e21174 Sun, 05 Jun 2022 18:01:38 -0700 David Chen David Chen 3325 David chats with R.O. Kwon about what it was like to lose her Christian faith and how that shaped her as a writer David chats with R.O. Kwon about what it was like to lose her Christian faith and how that shaped her as a writer No 7 7 The Rising Tide of Anti-Asian Violence full f6222195-8dc6-44b9-be85-0b0016492849 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f1de2b10 Sun, 05 Jun 2022 17:59:20 -0700 David Chen David Chen 2238 David speak with writer May-Lee Chai about the anti-Asian violence that is sweeping parts of the country right now, as well as its causes and solutions David speak with writer May-Lee Chai about the anti-Asian violence that is sweeping parts of the country right now, as well as its causes and solutions No 6 6 Telling Bruce Lee's Story with "Be Water" full 2ae9edf6-5ece-4e5e-95c1-efebbf6a7585 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c4612597 David chats with Bao Nguyen about his new film 'Be Water' which examines the life of Bruce Lee.

]]> David chats with Bao Nguyen about his new film 'Be Water' which examines the life of Bruce Lee.

]]> Sun, 05 Jun 2022 17:41:02 -0700 David Chen David Chen 2613 David chats with Bao Nguyen about his new film 'Be Water' which examines the life of Bruce Lee. David chats with Bao Nguyen about his new film 'Be Water' which examines the life of Bruce Lee. No 5 5 A Third of All API Leads are Dwayne Johnson full 414ece3b-f3ea-42a1-b27c-d373f0e89144 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0582edb8 Mon, 30 May 2022 06:58:13 -0700 David Chen David Chen 2410 David chats with sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen about a new study she co-authored showing the prevalence of Asians and Pacific Islanders in popular movies. David chats with sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen about a new study she co-authored showing the prevalence of Asians and Pacific Islanders in popular movies. No 4 4 My Grandmother's Favorite Scammer full b040b124-ac8b-4ba2-b2d4-fe9871895cb3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/aaa2acf2 Sun, 22 May 2022 18:45:06 -0700 David Chen David Chen 1623 Frankie Huang's grandmother fell for a common scam, and revealed why the elderly are so desperate to believe in fantasies Frankie Huang's grandmother fell for a common scam, and revealed why the elderly are so desperate to believe in fantasies No 3 3 Building A New Identity as Brown Immigrant full e34a6fef-0f0f-4854-8581-8be383e8e69c https://share.transistor.fm/s/4dcbabef Originally published August 21, 2019, David chats with Siddhant Adlakha about Gurinder Chadha's new film Blinded by the Light and what it can teach us about the South Asian experience.

]]> Originally published August 21, 2019, David chats with Siddhant Adlakha about Gurinder Chadha's new film Blinded by the Light and what it can teach us about the South Asian experience.

]]> Mon, 16 May 2022 16:43:37 -0700 David Chen David Chen 2251 Filmmaker and critic Siddhant Adlakha exchanges personal anecdotes about their own immigrant experiences, and talk about "Blinded by the Light" and how it captures the immigrant experience  Filmmaker and critic Siddhant Adlakha exchanges personal anecdotes about their own immigrant experiences, and talk about "Blinded by the Light" and how it captures the immigrant experience  blinded by the light, immigration, identity, springsteen No 1 1 The Hopes and Dreams of Generic Asian Man full 31a84107-3d8a-433b-9691-47c0ea660a8e https://share.transistor.fm/s/e22b7086 Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:21:05 -0700 David Chen David Chen 2427 You know that Asian guy in the background of your favorite TV Cop show? What is that guy’s life like? What are his hopes and dreams? In this episode, David chats with Charles Yu, whose new novel Interior Chinatown explores this very concept. You know that Asian guy in the background of your favorite TV Cop show? What is that guy’s life like? What are his hopes and dreams? In this episode, David chats with Charles Yu, whose new novel Interior Chinatown explores this very concept. No 2 2 Telling Transracial Adoption Stories full c7109981-829d-4684-b3e5-02a590a23e96 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1db7c0d6 Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:20:51 -0700 David Chen David Chen 2862 Nicole Chung talks about becoming a writer and writing about transracial adoption Nicole Chung talks about becoming a writer and writing about transracial adoption No