hAAPI hour with melissa cho

Answering your questions and sharing recent fun happenings in my newest solo episode. I've been going to a lot of events the past 2 months and meeting new people (storytime in this episode), all while being sober and going by myself. Also sharing updates on my ongoing quest to find a full-time job in this highly saturated creative job market, grrrr. And someone asked me to talk about Jojo Siwa, so your wish is my command. Let&#...

I'm bringing hAAPI hour to my hometown and favorite place on earth. here's how i would spend it with friends visiting—enjoy 🫶🏼.

Cheers 🍵, Melissa

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A hot new Asian dating app has entered the villahhhh. Since helming the role of Head of Brand last May, Cindy Lim has been on a mission to spread awareness on a new app that transforms how we socially and romantically connect digitally.

Yuzu isn't just another dating app. With features tailored to the Asian diaspora, including social and dating modes, community spaces, and the ability to showcase ethnic roots, Yuzu is redefinin...

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I want to share a snippet that was cut from a past episode due to time constraints. I’ve been reflecting on and reviewing a lot of my previous interviews over the past almost one year since I brought the show back in May, and I came across this conversation that was sitting in my editing timeline.

This deleted scene...

Say hello to tomorrow’s guest, the baddest NFL social media programmer, Shannon Domingsil.

Shannon and I go way back in college—she was actually my orientation leader. From the years I’ve known her in college, her work ethic is one of her strongest traits that stick out to me—the baddie has interned at CNN, The Today Show, E! News, and produced an investigative piece for Refinery29 on fertility fraud that racked up millions of view...

Here's what I learned from my two-month sabbatical in Taipei, reflecting on my quarter-life crisis, and sharing my battle strategies for the future. Thank you for being here.

cheers 乾杯,

melissa 以欣

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and yet again, i was invited onto another podcast. i swear—who keeps passing me the mic!!! in this episode, my new friend rashad, host of the wear many hats podcast, and i chat about online haters, finding the light as freelancers, and acquiring the juice to keep our indie podcasts chugging.

cheers 乾杯,

melissa 以欣

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What better way to start the year than by orienting our priorities and decisions for 2024. I'm so excited to share my conversation with licensed psychologist Dr. Timothy Yen, CEO of Pivot Counseling and best-selling author of "Choose Better: The Optimal Decision-Making Framework,” a text we dive into in our conversation. Dr. Yen helps answer some of your submitted questions: How do I know if and when I should marry my part...

Welcome back to hAAPI hour—I'm glad to be back for our first episode of 2024. Already loads of stuff filmed for the new year that I'm itching to post (Taiwan content soon 👀), but in the meantime, enjoy this lovely conversation I had with my new wise friend Kara Duffy on her podcast (that's been around for wayyy longer than mine), "The Powerful Ladies Podcast." I am a powerful lady omg maybe let me know if I s...

what a year it's been for myself and the rebirth of hAAPI hour! thank you all for joining me for hAAPI hour this year—what fun it has been. this is the final episode of 2023 (i know y'all have more exciting plans for the holidays than listening to me talk in your ear on a friday), so i invite you to hear more about the full journey of all the physical, career, and mental reasons that led me toward the path of hAAPI hour red...

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The best doctor’s visit of your entire life. It is my great privilege to bring on my doctor, Dr. Jaclyn Tolentino. Dr. Tolentino is a board-certified family physician with a holistic approach to practicing medicine. “You look at the evolution of how [people] get si...

Falling into art after falling out of a 9 year relationship. An apartment burning down. Painting a mural for Kevin Hart. Cambodian-Lao artist Olivia Sawai, going more frequently by Sawai to preserve her family legacy, summarizes her past year as being in a turbulent washing cycle. But the Long-Beach native is a baddie—a new season offered new opportunities for Sawai, allowing her to pivot away from a teaching career and towards art...

Some deleted moments from my lovely conversation with Puni Petals. Hear about a fun in-person encounter I had with a podcast listener and listen to me ask Puni some big sister advice on how to scale a business.

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A 10-minute conversation between potter Danny and moi while the camera wasn't rolling. This is a new segment I'd love to implement in into the show—I'm excited to bring you more mini moments like this in future episodes to come yeeee.

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The guest that was most of your first introductions to hAAPI hour is back for a way sillier talk this time. Join potter Danny and me as we chat about what's transpired in each of our lives since the last episode aired in late July (we each got into vehicle accidents yike), answer some random SLOW-fire questions, and reflect on the big moments of this year...while carving some cute vases. More flames included.

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