Get RAW Podcast

Today’s episode is my first completely unedited, extremely raw update - recorded in my bathroom, where I often talk to myself.  Before you worry; I am A-OK, and honestly in a better place now than I ever have been. I’ve been spending the last year(s) and especially the last six months really focusing on my health in all the ways: mentally, emotionally, physically. I also started a dream job four m...

Finance Degree or Art Degree? Play it safe or Shoot for the Moon? What's the right order? Sculptor, Caretaker, Job seeker, and Dreamer - Debbie Vu of Alief, Houston discusses why being (only) good at school can leave you (really) lost when it comes to real life.   @art_dtv Takeaways: Spending 90% of your time applying for jobs isn't efficient or effective. Aiming for jobs lower than your...

Sometimes I feel like a useless potato. Sometimes YOU may feel like a useless potato. But you are NOT a useless potato!  I am also NOT a useless potato! "There's no such thing as a Useless Potato. Potatoes can be made in so many ways. Fried, scalloped, mashed, julienned, salad-ed, turned into a battery. Just because potato you is sitting in a (sad) sack in the dank cellar right now, wond...

Michelle is 20 years old, battling not just Lymphoma and chemo, but her mental health, her friendships, her confidence, her outlook on life and on .... everything. In a world that fosters everyone knowing everything about everyone, does caring too much what others think ultimately lead to us caring LESS about what really matters? This episode is deeply emotional, and beautiful - just like Michelle...

I turned 38 two months ago. I've been on anxiety/antidepressant medication for 6 months. I was diagnosed with ADHD 2 weeks ago. I’m finally learning to be comfortable and proud of who I am. It’s hard as fck, but it’s awesome. This is my first ever non-edited episode!   PS: I hope you will follow me on IG @getraw_podcast and consider sponsoring this podcast for $1 a month!

In this personal episode, Stephanie and her sister Wei Wei (Christine) finally do a podcast ... by accident.  During a call about their 99 year old grandpa's passing, they remember his strength, vitality, and courage in escaping communist China - as well as how repressed their family is when it comes to dealing with grief and ... all feelings. Warning: Death, Crying, Cussing, Sad Feelings

What is life like for a biracial, white passing daughter of a mother that chose to erase her Indian heritage? How does looking "ethnically ambiguous" effect an actor when booking jobs?  It's not enough Sheila is an executive producer, writer, show runner, opera singer, and krav maga-er. On top of it all, she is a role model, philosopher, mental health advocate, and veritable geyser...

According to her eastern and western zodiac signs, Stacy is a riotous combo of a stubborn ox and fiery ram. Just kidding, Stacy hates astrology. And compliments. And parental PDA. And marriage. And Affluent Anti-Affirmative Action Asians. So how did a painfully shy girl turn into an irreverent, irrepressible illustrator that people just can't get to shut up? Get ready to hear a lot of opinion...

What happens when Stephanie's neighbor's dog attacks her dogs for the third time in three months? Does she channel Leslie's training to defend herself and her pup? Part 2 of "You are Worth Defending" with Leslie. Bonus: Listen to the recording between the neighbor, the police, and me.  Fun times. For those who haven't checked it out, you really need to let Leslie empo...

Where did our Instagram Account go? Down the Sh*tter.  What happened? Was it because I pulled The Tower card in my last Tarot card reading?! Find out in this mini episode.  www.getrawpodcast.org

Love. Freedom. Strength. Vulnerability. These are the tenets of Leslie Lew, Martial Arts / Female Empowerment / Modern Self Defense Coach & Badass Kung Fu Witch . If you have EVER felt hesitant standing up for yourself at work, at home, or in life, Leslie is the guide and verbal hug we all didn't know we desperately needed.  From overcoming generational to personal trauma, to being bullie...

Our producer Kristal hosts this episode, telling the very dark, twisting, fascinating and TRUE story of Sister Ping, Queen of the Snakeheads, arguably the most successful documented human smuggler in history and based right in the heart of New York’s Chinatown. From warring Fujianese street gangs, to international money laundering, to sneaky-sneak side deals with the FBI, fans of the HBO Show Warr...

Jordana is full of wishes. She wishes to be more connected to her Chinese culture. She wishes she knew more before engaging in hookup culture. She wishes she knew her birth parents. She wishes her two Jewish dads were ok with her wearing spaghetti straps. She wishes people were more ok with her emotions, her thoughts, her opinions - and if they're not, actually, come to think of it.... she do...

On the inaugural episode of Real Asian Voices, Sho Morikawa opens up about his experience as an Asian American trans man. From telling his Asian parents (while navigating language barriers) to telling his girlfriend he's trans, Sho shares and bares all, with humor, vulnerability, and awe-worthy honesty.  "People who identify as queer ... their identity tends to be more fluid, and that ma...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the course of the parent/child relationship never did run smooth.  Why didn’t our Asian immigrant parents talk to us about their/our feelings? Was that because they didn’t love us, or were they just dealing with their own trauma? How many of you now, as parents, are grappling with how to raise kids – trying to uphold the values of your honored ancestors...

Ever been called a Coconut 🥥 or a Banana 🍌?  No, not the yummy tropical fruit, but the racial slur.  Reclaiming the pejorative word in her upcoming book "Coconut" is Nisha Patel - a self proclaimed queer, fat, femme, disabled poet laureate and artist of color. A poetry slam champion, poetry publishing house founder, writer in residence at a library, and prolific public performer, what...

We work out, we eat healthy, we go to the doctor when we don't feel well. Why don't we treat our minds and hearts with the same level of care? Why is mental health still not prioritized, especially amongst Asians, and why is there ANY negative stigma at all towards one of the BEST THINGS YOU CAN EVER DO FOR YOURSELF?  Therapy: No Shame, All Gain.  If listening to amazing mental help ther...

PSA to all Asians: Did you know that dating outside your ethnicity can make you LESS Asian? We didn't either. Meet Alicia, a first-gen Vietnamese American, Master of Public Health student who struggles daily not to become "Less Vietnamese" as she dates someone Black.  SARCASM. You are not less of ANYTHING by dating outside your race. In this episode, Alicia shares the eternal joy of...

News Flash! Your life is NOT over after a divorce (or two!) Also, not staying with the same human partner until you die does NOT make you a failure - no matter what your Asian family says.  Thank goodness for Grace, a defiant, daring, and dating divorcée - listen and learn, and then love - however you damn well please. Visit www.getRAWpodcast.org for recommended content by Grace!

Imagine being a newly grad, arts focused young professional with immigrant parents who want you to be a doctor or lawyer (no joke) during the height of a global pandemic while living at home. How do we NOT let ourselves be defined by the external, cultural, familial, societal, and self applied pressures to 'succeed' in the job market? How do we stay motivated, creative, active - when it&...

Erica is mouthy, opinionated, rebellious.  An artist, photographer, and musician hailing from Singapore, this F bomb dropping young lady sounds off on the struggles of being a creative, refusing to be a cog in the corporate machine, Asian on Asian racism, and giving herself and her grandma at home tattoos during quarantine. From fighting the power of parental disapproval to surprisingly sage advic...

Season 1 of the RAW Podcast kicked off in 2019 with the pilot episode: "I'm Not a Good Asian Girl." Almost 2 years later, Stephanie reveals the racism, harassment, and gaslighting that caused her to quit her toxic job, leave the city of Houston, and launch this podcast series. Through the soothing guidance of guest host Peter, a scientific interview originally conducted to study ins...

What DO you want? What do YOU want? What do you WANT?  When was the last time you thought about it? After six months of just trying to survive and stay sane, a random encounter with a juggling club in the middle of Bryant Park in New York City has woken me up again. Here ends Season 1 of the Get Raw Podcast! www.getRAWpodcast.org  

"Being Black shouldn't be exhausting. Racism is exhausting."  Omar shares what it's like growing up Black in America and why this movement isn't about politics, but about humanity. What can the Asian (and non Asian) community to do be an ally? Listen, learn, and keep the pedal to the medal. Most of all, Omar shares the best tool we can arm ourselves with as a society.  www...

Real Asian Dudes with HSP (Find out what it means to me).  Meet Terence and Michael, two amazing men who recently discovered they are a HSP (Highly Sensitive Person). What does it mean to be a male HSP, especially if you grow up in an Asian household that believes "men don't cry?" Why is sensitivity something we should appreciate in others and honor within ourselves -- now more than...