I Hope They Hear This

Today’s episode was a very eye opening one for me. Rapper and designer, Edward Sun, opened up to us in a very vulnerable way to talk about his sex addiction and how he learned that it was a result of previous emotional trauma. Then, near the end, we take a bit of time to talk about Edward’s design work that he got to do with Reach Records! Any and all feedback can be transmitted via: Email: IHTHTP...

Today I just had a conversation with James without a central topic. We discuss a few things in a free flowing manner. Take a listen and tell us what you guys think about what we said! Link to James’ stream: https://www.twitch.tv/apologetiks Any and all feedback can be transmitted via: Email: IHTHTPodcast@gmail.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/ihopetheyhearthis Twitter: www.twitter.com/ihthtpodcast

Grace Choi is the Director of Policy on Mental Health in the mayor's office of NYC. Grace joins us today to tell us a little bit about her story of how she got into a career in politics, some of the things she does in her current role, and why it is so important for Asian Americans to get more civically engaged and how to do so. Asian Mental Health Collective: https://www.asianmhc.org/ Resources o...

In a full circle moment, I do a part 2 to my very first episode addressing the DCEU (DC Extended Universe) after having watched the Zack Synder Cut of Justice League with guest Paul Hong. We start the podcast talking about the aftermath of the winter storm in Texas. We also talk a little bit about what responsibility this podcast has to keep talking about struggles in the AAPI community. But still...

Today my good friend James Gym Lee came by to have a light hearted conversation about his life. He tells us about joining the Marine reserves, making his decision to become a pastor, his life as a seminary student, how the Ravi Zacharias allegations have affected us, and James’ recent revelation of the importance of considering emotions. Any and all feedback can be transmitted via: Email: IHTHTPod...

As an Asian American Christian, I personally have had a hard time finding a way to forgive, especially the perpetrators of hate crimes against our community. For those of you who are in the same place as I, this episode is simply a call to remember what Christ did for us on the cross this Easter Weekend. Any and all feedback can be transmitted via: Email: IHTHTPodcast@gmail.com Instagram: www.inst...

Today’s episode is just a look into how I processed the shooting of mostly Asian American women in the metro Atlanta area on March 16th 2021.  #StopAsianHate GoFundMe of the sons of Hyun Jung Grant: https://gofund.me/6653b648 Any and all feedback can be transmitted via: Email: IHTHTPodcast@gmail.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/ihopetheyhearthis Twitter: www.twitter.com/ihthtpodcast

Jane Pak (formerly Jane Mo) is a producer at USA Today. With all of the horrific hate crimes committed against our elderly Asian Americans in recent months, we talk about the news media’s coverage of said hate crimes and why diversity and speaking up matters so much. Jane and I discuss our own experiences with microaggressions and racism and we also talk about what we can do to make our Asian Amer...

A recently reconnected high school friend, Lauren Song, joins us today to talk to us about how she started on her journey to reform her relationship with her father. Take a listen to learn about how her current relationship with her dad affected other relationships in her life and the steps she took to start rebuilding their relationship. Also, make sure to Laurel Society’s Instagram at: www.insta...

EJ makes good on his promise to come back so we could talk about some of the topics we couldn’t get to last time. We open with me answering the cliffhanger question from the previous episode with EJ: why was David intimidated by EJ? Then we get into all the different capacities in which EJ impacts communities and he even gives us advice on how to become a community impactor like himself. Also, mak...

For this special milestone episode (100! Woohoo!) good friend and fellow podcast host, Blair Kim, of the When I Grow Up podcast came to interview David! Blair asks David some questions about his experience with podcasting and David gives raw and unfiltered responses. Thank you for all my amazing guests and the listeners who supported these last 2 years. Episode 100 wouldn’t have happened without y...

EJ Lee is a “recovering” pastor who has stepped out of ministry proper to continue ministering outside of the walls of the church as the Operations Director at Good Places and the Executive Director of Atlanta Run Clubs. Today, EJ talks to us about a time during his pastoral ministry where a disagreement with the first gen leadership really took him to a situation of being stuck between a rock and...

Pastor David Park is the pastor at Open Table Community church and is also a photographer/real estate investor/business model coach on the side. Today, Pastor David and I talk about the Korean American church in general and some things that we think could be improved. With most churches holding services virtually, there might be an opportunity to explore and think about some of these things when w...

Amanda Assalone was born in South Korea, but was adopted into the Assalone family at 3 months and grew up in Tulsa Oklahoma. Amanda works in higher education in research and teaching capacities. During her time in her doctoral program, she began growing an interest in how to advise specifically Asian students and this led to exploring her ethnic roots. Amanda tells us about her personal life story...

Geoffrey Pranke was born in South Korea, but was put in an orphanage at 3 months of age. He was adopted by the Pranke family from the US and grew up in a predominately Caucasian populace. Geoffrey tells us his story of growing up as an adoptee, how he came to be interested in exploring his Korean heritage, and how he eventually found and reunited with his birth family. Geoffrey also tells us about...

My brother-in-law, Brian Kim, came by to tell us his life story. He walks us through some of the formative experiences he went through as a child to that influenced who he is today, such as watching sports with his dad and grandma, being the eldest brother to two younger sisters, and going through financial hardship that ended up bringing the whole family together. As the COO of his company Brian...

Jung Wook Lee is a KAC (Korean American Coalition) Atlanta board member and a lawyer who started her own firm. She grew up witnessing her parents struggle with and endure the hardships of owning small businesses. Come listen to her story and find out how she ended up becoming a small business owner anyways. Any and all feedback can be transmitted via: Email: IHTHTPodcast@gmail.com Instagram: www.i...

As I mentioned in the 2019 recap episode last year, we have been working on a new logo! Designer Edward Sun and I have spent the past year working together to figure out and create the visual identity of the I Hope They Hear This podcast. Come listen to us describe the process and everything that went behind designing the new look. Any and all feedback can be transmitted via: Email: IHTHTPodcast@g...

On today's episode, I hijacked Apologetiks' stream on twitch to interview another streamer, Joshua "JP" Park, while we were playing games! JP talks to us a little bit about how he got into streaming games and his art and even gives advice for people wanting to do the same. Come listen to this very unique episode with constant interrupts from in-game chat and sounds! Any and all feedback can be tra...

Youth pastor of 4Pointes church, Abe Kim, joins us today to give us his life story. He walks us through everything from moving from New Jersey to Georgia, experiencing a delayed trauma of his biological father leaving, his struggle with his identity as a pastor and other people's expectations, and even his undying loyalty as an Atlanta sports fan (despite some major disappointments). Abe's honesty...

Sarah Paik is with us today to talk to us a little bit about her life and what led her to becoming the extremely talented pianist she is today. Make sure to check out the "When I Grow Up" podcast episode with Sarah to hear about her day job and career! Make sure to follow Sarah on Instagram to get all of the music goodness! www.instagram.com/sarah.paik Any and all feedback can be transmitted via:...

In the previous episode I threw out that I have been skipping episodes some weeks because of anxiety, but I didn't really go into it much. Today, I wanted to share a little bit more about that. This episode is kind of a word vomit in one take (never happens when I do solo episodes), so it is very disorganized and hardly coherent, but it is my genuine expression of how I am doing in its rawest form...

We finally have a long time friend of the podcast, Paul Hong, on as a official guest! We get to hear a bit about Paul's life, living in all different parts of the country, and how he ended up in pastoring in Dallas, Texas. In the latter half of the episode, we talk about a book recommendation Paul gave me in response to the previous episode where I address the American church. We discuss the book...

I had a moment of revelation about a topic that has been heavy on my heart recently: division in the church. Listen as I share about my thoughts on how we can foster unity within the church and I hope one of two things happen 1) You are encouraged or 2) You find fault in what I am saying and you correct me. I am not a pastor or biblical expert, so the latter result is entirely possible.  Any...

Today I am joined by Josh Kim as he tells us his life story. Initially, the plan was to mostly focus on his many crafts based talents (wood working, pottery, and pc building), but we dive into Josh's story of how an accident after a church retreat completely shifted the trajectory of his life.  Any and all feedback can be transmitted via: Email: IHTHTPodcast@gmail.com Instagram: www.instagram...