The DIPPED Podcast

In this week's episode, the gang has an amazing conversation with special guest Jan Perry, an LA native who has spent over a decade serving Los Angeles and Southern California. Jan has been a key part of the LA City Council and has run for Congress among many other successes and accolades. - | Guest Spotlight | - Jan shares her background in public service, along with the trials and results of yea...

In this week's episode, the gang has an inspiring conversation with special guest Robert Vargas, an LA native and world-renowned artist/ muralist. Robert is known for many culturally important murals across the globe, including the 150-foot-tall mural honoring Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo district in DTLA. - | Guest Spotlight | - Robert dives deep into sharing his...

In this week's episode, the gang sits down and catches up after a few months of individually pursuing their adventures. Hear what everyone has been up to while sharing stories and the valuable lessons learned since the last episode of The DIPPED Podcast. In a return to form, this episode is a throwback to how our original episodes used to be: an in-the-moment dialogue and exploration of thoughts a...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guest James Choi, business owner, coffee kingpin, father, and all-around fire human being. James owns Cafe Dulce, which has five locations across Los Angeles and is the co-owner of Yoboseyo!, a local market featuring curated goods that also hosts the jiu-jitsu-focused Little Tokyo Fight Club. - | Guest Spotlight | - James shares his origins as an e...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guests, Jon, Michael, and Luke, creators of The Shokudo Series. This series focuses on exploring Japanese culture and family histories through cooking. - | Guest Spotlight | - The gang at The Shokudo Series gives us an inside look at how the show and production came to reality. From chance meetings in the Japanese community around Southern Californ...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guest, musician and recording artist Polartropica. - | Guest Spotlight | - Polartropica gives us an inside look at her origins as a musician and the ups and downs and complexities of developing as an artist in today’s digital world. Polar shares many gems in this interview, from playing in an orchestra as a youth to her experience of defining her c...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guest, active business consultant / retired breaking news journalist Mariko. First, Kevin and Mariko share how they linked up (2:00) then… - | Guest Spotlight | - Mariko shares her origin story (5:45), her experience jumping between the worlds of Japan and the US (8:40), how she got her start in Journalism (12:40), getting called into Reuters for a...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guests, Jiu Jitsu instructor Edmund and MMA enthusiast Kyle to tell us about teaching at the MMA gym Triunfo as well as… - | Guest Spotlight | - Kyle introduces himself and how he got into jiu-jitsu (3:50), MMA gym culture (6:15), Ed shares his start in jiu-jitsu (7:15), becoming a black belt in Kendo (11:00), leaving MMA (15:00), traveling and the...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guest, entrepreneur and designer Kenji…Kenji catches up on what he’s been up to and shares more on his brands, Vision and House (2:50) as well as… - | Guest Spotlight | - Kenji’s origins in entrepreneurship (10:10), getting hands-on with experimenting and sharing the his journey (15:00), his reasoning for deciding to do everything himself (17:50),...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guest, artist Finito (Alfonso) Juarez, and discusses visual representations of different cultures (1:45) and... - | Guest Spotlight | - Alfonso tells us about himself and his art (8:00), meeting Matthew from Cricket (10:30), learning to appreciate art (13:30), what started his practice of completing a painting every day (16:00), choosing to be an a...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guest, photographer Avery and quickly chat about Kanye’s recent apology to the Jewish community (2:41) as well as… - | Guest Spotlight | - Avery talks about getting started in photography (10:00), teaching photography in Kenya (13:00), what got Avery interested in photography (19:30), his 3-month road trip to the National Parks across America (24:5...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guest, actor Joey Chan - and discuss the stirring new HBO show Last of Us (2:00), and… - | Guest Spotlight | - Joey tells us who he is (and how he got his start in acting) (14:50), making his move from the Bay Area (22:00), his process and anxieties of breaking into the industry (27:40), staying present and avoiding anxiety (29:00), Joey shares his...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guest, music artist Jose Homicide - and discuss Justin Bieber selling his masters for over $200 million (1:50), and… - | Guest Spotlight | - Jose Homicide properly introduces himself (13:15), just starting out & the early struggles of putting music together (14:35), collaborating with others (19:00), working on inspirations (23:10), Jose tells us a...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guests, music artists & entrepreneurs Kayron & Ralph (G.Show)and discuss AI-generated art on Midjourney + FN Meka and AI generative music (2:15), AI’s potential impacts on the music industry (14:15), as well as… - | Guest Spotlight | - Kayron and Ralph introduce themselves & talk about music + coding (27:15), top-tier rappers like Eminem + Lupe Fia...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guest, Los Angeles-based fine dining Chef Chris Ono, to talk about dishes over the holidays (1:45) and... - | Guest Spotlight | - Chef Chris talks about his profession and why we are podding in Little Tokyo (8:15), Chris shares his start in the industry and early Dj’ing (12:40), the process of graduating culinary school and starting his career (17:...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guest, entrepreneur and muralist Kent Yoshimura, and kick off the pod discussing the new wave of AI generated art (3:00) as well as... - | Guest Spotlight | - Kent's experience breaking into the art industry (10:45), why Kent chose to do murals and how he does it(14:25), working with a team to create (18:00), Kentaro’s first major mural pieces in L...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guest, live musician/ drummer Josh, and kick off the pod talking about the new Super Mario World opening at Hollywood Studios(1:30) and... - | Guest Spotlight | - Josh tells us how he got into music (8:50), the challenge of playing live jazz music (12:50), growing out of the garage band(14:50), his most memorable shows~ 741 (22:20), challenges of b...

In this week's episode, the gang welcomes a very special guest, host of the podcast Changing Tides, Matthew, and chat about this year's Spotify Wrapped round-up as well as... - | Guest Spotlight | - Matt tells us about Changing Tides, and the Japanese American community in Los Angeles (17:30), how he became involved with the Changing Tides program (20:11), finding a therapist you can talk to, and...