Yes, yes, yet anotherrr new podcast. Still, Susie An, Stephanie H. Kim & I are excited to bring you the 1st epi of #shoesoffwbez. Our 1st guest is the brilliant & delightful Joel Kim Booster. More interviews w/excellent guests coming soon. Listen & subscribe: ow.ly/QZKJ50MGMHE

Our brilliant guest for epi 2—Disney and Pixar's Turning Red director Domee Shi—was warm, funny & thoughtful. She talked about our different selves around our parents & how a new generation of filmmakers is embracing therapy. We had ourselves a great ol' time.

As we continue to fight for a fair contract, we’ll be sharing the stories of our Guild members. These are the people behind the bylines, striving to spotlight the truth and humanity in every assignment and working tirelessly to serve this city we all love.

#ShoesOffWBEZ: Comedian Hari Kondabolu shares what helped him change the way he views himself, why mocking immigrants’ accents is not funny, and why he doesn’t see himself as a political comic. ow.ly/sGrS50MTaou

We at We Make WBEZ + Vocalo stand in solidarity with our siblings at Chicago Sun-Times Guild. These are the hardworking and empathetic journalists behind the bylines, who deserve fair compensation and a fair contract now.👇

#ShoesOffWBEZ: Lisa Ling opens up about when she became proud of being Asian American, what she feels insecure about, and that one time she was in an Old Navy commercial. Listen to the full episode: ow.ly/oa6050N03pB

As Susie An put it, she had major "cool older sister" energy. Also, "badass working mom" energy. Sooz, Stephanie H. Kim and I loved having this veteran journalist on the show. Take a listen!

#ShoesOffWBEZ: Lisa Ling explains why she wears cargo pants when filming and chats about the time she went out with Prince. Listen to the full episode: ow.ly/IjQl50N4PW4

ONE YEAR OF RISE, FOLKS! And look where we are…I don’t think we managed to get EEAAO into riseasianamerica! The book already needs a sequel, haha. Such an honor and pleasure to be part of the SEXY ASIANS fam and to have this fantastic convo with Esther Yoon-Ji Kang and Stephanie H. Kim!

If you don’t have a copy of Rise yet, whatcha waiting for? You can hear Jeff Yang 🫶 FOLLOW ME @ORIGINALSPIN ON THREADS/IG, Phil Yu, philipwang talk all about it in today’s ep of #ShoesOffWBEZ! P.S. I am a ghost host aka producer. 👻 Susie An and Esther Yoon-Ji Kang are the hosts you’ve come to know and love!

My co-authors and I are on the latest episode of WBEZ’s Shoes Off: A Sexy Asians Podcast, talking to Esther Yoon-Ji Kang and Susie An about RISE. We recorded this a while ago so I couldn’t quite recall our conversation. But it was indeed pretty sexy. wbez.org/stories/jeff-y…

Having been kindly mentioned for #FollowFriday, allow us to suggest a diverse smattering of podcasts: Big Campaign Podcast 🍉, Susie An and Esther Yoon-Ji Kang 's podcast "Shoes Off", and Shannon Cason 's Homemade stories.

I got to hang with two of my favorite people in the world (no exaggeration). ☺️ Love you, Susie An and Jacoby Cochran!

Hey y’all, emerging from my Twitter moratorium to announce some professional news. Keep those questions about the region coming!

In a two-part series, Joe DeCeault brings us the story of the rise — and fall — of Count Dante, the man at the center of Chicago’s infamous dojo wars of the 1960s and ‘70s. wbez.org/stories/john-k…

Before Cobra Kai, there were the dojo wars of Chicago

This Curious City story by Ari Mejia and @magisiv was recently recognized by NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists for an Excellence in QPOC Coverage award 🎉Listen to the podcast episode here: wbez.org/stories/the-hi…

.Curious City wants to hear your spine-tingling stories of unexplained sights and sounds, mysterious objects and other spooky things. trib.al/Y3mtaUQ

PRLF '23 is honored to have Curtis Sittenfeld on the programming schedule this year! Curtis Sittenfeld will be at PRLF '23 on Sat., Sept. 9th at 12:30 p.m. in conversation with Susie An, WBEZ at the Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage. printersrowlitfest.org

So fun to join Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago this weekend and thank you Susie An for the wonderful questions & conversation!!