Episodes
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Invincible Asian American Talent Tearing It Up And (Going) Down
White British tech bro tells Asian Americans to go back to THEIR country, Steven Yeun voices a new superhero animates series, Jin Ha "goes down" in history in Love Life with Anna Kendrick, James Sweeney directs, writes and stars in Straight Up and more...
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Animal Crossing Stand-Up, Dank Durian, Bruce Lee Statues
Durian drives German mail workers to the hospital, SF needs a Bruce Lee statue, white chef of Vietnamese restaurant lashes out after being told to spell banh mi right, changing Columbus, Ohio to Flavortown, Ohio and Jenny Yang starts a stand-up show inside Animal Crossing!
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Opening Set Podcast Joins Us To Talk Bay Area
Yellow Peril does a very special crossover episode with Opening Set as we discuss San Francisco gentrification through the eyes of two Bay Area DJs who lived and DJ’d through tech bros, black and brown displacement, and Yay Area hyphy. Don’t listen if you love Steve Aoki and beat drops.
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We Stand With K-Pop Stans
K-Pop fans and Tiktokers flood the reservations of Trump's rally, 75 ways AAPI are supporting Black Lives Matter, Michelle Khare and other YouTubers star in the #1 film in the US, TV/film projects with Asian American talent and more...
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Support Black Lives Matter / Da 5 Bloods Review / And More
Vu and Oki share more ways we can all support Black Lives Matter, our review of Da 5 Bloods and more great content to keep an eye out that features Asian and Asian American talent.
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Interview with Director Bao Nguyen
This week, director Bao Nguyen joins us for an interview about his new documentary "Be Water" which chronicles Bruce Lee's life and impact. We'll also dive in to why this film is relevant during Black Lives Matter protests and Bao's career and life between the US and Vietnam.
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Yellow Peril Supports Black Power
During this time of unrest, we wanted to bring you an episode simply to make sure that you're doing something to support the protests and to help join the outcry of our fellow people, our humankind family. Please act, donate, teach, speak, learn, and protest safely. Help make a necessary and...
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Quarantine Is NOT An Internment Camp
Why were Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo targeted by another lifestyle businesswoman for their success? Why is George Takei knocking a Wisconsin judge? Why should you watch a slew of great content created by Asian Americans waiting right now at your virtual fingertips? Answers inside...
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Clearly Gremlins Was A Coronavirus Warning Film Ahead Of Its Time
We discuss how Taiwan is keeping things safe even though they still have baseball and clubbing. And we share more shows and films we think you should keep your eyes peeled for while we're all stuck at home including a new Gremlins show coming to HBO Max, a PBS docu-series on Asian Americans aptly...
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Can You Guess The Celebrities From Their Chinese Names? Part 2
We're back with part two of the pre-recorded episode where we see if Oki and Vu can guess the celebrity based on hearing their Chinese name. Our guest Billie helps us read off several celebrities Mandarin Chinese names have been phonetically derived from their English names. Play along and see…
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Free Rice. In Vietnam. From ATMs.
Too many Asian Americans too awesome things to count them all. Michelle Khare takes on police, FBI and fire fighter training; Green Beret Tu Lam becomes inspiration for a Call of Duty character; Vietnam giving out free rice from ATM; and director Deborah Chow is our Worst Asian Ever of The Week!
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Can You Guess The Celebrities From Their Chinese Names? Part 1
Earlier this year, we recorded an episode over some drinks and came upon a fun guessing game: Can Oki and Vu guess the celebrity based on hearing their Chinese name? Our guest Billie helps us read off several celebrities Mandarin Chinese names have been phonetically derived from their English...
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Aloha Quibi, Aloha Handshakes, Aloha Hawaii 5-0
This one is all over the map. We say hello to new shows and films we recommend, goodbye to Hawaii 5-0 and say hello to saying hello and goodbye in new ways with COVID-19 in our midsts.
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Interview with Chef Nguyen Tran
This week we interview Nguyen Tran, chef and partner of Button Mash, a restaurant and bar-cade in LA. We talk with Tran about how the restaurant got it’s start, how the food industry is coping with the pandemic and the constant barrage of variables thwarting Button Mash and other locally-owned...
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Stay Home and Watch and Play This Stuff
We're still in lockdown but we're here for you. Racism against Asians and Asian Americans is at an all time high unfortunately but hopefully you're able to stay home to avoid it for now. While you're staying home, why not curl up with a few of our suggested shows and games we're enjoying right now?
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We're Back! But, You Know, Distanced...
It's been awhile (again) but we're back (again)! We wanted to come back to you from lockdown during these scary times, both because of the virus outbreak and the outbreak of racism. But also to highlight some of the good things still happening out there. Despite the troubling state of the world,...
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Interview with Filmmaker James Y. Shih and Actor Gregory Yuan
James Y. Shih is the filmmaker behind the short film "Ahma and Alan" starring Gregory Yuan and they both join us on this episode for a look at the production, the stories that connected them, Asian male masculinity and more.
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Interview with Filmmaker So Yun Um
So Yun Um filmed a short documentary called Liquor Store Babies and is currently producing the feature length version of that film called Liquor Store Dreams. We interview her about her life working with her family in their liquor store in Los Angeles, her career, her love of K Pop and more.
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Interview with The Creators of Graphic Novel 442
Writers Koji Steven Sakai, Phinny Kiyomura and artist Rob Sato join Oki for a look at their new graphic novel 442 that tells a historic story of the 442nd Regiment that was comprised of Japanese American soldiers fighting for the US in Germany.
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Chopsticks Are Funny? Is The Label "Asian American" Enough?
Mina Son and Geoff Oki have several questions about the New Zealand Burger King ad showing people eating burgers with chopsticks, what does the label "Asian American" mean now, G.O.A.T. John Cho's casting in the live action Cowboy Bebop show and more!
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Apple Plus Asians, SNL Oh, Not So Subtle Asian Traits
CB (let's face it, he's Chuong now that you can see him in the video...) joins Oki to discuss Sandra Oh hosting SNL, the Empower conference presented by Kollaboration, if Subtle Asian Traits is over, and we introduce Fresh Yellow, where we talk about new and upcoming Asian American projects and...
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Asian Marvel Heroes, Taiwan Game Heroes, Gemma Chan Is A Hero
Mina S. and Oki look at Gemma Chan's response to playing a historically white person, a whole new bunch of Asian Marvel superheroes, a Taiwanese video game that China banned, and which Asian country is the happiest.
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Faux Pho, Fail Photos, Filipino Phone Call
CB, Veebs and Oki lament on having been misidentified as other Asians just as Asian celebs have in their paparazzi photos, Brits trying to register "pho" as a trademark, and we get a voicemail from Resident Filipino on why they think The Philippines last the longest on Pornhub.
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Sparking Joy, Tattoo Mistakes, and Shufflin' Teachers
The guys (Veebs, CB and Oki) get together and go off on recreating food as art, Ariana Grande's tattoo typo, a Congressman that says he's an Asian man trapped in a white man's body, the power of Marie Kondo, and more.
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Fake Kim Jong Un, Space Jam 2, and The Oscars
Veebs and Oki talk about a Kim Jong Un Impersonator being kicked out of Vietnam, a Filipino Canadian voicing Bugs Bunny, vats of abandoned seafood sauce wreaking havoc in a small city, and a quick overview of Asians at the Oscars.
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The Yellow DNA Test! Where The Hell Are We From???
Veebs, Lianne and Oki took the 23 and Me DNA test to see just exactly where our heritage lies. Just HOW Asian are we? Or are we not? And who is afraid of heights or has wet earwax versus dry earwax? Find out all these fascinating details and more things you probably don't want to know.
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Pinoy's Porn Power, Payin' For Prison, and sPike sPiegel
Animina, Veebs and Oki sit down pre-holidays to chat on Philippines having the longest average viewing time on Pornhub, South Koreans paying to go to prison, the casting call for the live-action Cowboy Bebop adaptation coming to Netflix, and Crazy Rich Asians failing in China.
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BTS, Jon M. Chu, Sandra Oh and Shang Chi
Does Steve Aoki's music video with BTS miss the mark? Who will be cast as Shang Chi, Marvel's first Asian lead superhero film? How meta will Jon M. Chu's film "Journey" get? And how fabulous will Sandra Oh be co-hosting the Golden Globes?
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Asian Airbender, Uncles For Rent, Asians In Space
We're back from a break and it's time to catch up with all things Asian American. From uncles you can rent in South Korea to stop bullying, to Chinese artifacts being stolen from museums, Avatar The Last Airbender live-action being cast with Asians to a Japanese billionaire sending artists to...
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Dragon Balm Z™: Interview With Atsuko Okatsuka
Stand-up comic, actress and oft-time diversity consultant Atsuko Okatsuka joins us for a hilarious interview on her life growing up in LA, how her Japanese American teacher changed her name to Stacey and more. Be sure to check her out at the Comedy Comedy Festival on October 13 and her hour…
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Diversity, Inclusivity, and Affirmative Activity
Anim Mina, CB and Oki celebrate Asian August, HBO and Warner Bros.' new company-wide inclusion policy, affirmative actions pitfalls and positives, and Naomi Osaka's controversial US Open win. That's all, folks!
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Pole Dancing, Pranks, and Prejudices
Wait, TWO Minas?! That's right, we brought in Mina Anim and Mina Knewdles in to the same room and the universe did NOT explode. Phew. Meanwhile, Anim, Knewdles and Oki push on and chat about pole dancers welcoming kindergarteners in China back to school, a lawyer from Orange County ranting about...
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Get Schooled On Star Wars, Vietnam War, and the War on Racism
Mina Knewdles, Veebs and Oki talk about the bill that might pass that would require the Vietnam War to be in school history books, more hot takes on Crazy Rich Asians, and Kelly Marie Tran's stand against trolls. WARNING: Veebs lies about having seen Crazy Rich Asians so trust nothing he says....
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CRAZY! RICH! ASIANS! SPOILERS!
SPOILER ALERT! Lianne, Oki and new host Anim mull over and muse on their movie experience of Crazy Rich Asians. Have you seen it yet? GO SEE IT! If you have, continue your listening experience of the latest Yellow Peril episode.
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Cray Rich Asians, Cray Culkin, Cray AsAm Film List
We're pumping episodes out this week in honor of the release of Crazy Rich Asians! Consider this Part Deux as Veebs and Oki talk about John Cho in GQ magazine, Macauly Culkin thinking he can make Asian jokes because he's dating Brenda Song, a wild list from Rotten Tomatoes of 15 films and tv…
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Super Old, Super Young, and Super ALOHA NOT FOR SALE
Mina, Veebs and Oki chat about the UK Foreign Secretary that momentarily forgot his Asian wife's ethnicity, how the Japanese live so long, a white restaurant owner trademarking the world "Aloha" and how the Crazy Rich Asians team turned down a deal with Netflix. Plus, this week's Worst Asian…
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Rose Ticos, Busan, and The $100 Million Chinese Film Flop
Veebs and Oki team up to discuss the #RallyForRose (Tico) at San Diego Comic Con, if should we listen to Lonely Planet telling us where to travel in Asia, why China should just give us $100 million to let us make 100 awesome films instead of one awful bomb that only made $7 million in it's only...
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Interview with Patrick Epino
This week, we have actor and filmmaker Patrick Epino fresh off H.P. Mendoza's new film Bitter Melon. Patrick graced our studio with his presence to talk about his role in the film, how he got in to filmmaking and his past and future projects including National Film Society, Mr. Sadman and Awesome...
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Lunar New Year Vacay, Japan "Sweeps" The World Cup and Dim Sum Stars
Lianne, C.B. and Oki examine Lebron James' latest film project, debate whether or not kids in the US should get Lunar New Year off as a holiday, discuss Asians being admired and disrespected in the World Cup, comment on the new director and exhibit of the Chinese American Museum in LA, and ponder...
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The Instant Pot, The Oscar Less White and The Worst Asian Ever Of The Week
Leanne, Oki and Veebs join this week's episode to discuss the ban on leis at graduations in Utah, the Academy inducting a far more diverse group this year, the rise of the Instant Pot and our new feature we call Worst Asian Ever of the week. This week's WAE is Young Jean Lee, the first Asian...
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World Cup, Racist Geniuses, Asian Covergirls
There's only ONE American-born player in all of the world cup? New Albert Einstein journals reveal he was racist towards Asians? And THREE Asians on the cover of Allure magazine? What is the world coming to!?
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Awkafina, Anthony and An
The Yellow Peril welcomes new guest host Lianne as we look at Trump's Asian American staffer that quit, Awkafina's new album and her role in Crazy Rich Asians, the passing of Anthony Bourdain and a new casting announcement for the live-action Mulan film.
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Come Back, Kelly Marie Tran
Please don't leave us, Kelly Marie Tran... We understand but we need you... Veebs and Oki delve in to her erasing her instagram account, ask the question why so many South Asians win the national spelling bee, is there REALLY a rise in Asian American rom-coms and more...
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James Wong Howe, Mumbai Crossworder, Bye Roseanne
Mina and Oki host this week's podcast as they discuss the new casting of Keanu Reeves and Daniel Dae Kim on the Ali Wong and Randall Park film Always Be My Maybe, a Mumbai man who became the first non-North American to create a New York Times crossword puzzle, and all about cinematographer James...
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Chun Li, Jet Li, Pat Mori... Ta.
Today’s Yellow Peril podcast covered an insane amount of topics: Jackie Chan, Nicki Minaj, Karate Kid, and Jet Li to name a few people. We also talked about American sushi in Japan (yummmm Volcano Rolls!), why Asian American writers are not well represented on Wikipedia (here’s a hint: white…
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Japanese Whiskey and Steven Yuen
Our apologies for the hiatus hiccup, Yellow Perilers. We welcome Oki back from a long trip visiting the motherland which threw things for a loop while he was gone. We jump right back in though with everyone’s favorite ongoing topic: Aziz Ansari’s first gig back from the infamous sexual encounter....
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It's Raining Too Many Men in China and India
Mina, Veebs and Oki join this week's episode to discuss the gender imbalance in China and India and what the causes of the large male population means for their countries' welfare and culture. We also take a look at the Crazy Rich Asians trailer, the most recent Mulan castings, the hiring of…
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Interview With Guest Arvin Chen
Director Arvin Chen sits down with Oki to chat about his roots in California and Taiwan, his past work, and moving from the US to Taiwan where he brought his projects to life.
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Sex Cults, Equal Pay and Funny Asian Power Team
We are finally back! After a four month hiatus, we're kicking things off once again with fun, interesting and offbeat news about all things Asian. This week, we welcome Veebs to Los Angeles, discuss Kristin Kruek's alleged involvement with a sex cult, the gender and ethnic pay gaps, and Ali Wong...
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Vietnamese Know Their Role Model, It's In A Brown Bottle
Finally, after a whole year podcasting, Oki and Veebs dig deep down into their roots and explain the mysteries why Vietnamese people love Henny and why white people love fetishizing Oki's peoples' cartoons. Also in this weeks episode, why the creators of The OC finally added some color to their...