Culturally Relevant with David Chen

David talks with writer/director Riley Stearns about his new movie, "The Art of Self Defense," which is available right now on VOD, DVD, and Blu-Ray.

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(2:45) Riley Stearns Interview
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David speaks with writer Nicole Chung about her memoir, "All You Can Ever Know," which is out now in paperback.

Shownotes:

(2:20) Nicole Chung interview
(49:30) Weekly recommendations
-When GoFundMe gets…

David speaks with Jia Jiang, one of the world's foremost expert on rejection, on how he made getting rejected into his full time job. Later, Jia shares the top 5 things he learned from rejection.

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David chats with writer/filmmaker Erin Lee Carr about her new HBO Documentary "I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth vs. Michelle Carter." Erin discusses her working process, what inspires her to cho…

David chats with Josh Gondelman about his new book "Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results," his approach to comedy, and his work on "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."

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• Buy Nic…

David talks with legendary director Joseph Kahn about his new film 'Bodied,' how being a father has changed his perspective on his career, the state of Asian-American representation in the media, and…

David chats with R.O. Kwon about what it was like to lose her Christian faith and how that shaped her as a writer. R.O. Kwon's debut novel The Incendiaries is out right now in paperback.

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David and Patrick H. Willems discuss their hopes and fears for the forthcoming Matrix sequel. Then, they count down their top 5 moments/elements of The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.

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David chats with Siddhant Adlakha about Gurinder Chadha's new film Blinded by the Light and what it can teach us about the South Asian Experience.

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(3:30) Siddhant Adlakha and David review …

David talks to Brian Raftery about his new book Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen. Brian discusses why this particular year became seminal in movie history and how it continue…

David talks with Alex Perry about the last days of American missionary John Allen Chau. You can read Perry's piece, "The Last Days of John Allen Chau," in Outside.

Links:

• Buy Alex's book, The Good M…

David chats with writer Samantha Allen about her new book, Real Queer America. Allen drove to red states and conservative regions from Provo, Utah to the Bible Belt in order to explore queer culture.…

David chats with Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane, Black Mirror) about directing Warframe's new cinematic trailer. Dan talks about what it's like trying to make it in Hollywood today, the differ…

David and Tara Ariano review the second season of HBO's hit show Big Little Lies.

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• Read Jen Chane…

Shownotes
(3:45) Lulu Wang interview
(22:30) The Farewell Review
(45:15) Weekly Recommendations

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In the first episode of Culturally Relevant, David chats with Jeff Cannata and Peter Sciretta about movie trailers. Are they worth watching? Or do they spoil the filmgoing experience?

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Culturally Relevant will be a podcast featuring cultural observations and in-depth conversations with people who are shaping how we think about the world. Every week or so, I’ll be putting out a new …