Rice for Breakfast is a podcast about Asian Americans in Pop Culture. Each week I, Ian de Borja, will have a conversation with an Asian American who helps create the unique landscape of popular culture.
Introducing the first mini-episode of Rice for Breakfast! Listen in as I introduce what the mini-episodes will be about and discuss the first topic, three books about the history of Asian Americans.
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This week’s guest is comedian, is award-winning writer, actor, filmmaker, storyteller and cultural producer, Naomi Ko. Naomi's independent tv pilot, Nice, is an official selection for the 2018 Tribec…
This week’s guest is comedian, actress and writer Alex Song! Alex has started training and performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade in 2012, and has since gone on to co-host/produce Asian-AF and…
This week’s guest is chef and restaurateur, Dale Talde. Some of you may know Dale from his two seasons on Top Chef or from one of his 10 restaurants including the appropriately named, Talde. We talk …
This week’s guest is musician, Vijay Iyer. Vijay is not only a grammy nominated jazz pianist, he’s also a professor at harvard, and a MacArthur Fellow, which is also known as the ‘genius grant’ given…
This week’s guests are Evan Kidera and Gil Payumo, founders of my favorite San Francisco food truck, Señor Sisig! I say this in the interview, but these two guys were actually the first on my list of…
This week’s guest is actor Justin Lee also known as Anyong from one of my favorite shows of all time, Arrested Development! Justin and I talk about convincing his parents to get him acting lessons, g…
This week's guest is comedy writer (Speechless, Friends from College, The New Yorker, The New York Times), Broti Gupta! Listen in as we talk about what it's like to tell your immigrant parents you wa…
This week's guest is Emmy Award winning Producer, Augie Max Vargas! Listen in as we talk about Filipino cinema, his brief attempt at professional wrestling, how he got into live TV production, winnin…
This week's guest is Connie Wang, Senior Features Writer at Refinery29! Listen in as we talk about her family moving from China to Nebraska, her teen blog about Apollo Ohno, attending UC Berkeley, Se…
Welcome to the first episode of Rice for Breakfast! My first guest is Simon Tam, founder of the first all Asian-American dance-rock band 'The Slants' and winner of Supreme Court case Matal v. Tam.
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