Chinatown 2.0

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Chinatown 2.0 Podcast

Chinatown 2.0 is a video podcast that interviews world citizens of Chinese heritage.Our interviews are long form, deep dive, rationalist conversations.Our guests are thinkers and doers, and come from areas of startups, finance, law, art, academia, et al.Some videos will be in English, and others in Mandarin.Host: Richard Yan (twitter.com/gentso09)

  1. Ep. 24: Comedian Olivia Xing discusses her Party School special, ESL comics and how to handle bombing on stage

    24/03/2023

    Ep. 24: Comedian Olivia Xing discusses her Party School special, ESL comics and how to handle bombing on stage

    Olivia Xing is an actress, standup comedian, artist and student based in LA, and she recently did a one-hour comedy special called Party School where she told jokes about China, the US, politics in both countries, and the immigrant experience. 00:00 Teaser 00:44 Intro 02:48 How Olivia got started with her Party School comedy special 08:19 Chinese debate show 奇葩说 12:12 How Chinese comics and rappers deal with censorship 16:26 Olivia's biggest takeaways from her comedy special 18:38 Richard's f...

    51 min
  2. Ep. 23: (Mandarin) Weibo co-founder Indigo on China's startup scene, NFTs, life in Japan/Vancouver

    13/12/2022

    Ep. 23: (Mandarin) Weibo co-founder Indigo on China's startup scene, NFTs, life in Japan/Vancouver

    Indigo was co-founder of Sina Weibo, or China’s Twitter. After Weibo, he started doing angel investments and incubating new projects. One of his main investments included the largest off-line art selling platform in China. Recently he got into the world of web3 and NFT. He writes a blog about frontier tech, and teaches online courses on stock investments in these areas. He is based in Vancouver. I spoke to him about China’s startup environment since 2009, his takeaways from doing angel invest...

    49 min
  3. Ep. 22: Comic Peng Dang tells American jokes like a native, learned English from listening to rock

    23/11/2022

    Ep. 22: Comic Peng Dang tells American jokes like a native, learned English from listening to rock

    Peng Dang is a standup comedian based in Texas. Peng moved to the US from China in his twenties, speaks absolutely impeccable English, and more importantly, tells jokes like a local pro. I find his sets funny, educational, and wholesome. I’m not sure if a comedian wants to hear their jokes described as “wholesome,” but I mean that as a compliment. We talked about how his English got to be so good, what life was like for him in Alabama, Atlanta and Dallas, how he honed his comedic skills, his ...

    41 min
  4. Ep. 21: Bilingual comedian Amy Yu sees stand-up as life-changing, discusses role of AI in art

    20/11/2022

    Ep. 21: Bilingual comedian Amy Yu sees stand-up as life-changing, discusses role of AI in art

    Amy Yu is a bilingual standup comedian based in Canada. We talked about how standup comedy changed her life, how she thinks about telling jokes in Chinese vs telling in English, and how to properly tell a dirty joke. I also had a pretty serious debate with her about the role of artificial intelligence in comedy. 0:00 Amy’s standup set 01:04 Debating the role of AI in art creation 22:31 How comedy helped Amy with mental health 28:17 How to deal with bombing on stage 31:48 Amy’s (and Richard’s)...

    46 min
  5. Ep. 20: Magician Dan Chan Performed for Elon Musk, Plans to Build Magic Mansion in the Bay Area

    15/11/2022

    Ep. 20: Magician Dan Chan Performed for Elon Musk, Plans to Build Magic Mansion in the Bay Area

    Dan Chan is a magician that has performed at corporate events at fortune 100 companies and lavish parties hosted by celebrities. He recently got to perform for Elon Musk at the PayPal 20-year reunion party, hosted by Peter Thiel. Prior to his illusionist career, he was an employee at PayPal, where he met Thiel. Dan has also been grooming his 14-year old son to become a magician, who has been doing his own $1000 shows in the San Francisco Bay Area. We talked about how Dan decided to become a m...

    26 min
  6. Ep. 19: Career coach Alec Sorensen helps dreamers of biz ideas take action via habit-building

    31/03/2022

    Ep. 19: Career coach Alec Sorensen helps dreamers of biz ideas take action via habit-building

    Alec Sorensen is a career coach who helps people take action on life-changing business ideas they've been putting off. Alec is also a follower of the Mormon church, a Japan-living American at one point, a California-to-Texas transplant, among other things. We discussed how he got into career coaching, his faith, cultural shocks in Japan, why he moved to Austin from the Bay Area, and more. 0:00 Intro 1:20 Alec as a Coach: His thoughts about the coaching industry, and how he uses habit building...

    2h 0m
  7. Ep. 18: Entrepreneur Karol Guan discusses creativity at art school and in her beauty AI startup

    31/03/2022

    Ep. 18: Entrepreneur Karol Guan discusses creativity at art school and in her beauty AI startup

    (Episode in Mandarin) Karol Guan is an entrepreneur. This interview was recorded in Nov 2020. At the time she was co-founder of HelloAva.co, a startup that recommends skin care products based on a combination of AI and doctors. Karol studied Fashion/Apparel design at Parsons School of Design in New York City. We discussed how the 2020 Covid both helped her startup grow and presented challenges to the way she worked, how she felt about being a woman in the male-dominated startup space, how her...

    1h 32m
  8. Ep. 17: Operations mgr Erin Cuellar moved between five states in 13 years for manufacturing career

    01/10/2021

    Ep. 17: Operations mgr Erin Cuellar moved between five states in 13 years for manufacturing career

    Erin Cuellar is Director of Operations at STERIS, a manufacturer of medical devices. At the time of the interview, she was senior operations manager at the same company, and her role was essentially that of a plant manager. Her responsibilities included supervising teams, managing KPIs, and maintaining quality controls. Erin comes from a very different world than I do. She dropped out of college, worked at a local manufacturing site, joined an apprenticeship program, got her journeyman’s card...

    52 min
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Chinatown 2.0 is a video podcast that interviews world citizens of Chinese heritage.Our interviews are long form, deep dive, rationalist conversations.Our guests are thinkers and doers, and come from areas of startups, finance, law, art, academia, et al.Some videos will be in English, and others in Mandarin.Host: Richard Yan (twitter.com/gentso09)

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  • Creator
    Richard Yan
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Chinatown 2.0
  • Show Website
    Chinatown 2.0

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