51 episodes

Two 20-something year olds take on culture, career, and community through the Asian American lens. Join Jojo and April as they share the ups and downs of glowing up and exploring all the different versions of themselves.

Follow and subscribe for new episodes on the 15th of every month! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asian-glow-up/support

Asian Glow Up Jojo Kim and April Huang

    • Society & Culture

Two 20-something year olds take on culture, career, and community through the Asian American lens. Join Jojo and April as they share the ups and downs of glowing up and exploring all the different versions of themselves.

Follow and subscribe for new episodes on the 15th of every month! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asian-glow-up/support

    50. Is this play about us? How we handle fitting into labels: from korean animal types, MBTI, zodiacs, and etc.

    50. Is this play about us? How we handle fitting into labels: from korean animal types, MBTI, zodiacs, and etc.

    Have you ever been referred to as SO [insert zodiac sign, MBTI, enneagram, etc here]?? In this episode, Jojo and April chat about having a podcast and being perceived, if we relate to all these boxes we’re told we fit, and more.

    Aaaand that’s a wrap on season five! This season was a bit different for us but we’re so happy with how it all turned out… we’ll be back soon! In the meantime, don’t forget to follow along on our socials 🤭💌 


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    Find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/asianglowuppod
    Check out our website for collab inquiries: www.asianglowup.com
    Get in touch: hello@asianglowup.com

    Welcome to season five of Asian Glow Up ✨ We’re April and Jojo, two besties navigating through our late-twenties and all the different versions of ourselves. Whether you’re listening to our podcast during your morning commute or right before you snooze, we’re so glad you found us.


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    • 30 min
    49. All of our firsts: first loves, first times, first UTIs, and more

    49. All of our firsts: first loves, first times, first UTIs, and more

    Inspired by those “tag” videos on YouTube circa 2012, we’re going through a list and chatting through all our firsts!

    Tune in for why Jojo couldn’t go into a Walmart for two years and why April almost didn’t graduate from undergrad… 🤭 Who doesn’t love a trip down memory lane?


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    Find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/asianglowuppod
    Check out our website for collab inquiries: www.asianglowup.com
    Get in touch: hello@asianglowup.com

    Welcome to season five of Asian Glow Up ✨ We’re April and Jojo, two besties navigating through our late-twenties and all the different versions of ourselves. Whether you’re listening to our podcast during your morning commute or right before you snooze, we’re so glad you found us.


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    Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asian-glow-up/message
    Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asian-glow-up/support

    • 39 min
    48. When friendships become transactional

    48. When friendships become transactional

    Who else has been victimized by the MySpace Top Friends ranking?? 🥴 In this episode, we discuss the business of friendships and how sometimes it can feel transactional even if you don't mean it to. We talk about our friendship love languages, courting new friends, and more.


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    Find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/asianglowuppod
    Check out our website for collab inquiries: www.asianglowup.com
    Get in touch: hello@asianglowup.com

    Welcome to season five of Asian Glow Up ✨ We’re April and Jojo, two besties navigating through our late-twenties and all the different versions of ourselves. Whether you’re listening to our podcast during your morning commute or right before you snooze, we’re so glad you found us.


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    Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asian-glow-up/message
    Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asian-glow-up/support

    • 34 min
    47. Asking a guy: ghosting, dumb icks, and keeping up with your roster ft. Timmy Leong

    47. Asking a guy: ghosting, dumb icks, and keeping up with your roster ft. Timmy Leong

    In this episode we called in April’s high school bestie, Timmy, to offer a guy’s perspective on icks and ghosting. Timmy shares some recent dating stories as a single man in SoCal that are equal parts hilarious and toxic.

    Find Timmy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplytimmy/
    Find Good Choice Club on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodchoiceclub/


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    Find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/asianglowuppod
    Check out our website for collab inquiries: www.asianglowup.com
    Get in touch: hello@asianglowup.com

    Welcome to season five of Asian Glow Up ✨ We’re April and Jojo, two besties navigating through our late-twenties and all the different versions of ourselves. Whether you’re listening to our podcast during your morning commute or right before you snooze, we’re so glad you found us.


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    Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asian-glow-up/message
    Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asian-glow-up/support

    • 27 min
    46. Things that shocked us about Korea

    46. Things that shocked us about Korea

    April and Jojo spent a good chunk of this summer traveling around South Korea (April for over three months and Jojo for about three weeks).

    In this episode, we discuss some of our favorite things and what surprised us the most. Unsurprisingly, a lot of this episode is about food 🤭 Hope you enjoy!


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    Find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/asianglowuppod
    Check out our website for collab inquiries: www.asianglowup.com
    Get in touch: hello@asianglowup.com

    Welcome to season five of Asian Glow Up ✨ We’re April and Jojo, two besties navigating through our late-twenties and all the different versions of ourselves. Whether you’re listening to our podcast during your morning commute or right before you snooze, we’re so glad you found us.


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    Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asian-glow-up/message
    Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asian-glow-up/support

    • 41 min
    45. Are we breaking up?! Updates, transition eras, and sunset seasons in our 20s

    45. Are we breaking up?! Updates, transition eras, and sunset seasons in our 20s

    We’re all in the middle of what we’re calling a “transition era” — we’re not really where we need to be but we’ve also definitely moved on from who we were before.

    The three of us moved out of our Brooklyn apartment earlier this year and have not quite found our footing for our next step yet. In this episode, Jojo and April chat through what we’ve been up to, how to find in the joy in these weird transition moments, and share an update on Jackie stepping away from the podcast.

    This is our first official episode without Jackie as a host — tune in for why and what to expect from us next!


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    Find us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/asianglowuppod
    Check out our website for collab inquiries: www.asianglowup.com
    Get in touch: hello@asianglowup.com

    Welcome to season five of Asian Glow Up! ✨ We’re April and Jojo, two besties navigating through our late-twenties and all the different versions of ourselves. Whether you’re listening to our podcast during your morning commute or right before you snooze, we’re so glad you found us.


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    Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asian-glow-up/message
    Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asian-glow-up/support

    • 22 min

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