49 episodes

New York Times Bestselling Author and master storyteller, Joanne Molinaro, known to millions as The Korean Vegan, brings you weekly ”bites” designed to help you live a more purposeful and empowered life.

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    • 4.9 • 442 Ratings

New York Times Bestselling Author and master storyteller, Joanne Molinaro, known to millions as The Korean Vegan, brings you weekly ”bites” designed to help you live a more purposeful and empowered life.

    Miyoko Schinner, The Vegan Pioneer.

    Miyoko Schinner, The Vegan Pioneer.

    In this week's episode, Joanne speaks with Miyoko Schinner, the creator and founder of Miyoko's Creamery. From going vegetarian when she was only 12 years old, to lugging 60 pounds of poundcake around Japan, to starting a multi-million dollar company after the age of 50, Miyoko has an inspiring story you won't want to miss.
     
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    • 1 hr 28 min
    When Anthony and I Fight: An Error in Translation.

    When Anthony and I Fight: An Error in Translation.

    Have you ever felt that you and your partner were speaking different languages? This week, Joanne Molinaro, New York Times Bestselling Author, talks about the one thing that sometimes eludes even the most talented linguists: love languages. Plus, Ask Joanne, and a bit of poetic prose on love in Parting Thoughts.
     
    What is Your Love Language? Take the quiz!
     
    For this week's Updates & Random Things and Joanne's Apple Donut recipe, visit the episode webpage here.
     
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    • 28 min
    Faster at Fifty with Sascha Edge.

    Faster at Fifty with Sascha Edge.

    This is Sascha Edge, one of the most inspiring athletes you’ll ever meet. At the age of 43, Sascha took up running and completed his first ever marathon in 3 hours and 58 minutes. Then, he got faster every single year until setting his current personal best time of 2 hours and 47 minutes at 54 years old!
     
    Sascha’s run 10 consecutive Chicago Marathons, setting a Personal Best in each race (yes, he got faster every year!), he’s won countless age group titles, competed in the World Marathon Majors Age Group World Championship, and is a World Marathon Major Six Star Finisher.
     
    In this week's episode, we talk about all of that. Plus, his emotional 2013 Boston Marathon experience, his incredible 81-year-old mother Trisha who runs 40+ miles per week, and his plans to get faster and run a 2:45 marathon this year at age 56!! 
     
    Sascha and his Mother Trisha featured in this month's Runner's World Magazine
     
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    • 57 min
    The Brutal Cost of the Second Amendment.

    The Brutal Cost of the Second Amendment.

    Earlier this week, like you, I was horrified to read  yet another headline  about yet another mass murderer armed with yet another AR-15 semi-automatic rifle destroying the lives and families of yet another round of needless victims. A 6-year old boy lost his mother, father, and 3-year old brother. A young mother is currently lying unconscious in a hospital bed. When she wakes up, she will learn that her 8-year old and 11 -year old daughters were killed.
    I'm sick of these stupid headlines. I'm sick of the helplessness I feel every time this happens. I'm sick of how quickly politicians move to gaslight what, by now, can only be described as a national epidemic of chronic grief.
    Because that is exactly what this is--we are in a state of constant grief. Unlike normal grief, we are never allowed respite from our mourning. Rather,
    We are forced to endure 208 mass shootings in less than half a year.
    We have been terrorized by the slaughter of 15,038 human beings in less than half a year.
    We are being conditioned to normalize the senseless murder of 96 children in less than half a year.
    So, WHY is the United States so embarrassingly and FATALLY obsessed with guns?

    • 14 min
    My Plastic Surgery Story.

    My Plastic Surgery Story.

    "I'm not saying that it's always a bad thing. There are people who view plastic surgery as a tool to make surface level corrections only, like a bandaid over a paper cut, a bit of concealer over a pimple. But as you'll hear, that simply wasn't the case for me. In the end, I discovered that the wounds I was trying to heal were simply too deep to reach--even on the operating table."
     
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    • 43 min
    The Politics of Food with Eric Kim.

    The Politics of Food with Eric Kim.

    Meet Eric Kim, author of the instant New York Times bestselling cookbook Korean American, and staff writer and essayist for The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine. In this week’s episode, Joanne and Eric discuss kimchi, representation, and Eric’s childhood dream of becoming a pop star.
     
    Connect with EricWebsiteInstagramEric Kim’s Recipe Box (NY Times)NYT Cooking (YouTube)
     
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    • 1 hr 19 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
442 Ratings

442 Ratings

Marco9110 ,

Heartening

Her gift for storytelling is a rarity. Joanne’s voice is calming while the words stir your conscience and emotions. In addition, she educates you in various topics and offers a different point of view.

OaktownG ,

Consistently Powerful

I’m a long-time vegan and didn’t seek out a podcast with any level of vegan content. But I greatly have enjoyed Joanne’s IG because of the storytelling she does so well on top of the visual beauty of meal preparation.

The stories are told in such a calming way by Joanne so, one day in desperate need for extra positivity, I tuned in to Episode 1 of The Korean Vegan and was immediately hooked.

It’s much, much more than vegan content. Joanne constantly touches me with her stories so we’ll written/spoken. I’ve cried many times, mostly due to being touched so deeply by these stories.

whitwal07 ,

Inspiring

I don’t usually leave reviews, however I just recently came across Joanne’s podcast. It is moving and brilliant! Thank you Joanne.

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