East to West

Yunsu Tang

Exploring how we build, lead, and belong in a world shaped by both heritage and innovation across East and West. LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yunsutang/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/yunsu.tang/

  1. To all of the friends I've loved before

    Feb 23

    To all of the friends I've loved before

    I used to be the friend who couldn’t decide in front of a store window, thinking the problem was indecision when it was really fear of accountability. In this episode, I reflect on decision-making, risk appetite, people-pleasing, and the quiet cost of trying to be liked, moving from venture capital pattern recognition and Jeff Bezos’ two-way doors to financial PR hierarchy and the question, “Am I happy?” It’s a story about shifting from optimization to ownership, about being the “difficult” student and the lonely top performer, about why receiving requests is a gift, and why love is not the same as unfiltered truth. Maybe there is no perfect decision. Maybe growing up is learning to live with the one you make.

    10 min
  2. "You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."

    Feb 16

    "You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."

    From post-colonial Hong Kong to K-pop geopolitics, this episode explores how attractiveness, visibility, and power are shaped by culture. For generations we shrank to survive. Maybe we don’t have to anymore.

    9 min
  3. The girl with the Dragon

    Jan 21

    The girl with the Dragon

    A story about spilled water that never left. About a grandmother, a system, and the quiet weight of being chosen. This essay traces lineage, gender, and inheritance through love that protected and confined at the same time, and asks what it means to belong when the rules were never written for you.

    6 min
  4. Tell the world I'm coming home

    12/18/2025

    Tell the world I'm coming home

    Written during long hours in a hospital ward, this piece reflects on death, fear, love, and the limits of control. Moving between science, religion, culture, and family, it asks what it means to live, to care, and to let go, and how dignity survives even when the body no longer does.

    9 min
  5. Married to the hustle

    11/25/2025

    Married to the hustle

    A story about hustle, heritage, and the battles we fight before we finally learn who we are. From Hong Kong’s New Territories to London’s startup grind, this essay cuts through family legacy, cultural pressure, and the loneliness of ambition. It is about growing up too fast, burning out too early, and realizing too late that most of your battles were with yourself. A vivid, restless, sharp-edged reflection on work, identity, and learning when to surrender.

    8 min
  6. I have great genes

    11/05/2025

    I have great genes

    This story is about inheritance — the kind that runs deeper than blood — and the courage passed down through generations. From a farm in Henan to Hong Kong, Shanghai, and London, it traces the threads of love, guilt, and resilience that tie mothers and daughters together, even when they spend years trying to find their own way.

    9 min
  7. Founder Scars: The new literature of the wounded

    10/19/2025

    Founder Scars: The new literature of the wounded

    This episode dives into the unspoken side of entrepreneurship: the emotional debt, the identity crises, the scars you earn when your work becomes who you are. From China’s Scar Literature to modern startup culture, this is a story about founders, failure, and the courage to keep building even when it hurts.

    6 min
  8. The wings that don't fly

    10/12/2025

    The wings that don't fly

    Sitting by her hospital bed, I realized the wings that once sheltered me were never meant to fly, only to keep me safe enough to one day soar.

    5 min
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Exploring how we build, lead, and belong in a world shaped by both heritage and innovation across East and West. LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yunsutang/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/yunsu.tang/

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  • Creator
    Yunsu Tang
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Yunsu Tang
  • Show Website
    East to West