Show Notes

On This Episode:

• In the SituAsian Room, Emilie, and Zach welcome Jerry Won, the host of the Dear Asian Americans Podcast. Jerry is the founder of Just Like Media, which is home to many other Asian Podcasts as well as the Asian Podcast Network. Emilie and Zach talk to Jerry about the necessity of Asian storytelling, Asian Americans taking storytelling into their own hands, what it means to be a leader and mentor, Jerry’s college days, legacy, and more.

Introduction Topics:

• The 2020 Election
  • Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris
  • Congressmen-elect Kai Kahele
  • State Senator-elect Jenifer Rajkumar and Zohran Mamdani
  • Alex Lee becoming California’s youngest lawmaker in 82 years
  • Dr. Michelle Au wins her election to become State Senator-elect of Georgia’s 48th district. (Check out our interview with her here!)
• Miami Marlins names Kim Ng as the first female General Manager in the MLB
• Typhoon Goni in the Philippines
• Disney UK’s Christmas short representing Filipino Culture

Key Topics of the Episode:

• Just Like Media’s and Asian Podcast Network’s mission of Asian Storytelling
• Changing the denominator: why Asian American’s aren’t really a minority in the English podcasting space
• Self-identity and its relationship with American storytelling
• PBS Documentary: Asian Americans
• The importance of storytelling and history: Why Asian Americans have to take storytelling into our own hands
• The definition of leadership: authenticity
• Why mentorship and leadership are relative
• Jerry’s experience with University of Southern California Korean Students Association (mentorship, Vegas, “stupid stuff”, etc…)
• Jerry answers the “What do you want people to talk about at your funeral?” question when discussing legacy. You’re going to want to hear this for yourself.

Resources Mentioned, Suggested Readings, Social Media Handles:

• Jerry’s Instagram @jerryjwon
• LinkedIn
• Just Like Media
• Dear Asian Americans Instagram @dearasianamericans
• hello@jerrywon.com

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Produced and Hosted by Emilie Villaverde and Zach Ng

Edited by Kyle Hudson

Music by Eway Sounds

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TheSituAsianRoom

Two young Asian Americans, Emilie and Zach, explore the issues inside the Asian American Pacific Islander community to bring awareness and education of AAPI topics and culture.