The OG YOLK Podcast

Alongside his acting work GABRIEL PREVOST-TAKAHASHI is a filmmaker whose work explores complex characters and underrepresented histories. As a writer, Gabriel's limited series Go For Broke, centered on the experiences of Asian American soldiers during World War II, earned third place in the Vancouver Asian Film Festival and Bell Media Series Development Program. Gabriel serves as co-founder and executive producer of Van-Asia Productions, with multiple projects slated for release in the coming months.
The podcast serves the community by uplifting the inspiring voices that reshape our world through fairness and shared access in the arts, business, and beyond. OG YOLK Podcast hosted by Producer/Casting Director Sommer Van Uyen Nguyen. Created by the founding members of the original YOLK Magazine, originally started in 1994 by Tommy Tam, Amy Tu Stevenson, Larry Tazuma and Tin Yen.
Thank you to  @gabrielprevost_ , Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 & @Campbellmoon_ Jung, and @sommertimecasting

PART 2 OF 2 - Writer, director, and producer HIKARI (also known as Mitsuyo Miyazaki, no relation to the other famous Miyazaki)) has received widespread critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout her career, spanning her short films, the TV series Beef, and the feature film Rental Family!
Co-written by Stephen Blahut and released on Disney & released on Hulu. Rental Family starring cast Brendan Fraser, Mari Yamamoto, Takehiro Hira, Akira Emoto, Shannon Gorman and Kimura Bun!
The podcast serves the community by uplifting the inspiring voices that reshape our world through fairness and shared access in the arts, business, and beyond. OG YOLK Podcast hosted by Actor/Writer former YOLK Editor-in-Chief Larry Tazuma and Producer/Casting Director Sommer Van Uyen Nguyen. Created by the founding members of the original YOLK Magazine, originally started in 1994 by Tommy Tam, Amy Tu Stevenson, Larry Tazuma and Tin Yen. Thank you to @thehikarism, Yasuko, @ltgoto, Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 @ltgoto, our sponsor Mobotory, @sommertimecasting @avidbeing

Crime thriller directed by BRIAN L. TAN; produced by Adaptif Films, in association with Aufklärung Pictures / Viking Sunset Studios / Naga Film Starring Wafta Saifan, Roy Sungkono, T. Rifnu Wikana, Claresta Taufa, Kiki Narendra, A. Rani Someng, Bukie B. Mansyur, Abdurrahman Arif, Ben Sumadiwiria, and Joseph J.U. Taylor Desperate for cash to pay for his pregnant wife Maya's (Claresta Taufan) medical bills, Gatra (Wafta Saifan Lubis) turns to his childhood best friend Tiar (Roy Sungkono) for help.
The two share a checkered past, and when they spot a vintage G-wagon abandoned on the side of the road, they decide to solve their problems with one last score. What they didn’t count on? The dead body in the trunk.
From director Brian L. Tan, BANDIT is an Indonesian crime thriller set and shot entirely on location in Bali. @bandit.film #BanditFilm  www.bandit.film 
@brianltan 
The podcast serves the community by uplifting the inspiring voices that reshape our world through fairness and shared access in the arts, business, and beyond. OG YOLK Podcast hosted by Actor/Writer former YOLK Editor-in-Chief Larry Tazuma and Producer/Casting Director Sommer Van Uyen Nguyen. Created by the founding members of the original YOLK Magazine, originally started in 1994 by Tommy Tam, Amy Tu Stevenson, Larry Tazuma and Tin Yen.
Thank you to Brian, Tara, Ursula, Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 & @Campbellmoon_ Jung, @ltgoto, our sponsor Mobotory, @sommertimecasting and @avidbeing

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BRED HOT CHICKEN, Costa Mesa, CA. BRED HOT SCOTT & LAURA KEARSE, Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Bred Hot Chicken. Located in Costa Mesa, CA at the Anti-Mall Lab, easy parking on weekdays.
The podcast serves the community by uplifting the inspiring voices that reshape our world through fairness and shared access in the arts, business, and beyond.
OG YOLK is Guest hosted by Caylee So, filmmaker and Director, founder of Cambodian Town Film Festival and Producer/Casting Director Sommer Van Uyen Nguyen. Created by the founding members of the original YOLK Magazine, originally started in 1994 by Tommy Tam, Amy Tu Stevenson, Larry Tazuma and Tin Yen. Thank you to @caylee_so Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 & our sponsor Mobotory, @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

PART 1 OF 2 - Writer, director, and producer HIKARI (also known as Mitsuyo Miyazaki, no relation to the other famous Miyazaki)) has received widespread critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout her career, spanning her short films, the TV series Beef, and the feature film Rental Family! Co-written by Stephen Blahut and released on Disney & released on Hulu. Rental Family starring cast Brendan Fraser, Mari Yamamoto, Takehiro Hira, Akira Emoto, Shannon Gorman and Kimura Bun!
Hikari most recently won the Critics Choice AAPI Best Director Award 2025! It wasn't a smooth rise to stardom for her. Hikari moved to Utah when she arrived to USA.  She started as an Actor & went to USC. Worked as headshot photographer, tour guide in Las Vegas and was a ski instructor before she became a working Cinematographer. Then with the help of her mother, she was able to direct and finance her first short film, the award winning and acclaimed TSUYAKO (50 awards to be exact!).
The podcast serves the community by uplifting the inspiring voices that reshape our world through fairness and shared access in the arts, business, and beyond.
OG YOLK Podcast hosted by Actor/Writer former YOLK Editor-in-Chief Larry Tazuma and Producer/Casting Director Sommer Van Uyen Nguyen. Created by the founding members of the original YOLK Magazine, originally started in 1994 by Tommy Tam, Amy Tu Stevenson, Larry Tazuma and Tin Yen. Thank you to Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 @ltgoto, our sponsor Mobotory, @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

To skip to him talking @ 1:13 or 1:53 time stamp! I have to do a short intro of IAN!
OG YOLK interviews IAN EDWARDS the funny and brilliant comedian and comic writer, producer and actor. This time at a restaurant that we love - RAMEN KENJO at theUSC Village. So happy to be able to share this meal with a veteran comic who not only makes ppl laugh in comedy clubs like the www.theupstairsla.com but also on television! See him on YouTube for his special titled "Untitled"! Ian is known for Tangerine (2015), Survival of the Thickest (2023) and Black Dynamite (2011). IG  @ianedwardscomic 
The podcast serves the community by uplifting the inspiring voices that reshape our world through fairness and shared access in the arts, business, and beyond.
OG YOLK Podcast hosted by Producer/Casting Director Sommer Van Uyen Nguyen. Created by the founding members of the original YOLK Magazine, originally started in 1994 by Tommy Tam, Amy Tu Stevenson, Larry Tazuma and Tin Yen. Thank you to Ian, @ramenkenjo , team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 & @Campbellmoon_ Jung, @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

A new play based on the true story of Qian Xuesen, the brilliant aerospace engineer from China who helped launch America’s space age—until Cold War paranoia forever changed the course of his life...and ours. tickets at https://www.skylighttheatre.org/ascent Starring Newsroom & Altered Carbon's TRIEU TRAN, IRIS LIU, RUSSEL EDGE, & JORGE-LUIS PALLO. Qian Xuesen, a promising young engineer from China, travels to America in 1935 on a Boxer Indemnity Scholarship. Advancing quickly through the ranks at MIT and Caltech, he becomes a pioneer of the American space age, co-founding JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and helping the United States of America win World War II. Then, as extreme nationalism swells at the beginning of the Cold War, Xuesen finds himself accused of being a Communist, and what happens next shapes the future of both his new and native homelands. Developed by the late HENRY ONG and director and dramaturg DIANA WYENN from 2016 until the playwright's passing in 2018, this production marks the long-awaited world premiere of the beloved playwright and LA Theater champion's prescient and timely final play. Inspired by true events and filled with Ong’s signature blend of heart and humor, Ascent reveals how fear, extreme nationalism, and xenophobia affects individual lives, shapes political decisions, and overshadows truth—often with lasting global consequences.
The podcast serves the community by uplifting the inspiring voices that reshape our world through fairness and shared access in the arts, business, and beyond.
OG YOLK Podcast hosted by Producer/Casting Director Sommer Van Uyen Nguyen. Created by the founding members of the original YOLK Magazine, originally started in 1994 by Tommy Tam, Amy Tu Stevenson, Larry Tazuma and Tin Yen. Thank you to Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 & @Campbellmoon_ Jung, , Mobotory, @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

Plain Wood Productions Presents the World Premiere of ASCENT by HENRY ONG, directed by DIANA WYENN, Featuring TRIEU TRAN, IRIS LIU RUSSELL EDGE, and JORGE-LUIS PALLO, produced by STELLA ONG.
Hosted by Skylight Theatre Company through the STAR (Skylight Theatre Artist Residency) Program May 9 - June 14, 2026 Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 pm; Sundays at 3 pm
Tickets On Sale Now
A new play based on the true story of Qian Xuesen, the brilliant aerospace engineer from China who helped launch America’s space age—until Cold War paranoia forever changed the course of his life...and ours. Qian Xuesen, a promising young engineer from China, travels to America in 1935 on a Boxer Indemnity Scholarship. Advancing quickly through the ranks at MIT and Caltech, he becomes a pioneer of the American space age, co-founding JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and helping the United States of America win World War II. Then, as extreme nationalism swells at the beginning of the Cold War, Xuesen finds himself accused of being a Communist, and what happens next shapes the future of both his new and native homelands.
Developed by Ong and director and dramaturg Diana Wyenn from 2016 until the playwright's passing in 2018, this production marks the long-awaited world premiere of the beloved playwright and LA Theater champion's prescient and timely final play. Inspired by true events and filled with Ong’s signature blend of heart and humor, Ascent reveals how fear, extreme nationalism, and xenophobia affects individual lives, shapes political decisions, and overshadows truth—often with lasting global consequences. With Randy Wong-Westbrooke (scenic design),Yuki Izumihara (projections design), Mylette Nora (costume design), Joey Guthman (lighting design), John Zalewski (sound design), Brittany White (prop design), Diana Wyenn (dramaturgy), Shyree Mezick (casting), Azusa Oda (graphic design), Shuwen Cao (assistant director), and Jacob Padilla (production stage manager) Executive Produced by Carrie Menkel-Meadow and Robert Meadow, with producers Plain Wood Productions and Stella Ong, and associate producers Matthew Black and Shuwen Cao.
The podcast serves the community by uplifting the inspiring voices that reshape our world through fairness and shared access in the arts, business, and beyond. OG YOLK Podcast hosted by Producer/Casting Director Sommer Nguyen. Created by the founding members of the original YOLK Magazine, originally started in 1994 by Tommy Tam, Amy Tu Stevenson, Larry Tazuma and Tin Yen. Thank you to Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 & @Campbellmoon_ Jung, @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

Had to show a picture of us in our boiler outfits!! Part 2 of IRVING RUAN giving us the experience of being in a major streaming service's TV show with major Stars! He is part of the writing staff of Twisted Metal starring Anthony Mackie & Will Arnett and also the new The Audacity show with Billy Magnussen, Sarah Goldberg and Zach Galifianakis.  Irving is humbled and grateful for his luck (knock on wood) and continues to share his wonderful perspective in articles (refer to his website www.irvingruan.com) or in his TV work. Check out his significant contributions and thank you for watching. Please like.
The podcast serves the community by uplifting the inspiring voices that reshape our world through fairness and shared access in the arts, business, and beyond. OG YOLK Podcast guest hosted by ROCKY JO and Producer/Casting Director Sommer Van Uyen Nguyen. Created by the founding members of the original YOLK Magazine, originally started in 1994 by Tommy Tam, Amy Tu Stevenson, Larry Tazuma and Tin Yen. Thank you to Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 & @Campbellmoon_ Jung, our sponsors Venerable Injury Law Alex Tsao, Mike Azagra, Mobotory, @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

Ever wonder what stresses out a hairstylist in Beverly Hills, CA with high end clients? What they sacrifice for their customers and what their priorities? J.Scissorhandz gives us a viewpoint.
The podcast serves the community by uplifting the inspiring voices that reshape our world through fairness and shared access in the arts, business, and beyond.
OG YOLK Podcast guest hosted by Scientist & Activist Keoni Aricayos and Producer/Casting Director Sommer Nguyen. Created by the founding members of the original YOLK Magazine, originally started in 1994 by Tommy Tam, Amy Tu Stevenson, Larry Tazuma and Tin Yen. Thank you to Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 & @Campbellmoon_ Jung, @ltgoto, our sponsors Amy Stevenson @avidbeing from Mobotory, @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial