The OG YOLK Podcast

Hosted by Actor/Writer/former YOLK Editor-in-Chief Larry Tazuma and Producer/Casting Director Sommer Nguyen. Created by the founding members of YOLK Magazine, originally started in 1994 by Tommy Tam, Amy Tu Stevenson and Tin Yen. The OG YOLK mission is through our programming - 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.

Episodes

Mar 18, 2024

55 min

Carl Bressler recently hit the halfway mark of 25+ for the goal of performing fifty characters named "Berg".  He enjoys acting, guesting as an older actor in acting classes, advises senior executive challenges in the entertainment business and involved in all kinds of entrepreneurial ventures, particularly if charitable and/or for social good. Single, and has one handsome champion Rower son, and Carl traveled through 45 countries "just to see them" and still counting.  Faux commercial by @pariswangofficial ; Thank you to @carlbressler @ogyolkpodcast @ltgoto @OGyolkmagazine @sommertimecasting and editor @undersiege360

Feb 14, 2024

37 min

Larry Tazuma and Sommer Nguyen welcomes PARIS WANG, and Actor and DJ/Producer of Electronic music tracks. He ventured in event planning in his 20s and decided music was his first love. Paris' discovered his other passion was acting after entertaining people on the stage.  He talks here about his never-ending desire to entertain audiences even when the industry itself is challenging, as life as well.  Fun fact: Paris did our intro/outro, please follow him at @pariswangofficial, @OGyolkmagazine, @ltgoto, @sommertimecasting

Feb 4, 2024

1hr 6 min

Alexandra Chun pursued a medical career, but then after a   relationship with a musician enlightened her to a career in Performing Arts. She was cast in NYC Another World and then she returned to Los Angeles to work in numerous film and television shows in recurring and guest-starring roles in dozens of shows, including but not limited to Mrs. Davis (2023), the first Saw film and NBC's The Event. In 2013, she starred in Innocent Blood, an indie suspense thriller, playing a mother hell-bent on retrieving her kidnapped son, for which she earned an Acting Award at the Monaco Film Festival. Among so many Theater credits, her most recent had her playing alongside other international award-winning actresses in Carry the World at the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance.  @alexandrajindo, CJ Bautista- Editor of audio and video @undersiege360, intro/outro by @ParisWangOfficial, @OGyolkmagazine, @ltgoto, @sommertimecasting.

Jan 26, 2024

57 min

Happy to have a former Yolk Writer/Editor be our guest today, Alex Luu, a solo performance/theater artist, Teaching Artist, and writer. He is with the Los Angeles County Arts Ed Collective and a previous Teaching Artist with the Ford Theater and East West Players. Alex also created a workshop called My Own Story to teach underrepresented & underserved youth/people of color to bring their own stories to life. Credit: episode edited by CJ Bautista @undersiege360 and commercial parody written by Sommer @sommertimecasting, and VO by Paris Wang @pariswangofficial and @OGyolkmagazine @ltgoto - Host.

Jan 12, 2024

31 min

Chat up with my hubby, JP (hardworking RN) while host Larry Tazuma is on his day off.  Edited with skills by CJ Bautista, thank you CJ, you're a great human, you can follow him here @undersiege360, and thank you!  @sommertimecasting, @pariswangofficial for the intro/outro!

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