The OG YOLK Podcast

Part 1 0f 2 episode!
IRVING RUAN - is an acclaimed humorist and TV/film writer. He’s developed TV projects with Warner Brothers and Disney, and was a writer on the hit half-hour comedy series Twisted Metal (Sony/Peacock) starring Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, and Will Arnett. Recently, he wrote for The Audacity (AMC), an hour-long comedic drama set in the world of Silicon Valley and starring Billy Magnussen, Sarah Goldberg, Simon Helberg and Zach Galifianakis. Irving’s experience also includes writing commercials and he is currently developing a half-hour animated series with EP/Showrunner Sanjay Shah (Everybody Still Hates Chris) under his overall deal at CBS Studios. Named one of Paste Magazine’s best humorists writing today, his work has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Funny Or Die, and CollegeHumor. An alum of The Second City, Irving’s screenwriting accolades include the Warner Bros. Discovery Access Fellowship, The Tracking Board’s Next List, and the Rideback Rise Circle. Previously, he spent a decade in Silicon Valley as a software engineer and consultant for Apple, Blue Origin, and the Department of Energy after earning a B.S. in Computer Science from UCSD.
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 indie film & commercial Director/Writer 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, @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

Part 1 - We have a civilian J.SCISSORHANDZ to tell us how it feels to grow up with cultural expectations, but still fight her way to style, grace, success and motherhood. A Salon owner & consultant, Nail Technician, Hair Colorist, Aesthetician, Platform Artist, and beauty professional extraordinaire stay tuned for part 2.
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 with Producer/Casting Director Sommer Van Uyen Nguyen and Guest Host KEONI ARICAYOS, part time Scientist and part time Activist.
Created by the founding members of the original YOLK Magazine, originally started in 1994 by Tommy Tam, Amy Tu Stevenson, and Tin Yen. Thank you to Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 & @Campbellmoon_ Jung, our sponsor Mobotory, @avidbeing , @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

FRANCOIS CHAU is a Cambodian/Vietnamese actor based in the United States, best known for roles like Dr. Pierre Chang in Lost, Walter in The Tick, and Jules-Pierre Mao in The Expanse. His credits also include 21 & Over, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze as "Shredder", K.C. Undercover, and Birds of Prey. He has voiced characters in Ghost of Tsushima and XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and appeared in series like 24, Stargate SG-1, and The X-Files. Currently on the exciting all asian cast of Avatar: The Last Airbender live action series as The Great Sage and award winning Penguin.
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, our sponsors Venerable Injury Law Alex Tsao, Mike Azagra, Mobotory, @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

SHANNON TINDLE - Bringing animation to the forefront making people feel like the story is real where your emotions run wild for the characters. Christopher Shannon Tindle is an American animator, character designer, writer, and director. He earned an Annie Award nomination in 2005 for his work on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and won an Emmy in 2006 for the episode “Go Goo Go.” He has contributed to films like The Croods, and Kubo and the Two Strings. He also adapted Ollie’s Odyssey into Children's & family Emmy winning Lost Ollie. Most recently, he directed Ultraman: Rising, which won multiple Children’s & Family Emmy Awards in 2026 : Outstanding Animated Special, Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing, and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (his Character Animation James Saunders) and received a 2024 HPA Award for visual effects.
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 my fantastic friend, Jennifer Fuertes Collins 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, @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

Come out for the play if you can at the Aratani Theater showcased by East West Players.
OG YOLK Podcast Producer/Casting Director Sommer Van Uyen Nguyen attends preview night of Flower Drum Song musical Playwright/Book Writer DAVID HENRY HWANG and Director/Artistic Director/Actor LILY TUNG CRYSTAL.
Thank you to Peter Goldman of team Davidson & Choy Publicity. 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.
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,  Mobotory, @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

SHANNON TINDLE - Bringing animation to the forefront making people feel like the story is real where your emotions run wild for the characters. Christopher Shannon Tindle is an American animator, character designer, writer, and director. He earned an Annie Award nomination in 2005 for his work on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and won an Emmy in 2006 for the episode “Go Goo Go.” He has contributed to films like The Croods, and Kubo and the Two Strings. He also adapted Ollie’s Odyssey into Children's & family Emmy winning Lost Ollie. Most recently, he directed Ultraman: Rising, which won multiple Children’s & Family Emmy Awards in 2026 : Outstanding Animated Special, Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing, and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (his Character Animation James Saunders) and received a 2024 HPA Award for visual effects.
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 Guest Host Jennifer Fuertes Collins 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 sponsor Martial Arts History Museum @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

Martial Arts History Museum is honoring ERIC LEE to the Hall of Fame! Please check it out on April 18, 2026, at 4pm, 201 N. Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA basement level (go down elevator). www.martialartsmuseum.com for more info!
ERIC LEE - born in Zhongshan, China, Eric Lee began training in martial arts with his father in Choy Li Fut. After moving to Oakland, California, he studied Hung Gar and Wing Chun, and in 1968 trained under Al Dacascos in Wun Hop Kuen Do, gaining exposure to multiple styles and weapons. In the 1970s, Lee stood out by performing in black uniforms with dynamic, circular movements. Known as the “King of Kata,” he appeared on over 50 magazine covers, including Inside Kung Fu and Black Belt, and brought entertainment elements like music and lighting into his routines. He later worked in film as a stunt performer and actor, appearing in The Killer Elite (1975), Good Guys Wear Black (1978), and Weapons of Death (1981). Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he continued his career with roles in films like Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), and Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), and produced The Master Demon (1991). www.ericlee.com
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 Eric Lee & Cindy, Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 & @Campbellmoon_ Jung, @avidbeing , Mobotory, @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

Michael Matsuda is founder and president of the Martial Arts History Museum, the first of its kind, which is located in Burbank, California. Designed by the artists of #Disney, #Dreamworks and The Simpsons, it is filled with culture, history, tradition and more. They hold events, seminars, tour visits and movie screenings. Let’s find out more about it by checking in with Michael himself! www.martialartsmuseum.com
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 in this episode. 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 IG @martialartsmuseum , Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editor CJ Bautista @undersiege360 @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

Photo credit Mallory Umino. Episode part TWO
DANIEL LEE POSTAER is an American artist whose photographs reside in permanent museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the High Museum of Art, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Pier 24 Photography. Postaer’s wide scale prints examine his relationship and experience with time, the photographic pause, and the ways in which humanity reconciles and resists modernity. His debut monograph, ‘Mother’s Land,’ features his series of Chinese photographs taken between 2014 and 2019, published in November 2025 by Deadbeat Club. Daniel was the Artist-in-Residence with RiverLA from 2014 to 2018, and his award-winning photographs have been exhibited nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions. Postaer’s Boomtown series of San Francisco photographs was featured in the main gallery of Pier 24 as part of the exhibition Looking Forward. Currently, his work is on view at The de Young Museum in the group show ‘Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California.’ His work is also now featured in a solo Mother’s Land exhibition at Deadbeat Club Galleries, located at The Reef in Los Angeles.
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 one of the founders of YOLK, Amy Tu, and co-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, Larry Tazuma and Tin Yen. Thank you to Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 & @Campbellmoon_ Jung, @ltgoto, our sponsor Mobotory, @avidbeing @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial

Photo credit Mallory Umino. Episode part 1
DANIEL LEE POSTAER is an American artist whose photographs reside in permanent museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the High Museum of Art, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Pier 24 Photography. Postaer’s wide scale prints examine his relationship and experience with time, the photographic pause, and the ways in which humanity reconciles and resists modernity. His debut monograph, ‘Mother’s Land,’ features his series of Chinese photographs taken between 2014 and 2019, published in November 2025 by Deadbeat Club. Daniel was the Artist-in-Residence with RiverLA from 2014 to 2018, and his award-winning photographs have been exhibited nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions. Postaer’s Boomtown series of San Francisco photographs was featured in the main gallery of Pier 24 as part of the exhibition Looking Forward. Currently, his work is on view at The de Young Museum in the group show ‘Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California.’ His work is also now featured in a solo Mother’s Land exhibition at Deadbeat Club Galleries, located at The Reef in Los Angeles.
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 one of the founders of YOLK, Amy Tu, and co-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, Larry Tazuma and Tin Yen. Thank you to Team @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, our Editors CJ Bautista @undersiege360 & @Campbellmoon_ Jung, @ltgoto, our sponsor Mobotory, @avidbeing @sommertimecasting and @Pariswangofficial