The OG YOLK GenerAsian Next Podcast

Our 1st Latina Guest - Exec. Producer of The Cleaning Lady- ROSE MARIE VEGA

ROSE MARIE VEGA has been actively associated with the most successful companies (Lorimar, Universal, NBC, Alliance Atlantis, HBO) and shows that made history in television (Dallas, Law and Order, Friends, CSI, True Blood,...). In 2011, based on her experience from Business Affairs to International Sales with a strong and proven track record, Rose-Marie founded RMVISTAR, a boutique company providing TV Distribution and Consulting services focused primarily on the Multi Media Spanish Speaking Markets, including Latin America, U.S. Hispanic, Spain and Portugal. The Company promotes Latin American productions (movies, series, documentaries, formats) and represents well recognized producers, such as Muse Entertainment, Discovery Canada among others. She currently works with Miranda Kwok, the Showrunner of titled show. OG YOLK wanted to showcase 2 magnetic and successful women for our 49th/50th episode being a part of history of a relatable story in America and globally. Thank you to Rose Marie, team @ogyolkpodcast @ogyolkmagazine @avidbeing of Mobotory @campbellmoon_ @mrchristophersean and @sommertimecasting !

TIM KWOK: Film Producer Working W/Jackie Chan, Mackenyu & Sean Bean

The man who shall not be found! TIM KWOK, Film Producer and EP of many films, recently Hypergalactic - working with Toei Animation and J. K. Simmons and Sam Richardson, etc. His other films include Medallion with JACKIE CHAN, Knights of the Zodiac and Vampire, just to name a few. OG YOLK thanks TIM, Mobotory (provided space)and @kevinbostoncao for being the Guest Host! Additional thanks to team @ogyolkpodcast @ogyolkmagazine @ltgoto @ avidbeing @pariswangofficial @sommertimecasting @harryduyoung @campbellmoon_

ALAN PAO: Tunnel Post Prod & Finishing Film Financier, Back Soon As A Writer!

Alan Pao is the CEO of TUNNEL POST the Santa Monica based full service post-production company. Having guided over a couple hundred films through various phases of the post-production process, Alan has become one of the foremost experts in the post industry. Over the last decade, Alan has also produced and executive produced over 200 feature films spanning various genres. Some of the upcoming titles include Roger Donaldson’s spy thriller NOVEMBER MAN, the horror thriller IT FOLLOWS, as well as REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS, executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
2005, Pao founded Tunnel, where he pioneered a proprietary digital intermediate workflow for end-to-end picture finishing.  Pao currently directs various key operations at Tunnel, including film financing, color correction, post sound, visual effects as well as architecting supply chain automation solutions for major film studios.
In 2024, Pao established Scriptini, a collection of AI-powered filmmaking tools and resources designed to support and enhance the creative process for both emerging and established filmmakers.
Philanthropist for https://rootedinpeace.com/
Thank you to Alan, the OG YOLK team, @campbellmoon_ , @ogyolkpodcast, @ogyolkmagazine, @ltgoto Larry Tazuma, Mobotory & @avidbeing for the space <3 and @sommertimecasting !
 

OLIVIA CHENG: Director of I Am Raquel on CW & Star of Lucky Star film, & Marco Polo TV & Warrior TV shows

Olivia Cheng is a dynamic actress and activist born in Edmonton, Alberta to working class, Cantonese-speaking immigrant parents. It was they who helped co-found the Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association's Mandarin program within the city's public school system to which Olivia credits for her ability to speak Mandarin and instilling in her a reverence for her culture.She enrolled in her first acting class at age six, and at age 19 she booked her first local commercial. After finishing school, she became a videographer for Global TV Lethbridge, before moving back to Edmonton to work as a broadcast and print journalist.
She was cast in "Broken Trail", which was nominated for 16 Primetime Emmy Awards and would go on to win four, including the Emmy for Outstanding Mini- Series. "Broken Trail". In 2014 Olivia booked a breakout, leading role in the Netflix series, "Marco Polo, & recently appeared in SYFY's "Deadly Class" executive produced by the Russo Brothers. In 2022, Olivia starred in the Original series "Warrior" as a slaying, powerful, brothel Boss. Olivia starred in 2022 for another season on AppleTV+'s hugely successful post- apocalyptic series SEE, led by Jason Momoa, again fighting the bad guys! 
Her first short film "Dinner with Dex" as a writer director premiered at the London International Film Festival in 2021 and has gone on to win awards at the Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival and the Tokyo International Short Film Festival. And starring currently in the LUCKY STAR film out now, directed by GILLIAN MCKERCHER! Stay tuned for limited theater release in Canada!
THANK YOU to the MPR firm, Larry Tazuma, CJ Bautista @undersiege360 for video edit and Campbell Moon Jung @campbellmoon_ for audio edits!  You guys rock! thanks to also @ogyolkmagazine !
 

Kinosum Prods.- TERRY CHEN & Writer/Director GILLIAN MCKERCHER on Indie film LUCKY STAR

Film debuts May 13 on VOD, and will be in limited theaters tba! Thank you to Pender PR, and the Lucky Star cast and crew for making such a meaningful, universally relatable film. We look forward to seeing a GILLIAN McKERCHER film at https://www.kinosum.com/ and @kinosum . TERRY CHEN and OLIVIA CHENG are known by their numerous television and films. @terrykelichen - Last of Us (season 1), Wild Card, Expanse, Sight (2023), The Lake, Falling with Viggo Mortensen, and Demonic with Director Neil Blomkamp. @thatoliviacheng - directed "I Am Raquel", known for her work in Warrior, Swat: Under Siege, and Marco Polo, among other shows.
Thank you to Team @ogyolkpodcast , our Video Editor - CJ Bautista ⁨@UnderSiege360⁩ our sponsor Mobotory @avidfoodie , and intro /outro by DJ ⁨@pariswangofficial⁩ and @sommertimecasting

"A" Magazine's GILBERT CHEAH Joins Us To Prove The Amicable Competition Between A Vs. OG YOLK

OG YOLK welcomes GILBERT CHEAH served as Associate Publisher of A Magazine for 7 years. In fact, when Larry Tazuma was Editor of Yolk Magazine, they met in Hawaii at the 1995 Asian American Journalists Association convention, and (according to Gilbert) even took pictures together with several other A Magazine staff. In this holiday season episode recorded in Singapore, Larry was happy to reunite with him and reminisce about those pre-Y2K years. After leaving A Magazine, Gilbert led a successful reign as Publisher and Managing Director of Singapore Tatler Magazine. Currently, he is in the exclusive Vogue100, Anna Wintour's handpicked community of creative voices from around the world. He is a luxury brand consultant and he hosts his own podcast and YouTube show, HealthZone With Gilbert Cheah. Thank you for gracing our show @gilbertcheah , Larry Tazuma @ltgoto , OG YOLK Team, Audio Editor @campbellmoon_ , and @sommertimecasting

VERDI CHORUS: Opera For The Masses in Santa Monica 4/26-27 at 1st Presbyterian Church

We have our 41st episode. Welcome, our Opera Singers The Verdi Chorus concert this April 26-27!**note: I meant 5th amendment. . . and we had to rush this interview for the space time restrictions, apologies for the urgency! Renowned  Filipino baritone ROBERTO PERLAS GOMEZ, is one of the featured guest Soloists this Spring for the Verdi Chorus. He made his international debut as Marcello in La bohème with the Shanghai Opera. And the other Soloists:
 –  ALEXANDRA BASS, Mezzo-soprano, earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory of Music and part Asian!
Soprano TIFFANY HO, Vietnamese singer and acts in her own solos and leads the soprano section at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles; “Concerts for Hope,” a nonprofit organization dedicated to uplifting hearts, through music, for incarcerated individuals, those battling drug and alcohol addiction in rehab centers or facing homelessness in shelters, and other spaces. 
We also have SARAH WANG, alto Singer, and finally Anne Marie Ketchum- originally a Singer herself and Conductor, the Founding Artistic Director of The Verdi Chorus, was also the Artistic Consultant for The Camp in Santa Monica for the 42nd year. 
One of the key missions of the Verdi Chorus is to bring first rate opera to the Los Angeles community at the lowest prices possible – and in the intimate and acoustically perfect sanctuary of Santa Monica's First Presbyterian Church, audiences can do exactly that on April 26 and 27, with the Verdi Chorus Spring Concert "Bella Bellini". Led by Anne Marie, the VERDI CHORUS is the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus! This program, in the words of Ms. Ketchum, highlights "one of the most beloved composers of the Bel Canto period," and will feature selections from three of Bellini's most beloved  operas – La Sonnambula, Norma, I Puritani and Verdi's La Forza del Destino. Thank you to Anne Marie, Roberto, Alexandra, Sarah and Tiffany for being on our pod! Gratitude to @OGYOLKMagazine, Davidson & Choy Publicity, Campbell Moon Jung for editing this so fast @campbellmoon_  , team OG YOLK, Larry Tazuma, 1st Presbyterian Church for letting us record there and @sommertimecasting!

GEORGE HIROSE: NYC Photograher famed for his NYC & Japanese Photo Art

We welcome George Hirose is a New York City based Japanese-American photographer. He was born in the Bronx, and teaches at Pratt Institute. In 2013, his project to capture all 39 of the East Villagegardens was covered by the New York Times. His photos were always taken at night. In 2008 he published an art book called Blue Nights. https://www.georgehirose.com Thank you to Actor/ Guest Host @philnee for hosting this episode in NYC, to CJ Bautista for editing this 3rd ep @undersiege360 & @ogyolkmagazine @ogyolkpodcast & team OG YOLK Larry Tazuma, and @sommertimecasting !

The Wedding Banquet Cast - BOBO LE & JEREMY HOFFMAN

Bobo Le & Jeremy Hoffman- The Vancouver natives gets a breakout role in Andrew Ahn’s refreshing reimaging the 1993 romantic comedy. For BoBo, her big screen debut after small parts in series like The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow. Le plays opposite Saturday Night Live’s Bowen Yang in the Vancouver-shot film and has a great rapport with the actor as Chris’s cousin and confidant. For Jeremy, he’s known for A Fandemic: 50 Fans Celebrate 50 Years of Cinema (2021), The Wedding Banquet (2025) and Eddie's Stereotype (2010). He’s not just an Actor, he’s a Musical theater Actor & Musician, past projects include SpongeBob SquarePants and Wizard of Oz.

ALFRED HSING: Netflix's Train Dreams Actor and Martial Artist/Stunt Coordinator

ALFRED HSING is an American Actor, Producer, Director, Martial Artist, and Stuntman/Coordinator. After over a decade of intensive training in both America and China, Hsing won the first American gold medal in wushu taolu history at the 2009 World Wushu Championships held in Canada. He has been a Stuntman in many films with Jet Li, Donnie Yen, and Jackie Chan, etc! He also stunt coordinated The Legend of the White Dragon and acted in The Book of Boba Fett working with Jon Favreau in the Star Wars Universe! Now he’s currently starring as Fu Sheng In Train Dreams with Joel Edgerton showcased first in Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Netflix this year! Stay tuned!!
Thank you to @alfredrocks for being a Guest at OG YOLK, Larry Tazuma @ltgoto, CJ Bautista @underseige360 editor, and Michael Matsuda for the tour of the Martial Arts Museum in Glendale, CA! More thanks to OG YOLK team & @sommertimecasting