The OG YOLK GenerAsian Next 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 YOLK mission is to showcase Asian advancement & their allies in the Arts, Entertainment, etc. outside the traditional career paths taken by Asians & honoring the traditional careers that sustains the economy for decades
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Episodes
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
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
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
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.
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
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.
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
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!