Jamie discovers the joys of repairing an AOI cooling system and Brandon dips a toe into talk therapy. And look, someone bothered to make their own thumbnails instead of relying on Keith!
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Southern Fried Asian returns to feature stand-up-comic-turned-young-adult-romance-author, Suzanne Park! She and Keith discuss growing up in the suburbs of Nashville, stumbling into stand-up comedy, writing her newest book, The Christmas Clash — about warring food court restaurants, her mother’s Korean American fried chicken, and more.
Seriously, that’s a huge milestone in the content creation game! Let’s have a party or at least get some dim sum!
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Brandon checks in and recounts his adventures in the OC.
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We report in with our homework for our Yacht Rock project, and Jamie recounts his Small Press Expo food adventures!
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On Southern Fried Asian, fellow NOC fam Patrick Michael Strange is in conversation with Keith about growing up as a military brat across the South! From South Carolina and Mississippi to joining the Navy in Viriginia, Patrick recounts coming to terms with his identity as a Filipino American and as a comic book nerd. They also discuss his own nerd empire and a memorable Comic-Con experience. Finally, Patrick reveals that tocino (and not lumpia or siopao) is his go-to Filipino dish.
Technically, it’s Wednesday, but we record Tuesday. We continue our plans for our yacht rock band and Brando has things to say.
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Brandon breaks down the latest wrestling mess because we love good bit of wrasslin’ drama.
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We share our easy to remember, go-to recipes. And possibly start a new project.
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On as special Southern Fried Asian, NOC Managing Editor Laura Sirikul sits down with the cast of HBO Max’s House of Ho just in time for the reality docuseries’ eventful second season following the Houston-based Vietnamese family as they pursue a life of love, laughter, and luxury.
We spend a lot of time just gushing about Prey and coming up with some other scenarios we want to see a Predator face.
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Word on the street is that the heads of DC’s Cinematic Universe don’t know what to do with Superman. Can we figure something out?
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Southern Fried Asian returns with a conversation between Keith and Top Chef alum, Chef Nini Nguyen! She tells Keith about growing up in New Orleans, being cast on Top Chef, teaching people how to cook on the internet, and what it really means for cuisine to be “authentic.” She also reveals why mullet roe will always remind her of her grandmother.
It’s all Metallica, all the time! We talk about how we first got into Metallica, our “Desert Island Disks,” and what we consider the best Metallica song. Tell us how wrong we are or if we got it close!
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McDonald’s decided to celebrate the summer with its first-of-its-kind virtual experience, Camp McDonald’s via their app. For 27 days, starting July 5, fans will be treated to an epic lineup of food deals, menu hacks, merch collabs, and virtual concerts by popular artists, including blackbear (July 10), Omar Apollo (July 17), BIBI (July 24), and our headliner, Kid Cudi (July 31).
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Spoilers abound! We go episode by episode and do our big series review of Obi-Wan.
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This week we debut and probably end a new segment, Storytime with the FDIC. If you would like to follow along, get your own copy of Brandon Spots His Sign by Sheletta Brundidge and Lily Coyle, illustrations by Darcy Bell-Meyers.
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Southern Fried Asian is back and so is one of our previous guests. Keith welcomes back Greg Pak — whose moving new autobiographical project I Belong to You / Motherland is being turned into a choral performance in Austin — to discuss belonging and loss and share memories of his mother and childhood in Texas.
It’s another random episode filled with A.I., Star Wars, and Brandon!
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This is very random catch up episode. But also, we don’t need any more Avatar movies.
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On a new episode of Southern Fried Asian, Keith talks to his Chef Tim Ma — founder and CEO of Lucky Danger, the renowned American Chinese takeout restaurant in D.C. — about his southern roots in Arkansas and Virginia and why it’s important to honor the legacy of American Chinese cuisine.
Let it be known that on this podcast, Bradon predicts that when old Slow Ass, Eric Clapton, recovers from COVID, he’ll write a song about it called “Nothing to Fear” or “ No Reason to Fear” and we will a groan.
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We spend far too much time trying to figure out the deadliest way to attack someone with produce while Brandon discovers the most entertaining method for reading any transcript from our 45th President.
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