In this episode, I interview Randall Pich. He's the CEO and designer of many brands including the of the most famous lifestyle/action/fitness brand in the world, Live Fit. Apparel. Randall was born and raised in Long Beach, California and the son of Cambodian Refugees. We have a great conversation from start to finish and I'm inspired by his work ethic and mindset. Randall shares his life experiences, his failures, and gives a lot valuable lessons on how to be a successful entrepreneur. He took ...
Jul 31, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 51
In episode 50, I interview Thina better known as OG Kpop Stan on Youtube. Thina is a retired Hip Hop Dancer. She danced for, trained, and performed with 4 different dance teams. Her first dance team who started my "dance life" was with Marvelous Motion (who later became IaMmE, America's Best Dance Crew Season 6 Champions). A lot of her dance training came from Di "Moon" Zhang, Brandon "747" Harrell, Emilio Dosal, SOREAL, and attending many dance classes in Houston and L.A. (from amazing local ta...
Jul 24, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 50
n this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Chef Brynn Gibson. She is a contestant on this season (episode 20) of Hell's Kitchen - Young Guns on Fox with Gordon Ramsey and a cast of young Chefs. Brynn was adopted from a Khmer orphanage at a young age and has Khmer/Vietnamese roots. She was raised in Virginia and move to Rhode Island to attend Johnson & Whales University, a highly ranked Culinary School. We talked about her love for cooking and what made her want to become a chef and a...
Jul 17, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 49
In episode 48, I interview Chef Diane of Portland Oregon. Diane grew up in Southern California eating her grandmother’s Cambodian cooking, influenced by Chinese, Vietnamese and French styles prior to the Khmer Rouge. With experience in top-tier Michelin starred restaurants such as Statebird Provisions in San Francisco to creating the pop-up, Sunshine Noodles, during a pandemic, Diane’s projects rooted in a sense of constant evolution and adaptation to her community. Prey and Tell is the latest c...
Jul 10, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 48
In this episode, I interview Malay Kim. Malay is a Martial Arts Stunt Choreographer, Sag-Aftra Actor, and Film Maker. He played roles in the Iron Fist episode Black Tiger Steals Heart. He was also an assistant fight coordinator in the Iron Fist episodes Under Leaf Pluck Lotus, Immortal Emerges from Cave, Felling Tree with Roots, The Blessing of Many Fractures, The Mistress of All Agonies, Lead Horse Back to Stable, Bar the Big Boss, Dragon Plays with Fire, The Fury of Iron Fist, The City's Not f...
Jul 03, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 47
In this episode, I interview a US Marine Veteran turned Hollywood Actress & Stunt Women, Leaphy Khim. Leaphy was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Cambodian genocide survivors. At a very young age she was taught the importance of her culture, language, and traditions. She was raised to be strong, independent, and self sufficient. Her parents valued education and relentlessly drilled into her head to be the best at anything she wishes to pursue in life. For 8 years, she enlisted in the Un...
Jun 26, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 46
In this episode, I catch up with someone dear to me. Terry Oup is a childhood friend of mine. In April, I visited friends and family for Khmer New Year month and during my last couple days, I decided to visit Terry who I haven't seen in over 5 years. We hung out like old times and did some adventurous things in Vancouver Washington like e-scootering a 17 mile trail, did some VR gaming at his house, and I met his baby Angelina for the first time. It was a much needed visit and I was surprised he ...
Jun 19, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 45
I had the pleasure of interviewing Mayly Tao aka @donutprincessla who is the owner of the world famous @dksdonuts. She was featured on The award winning Donut King Documentary about her great Uncle Ted Ngoy who started the Cambodian Donut boom in California in the early 80s. Mayly Tao is LA’s self-proclaimed Donut Princess, owner of DK’s Donuts & Bakery in Santa Monica, CA and Donut Princess Los Angeles, a donut bouquet delivery concept. She is the host of her podcast Short N’ Sweet. You can...
Jun 12, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 44
In this episode, I interview Karuna long. Long is the owner of Oliver's Twist, a hip cocktail bar located in Seattle's Phinney Ridge neighborhood. He took over in 2017 after working there or 4 years serving the neighborhood signature cocktails and earned the title of "Seattle's Best Bartender" in 2018. We talked about his humble beginnings coming from Long Beach to moving to Seattle and his love for music. What makes Oliver's Twist extra special is that he and his family decided to add khmer foo...
Jun 05, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 43
In this episode, I interview Tracy Guan. Tracy is a Chinese-American author, mom and educator. She is the author of the new children's book Lunchtime with Samnang, which is a vibrant and multigenerational story about her son learning about his Cambodian cultural roots through the love of food and travel. Tracy wrote this book due to the limited representation available in children's literature, especially featuring main characters of Southeast Asian descent. She decided to write this book so tha...
May 29, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 42
In this episode, I chat with Chanda Mau. She's a Khmer-American Chef/Foodie based in Austin Texas. Chanda is very an upbeat personality and is always bringing people together with food. She often does pop ups in Texas, where she'll cook Khmer egg rolls and sells them to raise funds for various causes. She helped the people affected by the tragic snow storm that battered the state. On Sunday, May 23rd she will be helping with another pop up with Austin Pets Alive which helps people adopt dogs. Sh...
May 22, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 41
In this episode, I interview Mz Rada Darling of Phoenix AZ. She was born in Cambodia and grew up in Long Beach, California. Rada talks about her challenges early on in her life and dealing with divorce. We chat about the struggles of growing up Khmer in America, her favorite Khmer foods, her love life, her real estate career, and more recently her role in Vh1's - Couple's retreat where her boyfriend and famous Comedian, Michael Blackson go on a retreat to take part in honest and uncensored conve...
May 15, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 40
In this episode, I interview Chantha Thach. Chantha is a fitness coach, body builder, artist, and clothing designer. She was born in Portland Oregon, raised in Ohio, and now lives in New York. We talked about her fitness journey that started with a bad break up in 2013 where she began body building. She found a coach and trained for 9 months and won 4 trophies. Chantha and I discussed her training, diet, discipline, and her fitness journey documentary and many other projects she’s working on as ...
Apr 24, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 39
In this episode, I interview Mo & Naran Tan of Long Beach California. They are the co-founders of Phnom Penh Noodle Shack. A local community favorite and family owned restaurant since 1985. They serve some of the most authentic and wholesome Khmer comfort foods that we all love and their famously known for their “Phnom Penh Noodle,” (house special)which consists of a pork broth soup with pork meat, sliced ground, stomach, and liver) Mo & Naran shared their experiences growing up Eastside...
Apr 18, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 38
In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sophia Kao. Sophia is Cambodian singer/songwriter from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She's a rising star at Baramey Production, a power house record label and premium talent management agency with an all-star roster that includes artist such as Laura Mam, Vannda, Khmeng Khmer, Songha, Polarix, and RXTHY. I learned a lot of Sophia and I'm impressed not only her knowledge of music, but also her understanding of how to be successful in the music industry ...
Apr 10, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 37
In this episode, I interview Sopheak Art. Sopheak is a Khmer Australian artist, self taught digital animator, and a clothing/swimwear designer of his swimwear brand "Fly Heart Fit." I met him last year and reached out to him to do a cartoon music video for my song "Love Again" after noticing him produce a whole bunch of animations for my peers. I learned a lot about Sopheaks background and it was good to hear his story. From being in born in Cambodia, then moving to Malaysia when he was 8 years ...
Apr 03, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 36
In this episode, we celebrate Women's History Month with one of the most influential Khmer Women in Cambodia's music & dance scene. Her name is Laura Mam and she is a Khmer American singer, songwriter, music producer, and businesswoman. She is known as one of the pioneers of “Khmer Original Music Movement” and is the founder and CEO of Baramey Productions. Laura was born in 1986 in San Jose, California to Cambodian Refugee parents. She was the oldest of 2 siblings and attended UC Berkley. He...
Mar 27, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Ep 34 features a special guest from Fordham Bronx: Chhaya Chhoum, an inspiring leader, activist, community organizer, mother and executive director at @mekongnyc_ Mekong NYC. We have an important conversation about issues in our community such as anti blackness, anti Asian violence, social justice, fighting deportation, accountability, collective healing and more. About Mekong NYC Mekong aims to improve the quality of life of the Southeast Asian community in the Bronx and throughout New York Cit...
Mar 20, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 34
In this episode, I interview Dara Leng who is better known as Khmer1Jivit. He's one of the best, if not thee best native tongue rapper of all time. We talked about everything in this interview. Dara was born in Kompong Chhnang and grew up in Kompong speu Cambodia. He was sponsored to the U.S. in the state of the Texas when he was 15 so it was a struggle assimilating to American society and learning English beginning in middle school. After a couple years of living in Texas, Dara started developi...
Mar 13, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 33
In this episode, I interview Mona Sang of Chicago. She is a Cambodian Chef who started her catering company, specializing in Khmer cuisine to serve the Chicago community at he start of the pandemic last year. We shared a deep conversation about her family history and what it was like growing up in Chicago in the late 80s. Mona has worked professionally as a chef in the Chicago area for the past 6 years. She is originally from Cambodia, but came to the United States with her mother and her sister...
Mar 06, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 32
In this episode, I have a conversation with the author & collaborators of a newly released book titled "On the corners of Argyle and Glenwood which documents Khmer Refugees living in Uptown Chicago in the early 90s. As a young graduate student in photography in the early 1990s. Stuart Isett found himself on the corners of Argyle and Glenwood streets in Chicago, photographing Cambodian refugees who had settled on the city’s north side near his apartment. Isett entered a world which would defi...
Feb 27, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 31
In this episode, I speak to my friend Sean Radiant Son from Philadelphia. Sean is a first generation Khmer immigrant who's family settled in Camden NJ in the early 80s. They then moved to Philly where were a lot of khmer refugees settled. I met Sean through a colleague of mine a few years ago he's always smiling and had a good attitude and that "go getter" mind set. After going from retail job to retail job, Sean shares his story about seeing a facebook post about a real estate gig, and he respo...
Feb 20, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 30
In this episode, I interview Loeun Lun, a deportee/returnee from Tacoma Washington. I remembered seeing the PBS documentary, “Sentenced Home” in 2006 and I recently noticed that Loeun has a YouTube channel where he shares his experiences living in Cambodia as well as interviewing other deportees and former gang members. I ended up binge watching his videos and I had to reach out to him to see what he’s been up to and to see how I can help spread awareness on immigration issues and build that rel...
Feb 13, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 29
In this episode, I interview Rose Khun of Eureka California. Rose is a daughter of Khmer Immigrants who settled in Modesto California in the early 80s. She shared a heart felt story about her Father's murder in San Jose by a Khmer Gang during a robbery of their family owned VHS store. There are so much emotions in this episode and I am thankful Rose was able to share it with all of us. Rose, explained why she decided to forgive her fathers killer and even wrote a letter to him telling him that s...
Feb 06, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 28
In this special episode. I reconnect with an old friend and Khmer Hip Hop legend, Khmer Kid. We talked about his humble beginnings and what is was like growing up in Chicago in the early 90s. He was born in 1984 at Khao-I-Dang refugee camp and was named after it. Soon after, his family immigrated to the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Khao's story is very interesting because I've learned so much about him that I never knew before. He shared so many experiences in his life that made him the man h...
Jan 30, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 27
In this episode, I interview Hannah from Atlanta. Hannah is a Khmer American small business owner who started her own online Southeast Asian sarong comfort wear store, The Sarong Company. After getting laid off from her job in the beginning of the pandemic, Hannah decided to learn how to sew scrunchies out of the Khmer Sarong fabric and she posted them on her Instagram where it drew interest from potential buyers. From then on, she started selling sarong of various colors and designs and more re...
Jan 16, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 25
In this episode, I interview my childhood friend Lada Beatz who is also the youngest brother of AP Muzzika that interviewed in episode 20. I wanted to speak with Lada because I wanted to personally thank him for his contribution to my music as promote him on my platform. Even though we grew up together, he was a lot younger, so I really hung out with older brothers more. We talked about how I found out that he produced beats out of no where, and how I wanted to work him one day. Well the day cam...
Jan 09, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Kicking off the New Year with a solid interview of Long Beach's premiere Hip Hop artist, G Funk Supreme. We talked about what it was like growing up in Eastside Long Beach, California, musical influences, his love for poetry and how he began rapping in middle school. Gfunk Supreme has been putting in the work for many years and its been paying off. He released a few albums and singles, accompanied with quality music videos. What I admire about G Funk is that, is a go getter, self taught audio en...
Jan 02, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 23
For the final Chluy Talk Podcast episode of 2020, I interview a fellow Podcaster, Randy Kim of Chicago. He gave my first podcast interview earlier in the year so it was fitting for me to have him on my show. We talked about his background, growing up in Illinois and and how he started his Banh Mi Chronicles podcast. Randy is currently a board member of the National Heritage Museum in Chicago and has been connecting with community leaders on to discuss important issues that AAPI folks face everyd...
Dec 26, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this episode, I have a chat with a Khmer American r&b singer out of Nashville Tennessee who goes by the name, Bella Moon. Being a 90s baby, Bella grew up on SWV, Mariah Carey, TLC, and Ciara just to name a few. By the age of 10, Bella joined her school Orchestra where she played the viola. She fell in with music and got involved musical theatre as well as hip hop dance choreography while she was in school. Bella Moon recorded her first album in 2016 entitled "Pink Potion" and started gett...
Dec 19, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 21
