Join host Sara Porritt for inspired conversations with fearless Asian women about how ideas and passions can ignite transformative journeys. The Hear Us Roar podcast speaks candidly about the pressures and privileges of growing up Asian in the United States, and implores us to embrace, as well as transcend our cultural conditioning and context. We all have the power to choose how we want to define personal happiness and success. Let’s celebrates that paradigm shift as something larger than a single woman or story – even if ultimately, she is the catalyst.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 10 hours 48 minutes
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00: Hear Us Roar // Journeys Down The Road Not Taken
It’s official! I’m buzzing with excitement at the thought of launching Hear Us Roar. In this premiere episode of the podcast, you’ll find out what it was like for me to move to the United States from China at the age of 8, how...
01: Nicki Sun // Create the Platform You Seek
If you don't see faces that look like yours in film and television, why not create your own platform to put those put those faces on camera? That's exactly what Nicki Sun did when she launched "Now You Know," a talkshow that feature the likes of...
02: Dawoon Kang // Tech As Emotional Connective Tissue
Coffee Meets Bagel was birthed from a need. Dawoon Kang and her two sisters knew all too well the struggles of finding a life partner in New York City, which is why they set out to create an app that was focused on fostering meaningful human...
03: April Tam Smith // Maximizing Your Standard of Giving
Imagine a life rooted in maximizing your standard of giving vs. standard of living. As the co-founder of P.S. Kitchen, a social business that uses 100% of its profits to fund justice work, while hiring those in need of a second chance, April Tam...
04: Pooja Agarwal // Just Say Yes
There's a reason why Birchbox is such a fun and successful brand! Its personality is a core part of the corporate culture and its creative energy is rooted in the very ethos of the company. COO Pooja Agarwal was thrilled to joined the executive...
05: Julie Young // Be a Dream Maker
Sitting in Eataly with Julie Young, founder of DreamMaker 3D, the TIDE Film Festival, The Phenomenal Girls Club, and the $6.99 Per Pound Podcast, she tells me about how much she digs Italian food, even though she’s never been to Italy, the home...
06: Holistic Health In A Seasonal Transition w/ Janet Lee
Let's switch things up a bit with a new segment called, Conversations with HUR, where I get to sit down with a wide a range of friends and experts to discuss key topics of interest for Asian American women. First up is acupuncturist and Chinese...
07: Kimmy Yam // The Breadth of Our Stories
Kimmy Yam is the Co-Founder of HuffPost Asian Voices and a champion for issues that disproportionately affect the Asian-American community. Growing up in Upstate New York as a member of a Chinese restaurant family, Kimmy understood the irony of...
08: Eliza Blank // Let’s Talk About #PlantParenthood
Eliza Blank founded The Sill because she understood that urbanites needed an easier way to find, acquire and care for their houseplants. Since quitting her job and launching her Kickstarter in 2012, Eliza has grown The Sill into an Instagram and...
09: Margaret Cho // Honor the Process
Legendary comedian Margaret Cho was one of the first faces I saw on American television, that reminded me of myself. That is one powerful feeling. She has fearlessly put herself in the line of fire over and over again in order to speak up...
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