Eat Your Crust
Crystal Jiao, Jeesoo Kim
Two Asian-American girls navigating our way through life-in-our-twenties in the Bay Area, with a little help from our friends. Tune in during your lousy commute to laugh and chat with your hosts Crystal and Jeesoo as we ramble about tech, culture, family, and more through an Asian-American lens. If you can relate, feel free to visit us at eatyourcrust.com or reach out to us @eatyourcrustpod on insta or email us at eatyourcrustpod@gmail.com!
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19 snips
Mar 29, 2023 • 42min
#WEDDINGS: Attending International Weddings
This week, our friend Chelsea shares her experiences going to weddings in Malaysia & Guatemala. We explore how weddings outside of the US differ, from cultural ceremonies to expectations around gifts and guest lists. We also discuss how wedding guests decide whether to attend an international wedding or not based on factors like cost and time.Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod
18 snips
Mar 22, 2023 • 1h 2min
Making Coworker Friends
This week our friend Michelle joins us to talk about the importance of water cooler talk, the process of befriending someone at work, and how to turn a work friend into a lifelong bud. We share our experiences feeling weird emotional attachments to coworkers we’ve trauma bonded with or found common ground with. We talk about swiping on dating apps for your coworkers.Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod
12 snips
Mar 15, 2023 • 46min
Family Vacations as Adults
Crystal takes her family on a vacation to Hawaii! A bit of a role reversal from the family vacations we’re used to from our childhood. She shares how the planning process went, unexpected stories from the trip, and who the best behaved people were :-) Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod
9 snips
Mar 8, 2023 • 53min
Friendships Through Different Life Stages
This week, we are joined by our friend Jin to chat about the differences from our friendships in childhood, college, and post-grad. We discuss the way our mindset towards friendship as well as the ease of making new friendships change in the different life stages. Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod
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Mar 1, 2023 • 57min
#GIRLTALK: Icks and Sticky Situations
Our friend Helen joins us today to talk about our personal icks & how we would react in sticky dating situations. We debate over whether we'd be OK if our hypothetical boos are too nice or follow a lot of IG models. We muse on whether we'd date a trendy guy, an Android guy, or a socks-with-sandals guy.Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod
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Feb 22, 2023 • 45min
The Urge to Isolate
We talk about how the winter months make us want to watch sad things and be cozy. We discuss how isolation affects us emotionally, mentally, and socially. We exclaim our love for the word deadass (does this count as a gen z word??)Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod
Feb 15, 2023 • 43min
#WEDDINGS: Speeches & Officiating as a Little Brother
Our friend Jimmy joins us to talk about his experience walking his sister down the aisle and being the officiant for his other sister’s wedding. We also discuss what makes a good wedding speech and dive into the prep that goes into being an officiant. Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod
13 snips
Feb 8, 2023 • 55min
Evolution of the Parent Permission
This week our friend Aileen joins us to discuss whether we still seek parental permission for things, even in our late twenties. We talk about the word “gas” and whether it has a spot in our daily vocabulary. We muse on the evolving relationship we have with our parents and how we have changed our expectations and communication styles.Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod
Feb 1, 2023 • 50min
Hosting and Guesting Etiquette
We discuss some of the unspoken etiquette for hosting friends and being a guest. We talk about good gift ideas, proper leaving times, and the challenge of being not too late, not too early. Join us in our mini quarter life crisis moment as we enter our late 20s. Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod
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Jan 25, 2023 • 49min
Living Alone Diaries
This week we are joined by our friend Sunny who currently lives alone in SF. We discuss the pros and cons of living alone and whether or not we think it's for us. We also explore Crystal's Gen Z slang word of the week: "rizz".Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod
