

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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Sep 9, 2020 • 60min
Music Transcends Language (ft. Aleebi)
Asian-American rapper Aleebi discusses the challenges of incorporating multiple languages into his music and the impact of multilingual music on audiences. They also explore the influence of hip hop and R&B in Asia and discuss cultural appropriation versus appreciation.

Sep 2, 2020 • 1h 4min
My Roommate Is My Boyfriend
Moving in with your significant other is a BIG step. While living with your best friend and lover is a dream come true, it also requires lot of healthy communication and compromise behind the scenes. Tune in to catch our experiences with moving in with an SO straight out of college!Follow us on insta! @eatyourcrustpodSupport the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod

Aug 26, 2020 • 57min
Live, Laugh, EAT
We don’t discriminate when it comes to food - whether it’s a homemade meal fresh from Mom’s kitchen, or a fancy night out with too many courses to count, we want it all!!! (Unless it’s rainbow bagels or bacon ice cream - that’s a firm no from both of us.) Join us today for a fun episode about our favorite meals and our food pet peeves. All foodies welcome! Follow us on insta! @eatyourcrustpodSupport the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod

Aug 19, 2020 • 1h 8min
A Slice of Life as a Teacher in Japan
Calling all travel lovers, budding teachers, and weaboos!Our guest today is a friend who is currently teaching English in Japan to high school students. He set off on this journey with images of playful school life and dreams of peaceful landscapes often depicted in anime, but does his 2-year adventure meet his expectations?! Today we chat about the JET program (Japanese Exchange and Teaching), the relationship between students and teachers in America vs. in Japan, and dealing with homesickness and culture shock! Follow us on insta! @eatyourcrustpodSupport the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod

Aug 12, 2020 • 52min
An Honest Conversation on Salaries
Disclaimer: This episode focuses on Bay Area cost of living and average salaries. We recognize that location is a huge factor in the variance of salaries/pay rates. Parents often tell their kids not to talk about money because it’s rude, without explaining why they think it’s rude. But growing up, it’s not difficult to realize why having conversations about money are so awkward. In a capitalistic society where money = merit and money = power, we start to evaluate our own self-worth and happiness on money. Today we wanted to have an open, vulnerable conversation about our salaries and how we manage our money as 24 year olds in the San Francisco Bay Area. While we don’t believe this episode should be a “guide” to managing money (we are noobs, please do your own research), we hope our honesty about our anxiety around salaries, saving, and investing ring true with many of you :) Follow us on insta! @eatyourcrustpod Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod

Aug 5, 2020 • 1h 1min
You're My Best (Online) Friend!
Exploring the evolution of online friendships and the changing perception of interacting with strangers online. Discussing the association between voice and ethnicity in online gaming. Navigating flaming and building trust in gaming environments. The impact of online gaming on relationships and behavior. Making long-lasting friendships through online video games. The stigma and evolution of online friendships.

Jul 29, 2020 • 53min
Nursing Amidst a Pandemic
When we think about Healthcare, we often think of doctors and surgeons running around (a la House or Grey’s). What’s often overlooked is the hard work put in by nurses, who play a vital role in protecting patients’ lives. Today we bring on two active RNs (registered nurses) working in the Emergency Department and the Medical Surgery Unit. As if being a nurse isn’t crazy enough, these two have experienced everything from PPE shortages, COVID-19 deniers, and dishonest patients in the past few months. Join us today to get an inside look on how COVID-19 has changed the lives of healthcare workers. (Especially insightful for people like us, who have been comfortably WFH this whole time!) Follow us on insta! @eatyourcrustpodSupport the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod

Jul 22, 2020 • 1h 9min
Normalize Career Changes
Before some of us are even 18 years old, we pick a major at college that determines our course load for the next 4 years. The classes we take and our halfway-complete degree lands us some internships that we accept to “gain experience” (aka slap some big names on our resume). Our internship experience kick-starts our professional adult career, often in the same path that we’ve been on since we were a teenager.For many of us, our 18-year old selves had a good enough guess of our skills and passions. For many of us, our 18-year old selves had no idea what we were doing.Today, Tiffany (@skin_unfiltered) shares how she, a risk-averse accountant, quit her job at a Big 4 company to pursue her dreams of becoming an esthetician. Catch our episode to hear some skincare tips, our rant about Silicon Valley “clout”, and behind-the-scenes tea of being a SKINfluencer!Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod

Jul 15, 2020 • 54min
What's Been Sparking Joy?
The hosts talk about finding joy in small things, work-from-home challenges, building a gaming PC, moving to new places, reluctance towards buying expensive pants, improving cooking habits, and their experiences with cooking during quarantine. They also discuss the rising popularity of webtoons and explore the world of Twitch.

Jul 8, 2020 • 58min
#MeToo: Listening to Womxn
CW: We discuss heavy topics such as sexual harassment, sexual assault, and r*pe culture in this episode.If you live in California, or are a big fan of video games, you may have seen the resurgence of the Me Too movement where many brave women are coming forward to share their story of sexual assault. Many of these women were assaulted by famous video game content creators, but many were made victims by their own friends and peers.While it is painful to hear accounts of sexual assault, we believe it’s imperative to examine what perpetuates this behavior. In American media, we often see misogynstic values or gender stereotypes that normalize predatory behavior towards women. And as consumers of American media, it can often be difficult not to internalize these thoughts in ourselves as well.Today we tackle what we call “rape culture”, or societal attitudes towards gender and sexuality that increases the prevalence of rape.Support the showFollow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod