The AM Podcast - A Podcast for Asian American Men

For today's Spotlight Episode, I'm excited to have high-achieving Bing Chen joining me. Bing Chen is the President & Co-founder of Gold House, the premier nonprofit collective of Asian founders, creative voices, and leaders dedicated to unifying the world's largest populace–Asians and Pacific Islanders–to enable more authentic multicultural representation and societal equity. Gold House is why many API-led films see success in Hollywood, which has opened up opportunities for other similar films to have a fighting chance.
Aside from Gold House, Bing Chen was one of the original architects behind Youtube's multi-billion-dollar Creator Program, enabling creators to get paid. He was also the mastermind behind the iconic Youtube Gold Play Button awarded to creators who reach the 1,000,000 subscriber milestone - the list goes on and on.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

Wanting to be the next Walt Disney

Parents coming from abject poverty to achieve the American dream

Reciting the first five minutes of "Beauty and the Beast" during a job interview at Disney

The most significant power is letting something you love go

His involvement with Youtube's Creator Program and helping creators get paid

The birth of Gold House & Gold Open (The reason why many API-led films have been successful)

First people to hate Asians are other Asians

Understanding that media plays a massive role in shaping our perception of others.

Crazy Rich Asians was the only API lead film fully back by a studio in the last 25 years.

How much is Gold Open to thank for the success of Crazy Rich Asians?

Playing a factor in the renewal of Warrior Season 3

Learning to do things because you know it's right, even if it creates enemies

Bing shares his proudest moment

Bing sharing his best piece of advice

Where Bing sees himself in the next five years

You can follow Bing Chen on Instagram at @bingchen.

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I have Jason Tobin, an actor best known for his role in the instant classic "Better Luck Tomorrow" and more recently as Young Jun in the hit show "Warrior" based on Bruce Lee's original writings, joining me for today's spotlight episode. We talk about his struggles making it an actor in LA, getting his big break, how he got the role as Young Jun, Warrior getting renewed for a third season, and more.

In this episode, we discuss:

-Born in Hong Kong but moved around a bit due to his father's occupation

-Went to boarding school where he first picked up the acting bug

-How he wanted to be an actor but didn't know how to

-Thought acting was for certain people only

-Moving to LA to pursue acting full-time

-How amazing it is to be a part of Warrior

-Debunking the myth that actors need to be extroverted to be successful

-One of his favorite things to do is people watch

-If he walked around like he was Young Jun in real life, then he would be considered a douche bag

Started at the bottom with acting and struggled a lot

-Director Justin Lin thought about Jason Tobin when he first wrote Better Luck Tomorrow

-Better Luck Tomorrow for him is the gift that keeps on giving

-There's a stereotype in the industry that says Asians can't act

-The story behind the role for Young Jun

-Realizing the significance of his role as Young Jun

-Warrior being renewed for Season 3

-What to expect for Season 3

-The best piece of advice

-Where he sees himself in the next five years
You can follow Jason Tobin on Instagram at @jsntbn.
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I have Tim Dessaint, a men's fashion and lifestyle content creator who helps guys dress better for today's Spotlight Episode, joining me. Tim has been able to amass a huge social media following thanks to his unique approach to content creation in the tune of 500k subscribers, 1.6 million followers on Tik Tok, and 240k followers on Instagram. We talk about his inspiration behind content creation, using fashion as a way to build confidence, struggling early on to gain traction, and more.

In this episode, we discuss:

Living a nomadic life as a kid, he moved around a lot due to his parent's profession

How fashion helped him build confidence

How he got into content creation

Getting his first corporate job and realizing it wasn't for him

Realized he needed to find a job he enjoyed

Doing freelance work to make ends meet

Most new years resolutions made at the beginning of the year go incompleted

Making little traction on Instagram

Making the switch to YouTube

Tim talks about his mother having a difficult life

How Tim's mother felt about him jumping into content creation

Giving himself a deadline, and if things didn't work out, then he would get a regular job

Video went viral exactly on the deadline date he established

Seeing money from his content for the first time

How did you feel about your video going viral?

What his first real brand deal was

Being highly competitive
- Tim shares his best piece of advice
- Where do you see yourself in the next five years?

You can follow Tim Dessaint on Instagram at @timdessaint.

SOCIAL MEDIA:
The Asian Menswear Podcast -- @asianmenswearpod
Mike Tran -- @asianmenswear
Leo Chan -- @levitatestyle
EMAIL US:
[email protected]
JOIN THE OFFICIAL ASIAN MENSWEAR DISCORD:
The Asian Menswear Community (click here)

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