Bonus Episode: Padma Lakshmi on 'Asian Enough'

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🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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A special bonus feed drop from The Los Angeles Times podcast Asian Enough: A conversation with Top Chef host, model and writer Padma Lakshmi about growing up Indian American in the San Gabriel Valley, cultural appropriation vs. appreciation in food, and her new Hulu show Taste the Nation.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.
0:02.4	I'm Sam Sanders.
0:03.8	And this episode we are giving you a very special bonus.
0:08.2	Today we're going to turn our feed over to our friends over at Asian enough.
0:12.3	Asian enough is an LA Times podcast all about being Asian American.
0:16.8	Genyamato and Frank Shang are the host and every episode they invite celebrity
0:21.4	guests to share their personal stories and unpack their identities on their own terms.
0:27.3	Guests also share what the show calls bad Asian confessions and those are quite fun.
0:32.2	So this show Asian enough it is all about exploring this vast diaspora that's
0:36.6	spread across many cultures and backgrounds and generations and ultimately trying
0:41.7	to expand the ways in which being Asian American is defined.
0:47.0	So with that, here is a very special episode of Asian enough in the It's Been a
0:51.7	Minute podcast feed.
0:53.6	Enjoy.
0:57.6	From the LA Times studios, this is Asian enough.
1:02.8	Each week on this podcast, we talk to one Asian American celebrity about the
1:07.3	joys, the complications and everything else that comes along with being Asian American.
1:13.0	I am Genyamato.
1:14.5	And I'm Frank Shang.
1:16.2	This week it's episode 14 of our podcast and we're joined by the TV host model and writer
1:21.4	Padma Lakshmi.
1:23.0	We'll talk about why she thinks Indian cuisine hasn't quite had its moment yet.
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