Episode 181: Two Minute News Segments on MTV Led to a Trailblazing Career for SuChin Pak

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Emily, Madelyn, Jen

Relationships, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Our guest today is SuChin Pak, who is best known for being the first Asian American correspondent at MTV in the early 2000s, and one of the few Asian women we got to see consistently on our TV screens as teenagers. She started as a teen reporter on her local news channel, but didn’t expect to pursue a career in media – there weren’t others like her in the field back then. But thanks to her inspirational work, many of us are now able to consider creative careers that we didn’t think were possible before. Currently, she co-hosts the podcast “Add to Cart” with comedian and actress Kulap Vilaysak, and recently wrote the introduction for the anthology series: My Life: Growing Up Asian In America. Join us as SuChin shares her experience of entering the world of journalism during a time before social media, and how her career has informed her thoughts on community building and identity. Which Asian Americans inspired you growing up, or motivated you to pursue your career? __________________________________________ Hosts: Melody Cheng and Janet Wang Contributing Editor: Haemee Kang Editor: Michelle Hsieh __________________________________________ P A R T N E R S • NEIWAI: Get 25% off your purchase with code ABG25 (now until 9/16/2022) at neiwai.us/3I7f3Cw • Gusto: Gusto: Get 3 months free at gusto.com/abg • WeBudding: Use promo code “boss” to get 50% off at en.webudding.com/boss • Shopify: Get a free 14 day trial and full access to entire suite of features at shopify.com/abg __________________________________________ C O N N E C T W I T H U S • Subscribe and Follow us @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts/Spotify/YouTube/Instagram/Twitter/Facebook • Listener Survey: Let us know your thoughts on the podcast here • Shoutouts: Give a shoutout on the podcast here • Email: hello@asianbossgirl.com __________________________________________ S U P P O R T U S • Merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com • Donate: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support • More about us at asianbossgirl.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to ABG, Asian Boss Girl, a podcast for the modern-day Asian-American woman.
0:05.2	I'm Janet, I'm Mel, and I'm Sujim Pak.
0:19.7	Asian-American and diasporic storytelling and representation are two things that we at Asian
0:24.8	Boss Girl care about deeply. We've loved seeing the increase in quantity and depth of storytelling
0:29.8	and Asian representation across media and various industries these past several years.
0:34.4	It's also been a long time coming with those who started before us paving the way.
0:38.6	Today's guest is someone we consider a trailblazer for Asian-Americans in media,
0:43.5	particularly on television and journalism, Sujim Pak.
0:47.8	Sujim is especially known for becoming the first Asian-American correspondent at MTV in the
0:52.1	early 2000s. It was a big deal. We didn't see many faces like ours on TV back then,
0:57.1	let alone hosting American shows. Throughout our incredible career,
1:00.4	she reported on everything from celebrity red carpets to presidential elections to international
1:04.8	relief efforts. Recently, she wrote the introduction for the upcoming book with MTV Books,
1:09.3	My Life, Growing Up Asian in America, and co-host a podcast called Atta Cart with
1:13.7	Communion and Actress Cool Up the Lysack. We're so excited to have Sujim here with us today
1:18.2	in the chat about her career, thoughts on identity, personal storytelling and her podcast.
1:22.8	Sujim, welcome and thank you so much for being here. Yay! I feel like one of the gals already,
1:28.9	so I'm excited. Yes, we are so excited to have you here with us. We'd love to start Sujim
1:34.4	by just sharing with our listeners a little bit about your background. What was it like growing up?
1:39.5	What was your family dynamic like? What was Young Sujim like? Young Sujim. Young Sujim was very
1:47.6	quiet and very much an introvert and I still am and I know it's like a roll your eyes when someone
1:54.4	has a media career and they're like, but I'm an introvert. But anybody that knows me knows that
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