Episode 184: Mythbusting Asian Superstitions - Can Putting Onions In Your Socks Cure Your Cold??

AsianBossGirl

Melody, Helen, and Janet

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

If you grew up in an Asian household, you may be familiar with certain rituals or practices that were taken very seriously by your parents, sometimes without much explanation. Beliefs such as, “drinking hot or room temperature water is better for you,” or “wearing slippers will keep your feet warm,” were ingrained in us growing up, but today, we are researching whether or not these beliefs are actually rooted in truth. Will your babies’ hair really grow back thicker if you shave their hair? Why shouldn’t you sleep with a mirror facing your bed? We tackle the questions you’ve always wanted to ask on this episode. What myths or beliefs did you grow up with? Do you know if it’s true or not? Leave us a comment to let us know! AsianBossGirl is turning 5 years old! To celebrate, we are hosting a Happy Hour event in Los Angeles on September 16th. RSVP at our Eventbrite link here! Cocktails, mocktails, and light bites will be provided. Spots are limited, so sign up soon! __________________________________________ Hosts: Melody Cheng, Janet Wang, Helen Wu Contributing Editor: Haemee Kang Editor: Michelle Hsieh __________________________________________ P A R T N E R S • Vegamour: Get 20% off your first order with code abg at vegamour.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: [email protected] __________________________________________ 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello ABD listeners, it is Mel. Before we start today's episode, I want to share some very
0:04.4	exciting news. ABD is turning five this September. Five years old, that's so crazy, and you want to
0:11.5	celebrate with you all, and the city where it all started, lost Angeles. So if you're in the area,
0:16.8	we'd love for you to join us for our Happy Hour social event on September 16 on Friday. Join us
0:23.2	for a night of drinks themed after episodes, our whole team, light bites, and a bunch of ABD
0:28.9	listeners. Make new friends, say hi to us, take photos, and just join us to celebrate our fifth
0:34.2	birthday. For more information, check our show notes. Can't wait to see you all there.
0:38.7	Welcome to ABG, Asian Voss Girl, a podcast for the modern day Asian American woman. My name is
0:43.6	Mel, I'm Janet, and I'm Helen. Hello ABD friends, I hope you're all doing well. Are you
1:00.2	doing okay? Pause for answer? Cool. So the other day, we're at Helen's, and we were hanging
1:06.8	down the nursery, and I noticed something really interesting. I saw a sliced onion on the window
1:12.5	and was like, what? Like, shouldn't this be in a fridge or like in my sandwich?
1:17.5	Helen then shared with us that it's actually a belief that her mom shared with her is that it
1:22.0	kills germs and removes bacteria in the air, which we'll talk about later. Anyway, this got us talking
1:27.3	about other practices, rituals, or superstitions that our parents take very seriously and ingrained in
1:31.6	us while we were growing up. Yes, so we tapped our wonderful contributing editor, Hemi, to help us
1:38.0	identify a wide range of known myths or beliefs that are popular to certain Asian cultures,
1:43.5	and help us do some research into whether these are actually true. We got quite curious and thought
1:49.3	we would discuss and share our findings with you all today. And as you're listening, if any of
1:53.2	these sound familiar or remind you of something you've heard growing up, drop us a note in the
1:57.6	comments at the ID post for this episode. So the first myth or belief that we're going to talk about
2:03.5	is about putting hot food in the fridge and how it actually makes the food go bad faster.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Melody, Helen, and Janet, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Melody, Helen, and Janet and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.