Kelly Marie Tran on the “First Asian” Mantle

The Dave Chang Show

The Ringer

Food, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Dave shares his personal favorite types of sandwiches (0:31) before he and Chris Ying sit down with ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ actor Kelly Marie Tran to discuss the privilege and burden of blazing a trail for Asian Americans on screen, her pioneering role in the ‘Star Wars’ franchise, and of course, food (8:43). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The ringer's Nora Prince-i-Adi and Nathan Hubbard are on a journey breaking down every single
0:04.5	Taylor Swift album.
0:05.8	For all you Swifties out there, this is the podcast for you.
0:08.9	From her most famous moments to her most obscure references, every single album Taylor Swift
0:13.5	has it all.
0:14.5	Get out on the Rare Dish feed on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.1	Welcome to the Day of Change show, part of the Ringer podcast.
0:33.3	Now what presented by Major Delma Media, thank you to Yolotango for the intro music.
0:38.0	Today we are joined with the terrific actress, Kelly Marie Tran.
0:41.3	She is the voice behind Raya, the title character in Raya and the last dragon.
0:46.1	You can watch it on Disney Plus right now.
0:48.9	Watch it.
0:49.9	It's one of those films that you can watch as an adult or as a kid and it has, I think,
0:56.3	the first All Star Asian ensemble is unbelievable.
1:00.5	The voice is behind it.
1:01.9	So check it out.
1:02.9	I loved it.
1:03.9	My son loved it and he can't stop talking about dragons.
1:08.6	But I've wanted to get Kelly on this podcast for a while and if you haven't read her op-ed
1:13.7	piece in New York Times, she wrote a powerful moving essay a couple years back, please go
1:20.7	read that essay and go watch Star Wars again.
1:23.6	The last Jedi with Ryan Johnson who was our very, very first guest on this podcast.
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