This is an I-Heart podcast.

Guaranteed Human.

Hey, this is Annie.

And Samantha.

And welcome to Stuffman Never Told You, a production of I-Hart Radio.

And today we are bringing back a classic episode that I did without Samantha.

It was pre-Samantha's time with a friend of the show, Sanam Vashi.

And it was a huge ask.

At this point, when Sonom came on, that was when Sminty was looking for a new host to accompany me. And it was honestly one of the most

stressful work periods of my life, because I was trying to keep everything moving and bringing in all these different people.

And this was a huge ask. I didn't, I don't think it was my idea. I think Sotomay talked about it,

but the idea of covering Asian American identity and history in the United States is a huge topic.

And that is what we landed on. And a lot of what we talk about in this episode, we have talked about in episodes that you and I have done together, Samantha.

And some of it has evolved.

Like I remember talking about music specifically,

and you and I have talked about music specifically.

So there are things that certainly have changed since we recorded this.

I will say, for me personally,

I was still finding my footing at this time

because it was a very chaotic,

it's a chaotic space to be in

when you don't know who's going to be hosting with you.

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