Dec 29, 2023
Lifelong Learning: These are topics we knew very little about before researching. Although we didn’t know much about them before, we really learned a lot during the research process and episode creation.
So Upsetting: These are topics that were upsetting or frustrating to us to create… maybe it was the mistreatment of Asian Pacific Islanders… or maybe it was a particularly painful moment in our history. And really, there are so many of episodes… even the ones on the Tong Wars or the Gold Rush, where we have moments of feeling anger and frustration… but these are the episodes where we feel that anger the entire time.
Are We Having Fun?: These are episodes where the topic was just fun to do. Maybe it was a little lighter topic or the recording was just fun. These are the interesting but welcome breaks from the heavier topics.
Thought-provoking: We’ve had a lot of conversations. They’re all fun in different ways, but some are particularly thought-provoking. Maybe they’re ones that pushed our thinking. Maybe they’re ones where the interviewee challenged us.
Attention! Attention!: These are conversations with people who we hope get a lot more attention. Maybe the interviewees in these conversations aren’t national names, but they’re doing great work, and we hope they get more attention.
Fun experiences in conversation… Again, we really enjoy the conversations we have… some of them are more fun than usual. It doesn’t make them better, but we found ourselves laughing a LOT and would love to spend more time talking to them.
Favorite episodes overall… These could be topical or conversational episodes… but looking back, what were our favorites?
Favorite Conversations… Ugh… so hard. There were a lot of good ones. Here are some favorites…
Favorite Topical episodes… These are topics that we especially liked how the episode turned out.
What do you think? Did we name any of the ones you liked? What did we miss? Let us know via email or Instagram.