Episodes

In this episode, host Justin Hong interviews UC-Irvine head women’s basketball coach Tamara Inoue on her basketball journey as a player and coach. During the episode, Coach Inoue talks about growing up in Hawaii and how she g...

In this episode, host Justin Hong interviews award-winning communications expert and former ESPN SportsCenter anchor Cary Chow about his journey and sports media career. During this episode, Cary talks about his family’s back...

In this episode, host Justin Hong interviews former D1 college basketball player Ace Watanasuparp about his journey and basketball career. During this episode, Ace talks about his family’s background, growing up in New York, ...

On this episode, host Justin Hong interviews former pro basketball player Benji Kil about his athletic journey and basketball career. During this episode, Benji talks about his family’s background, growing up in Michigan, and...

On this episode, host Justin Hong interviews college football quarterback Jameson Wang about his athletic journey and football career. During the episode, Jameson talks about his family background, playing sports in his child...

On this episode, host Justin Hong interviews basketball coach Marshall Cho about his story and coaching journey. Marshall talks about his family background, immigrating from South Korea to Oregon as a child, and how he first ...

On this episode, host Justin Hong interviews Christian Juzang about his basketball career and journey. Christian talks about his backstory, growing up in LA, and the beginnings of his basketball journey (2:45), how coaches an...

In this episode, host Justin Hong interviews former pro basketball player and coach Sabatino Chen about his athletic journey. During the interview, Sabatino shares his backstory, family background, and when he started playing...

In this episode, host Justin Hong interviews former college football player Pranav Iyer about his football journey, sports journalism career, and media company AMAZN HQ, which covers and highlights Asian American athletes. Du...

On this episode, host Justin Hong interviews former world champion baton twirler Monica Lee. During her illustrious career, Monica competed for years on national and international stages and became a world champion baton twir...

On this episode, host Justin Hong interviews tech executive, business leader, and former competitive tennis player Anand Tharanathan. During the interview, Anand talks about his backstory and how he got started playing tennis...

On this episode, host Justin Hong is joined by Asian Canadians Balraj Jutla and Sukh Sidhu to discuss sports in Canada, Asian Canadian athletes, the growing sports culture in South Asian communities, and more. During this epi...

On this episode, host Justin Hong interviews world champion powerlifter Newton Cheng about his powerlifting story and his journey to becoming a mental health advocate. In his powerlifting career, Newton has set multiple world...

On this episode, host Justin Hong interviews former D1 college track & field athlete and cross country runner Bismillah Alidost about his athletic journey. During his athletic career, Bismillah was a D1 collegiate athlete at ...

On this episode, host Justin Hong interviews competitive disc golfer Kathryn Tang. Kathryn has played in 8 disc golf events so far at the pro level, highlighted by a 2nd place finish this year at the Canadian National Champio...

In this episode, co-hosts Justin Hong and Patrick Pratumrat interview former professional football player Emmanuel Moody about his athletic career. During the interview, Emmanuel shares how he first got started playing footba...

On this episode, host Justin Hong interviews former professional badminton player Brittney Tam. During her illustrious career, Brittney achieved a #2 ranking in Canada and #40 worldwide ranking for women’s singles & mixed dou...

On this episode, Justin Hong is joined by AAPI and business leader Dennis Yu to talk about his love of basketball, the new Jeremy Lin documentary 38 at the Garden ( which was recently released on HBO), and the impact …

In this episode, host Justin Hong interviews former professional baseball player Danny Oh about his baseball career. During the interview, Danny talks about his childhood and playing sports at an early age (3:10), how playing...

On this episode, host Justin Hong interviews dragon boat athlete Fiona Chan. Fiona paddled for Western University in Canada and is now competing at the Premier Level of dragon boating with her team, the Outer Harbor Warriors....

On this episode, host Justin Hong interviews Eddie Hsieh who was a power-hitting catcher for Cal during his illustrious baseball career; he was also the captain of the team his senior season. Prior to playing at Cal, he was a...

Host Justin Hong is joined by Patrick Pratumrat on this first edition of “Prospect Watch,” which aims to provide visibility to up-and-coming Asian American athletes. On this episode, they shine the spotlight on 11 electrifyin...

In this introduction to The Asian American Athlete , host Justin Hong shares his own journey as an Asian American athlete (1:45) and does a deep dive into the reasons why he doesn’t think he reached his potential as an …