Episode 148

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13th Feb 2022

Being an Asian American tiktok star

We chat to Mike Kim, he is a man who after graduating from Cal State University Northridge in 2015 with a Communication Studies degree and taking jobs he despised, he decided to pursue his dreams at the age of 29 in 2019.  

Now in 2022, after Covid hit the LA comedy scene, he decided to go hard in the paint with social media and in 4 weeks, his TikTok audience grew from 5,000 followers to 129,000 followers. Here is an overview of what we discussed:

[[7:40]] Being the master of your own kingdom

[[20:15]] What tiktok did for me

[[26:07]] How he succeeded at Tiktok, where others didn’t

[[31:27]] People exploiting race issues and problems within the Asian community

[[38:43]] Being Asian and the small dick stereotype

[[44:26]] What BTS has brought the Asian community

If you would like to know more about Mike Kim, you can follow his Linktree here: https://linktr.ee/mikekim.

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The comedians paradise
Where larger-than-life characters help comedians live life on their own terms
Join comedian and promoter, Marvin McCarthy each Sunday at 8pm UK time as he interviews larger-than-life characters that help comedians live life on their terms.

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