The Sophia Chang Show
By The Sophia Chang Show
The Sophia Chang ShowOct 25, 2018
Ep 59: Four-Year Digital Minimalism Update: Rich Enough for Cal Newport
The social media hate has turned to horror. This episode covers:
- why I sound like a mouth breather (it's CPAP)
- my goal to be rich enough to get on Cal Newport's podcast
- why I took down episodes I recorded when I started this podcast
- why my own escape from social media feels paltry in the face of its increased danger
- the Gen Z writer who gets it
Algorithms Hijacked My Generation. I Fear For Gen Alpha. by India Freya
Ep 58: The One Thing to Get into Harvard—or Anywhere—2023 Parents Edition
The one education epidemic that is harming kids from early childhood education on—and why you need to address it before you even think of college.
Sold A Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong on American Public Media
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Requisite Disclaimer: this podcast and episode do not constitute official or personalized consultation
Ep 57: Three Year Digital Minimalism Update
Sophia‘s one and only 2022 episode— a belated update on three years of digital minimalism and whether deleting social media makes you better than everyone else. The answer is yes, you addict. Also, liberal tears and Republican boats.
Ep 56: John Lloyd Young, You Were Supposed to be Aladdin
Sophia's recent Jersey Boys obsession finally resolves itself after a John Lloyd Young concert, when she finally realizes they had the same agent 16 years ago in New York--and he may be the catalyst for Sophia leaving the biz! (Kidding...maybe.)
In this episode:
- Submitting JLY's early headshot for the role of Aladdin
- Sophia's own disastrous audition as Jasmine
- Leaving Las Vegas--I mean, Hollywood
- The time she sang with Glee kids
Mentioned in episode:
The Ballad of Dante Basco Sophia's 20-year cycle with the king of the Lost Boys
Ep 55: Two-Year Update on Digital Minimalism: Am I Still on the Wagon?
Mentioned in episode: Ep 50: A Year Into Digital Minimalism -- From the Tub! bit.ly/digitalminimal1year
Ep 37: 2019 Book of the Year: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport bit.ly/2019bookoftheyear
Ep 54: Hogwarts 2021: Still a Gryffindor, Now Terrified of Ravenclaw
Ep 53: 3 Reasons Making Friends is Hard—Because You Make it That Way
Insomniac Sophia records at 3 AM and ends up with this well-organized ramblefap:
- the 3 reasons friendships seem harder in this day and age
- and they're ALL your fault--which means you can do something about it!
- the times Sophia got into cars with strangers
- How being 5 years old is the best way to make friends
Ep 52: 2020 Was the Best Year of My Life and I'm Dreading 2021
Sophia opens up about her shit disease, why 2020 was a year of wins for a disabled/homebound person, and what scares her most about 2021. Plus; the kindest thing to say about this issue.
Referred to in episode - Ep 44: Social Isolation? Welcome to My Life with Chronic Illness https://bit.ly/isolationismynorm
Ep 50: A Year Into Digital Minimalism -- From the Tub!
One year after going Digital Minimalist, Sophia gets naked in a hot bath to review the biggest lessons from a year with an empty phone and barely any social media. What is Digital Minimalism? LISTEN TO: Ep 37: 2019 Book of the Year: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Also in this episode:
- Books & Boba
- Back off Tania! An appropriation shield against white people stealing everything
- Why Sophia gets called Italian and Scottish
- Totally off the hook rapping
- The bizarre demographic of Sophia's listeners
- And more unpopular opinions from an aging Asian
Ep 49: Losing 'Me': Daisy Ridley Stars in Love Island's Literary Twist
Fan of pretentious experimental theatre AND trashy reality TV? Me too!
Star Wars' Daisy Ridley narrates the Audible original Islanders by Elinor Cook, a subversive, rehumanizing take on the UK hit reality show Love Island. It confused listeners so much they rated it an instant 1 star. Sophia answers an insightful Goodreads question from Lily with an impassioned crash course on the infamous "pronoun game".
Don't get pied off, babes!
Ep 48: Invisible No More: Kamala Harris Made Me Weep
Recorded fresh off Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention: Sophia describes a lifetime from college activism - including fighting rich white feminists - to decades of being silenced to survive in white America. Plus strong words for "woke" millennials and zoomers who need to respect those of us who sacrificed for their privilege.
Ep 47: Harry Potter and Millennials Are Turning 40: Apocalypse is Here
Ep 46: Anti-Maskers Are My Personal Nightmare: I Take Stupid Personally
Ep 45: Hollywood Stole the Asian Penis
Ep 44: Social Isolation? Welcome to My Life with Chronic Illness
Ep 43: I Am Not Your Noble Cripple: the Truth About antiMOG
March is MOG Awareness Month. Sophia tells the incredibly unpretty reality of being disabled by this terrible disease. This episode is for everybody sick of the glossy Instagram BS about chronic illness and disability.
MSAA: https://mymsaa.org/
Ep 42: The A-Spot: That's Not Your Cervix, Dumbass
If you haven't experienced your A-spot yet, you haven't been living! For this Sex Month episode, Sophia introduces the person living under the rock to the one spot to rule them all - not the G, and certainly not the cervix that gets idiotically misrepresented in erotic literature.
Also - why you're doing a disservice to all womankind by leaving a crappy lover crappy.
Ep 41: Coming to America: Meeting Keni Styles, First Asian Adult Film Star
Ep 40: Lessons from a Sex Coach: You Suck in Bed
Sophia draws on her days of being a sex and relationship coach for women to bring you the shouldn't-be-secrets to enjoying your life more. It starts with more orgasm. Just a hint.
Ep 39: 2019 Podcast in Review: Best, Overlooked and Snape
Welcome to 2020! In this episode:
- Most and Least Listened to episodes of The Sophia Chang Show
- Sophia advocates murder to solve high-pitched voices
- annnnd... Happy Birthday Snape! #Snaddy
LISTEN TO Ep 30: Back to Hogwarts: Why I Am a Gryffindor http://bit.ly/whyIGryffindor
Ep 38: 2019 Boycott List: Top 5 Worst Customer Service
Which companies suck most?
According to 2016 NYT article, the purposefully bad practices of customer service cause real psychological harm. Nothing we didn't already know!
Here are the Top 5 companies Sophia has been boycotting to save her health. Losers include: a pet care retailer, a pizza company, and a movie chain.
Ep 37: 2019 Book of the Year: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Want to get rid of all your friends?
Sophia crowns her king of books against heavyweight contenders including Cursed Child and a slew of Obama and SNL memoirs. Why this treatise against iPhones and social media will change your life - and show you who your real friends are.
Episode easter eggs:
- · Day showerers are disgusting
- · How Sophia passed her STEM requirements at Harvard (answer: lots of bullying)
- · What a corded phone is #OkMillennial
First in 2019 in Review Month
Ep 36: Size Matters, Says Science!
Ep 35: The Penis Game
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Penis month continues on The Sophia Chang Show
Ep 34: Bag of Dicks Day
Ep 33: I Read Snape Fanfiction
Harry Potter Month comes to a steamy end with sexy, sexy Severus Snape. Sophia paints a canonical picture of this loyal, long-suffering paragon of the strong and silent type.
Ep 32: The Harry Potter ReRead
Ep 31: The Hot Guy in Fantastic Beasts
Harry Potter Month continues with a special recut of Ep 19: Why Jacob Kowalski is My Ideal Husband while Sophia recuperates from chemo.
Ep 30: Back to Hogwarts: Why I Am a Gryffindor
Ep 29: NaNoWriMo Wrecked My Life (As Usual)
Ep 28: Moby Dick: the White Episode
Sophia goes Ahab on white books, white whales, and white people expertly figuring out Asian food - so exotic!
Big Book Club Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-book-clubs-what-the-whale/id1394208783
Ep 27: Toy Story 4: the Scariest Movie I’ve Seen All Decade
Ep 25: I Took Instagram Off My Phone and My Suicidal Thoughts Diminished
Ep 24: April Podcast of the Month: Blackout with Rami Malek
Ep 23: The Ides of Middlemarch: Coming for George Eliot
So I accidentally started reading the leviathan of literature - Middlemarch, and now I'm all in so hard. See you in ten years.
Big Book Club: https://library.arlingtonva.us/explore/for-readers/book-clubs/big-book-club-middlemarch/
Ep 22: Fasting for 2019
Welcome to 2019. This is the first in a series of Changes for 2019, including a new logo. In this episode:
- Why I fast instead of setting resolutions
- What to fast other than food
- Which fasts am I doing in the new year?
For more on my spiritual journey: http://www.fiftytwofaces.com/
Ep 21: Stop Being a Positivity Bully
Ep 20: How to Get Into Harvard
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