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The Sophia Chang Show

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Sophia Chang is a frat boy stuck in a tiny Asian girl's body, which is both the start of a dirty joke and an apt description of her life. She was a film + TV actor and dancer until antiMOG disabled her. www.sophiachang.com Twitter: @thesophiachang
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Ep 59: Four-Year Digital Minimalism Update: Rich Enough for Cal Newport

The Sophia Chang ShowNov 29, 2023

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Ep 59: Four-Year Digital Minimalism Update: Rich Enough for Cal Newport
Nov 29, 202319:40
Ep 58: The One Thing to Get into Harvard—or Anywhere—2023 Parents Edition
Feb 13, 202313:21
Ep 57: Three Year Digital Minimalism Update

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.

Dec 31, 202207:43
Ep 56: John Lloyd Young, You Were Supposed to be Aladdin
Dec 24, 202124:46
Ep 55: Two-Year Update on Digital Minimalism: Am I Still on the Wagon?
Oct 04, 202114:57
Ep 54: Hogwarts 2021: Still a Gryffindor, Now Terrified of Ravenclaw

Ep 54: Hogwarts 2021: Still a Gryffindor, Now Terrified of Ravenclaw

Fresh from another round of chemo, bedridden Sophia rants about Ravenclaws, heaps praise on Hufflepuffs, and examines why Chad of Alpha Gamma Epsilon is her listener demographic. Also: a millennial at 40–my sciatica!
Sep 11, 202115:28
Ep 53: 3 Reasons Making Friends is Hard—Because You Make it That Way

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
Feb 23, 202127:44
Ep 52: 2020 Was the Best Year of My Life and I'm Dreading 2021
Jan 01, 202111:27
Ep 50: A Year Into Digital Minimalism -- From the Tub!

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


Oct 24, 202012:17
Ep 49: Losing 'Me': Daisy Ridley Stars in Love Island's Literary Twist

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!

Sep 24, 202011:60
Ep 48: Invisible No More: Kamala Harris Made Me Weep

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.

Aug 20, 202012:28
Ep 47: Harry Potter and Millennials Are Turning 40: Apocalypse is Here

Ep 47: Harry Potter and Millennials Are Turning 40: Apocalypse is Here

Harry Potter, Boy Wizard and world's first millennial turns 40 today. Why this is the apocalypse.
Aug 01, 202005:50
Ep 46: Anti-Maskers Are My Personal Nightmare: I Take Stupid Personally

Ep 46: Anti-Maskers Are My Personal Nightmare: I Take Stupid Personally

Why stupid feels like a personal attack, and why anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are a chemo-survivor's worst enemies. A new episode because Warren asked for "More podcasts!"
Jul 05, 202010:45
Ep 45: Hollywood Stole the Asian Penis

Ep 45: Hollywood Stole the Asian Penis

May is Asian Pacific Islander American Month! Sophia interviews Lip Ho, who holds a degree in Asian American studies from UCLA. From Long Duk Dong to sexy Sung Kang, we talk about what it’s like to be erased, HAPAs who don’t claim their ethnicity and where we are now.
May 21, 202009:12
Ep 44: Social Isolation? Welcome to My Life with Chronic Illness

Ep 44: Social Isolation? Welcome to My Life with Chronic Illness

Bored and lonely while you wait out coronavirus? Try living this way for the rest of your life. MOG Awareness Month continues.
Mar 21, 202009:05
Ep 43: I Am Not Your Noble Cripple: the Truth About antiMOG
Mar 15, 202013:15
Ep 42: The A-Spot: That's Not Your Cervix, Dumbass

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.

Feb 28, 202007:43
Ep 41: Coming to America: Meeting Keni Styles, First Asian Adult Film Star

Ep 41: Coming to America: Meeting Keni Styles, First Asian Adult Film Star

Sex month continues as Sophia meets Keni Styles, first straight Asian male in mainstream American porn — and the elected official who also wanted to meet him...
Feb 24, 202013:14
Ep 40: Lessons from a Sex Coach: You Suck in Bed

Ep 40: Lessons from a Sex Coach: You Suck in Bed

Time to take the stick out of your butt - it's Sex Month! (unless that's what you like; you do you, man)
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.
Jan 31, 202009:12
Ep 39: 2019 Podcast in Review: Best, Overlooked and Snape
Jan 09, 202007:10
Ep 38: 2019 Boycott List: Top 5 Worst Customer Service

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.

Dec 16, 201913:41
Ep 37: 2019 Book of the Year: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

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

Nov 29, 201913:51
Ep 36: Size Matters, Says Science!

Ep 36: Size Matters, Says Science!

Science has spoken once and for all! Sophia reviews two seminal (#LongLiveButthead) studies on women's penis preferences, and gives kudos to the best use of a 3D printer. Turns out bags of dicks is old hat for science.
Nov 22, 201912:34
Ep 35: The Penis Game

Ep 35: The Penis Game

"A true gem among pastimes" says Sophia Chang Daily

"The best white nerd college game since ultimate frisbee" names The Sophia Chang

"What did you spend your college years doing - studying?" says Sophia Chang on Show

Penis month continues on The Sophia Chang Show

Nov 12, 201904:46
Ep 34: Bag of Dicks Day

Ep 34: Bag of Dicks Day

Sophia is having a very bad day. A Bag of Dicks Day. A day fit for kicking off Penis Month at the Sophia Chang Show.
Nov 05, 201904:34
Ep 33: I Read Snape Fanfiction

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.

Sep 30, 201908:48
Ep 32: The Harry Potter ReRead

Ep 32: The Harry Potter ReRead

It’s been 18 years since Sophia first read Philosopher’s Stone and she’s finally ready to Dobby again. Harry Potter Month continues!
Sep 21, 201907:03
Ep 31: The Hot Guy in Fantastic Beasts

Ep 31: The Hot Guy in Fantastic Beasts

...is not young gay hunk Dumbledore. Sophia expounds on the sex appeal of fat guys, and why the bridge-and-tunnel accent gets me every time.
Harry Potter Month continues with a special recut of Ep 19: Why Jacob Kowalski is My Ideal Husband while Sophia recuperates from chemo.
Sep 11, 201908:55
Ep 30: Back to Hogwarts: Why I Am a Gryffindor

Ep 30: Back to Hogwarts: Why I Am a Gryffindor

Happy Sorting Day! Why Harvard, I mean Gryffindor is the House for me #YuckFale. Kickoff episode to Harry Potter Month here at The Sophia Chang Show.
Sep 02, 201906:25
Ep 29: NaNoWriMo Wrecked My Life (As Usual)
Aug 07, 201907:16
Ep 28: Moby Dick: the White Episode

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

Jul 18, 201908:35
Ep 27: Toy Story 4: the Scariest Movie I’ve Seen All Decade

Ep 27: Toy Story 4: the Scariest Movie I’ve Seen All Decade

From Keanu to Key & Peele, this likely last of the series broke my heart and scared the bejeezus out of me.
Jun 30, 201912:30
Ep 25: I Took Instagram Off My Phone and My Suicidal Thoughts Diminished

Ep 25: I Took Instagram Off My Phone and My Suicidal Thoughts Diminished

My depression lifted seemingly out of nowhere until I traced it back to one change I made: taking Instagram off my phone.
Apr 25, 201908:08
Ep 24: April Podcast of the Month: Blackout with Rami Malek

Ep 24: April Podcast of the Month: Blackout with Rami Malek

New monthly feature! There are over 700,000 podcasts and most of them are terrible. Here’s one that isn’t. Blackout with Rami Malek
Apr 16, 201905:30
Ep 23: The Ides of Middlemarch: Coming for George Eliot

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/

Jan 18, 201906:37
Ep 22: Fasting for 2019

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/

Jan 11, 201905:52
Ep 21: Stop Being a Positivity Bully

Ep 21: Stop Being a Positivity Bully

Why America’s obsession with positivity and inability to except bad things is maladaptive and unhealthy.
Dec 14, 201804:40
Ep 20: How to Get Into Harvard
Dec 07, 201804:05
Ep 19: Why Jacob Kowalski is My Ideal Husband

Ep 19: Why Jacob Kowalski is My Ideal Husband

Four reasons I’m all about this fantastic beast of a man.
Nov 25, 201809:36
Ep 18: Married at First Sight: I Want an Arranged Marriage

Ep 18: Married at First Sight: I Want an Arranged Marriage

That time I almost had a prison husband...My obsession with the reality show Married at First Sight stems from the fact that I really want an arranged marriage to cure my terrible taste in men.
Oct 31, 201805:04
Ep 17: Dinner with Tyrus: Honoring a Disney Legend

Ep 17: Dinner with Tyrus: Honoring a Disney Legend

Today's Google doodle honors the grandfather of Chinese-American artists and illustrators - and brings me back down memory lane to our dinner together.
Oct 25, 201806:15
Ep 16: Purse Snatching in Montreal (Listener Question)

Ep 16: Purse Snatching in Montreal (Listener Question)

Sophia answers a listener question from The Language Nerd about her most memorable experience during Nomad 2015.
Oct 08, 201814:27
Ep 15: Sophia Buys a Sound Machine

Ep 15: Sophia Buys a Sound Machine

I buy a sleep sound maker populated with the sounds of nightmares.
Oct 02, 201802:37
Ep 14: I Have AntiMOG and It’s Hell

Ep 14: I Have AntiMOG and It’s Hell

Sophia's first episode about her rare autoimmune disease. And who to punch in the face.
Sep 29, 201804:09
Ep 13: Why Gen Xers Are Our Last Decent Generation

Ep 13: Why Gen Xers Are Our Last Decent Generation

Millennials are going to drive the world into extinction.
Jul 11, 201807:23
Ep 12: Playing for the WNBA

Ep 12: Playing for the WNBA

Amber Lacey is a Berkeley grad, WNBA player - and my Lyft driver today! Part 1 of our extemporaneous interview through LA traffic on what she learned playing pro ball around the world. Stay tuned for Part 2 where we talk Black and Asian female experience in America.
Jun 12, 201810:47
Ep 11: Don't Make Your Enemies Happy: Wisdom from My Lyft Driver

Ep 11: Don't Make Your Enemies Happy: Wisdom from My Lyft Driver

My Lyft driver Raymond shares the best advice he ever got from his grandmother and why you should never complain.
May 28, 201804:12
Ep 10: I Am Robs10kFriends' 1,815 Friend

Ep 10: I Am Robs10kFriends' 1,815 Friend

Rob Lawless is on a mission to spend 1 hour with 10,000 people - here's our hour! I ask him what to do when you've lost all your hopes and dreams. The show's first guest!
May 22, 201805:01
Ep 9: An Open Letter to Dot Fortenberry

Ep 9: An Open Letter to Dot Fortenberry

After seeing my college boyfriend's wife on TV I decide to record her a letter.
May 04, 201804:11
Ep 8: People are Assholes and Other Depression Busters

Ep 8: People are Assholes and Other Depression Busters

The most uplifting thing I've ever heard was growing up and realizing how miserable human beings are.
Apr 23, 201809:21