Episódios

  • 06: Sleeping Like a Baby

    06: Sleeping Like a Baby
    Apr 19 2025

    In this episode, Christy and I chat about caring for aging parents, insomnia, bedtime rituals, security blankets, sleep paralysis, and a nail polish that will forever change your life.

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    Show Notes:

    Christy’s Cooling Bed System + Lynn’s Sleep White Noise Earbuds

    Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

    Swedish Death Cleaning

    Department of Aging in your state (here is the LA site)

    Dazzle Dry in “Lit” (see below)

    Dr. Dana Hydrating Non-Acetone Nail Polish Remover

    Lynn’s IG

    Christy’s IG and nutritional counseling site



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    52 minutos
  • Rejection and Jealousy

    Rejection and Jealousy
    Mar 11 2025
    Last week I was watching Severance and — this is not a spoiler — the episode centered around the backstory of “Ms. Casey,” played by Dichen Lachman. I found myself immersed, totally taken with her performance, the way I usually enjoy this show. It’s one of my favorites. Afterwards, I had a moment and realized, “Wow. I’m not the least bit jealous of the actress who played her.” And that felt AMAZING. How did I get here?I read for the role of “Ms. Casey” in 2020, back when it was titled Tumwater. This was one of the last times I went in-person for an audition — it was actually Valentine’s Day, so pre-pandemic. I did not come anywhere close to landing the part; I didn’t get a callback and I remember the casting director trying to work with me several times in the room to find the correct “tone.” Having seen the show, I now see I was pretty tone deaf and nowhere near it.Maybe that’s why watching it didn’t bother me, because it was never even close to being mine. There are parts in other projects that I have come close to, that I haven’t seen or that I avoid talking about, because it still feels painful. Parts that were juicy, parts that would’ve changed my bank account, parts that would’ve changed the trajectory of my life and my career. Maybe.I’ve been getting paid to act since I was 5-years-old. I got my SAG/AFTRA card when I was 9, in 1985. I consider myself a professional actor, even though there are many years that go by unemployed and uninsured. When I first got out of college and no longer had my parents to staple my headshot to my resume or drive me to auditions in the city, I began logging all my auditions: casting directors, what I wore, how I felt, what my average booking/callback rate was. I stopped doing that in my 30’s, when I realized it was leading to an unhealthy obsession over my career that spilled into other areas — like controlling what I ate or not going on vacations “just in case I have to work” or spending most of those vacations memorizing. I’m still guilty of the latter. At the end of 2019 I was starring in two feature films with back to back shoots. So I had a lot of lines to learn, but I managed to find more balance. I consciously dedicated an hour in the morning, another after lunch, and another before bed so that I could still enjoy a Thanksgiving Paris.Like I learned with vacations, and food, how I talk to myself about my weight and how I look — I have had to carve out a healthier way to look at rejection and jealousy. I’m writing this not as a “How to deal with rejection and jealousy” but more of a reflection on why I think I’m able to cope with it better at certain times than others. I mean, I don’t think I have this figured out but I’m still pretty in awe that I’ve gotten to this point.In the past, if I was also working, it was much easier to let the pain roll off my back if I was booked/busy. And yes, I think the decades of rejection and comparison have helped me develop a more calloused/thicker skin, but I also believe this comes from monitoring what I allow into my life, in the form of negativity. This comes not only from others in the entertainment industry, but also the everyday language I choose to listen to. The things I read. The podcasts I play. The casual gossip I hear, even among friends.Not too long ago, I met one of my childhood heroes growing up. She shook my hand and asked how she might know my work. I told her probably from Saving Face, because that is the film I’m best known for. She immediately nodded — “That’s why I don’t know your face, I never watched that movie! Because they didn’t cast me in it!” It was a strange moment. For me, at least. Because I related to her, and it wasn’t a side of her I wanted to relate to. I wanted to just fan girl or bond over being Asian actresses. I mean, she was a huge reason I knew I could even be in the movies. She was a trailblazer! But instead, I saw in her the part of me I tried to stuff down, avoid, and hide — the part of rejection and comparison that is so painful it can leave you feeling wounded, even decades later. And yet, she was so cool and casual about it. Enthusiastic, even!Lately, I’ve been embracing a lot of my imperfections. Mostly because I have no choice with perimenopause, where each and every hour presents me with a new set of weird physical and emotional symptoms. It’s getting more and more challenging to be my own cheerleader. So instead of the constant reframing into positivity that has been harder to access, I’ve been re-examining my flaws. Giving them space and time to heal. Realizing many of them will be scarred and not as painful to touch. But the risk of re-infection is there. And so, I’ve still gotta protect my heart and work on that balance. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit genxtaste.substack.com/subscribe
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    5 minutos
  • 05: Bangs Over Botox

    05: Bangs Over Botox
    Jan 6 2025

    Christy is back! After Lynn’s solo episode in the Fall, it’s great to have her back for the Winter 2025 kick off. We had some sound/microphone issues but hopefully the audio cleanup won’t make it too jarring for your ears.

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    This season’s topic: Hair Styles of Our Youth

    Show Notes:

    * Lynn’s Vlogmas videos

    * Wavytalk Thermal Brush

    * HAIRMAX LaserBand 82 ComfortFlex Hair Growth Device

    * Lynn’s IG

    * Christy’s IG and nutritional counseling site

    And since recording… I got the bangs! It’s been quite a journey already, which I talk more about in my last vlog of 2024.

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    1 hora e 3 minutos
  • 04: Dancing On My Own

    04: Dancing On My Own
    Oct 16 2024

    This is the Fall 2024 Episode! I’m flying solo without Christy.

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    This season’s topic: Concert Etiquette

    Show Notes:

    Copenhagen Trip

    Perimenopause Woes

    Teenage Fan Club — Bandwangonesque was the tour I saw them on

    Wavytalk Thermal Brush

    I forgot to mention it, but this scene from the 1995 film Mad Love was very influential for me in terms of how I learned to dance/behave/watch a concert in the 90’s.

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    17 minutos
  • mini ep: eyebrows

    mini ep: eyebrows
    Jul 2 2024

    This is a mini episode of the podcast where I solo-interviewed my friend Saba Harouni Lurie about the eyebrow grooming she has done at STRIIIKE in Beverly Hills.

    "They’re always sisters, never twins.”

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    Show Notes

    * Take Root Therapy (Saba’s psychotherapy practice in Los Angeles)

    * The Streicher Sisters

    * Anastasia Beverly Hills

    * Epilator for the body and epilator for the face

    * Ordinary Brow serum

    * Glossier Boy Brown

    * Castor Oil I’ve been using



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    33 minutos
  • 03: Locker Talk

    03: Locker Talk
    Jun 4 2024

    This is our Summer 2024 episode and Christy and I are back! You can subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts; please leave us a kind rating/review you do!

    This season’s topic: Lockers

    Show Notes:

    * Watch Christy on Station 19

    * Mongolian Movie: The Sales Girl

    * Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken (aren’t these outfits straight outa DÔEN?!?)

    * Chilipad Cooling/Heating Mattress Pad

    * Kerry Washington’s memoir Thicker Than WaterLynn’s IG

    * Christy’s IG and nutritional counseling site

    * Lynn’s IG

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    1 hora e 33 minutos
  • 02: Childhood Movies with Maggie Smith

    02: Childhood Movies with Maggie Smith
    Mar 21 2024

    In episode two of the Gen X Taste podcast, Christy and I have a very special guest, !!! (The poet, not the dame!)

    Maggie Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books of poetry and prose, including You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Good Bones, Goldenrod, Lamp of the Body, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison, and Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change. Her newest book is My Thoughts Have Wings, a picture book for children, illustrated by Leanne Hatch. Smith’s poems and essays have appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, TIME, The Nation, The Atlantic, and The Best American Poetry.

    I first mentioned Maggie (and how we met) in My Favorite Reads of 2023 post. This was our first time talking IRL and I was thrilled to chat about everything from her writing process to the benefits of bangs.

    And of course… This season’s topic: Movies from Our Childhood

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    Show Notes:

    * Episode 1: Adult Friendships

    * Reusable metal toothpicks

    * Rideback Rise Circle rewrite class (and my own online writing course)

    * The Goonies, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Better Off Dead, Ghostbusters, Twins, Junior, Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken

    * Stridex, Sea Breeze, Cover Girl Pressed Powder

    * Dr. Elsa Jungman Cleansing Oil

    * The People I’ve Slept With aka the movie where Lynn had bangs

    * Actor Michael Earl Schoeffling

    * Lives Less Ordinary podcast

    * Raiders of the Lost Ark shot-by-shot remake

    * Lynn’s IG

    * Christy’s IG

    * Maggie’s Website, IG and other links. Also, check out her Substack !



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    1 hora e 11 minutos
  • 01: Adult Friendships

    01: Adult Friendships
    Jan 12 2024

    CW: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Cursing.

    Show Notes:

    * Reading Club Article (from NYT — gifted link)

    * Front Load Washer Door Prop

    * Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare DRx SpectraLite LipWare Pro

    * Lynn’s IG

    * Christy’s IG



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    1 hora e 6 minutos