Welcome to Big Trouble, a podcast capturing the struggles of our day-to-day lives as Asian millennials. We hope you enjoy! Follow us on Instagram @bigtroublepodcast Cover Art by @annahuango - follow her on Instagram for amazing art!
In Episode 7 of Season 2: Burnin' Out, Burnin' Out for you baby - Paul and Jon explore the feelings of burnout and just how hopeless things can feel at times. Listen in to hear about how and when they first recognized the feeling of burnout, how they treat and manage their juniors, and all their healthy / not so healthy ways of coping with stress. Music provided by: Lakey Inspired
In Episode 6 of Season 2: Big Trouble Love Languages, Paul and Jon discuss their major love languages, what they think they're the best at giving to others AND what apology languages they prefer! Listen in to get a better understanding of how these two major simps act in their relationships
In Episode 5 of Season 2: Corporate Grind vs. Tech Wonderland?, Paul and Jon talk through their transition from consulting into the tech world and provide some insight on how they got into tech, the pros and cons of both situationships, and the highs and lows so far! Music provided by: Lakey Inspired
In Episode 4 of Season 2: Consulting's Hot Crazy Matrix: A Yappie's Guide to Promotions, Paul and Jon reflect on the competitive, dark and most toxic moments during their consulting careers. Listen to find out where you would have placed on their Hot Crazy Matrix and if you agree that it's just as important to be well-liked as it is to be good at your job.
In Episode 3 of Season 2: COVID-21 (It's COVID's world, we're just living in it) Pt 2/2, we discuss if things are really starting to get back to the “old normal” amidst the latest variants, COVID faux pas', social burnout, and how just about everyone is down bad to go out and party. Music provided by: Lakey Inspired
Episode 2 of Season 2: COVID-21 (It's COVID's world, we're just living in it) Pt 1/2, is the first of two episodes covering the world since we started this journey navigating the nasty C-word that has taken over our lives. The BT boys reflect on our individual experiences, what we've learned and what we'll miss about the 14-month lockdown in Canada. Music provided by: Lakey Inspired
In Episode 1 of Season 2, we cover EVERYTHING under the sun since our last episode over a year ago! We talk about major (and some minor) life updates and changes, and try to fill you in on as much as possible since we've been on hiatus for over a year. Music provided by: Lakey Inspired
In Episode 10: The Pursuit of Yappiness (Passions vs. Stability), we try to answer whether or not you should settle for a career or go for your passions, some of the questions we ask ourselves about happiness and much more! Music provided by: Lakey Inspired
In Episode 9: Growing Up Asian (Canada vs. Australia Edition), Paul and Jon are joined by Thuy and Tiana, the two amazing hosts of @unapologeticallyazn, for a small therapy session about the traumas growing up Asian - including the shame of bringing your culture's food to lunch. They also fiercely debate which country is better between Canada and the Land Down Under (obviously Canada
In Episode 8: First Dates and Baits (Perfecting Your First Date Game), Paul and Jon relive their first date horrors with some girls that just didn't click (including taking a girl to a Sam Smith concert
In Episode 7: Big Trouble In Your Area, Paul and Jon discuss all things Korean - including late night kbbq with the squad, Jon's best Taeyang impression and much, much more. Paul and Jon may have a heated debate on Team Jennie vs. Team Rosé (is Rosé anyone else's bias?!), while discussing if there are any Big Trouble stans out there
In Episode 6: Subtle Asian Heartbreak, we're back at it again with another juicy episode where we talk about our heartbreaks
Mumbo jumbo no.5! Celebrating our 5th episode with hitting 1000 views and it's all thanks to you beautiful listeners
In Episode 4: The Quarter-Life Crisis (“I'm Just A Kid and Life Is A Nightmare!”), we reminisce and look back on how we got here today, recalling our biggest fuck-ups
We've made it to Episode 3! Juggling of timezones happily comes to an end as Paul moves back to Toronto and things heat up as we get closer to 2000 plays! In this episode, Paul shares why he believes his personality type is superior and how Jon is effectively a
In this episode, Jon takes us on a blast from the past, sharing just how small the dating world is within the Yappie community and Paul gets honest about his experience with (quarantine) dating and how much he wishes things could just go back to normal. Listen to the whole episode to see if Paul will ever get auctioned off on Subtle Asian Dating
In this episode, we go over our first year as full-time professionals, and the many challenges we faced along the way. We share some funny stories, our growing pains and our lessons learned. Listen to the episode to find out more about our experiences and to find out how we're related to Jayson Tatum! Music provided by: Lakey Inspired https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired
Here's our trailer! We give you a quick introduction to ourselves and a little a sneak peek into the topics we'll be covering in future episodes. If you have any recommendations or topics you want us to cover, please let us know and we'll try our best to cover it in our next few releases. Thanks everyone and stay tuned for our first actual episode - coming soon!