Podcast appearances and mentions of Soleil Ho

In celebration of AANHPI Heritage Month, we're collaborating with our public radio friends at KALW to put on a live recording this Thursday, 5/21 7pm. Joining us for this special event is Bonnie Tsui, journalist and author of On Muscle, Why We Swim, and American Chinatown. Bonnie will share stories of growing up in Long Island, her grandfather working in a fortune cookie factory, and how it led her to write American Chinatown. Plus how it led her to become a consultant on Netflix's “Interior Chinatown.' Come hang out, hear Bonnie's stories, and snack on fortune cookies and other yums with us! Totally free but register (and make a donation to KAWL if you're able to keep public media alive) so we know how many snacks to over order! This live event is the culmination of a week of Bay Made features! You can hear us Monday 5/18 through Thursday 5/21 on KAWL at 11:30am. Hear some really great past episodes with guests Chef Kathy Fang, Jeff Chang, Soleil Ho, and Chef Laurence Louie. Listen live (stream: KALW.org / radio: 91.7 FM in the Bay Area) if for nothing else than the novelty of it!

For Part 2, we pick up where we left off in Part 1. Soleil was working in restaurants in Minneapolis, both front-of-house and back, and also starting writing about food around this time. There was a new food publication in Minneapolis at the time called Heavy Table, and Soleil offered to intern for them. At first, it was a lot of looking around for events for the publication to cover. Eventually, there were opportunities to do some writing, and Soleil pounced. That led to other chances to write, and the proverbial ball was rolling. They were also on food stamps at the time, which doesn't surprise me too much. Rewinding a bit, Soleil talks about the food blog they had around 2007. It was mostly for recipes, but it was theirs and theirs alone. They looked up to the big food bloggers of the time, people who are still around and still writing about food. From Minneapolis, Soleil moved to Portland. After they, tried New Orleans with the idea of going to grad school there, but fell back to restaurant work. And then they went to Puerto Vallarta to help their mom open a restaurant there. After Soleil's sister went off to college, their mom had moved to Mexico City. She worked for a restaurant group for a while, then moved to PV to be with friends. Before Soleil arrived in Mexico to help their mom, their mom had opened a bar that later became a restaurant. During their time in Puerto Vallerta, Soleil was still writing about food, and they did a podcast with friends, too. Racist Sandwich had started in Portland, and Soleil kept it going from Mexico. The show was a reaction to blatant white supremacy in the food and restaurant worlds, a problem that, though it's eased some, is still with us today. Juggling the many responsibilities that came with being in their mom's restaurant in Mexico, along with podcasting when they could, it all eventually gave way to Soleil deciding to move back to the US to try being a full-time food writer. So they went back to Minneapolis and stayed for about six months. (Honey the dog chimed in here again, and you'll have to use your imagination to guess what she had to say.) It was 2018, and longtime SF Chronicle food writer Michael Bauer was retiring. Soleil picked up on that from Minnesota and it piqued their interest. The Washington Post was writing about the retirement, and asking folks out here in the Bay Area what they wanted the Chronicle do next. They published a slate of candidates to take over after Bauer, and it included Soleil. Shocked, they applied for the job. They got a phone call shortly after that, and here we are. Soleil's only prior visit to The Bay came in 2011, when they stayed at their friend's apartment in the Tenderloin for a while. They visited Western Addition a lot, went to Zuni (such a good restaurant, though it's mostly for special occasions for my family), and finally had good coffee at Phil's. I ask them whether San Francisco and the Bay Area stood out for them among the many, many places they've called home. They cite the history of the place as being quite the magnet. Then we get to the story of the approach Soleil wanted to bring to writing for the Chronicle, which, in their words, was to give more context to the art of food preparation. After writing on staff for a bit, Soleil got one note from their bosses: They were writing about too many Asian restaurants. We both agree, though: DUH. There are hella Asian restaurants here, and it's part of what a lot of us love about the place. Still, Soleil feels that the paper gave them enough freedom to write about what they wanted to write about. I share the context of my own life and the world around me back in 2018 when I first learned about Soleil, letting them know that I, among many others I'm sure, welcomed them after such a long tenure of their predecessor. We start talking about doing their work during the pandemic, and they mention that they feel they were predisposed to talking about labor and other social aspects of the restaurant business. Eventually, though, it was time to move on. One reason they cite for leaving the Chronicle is that they got tired of being so visible. A significant number of readers were hostile to Soleil, and it got to feel like a mismatch. The rightward political drift of the paper didn't sit well either. They left in 2025. That year, Soleil joined with some friends to launch COYOTE, a worker-owned media outlet. Those friends include: Nuala Bishari, Emma Silvers, Danny Lavery, Rahawa Haile, Estefany Gonzalez, and Cecilia Lei (visit the COYOTE Staff page to learn about a couple other folks who are involved). While still working at The Chronicle and in their off-time, they'd enroll in seminars on what cooperatives are and how to start and run them. They note that existing co-ops are very generous with their years and decades of knowledge, singling out Rainbow Grocery and Oakland's Sustainable Economies Law Center. COYOTE launched last September. Soleil says it's going well, six months in. Follow Soleil on IG @soleil_ho. Follow COYOTE Media Collective @coyotemediacollective. Photography by Jeff Hunt

The story of Soleil Ho starts with their grandparents. In this episode, meet and get to know the food writer and COYOTE Media Collective member who's been on my radar since they replaced longtime Chronicle food writer and mysterious human Michael Bauer. In Part 1, we dive into Soleil's family story. It begins two generations back, when their grandparents came to the US from Vietnam in the Seventies. They were refugees from the US war in their homeland. On Soleil's mom side, the grandparents brought Soleil's mom and seven other children from Vũng Tàu to Freeport, Illinois. They had first ended up in a refugee camp in Arkansas. It wasn't easy finding a new home for such a large family, but an older refugee from Nazi Germany who lived in Freeport took them in. Soleil's mom was around 10 years old when she got to Freeport. Soleil's dad's family comes from Central Vietnam. After the Viet Cong took over, they put his dad (Soleil's paternal grandfather) in a re-education camp, where he remained for around 10 years. After that, he was released and was able to flee his homeland for the US to join his family (also a large one). They also ended up in Illinois, where Soleil's parents eventually met. The story of how their parents met goes something like this: The Illinois Vietnamese scene was relatively small, and folks mostly knew one another. By Soleil's description, their maternal grandfather was "the guy," meaning he threw parties and made connections. So their parents' families just hung together, sometimes at big parties like at Lunar New Year, and there was always a lot of food. It was a shotgun wedding, with Soleil present in fetal form. They have a younger sister and their parents are now divorced. Soleil was born in 1987 in Illinois. Their mom had moved to Chicago to go to school there. Their earliest memories take place in Chicago, in fact. With two young parents working a lot to support their family, Soleil and their sister spent a lot of time with their maternal grandparents. They remember learning to make sandwiches in their grandparents' kitchen. Another early memory that I find fascinating and a little funny is of Michael Jordan individually wrapped hot dogs. It was Chicagoland in the Nineties, so it makes perfect sense that Bulls merch was everywhere. And that extended to food, remarkably. There's one memory from preschool involving contraband Gummy Bears. Fun stuff. As Soleil got a little older, they developed a love of vampires. In art classes, when asked to draw hand turkeys or Santas, Soleil would do so, but they would add fangs and bloody teeth. Fast-forwarding a bit, Soleil says that around the time they went off to college, they realized that the family had moved around 20 times. They moved to New York City when Soleil was eight. Their mom worked in fashion and lived on the east side of Manhattan. From there, they moved to Brooklyn. When I express awe at living in NYC in the Nineties, Soleil is quick to point out that this was Giuliani's New York. Policies of that administration transformed much of the city, especially Manhattan. We'll just leave it at that. It was around this time that Soleil started to develop a "taste in food," as they say. Their mom was now a single mom, working a lot, and like many families, they had the drawer full of take-out menus. Through this, Soleil learned about various Chinese cuisines, Indian food, and dishes from many other cultures, all represented right there in the kitchen. After Brooklyn came a short stint in Long Island before returning to Brooklyn, where Soleil went to high school. They compare that school to Lowell here, where you have to test to get in and "all the smart kids" go. With a quick, feeble calculation in my head, I ask whether Soleil starting high school around 9/11. They confirm and share their story of that day—suffice to say that they saw the whole thing happen in real time. I ask whether they're scarred from 9/11. Soleil says that, yes they are, but mostly existentially. Then they pivot to talking about how it brought about an end to illusion about the world, which is a net good thing. But seeing 9/11 in the greater context of conflict around the world really opened their eyes. (Our second guest that day, Honey, seen in the first photo with Soleil above, took issue with a canine passer-by, which I've left in the recording because duh.) September 11 led to Soleil's becoming an activist anti-war person, starting in 2003 with Iraq. Rather than being scarred by 9/11, it allowed them to put their own life into context. As a Vietnamese person with a French first name, they started questioning things like: Why was it so easy for the US to go to war after 9/11, first in Afghanistan and later in Iraq? When it came time for college, Soleil says that they wanted to "get as far the fuck away from New York as" they could, which for them meant Iowa and Grinnell College. They chose the school to be closer to their grandparents, who still lived in nearby Illinois, and because Grinnell essentially billed itself as a place for folks to figure it out, so to speak. By the time Soleil graduated college four years later, the sub-prime crash had happened and the subsequent recession had begun. They worked on a farm, which was hard but helped them better understand food systems. And then they moved to Minneapolis and began working in a restaurant, where we wrap up Part 1. Check back Thursday for Part 2 and the rest of Soleil Ho's story, including how they helped found COYOTE Media Collective. We recorded this episode at Strawberry Creek Park in Berkeley in March 2026. Photography by Jeff Hunt

In Part 2, we pick up where we left off in Part 1. Toshio talks about those chess players at Powell and Market and other early impressions of The City before they moved here. Having grown up in Orange County, with its underfunded public transit system, Toshio always wanted to live somewhere that had a subway. Being able to walk was important, too, in contrast with SoCal, where you pretty much need a vehicle to get anywhere. SF and The Bay checked those boxes. Like Part 1, this episode is rife with sidebars. I guess that's just what happens when you get two people together who both like to talk. The first one in Part 2 is about running any sort of independent media within the larger framework of late-stage capitalism, especially when the content you create is inherently anti-capitalist. You know, light stuff. I try to get us back to Toshio's story of moving to San Francisco, then I can't help myself—another sidebar, this time about Craigslist, which of course Toshio used to help find a place to live in San Francisco. They were able to get work, as we've mentioned, but finding housing was much harder. Their first two places were in the Mission. They left the first one after only one month, thanks to a fire. Their next spot was at 24th and Bartlett, close to BART. Toshio splinters off to talk about some of the other spots they looked at and open houses they went to. "Oof," they say. In 2013, they were able to move into a below-market-rate apartment near Civic Center (the very home where we recorded this episode, in fact). Toshio is their own landlord, something I congratulate them on. Sometime after they moved in, they met their boyfriend. They also got exposed to more and more leftist politics in SF during this time. They talk about coming to terms with the fact that the world they want to see will probably not come about in their lifetime. That's a hard pill to swallow, but it's probably best to accept that and then fight like hell to overcome it. Toshio's light-green living magazine job afforded them the opportunity to write for further left-leaning publications like Truthout. When Al Jazeera opened its US office in The City, they got work there. They've also written for Them and Vice. It all served as background for Toshio to launch their own outlet—Sad Francisco. We go on a sidebar about the corporate takeover of the news, and how local outlets and indie operations like our own have stepped in to try to fill that void. Toshio mentions some newer publications that they're excited about, including Bay Area Current, The Phoenix Project, and Coyote Media. (Ed. note: Look for an upcoming episode with Coyote Collective founding member Soleil Ho.) Sad Francisco started (and continues) as an effort to fill the massive gaps left by said corporate media in the Bay Area. Toshio was curious about the podcast medium, and kicked things off reading and riffing on versions of 2,000-word pieces they had already written for traditional media. They mention that we're at a point now where every journalist, no matter the medium or the employer, should probably be diversifying the distribution of their work. I couldn't agree more. Sidenote: I've been witnessing Toshio's move to self-facing camera reels, with them laying out whatever issue is on their mind, then expounding on it. It's a delivery mechanism I see more and more of, in my limited social media consumption. My wife, Erin (of Bitch Talk Podcast), has begun doing more of these as well, and they seem to resonate with folks. I haven't yet decided whether or when to do them myself for Storied. But I digress … Toshio feels that in 2026, people are looking for authenticity. They don't care so much if your media product is polished. They're more interested in substance, which would be a gain for society, if true. When I ask them how folks can find, follow, and support Sad Francisco, Toshio mentions the podcast's Patreon page. Follow them on Instagram @sadfrancis.co. And check out their website, sadfrancis.co. They're also available on most podcast apps and YouTube. Another sidebar here about how much I used to love Twitter (RIP). We end the episode with my asking Toshio how they do it, how they report so well and so relentlessly on the vast amounts of sketchy shit going down in San Francisco and The Bay. Their answer involves their various journalistic jobs and gigs over the years, and how that work trained them to package up complex ideas and explain incredibly complicated scenarios in a simple, easy-to-understand way. Then Toshio and I indulge in a lovefest for 48Hills.org before wrapping.

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 40! In this episode, we explore the flavorful transformation of teriyaki—from its roots in Edo-period Japan as a fish-glazing technique to a global flavor phenomenon. We trace how teriyaki made its way across the Pacific, evolved in Hawaiʻi through Japanese immigrant innovation, and exploded in popularity thanks to the Seattle-style chicken teriyaki plate introduced by Toshihiro “Toshi” Kasahara. Along the way, we compare the Hawaiian plate lunch to the traditional Japanese bento, examine bottled sauce pioneers like Kikkoman, Soy Vay, and Mr. Yoshida's, and share stats on North American teriyaki consumption (It's a lot!). The episode also features quotes from food writers and chefs like Sonoko Sakai, Roy Choi, Soleil Ho, David Chang, and Sheldon Simeon (whom we had a conversation with way back on S02E24), as we discuss how reframing teriyaki from a method into a flavor has fueled its growth. Whether in burgers, tacos, wings, or jerky, teriyaki has truly become a taste that transcends borders. In our recurring segment, we have another installment of Obscure API Comic Book Characters. Today we bring you the DC hero Shiny Happy Aquazon, a water-based hero of Japanese origin created by Grant Morrison and J.G. Jones. We open the episode with some current events that include celebrations of Shohei Ohtani, Jessica Sanchez, and Arthur Sze.  If you like what we do, please share, follow, and like us in your podcast directory of choice or on Instagram @AAHistory101. For previous episodes and resources, please visit our site at https://asianamericanhistory101.libsyn.com or our links at http://castpie.com/AAHistory101. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, email us at info@aahistory101.com. Segments 00:25 Intro and Celebrations: Shohei Ohtani, Jessica Sanchez, and Arthur Sze 04:55 The History and Evolution of Teriyaki: From Glaze to Global Icon 16:09 Obscure API Comic Book Characters: Shiny Happy Aquazon AKA Kim Kimura Photo Credits: Top Teriyaki Tofu from Nora Cooks

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Local media is dying according to headlines. But that is not the case in the Bay Area. Last year the New York Times reported that San Francisco alone had 27 media outlets for its 800,000 residents. And now, four new publications can join that list: Coyote, the Bay Area Current, the Oakland Review of Books and the Approach, all helmed by local writers, reporters and authors. We'll talk to these media entrepreneurs about what they hope their publications will add to the conversation, and hear from you: What stories do you want local media to tell? Guests: Lauren Markham, writer, reporter, and founder of "The Approach," a new Bay Area publication; Markham is also the author of "Immemorial, "A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging" and "The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life". Soleil Ho, founder, "Coyote" an independent, online newsroom focusing on investigative reporting, arts and culture, and opinion pieces Aaron Bady, founder, "Orb," a new Oakland Bay Area publication Justin Gilmore, member, editorial board, The Bay Area Current, which covers working-class life and culture across the Bay Area. Gilmore is an assistant professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode we are delighted to have all-around-knowledgeable-and-thoughtful-food-person, former SF Chronicle food critic, current columnist, and cookbook author Soleil Ho! They talk about the dish bahn khot, and eating it fresh off the griddle while their grandmother kept slinging it out, short order cook-style for many, many grandchildren, and why it's so hard to find a good one outside of Vietnam. We talk about Soleil's journey from a baby gourmand to full-blown professional gourmand, a possible time-travel moment, and braising lamb on a campus full of vegans.  Plus cookbooks that are more than instruction manuals, life after being a restaurant critic, and the pleasing excess of the Rancho Gordo Bean club. Bonus: listen for three Vietnamese restaurant recommendations! Bonus-bonus: listen until the end for our impromptu Robocop pod!!

Jonathan Shewchuk is a Berkeley Computer Science professor and somewhat of a controversial figure who is known for offensive comments towards women.  When asked for dating advice on a class online forum, he advised the student to leave the Bay Area and head to a place where women are plentiful and know how to act (we're paraphrasing here but also that was the subtext of the Professor's response). Because it is Berkley and because it is the 21st century and because it is reality, his comments received some criticism. Professor Shewchuk apologized but was he truly sorry? Following is the fun AI recap and we know we have a fan somewhere in the computer brain of the internet! Turning the spotlight on societal norms, online conduct, and the consequences of overlooking such matters, this episode focuses on 'casual' misogyny in classrooms and the power dynamics in academia.  It also considers the evolving identity of San Francisco, the shifting liberalism in Bay Area, and the questionable dating dynamics of a region where gender imbalances are prominent. This riveting discussion doesn't stop at apologies alone; the hosts also engage with an engrossing article by Soleil Ho from San Francisco Chronicle that deals with coded language and divisive values. The episode ends with a critical evaluation of personal honesty in professional representation, consumer expectations, and a historical examination of biblical figures - all while cracking down on harmful stereotypes. 

Soleil Ho is an opinion editor at the San Francisco Chronicle who recently covered the Berkeley-based writer and wannabe California governor Michael Shellenberger. In Shellenberger's last book, San Fransicko, he says rising homelessness rates in West Coast cities comes from us "loving victims" too much. Shellenberger's latest escapade: positioning himself as an expert on trans people. Soleil breaks it down. Soleil's SF Chronicle column on Michael Shellenberger Stop Garry Tan to Stop Asian Hate - our episode on Garry Tan, a Shellenberger ally based in SF (f/ Emily Mills) Support Sad Francisco and find links to our past episodes on Patreon.  

The Fifth & Mission team is not producing any new episodes this week. Instead, we are sharing some of our favorite past episodes that exemplify what we've loved about making this show. Today's pick is from audio engineer Gary Baca.  La Cocina Municipal Marketplace was heralded as a springboard for immigrant- and women-owned food businesses when it opened in 2021. Now, its food kiosks are closing down. Opinion columnist Soleil Ho and food reporter Mario Cortez join host Cecilia Lei to discuss whether the closure is a symptom of the city's larger struggles and what the loss means for the food hall's resident vendors and Tenderloin neighbors. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Got a tip, comment, question? Email us: fifth@sfchronicle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At an upscale San Francisco restaurant, diners recently got a taste of chicken that was never part of a bird. The companies developing lab-grown meat say cultivating flesh instead of raising livestock could reduce animal cruelty and the environmental impacts of our food. But how far away are those goals? And more importantly, how does it taste? Producer Keith Menconi picks up his fork — and talks with Chronicle food and wine editor Janelle Bitker and columnist Soleil Ho — to find out. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Got a tip, comment, question? Email us: fifth@sfchronicle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris and Jonathan talk to Michelle Cohen, MD, CCFP, FCFP, an assistant professor at Queen University's Department of Family Medicine and a staff physician at Lakeview Family Health Team. Dr. Cohen provides gender-affirming care and is here to dispel myths surrounding trans people, especially the panic around the mistaken idea that children are being rushed to transition. If you have a child who is questioning their gender identity, make sure to listen to this episode before reading what the media typically reports on trans issues. Of note, the “1 Million March for Children” is scheduled to take place on September 20th across Canada. It is part of our current anti-trans panic, with the organizers claiming to “peacefully protest against the push for LGBT ideology in schools.” (2:10) What is gender-affirming care and how easy is it to access? (8:39) Gender vs. sex (13:44) Estrogen is not just for women (19:08) Children are not being rushed through trans medical care (23:15) Puberty blockers are not just for trans teens (28:27) Transition surgeries are not happening for teens under the age of legal majority (31:31) Is “trans” the new “emo?” (35:30) Intersex people and non-consensual surgeries (37:24) The media fuels the trans panic, which has ties to the anti-vaccine movement (42:46) Canadian transphobia: imported or homegrown? (45:28) Your kid is questioning their gender. Now what?   * Theme music: “Fall of the Ocean Queen“ by Joseph Hackl. To contribute to The Body of Evidence, go to our Patreon page at: http://www.patreon.com/thebodyofevidence/. Patrons get a bonus show on Patreon called “Digressions”! Check it out!    Links: 1) The anonymous National Post editorial: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-canada-must-slow-down-and-reform-transgender-treatments-for-minors 2) The San Francisco Chronicle article by Soleil Ho: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/new-york-times-trans-18214925.php 3) Michelle Cohen on X (formerly known as Twitter): https://twitter.com/DocMCohen 4) Michelle Cohen on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/docmcohen.bsky.social 5) Michelle Cohen on Informed Opinions: https://informedopinions.org/view-expert-profile/?expert-id=45189  

La Cocina Municipal Marketplace was heralded as a springboard for immigrant- and women-owned food businesses when it opened in 2021. Now, its food kiosks are closing down. Opinion columnist Soleil Ho and food reporter Mario Cortez join host Cecilia Lei to discuss whether the closure is a symptom of the city's larger struggles and what the loss means for the food hall's resident vendors and Tenderloin neighbors. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Got a tip, comment, question? Email us: fifth@sfchronicle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuck catches up with cultural critic Soleil Ho (they/them). Topics include:  Doing secret drag at an anti-trans fundraising dinner Should we abolish restaurants? Why insisting on “authentic” recipes is... fascist  Soleil's takes that are too spicy for a mainstream newspaper Plus: Strikes at the pronoun factory and worldwide socialist revolution This Week in Gender: Breaking down a new study about top surgery regret (or a complete lack thereof).  Find Soleil at soleilho.com and read their work at SFChronicle.com. ONE WEEK LEFT! Get your tickets to our August 28 live show!  2 Trans 2 Furious PDFs and physical copies available via BigCartel. Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we'll read on the show. Today's message was from LaurSurgery.BigCartel.com Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks. Find us genderpodcast.com and @gendereveal. Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Kern PKL” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Queer Candle Co. (promo code: GENDER10)

I'm excited to share a podcast recommendation with you this week. It's a podcast from America called The One Recipe.From the team that brought you The Splendid Table at APM Studios, The One Recipe is a podcast devoted to that one recipe you keep in your back pocket. The one you send to friends, make for your mom, the one you entirely depend on because you know it's going to work. Host Jesse Sparks, Senior Editor at Eater, talks to some of the biggest names in food, including Sohla and Ham El-Waylly, Khushbu Shah, Eric Kim, Soleil Ho, Kristen Miglore, Pati Jinich, Yotam Ottolenghi, Stephen Satterfield, and… the list goes on. He draws out the sweet, funny and surprising stories behind their chosen recipes. It's charming, fun and sure to give you lots of inspiration. The episode I'm sharing with you today is with the brilliant Claire Saffitz. She sits down with Jesse this week to discuss her career trajectory, explain why we shouldn't fear “water baths” and take us step by step through her 3-in-1 recipe for Choose-Your-Own-Ending Custards: Crème Brûlèe, Crème Caramel, or Pot De Créme. Claire Saffitz is a cookbook author, recipe developer, and video host, she's really fab and definitely on the list of people I'd love to get on Desert Island Dishes.Find The One Recipe wherever you get your podcasts and check out their Instagram @the.one.recipeWe are back on Thursday with another episode of Desert Island Dishes and The Dream Dinner Party will resume next week!Margie x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode of The Stephen Satterfield Show, Stephen speaks with the one and only Soleil Ho. Soleil is an opinion columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. Prior to that, Soleil was a game changing food critic for not only the Chronicle but ultimately our entire industry.Soleil and Stephen talk about their rise in food media, changing social platforms, like TikTok and Twitter, AI and algorithms and what that means for the future of food writing, food media and aspiring writers.Learn more about Soleil's work at soleilho.comFollow us and watch clips of this episode on IG and YouTube @whetstonemedia. Learn more about Whetstone Media at whetstonemagazine.comProduced by Whetstone Radio Collective

A resurfaced clip of graffiti artist and actor David Choe describing sexual assault has stewed the Netflix series "Beef" in controversy. Chronicle columnist Soleil Ho joins host Cecilia Lei to talk about why Asian Americans can afford to protest the series and not feel obligated to support it for the sake of representation. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Got a tip, comment, question? Email us: fifth@sfchronicle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our “Eat the Rich” mini-series concludes with a high-concept final course and an exciting special guest. Soleil Ho—writer, podcaster, and San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic—joins our discussion of Mark Mylod's 2022 comedy thriller The Menu, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, and Hong Chau.Links Mentioned:The willow's inn article: “The Island Is Idyllic. As a Workplace, It's Toxic.”Harvest of shame from 1960: https://youtu.be/yJTVF_dya7ETime Stamps:43:45 - What's your Freq Out?Soleil on the novel Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuitAnita on the novel Under the Whispering Door by TJ KluneKat on the film Ikiru (1952) directed by Akira KurosawaFind Soleil:https://soleilho.comtwitter.com/hooleilhttps://www.sfchronicle.com/author/soleil-ho/Find Anita:twitter.com/anitasarkeesianFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

As The Chronicle's food critic, Soleil Ho has spent the past four years reviewing the Bay Area restaurant scene, and they won a James Beard Award for it last year. Now, they're moving to the Chronicle Opinion Section. Ho joins host Cecilia Lei to discuss why they're making that move. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Got a tip, comment, question? Email us: fifth@sfchronicle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Soleil Ho started at the San Francisco Chronicle as restaurant critic in 2019, they were widely hailed as exemplifying the “next generation” of criticism. Ho 86'd the star system, shifted away from breathless coverage of the glitziest restaurants and brought a social justice lens to their reviews. But a year into Ho's ambitious overhaul, the COVID pandemic hit and the future of the entire restaurant industry was in question. “The moment marked an abrupt transition in what I thought, to be honest, was going to be a pretty straightforward job of eating stuff and writing fun things about it,” Ho wrote last week in an article announcing that they were stepping away from the position. "All of sudden, dining out became literally a matter of life and death.” As part of our All You Can Eat series with KQED food editor Luke Tsai, we talk with Soleil Ho about food criticism, the changing role of the critic and the state of the Bay Area's pandemic shaken food scene. Guests: Soleil Ho, opinion columnist, The San Francisco Chronicle Luke Tsai , food editor, KQED Arts and Culture

The French Laundry is a food mecca in Napa Valley. Chronicle food critic Soleil Ho tells host Cecilia Lei and a Twitter Spaces audience all the inside information about the legendary restaurant: How it became such a revered spot, tips on getting a reservation and, most importantly, is it worth the splurge? | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soleil Ho joins Jesse this week to talk about some of their favorite writers, why being an outsider in food media makes them better at their job, and their One: Scallion Oil, Mở Hành that they like to drizzle on, well, everything! Soleil Ho is the San Francisco Chronicle's restaurant critic, as well as the host of the podcast Extra Spicy. You can follow them on Instagram @soleil_ho and on Twitter @hooleil. Help support The One Recipe, and shows from APM Studios that bring people together, with a donation of any amount today.

Soleil  joins the pod and shares how they started writing about food as an avenue for social change. (4:39)How Soleil has observed the conversation around appropriation evolve over the last decade. (9:44)How do we balance our attention between appropriation and other socioeconomic issues in the AAPI community? (16:02)Soleil warns against viewing authenticity as binary.  (22:41)The issue around labor and food highlighted by the pandemic (29:51)NOTESFollow Soleil Ho @hooleilSoleil's article: "I was done talking about cultural appropriation. The rise in anti-Asian violence pulled me back in" Bund to Brooklyn's Guest Food Map1990's Teachers WorkshopFollow us on IG: @bundtobrooklynFollow us on Twitter: @bundtobrooklynQuestions? Requests? E-mail us @ b2b@1990institute.orgLearn more about the 1990 Institute

Jenny Yang is waiting on an RSVP from the “Goop” goddess and L.A. queen of clean eating, Gwenyth Paltrow. Why? To have a fact-based conversation about MSG. A seasoning and flavor enhancement, monosodium glutamate has a bad rap stemming from racist and xenophobic rhetoric. On the Season 3 finale of the Extra Spicy podcast, Yang talks to Extra Spicy host and Chronicle food critic Soleil Ho about the world of wellness, who decides what is “clean” in “clean eating,” plus the importance of cultural representation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 14, 2022 is: festoon • fess-TOON • verb Festoon means "to cover or decorate (something) with many small objects, pieces of paper, etc.," or "to hang decorative chains or strips on." // Tiny wildflowers festooned the meadow. // The students festooned the gymnasium with streamers and bunting for the dance. See the entry > Examples: “The budget-conscious will appreciate that the restaurant's heartier dishes, like the wood-fired pork chop festooned with sweet farmers' market nectarines and toasted hazelnuts, are all less than $30 apiece.” – Soleil Ho, The San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022 Did you know? The noun festoon first appeared in the 1600s when it was used, as it still is today, to refer to decorative chains or strips hung between two points. (It can also refer to a carved, molded, or painted ornament representing such a chain.) After a century's worth of festoon-adorning, the verb festoon made an entrance, and people began to festoon with their festoons—that is, they draped and adorned with them. The verb has since then acquired additional, more general senses related not only to decorating, but to something appearing on the surface of something, as in “a sweater festooned with purple unicorns.” Perhaps unsurprisingly, this celebratory-sounding and party-associated word traces back (by way of French and Italian) to Latin festa, the plural of festum, meaning “festival.”

Chef and newly minted tech entrepreneur Eric Rivera has done everything in the food world from running his own restaurant, to cooking 12-course tastings in people's homes, to publishing e-books and selling Puerto Rican seasonings online. Rivera speaks with host Soleil Ho about his latest project, Beet, which is a foray into the tech industry. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High-pressure, super-structured coffee competitions consist of baristas making coffee for a panel of judges who scrutinize everything from how many times a cup is tapped to the color of someone's pants. These events prompt the question: who determines what is "professional" and who can access this field? On this episode of the Extra Spicy podcast, host and restaurant critic Soleil Ho speaks to Veronica Grimm, founder of Glitter Cat Barista, a non-profit organization reimagining the coffee industry by providing support, resources, and mentorship for marginalized hospitality professionals. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Extra Spicy podcast, host and restaurant critic Soleil Ho speaks to Shared Cultures founders Eleana Hsu and Kevin Gondo about their use of local, seasonal ingredients in products like miso and soy sauce. Koji is the star microbe popping up at restaurants all over the Bay Area, made by artisans who have taken up traditional fermentation methods with deep roots in Japan, Korea and China. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the San Francisco Chronicle's food podcast, host Soleil Ho talks to Ella Clark, a high school junior who's leading the organizing efforts at her local Starbucks in Mill Valley. Ella, 17, talks about holding Starbucks accountable to its values. Plus: UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education chair Ken Jacobs explains why the wave of Starbucks unionization is spreading — and why it's unlikely to end anytime soon. | Follow Extra Spicy on your favorite app: sfchronicle.com/spicy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At Starbucks locations across the country, workers are unionizing. Dozens of stores have joined the union, and many more are scheduled to vote soon. One of those is in Mill Valley, California, where high school junior Ella Clark is leading the efforts to organize. Ella joins host Soleil Ho to talk about holding Starbucks accountable to its values, then UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education chair Ken Jacobs explains why the wave of Starbucks unionization is spreading — and why it's unlikely to end anytime soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Extra Spicy episode recorded in front of a live audience, TikTok mycologist Dr. Gordon Walker (@FascinatedbyFungi) joins host Soleil Ho to discuss what's behind the mushroom mania. From gatekeeping in the foraging community to mycophobia and why fungi can be considered socialist, they dive into all the magic of mushrooms. Plus: stay tuned for an after-show special sponsored by Alaska Airlines with “Your Korean Dad,” Nick Cho. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we'll learn what California lawmakers are doing to safeguard reproductive rights. We'll discuss what Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter may mean for the Bay Area and also talk to The Chronicle's Soleil Ho about her life as a restaurant critic.

If you consider nuking a can of soup cooking dinner, if you live off takeout or drive-thru, if your plates never live up to their Instagram inspiration, Leanne Brown understands. The author of budget cooking guide "Good and Cheap" and new book "Good Enough," Brown is dedicated to understanding the reasons people don't cook and helping them surmount them. On this episode of Extra Spicy, Brown and host Soleil Ho get "subterranean" on the issues that keep people out of the kitchen, TLDR recipes and how eating an apple can fight capitalism. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Is anyone actually really canceled?” That's the question today's guest, Joe Rosenthal, ponders while discussing his work as a self-proclaimed “food antagonist” on Instagram. Rosenthal is what host Soleil Ho calls a “serial receipt-keeper,” documenting and shedding light on food-world wrongdoing — and much more. On this episode of Extra Spicy, Rosenthal and Ho dive into accountability, the fallacy of cancel culture and why people don't want to give up their problematic favorites. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For chef Nelson German, it's important that his restaurant, Sobre Mesa, is a welcoming space that reflects his African and Dominican ancestry. On this episode of the Extra Spicy podcast, host and restaurant critic Soleil Ho sits down with chef Nelson German to discuss his stint on Top Chef and the importance of cooking food that's close to your heart. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soleil Ho and Amanda Yee teamed up to write BLACK DINNERS MATTER for Whetstone Magazine, in which they examine the films Moonlight, Do the Right Thing and The Color Purple, arguing that “the dinner table is erected as a potent metaphor for ownership and communion… With four centuries of slavery as the backdrop, what's eaten and where depicts how enslaved Africans and their descendants reclaimed their agency, had it stripped away, and in some cases, even participated in supremacist structures like patriarchy.” Soleil Ho is the restaurant critic for the San Francisco Chronicle; Amanda Yee trained as a chef, went to university for English and Sociology, writes with a special interest in the intersection of food and justice and is Creative Director for 4 Color Imprint of Tenspeed/ Penguin Random House. Produced by Chris Garlock @dclabor @LaborHeritage1 @DCLaborFilmFest @hooleil Upcoming DCLFF screenings: LOCAL 1196: A STEELWORKERS STRIKE Mon, April 11, 6:00pm – 7:30pm; FREE: RSVP HERE Followed by a conversation with Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman. THE WOBBLIES Sunday, May 1, 5:30p; AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910; INFO/TICKETS Opening Night of the 2022 DC Labor FilmFest! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/labor-goes-to-the-movies/message

On this episode of Extra Spicy, Lil' Eagle Burger founder and chef Zack Fernandes joins host Soleil Ho to discuss his first smashburger, why San Franciscans like standing in line and the therapeutic effect of working the griddle in the middle of the pop-up crush.  | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“There are a lot of hypebeasts running around, for sure.” Listen to Smart Mouth: iTunes • Google Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify • RadioPublic • TuneIn • Libsyn Check out all our episodes so far here. If you like, pledge a buck or two on Patreon. Smart Mouth newsletter Smart Mouth IG Extra Spicy  Soleil IG  Useful Smart Mouth merch! Use code shipshiphooray! for free shipping. Music: Jonathan Richman - Velvet Underground  Sources: Washington Post  Seattle Times  LA Times  Columbia Journalism Review 

“We need longer tables, not higher walls.” Chef José Andrés and his organization, World Central Kitchen, emphasize the importance of human connection through food, from aid to Ukrainian refugees to backyard paella on social media. On the Season 3 launch of the Extra Spicy podcast, host and restaurant critic Soleil Ho sits down with Chef Andrés to discuss his work, why charity isn't about making you feel good and the danger of taking food for granted. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award-winning Chronicle restaurant critic Soleil Ho joins host Cecilia Lei to talk about the Season 3 launch of the Extra Spicy podcast. Ho reflects on what it's like being a critic, how the pandemic has changed the food industry and using food to explore larger social issues, including race, labor and gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host and restaurant critic Soleil Ho returns for a brand new season of The Chronicle's food and culture podcast, Extra Spicy. Launching March 28, 2022, Season 3 dives into topics like the food world's unionization boom, the intersection of mental health and cooking, plus foraging for fungi on TikTok. Guests this season include renowned chef and philanthropist José Andrés of World Central Kitchen, Oakland restaurant owner and community organizer Maria Alderete, chef and author Leanne Brown, and many more! Subscribe and listen to new episodes each Monday wherever you get your podcasts. | Unlimited Chronicle access:sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SF Chronicle food critic Soleil Ho chats with Peter-Astrid — a former restaurant reviewer — about her urge to start writing negative reviews again, her decidedly mixed feelings about the adjective 'slutty,' and why she likes the macabre.

Prudence is joined this week by Soleil Ho, the restaurant critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and the host of the Chronicle's new food podcast, Extra Spicy.Prudie and Ho dig into letters about how to handle a husband who never likes what you cook for him, what actions to take when your supervisor requires you to ask permission to use the restroom, what to do when a housemate accuses you of “bullying” because you don't share your meals with her.Slate Plus members get an additional mini-episode of Dear Prudence every Friday. Sign up now to listen. Email: prudence@slate.com Production by Phil Surkis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year! We kick off 2020 with someone you may already know: our fearless founder and friend, Soleil Ho. She's about to celebrate her first anniversary at the San Francisco Chronicle, and she sits down with Stephanie and Juan to reflect on the year as the paper's new and revolutionary food critic. They talk about her favorite (and most ruffling) pieces, what it's like to eat out 350 times in a year, and how she's coped with people who aren't *ready* for her hot takes. But before all that, Stephanie and Juan have some exciting news about their travel plans this spring. Produced by Stephanie Kuo and Juan Ramirez. Music by Brad Turner and Blue Dot Sessions. Art by Wendy Xu.

Prudence is joined this week by Soleil Ho, the San Francisco Chronicle's restaurant critic. She's written for food and pop culture publications like Bitch, Food & Wine, Taste, and Wine Enthusiast and hosted podcasts like Popaganda and Racist Sandwich. Prudie and Ho dig into letters about how to handle anger towards your in-laws, even though they've moved past their initial homophobia, how to disclose your disability when entering the dating game, what to do when your boyfriend gets upset that you didn't immediately disclose that you're an adoptee, how to handle transphobic co-workers after finally accepting that you're a trans woman, what to do with a mom who believes your high school girlfriend made you gay.Slate Plus members get an additional mini-episode of Dear Prudence every Friday. Sign up now to listen. Email: prudencepodcast@gmail.comProduction by Phil Surkis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan share how they started the podcast, and offer podcasting tips with some help from friends who host their own shows. Then LitHub.com editor-in-chief Jonny Diamond speaks about the launch of LitHub Radio and his five-year anniversary as LitHub.com's content czar, as well as his own writing.To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (make sure to include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below.Guests:●   Jonny Diamond●   Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed, David Naimon, Zahir Janmohamed, and Connor Stratton (via AWP) Readings for the Episode:●   The Power of Facebook: How Big is Too Big? Alexis C. Madrigal and Alexander Chee on the Darker Side Social Media, Fiction/Non/Fiction Episode 3, Season 1●   What Facebook Did to American Democracy by Alexis C. Madrigal●   The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges●   Exploring What an Interruption is in Conversation, by Katherine Hilton, Stanford University Doctoral Student●   How Luminary's Messy Debut Ended Up Roiling the Podcast Industry, Vulture●   Lumbersexuality, a Sport and a Pastime by Jonny Diamond, Longreads●   Close Talking: A Poetry Podcast hosted by Connor Stratton and Jack Rossiter-Munley   ●   #GoodMuslimBadMuslim hosted by Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed and Zahra Noorbakhsh●   Between the Covers hosted by David Naimon●   The Racist Sandwich Podcast hosted by Soleil Ho and Zahir Janmohamed●   The Maris Review hosted by Maris Kreizman●   Otherppl hosted by Brad Listi●   Slate's Political Gabfest hosted by Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz●   So Many Damn Books hosted by Christopher Hermelin and Drew Broussard●   538 Politics Podcast hosted by Nate Silver and the FiveThirtyEight team  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan share how they started the podcast, and offer podcasting tips with some help from friends who host their own shows. Then LitHub.com editor-in-chief Jonny Diamond speaks about the launch of LitHub Radio and his five-year anniversary as LitHub.com's content czar, as well as his own writing. To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (make sure to include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Guests: ●     Jonny Diamond ●     Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed, David Naimon, Zahir Janmohamed, and Connor Stratton (via AWP)  Readings for the Episode: ●     The Power of Facebook: How Big is Too Big? Alexis C. Madrigal and Alexander Chee on the Darker Side Social Media, Fiction/Non/Fiction Episode 3, Season 1 ●     What Facebook Did to American Democracy by Alexis C. Madrigal ●     The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges ●     Exploring What an Interruption is in Conversation, by Katherine Hilton, Stanford University Doctoral Student ●     How Luminary's Messy Debut Ended Up Roiling the Podcast Industry, Vulture ●     Lumbersexuality, a Sport and a Pastime by Jonny Diamond, Longreads ●     Close Talking: A Poetry Podcast hosted by Connor Stratton and Jack Rossiter-Munley      ●     #GoodMuslimBadMuslim hosted by Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed and Zahra Noorbakhsh ●     Between the Covers hosted by David Naimon ●     The Racist Sandwich Podcast hosted by Soleil Ho and Zahir Janmohamed ●     The Maris Review hosted by Maris Kreizman ●     Otherppl hosted by Brad Listi ●     Slate's Political Gabfest hosted by Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz ●     So Many Damn Books hosted by Christopher Hermelin and Drew Broussard ●     538 Politics Podcast hosted by Nate Silver and the FiveThirtyEight team   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Denmark wins Bocuse d'or 2019: http://www.grubstreet.com/2019/01/bocuse-dor-2019-denmark-wins.html Michelin Guide Nordics 2019: https://www.eater.com/2019/2/19/18229915/michelin-stars-nordic-countries-2019-noma Daniel Calvert SCPM: https://amp.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/2188223/what-british-band-arctic-monkeys-taught-chef?__twitter_impression=true James Beard Semifinalists: https://www.eater.com/platform/amp/2019/2/27/18239839/james-beard-awards-2019-semifinalists-chefs-restaurants-jbfa?utm_campaign=eater&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&__twitter_impression=true Restaurant Manifesto Tweet: https://twitter.com/restofesto/status/1100859618417393669 Yugen Update: https://www.eater.com/platform/amp/2019/1/29/18197514/mari-katsumura-yugen-kaisho-chicago-fine-dining-scene?__twitter_impression=true Joshua Skenes News: https://www.joshuaskenes.com/ https://sf.eater.com/2019/2/6/18214024/saison-restaurant-lawsuit-san-francisco A Fine Line: https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/life/2019/02/21/a-fine-line-turns-spotlight-women-culinary-world/2908368002/ Atomos Coffee: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kleitsch/atomo-we-hacked-the-coffee-bean-invented-molecular/faqs elBulli 1846: https://www.eater.com/platform/amp/2019/1/29/18202256/ferran-adria-is-opening-elbulli-1846-february-2020?__twitter_impression=true Next Review: https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-review-next-restaurant-silk-spice-0220-story,amp.html?__twitter_impression=true Soleil Ho News: https://www.sfchronicle.com/author/soleil-ho/ Cat Cora/Alinea/Nick Kokonas fiasco: https://medium.com/@nickkokonas/into-the-litter-box-96fbf5a74f02 Joe Beef Sober: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/david-mcmillan-sober/amp?__twitter_impression=true How Uber Eats is Influencing Apartment Design: https://amp.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/melbourne-vic/how-uber-eats-is-impacting-apartment-design/news-story/9f6a1dc2a642d7edbe0de8d2a5686f67 —

We have big news. Our beloved hosts are starting amazing new chapters in their lives: Soleil is settling in as food critic for The San Francisco Chronicle, and Zahir is now in his first year of fiction writing at the University of Michigan. What does that mean for Racist Sandwich? For now, we'll be taking some time off to reflect and to plan for the future of the podcast. We (co-producers Stephanie and Juan) are working hard to figure out how we can continue to bring you all more conversations about food, race, class and gender. Thank you for being a listener, a supporter and a friend. Stay tuned! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram and like our Facebook page.