Today, we have a special guest, author Kyla Zhao, known for her debut novel "The Fraud Squad." Born and raised in Singapore, Kyla graduated from Stanford University with a Master's in Communications (Media Studies) and a Bachelor's in Psychology. She works in marketing at a tech company in Silicon Valley, California. 

Besides novel writing, Kyla has an extensive magazine editorial portfolio. Previously, she was a fashion and lifestyle writer at Vogue Singapore. She has also written for the Singapore editions of Harper's Bazaar and Tatler, covered the Asian Television Awards, and interviewed personalities such as singer Nathan Sykes. Above all else, Kyla hopes to champion Asian representation in her works and write the characters of color that she rarely got to read about when she was young.

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This was a really fun episode! I invited writer, Armaan Babu to discuss the similarities and differences between the White Lotus compared to Madame Butterfly! Full transparency: I have not seen season 2 of The White Lotus, and he had not seen the opera, Madame Butterly. So I thought it would be fun to merge notes! 

Armaan Babu is a freelance writer and nerdy pop culture critic, who writes about video games, comics, movies, and television shows. He also has a background in theater, having worked for nine years as a production manager for Quiver Productions. More recently, recently begun his own fledgling attempts at game design, and you can find his writing work at ko-fi.com/armaanbabu.  You can read the inspiration for today's podcast in Collider Magazine by Armaan Babu  White Lotus Season 2: Will Tanya Meet a Tragic Fate Like Madame Butterfly? (collider.com) 

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Greg Lin Tanaka is 2nd generation Chinese American from my mom’s side and a  4th generation Japanese American from my dad’s side (in California since 1880!). I’ve lived in the Bay Area since '93 and Palo Alto since '04.

Greg is a member of the city council, and is running for U.S.Congress In 2022.