The social media hate has turned to horror.This episode covers: why I sound like a mouth breather (it's CPAP) my goal to be rich enough to get on Cal Newport's podcast why I took down episodes I recorded when I started this podcast why my own escape from social media feels paltry in the face of its increased danger the Gen Z writer who gets it Algo…

The one education epidemic that is harming kids from early childhood education on—and why you need to address it before you even think of college. Sold A Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong on American Public Media Wise Child Coaching Work with Sophia Share your reading education wins and mishaps with Sophia in an audio message Requisite…

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.

Sophia's recent Jersey Boys obsession finally resolves itself after a John Lloyd Young concert, when she finally realizes they had the same agent 16 years ago in New York--and he may be the catalyst for Sophia leaving the biz! (Kidding...maybe.) In this episode: Submitting JLY's early headshot for the role of Aladdin Sophia's own disastrous auditio…

Exhausted pit bull foster mom Sophia discusses what upkeep is needed to maintain Digital Minimalism— especially for the disabled and homebound.Mentioned in episode: Ep 50: A Year Into Digital Minimalism -- From the Tub! https://bit.ly/digitalminimal1yearEp 37: 2019 Book of the Year: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport http://bit.ly/2019bookoftheyear…

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!

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…

Sophia opens up about her shit disease, why 2020 was a year of wins for a disabled/homebound person, and what scares her most about 2021. Plus; the kindest thing to say about this issue. Referred to in episode - Ep 44: Social Isolation? Welcome to My Life with Chronic Illness https://bit.ly/isolationismynorm…

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 …

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 a…

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.…

Harry Potter, Boy Wizard and world's first millennial turns 40 today. Why this is the apocalypse.

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!"

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.

Bored and lonely while you wait out coronavirus? Try living this way for the rest of your life. MOG Awareness Month continues.

March is MOG Awareness Month. Sophia tells the incredibly unpretty reality of being disabled by this terrible disease. This episode is for everybody sick of the glossy Instagram BS about chronic illness and disability. MSAA: https://mymsaa.org/

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 c…

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...

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.

Welcome to 2020! In this episode: Most and Least Listened to episodes of The Sophia Chang Show Sophia advocates murder to solve high-pitched voices annnnd... Happy Birthday Snape! #Snaddy LISTEN TO Ep 30: Back to Hogwarts: Why I Am a Gryffindor http://bit.ly/whyIGryffindor

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.…

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…

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.

"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

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.

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.

It’s been 18 years since Sophia first read Philosopher’s Stone and she’s finally ready to Dobby again. Harry Potter Month continues!

...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.

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.

Staggering over the finish line for camp NaNoWriMo 2019 - when it comes to my writing I don’t eat or sleep. http://nanowrimo.org

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

From Keanu to Key & Peele, this likely last of the series broke my heart and scared the bejeezus out of me.

My depression lifted seemingly out of nowhere until I traced it back to one change I made: taking Instagram off my phone.

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

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/

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/

Why America’s obsession with positivity and inability to except bad things is maladaptive and unhealthy.

As a former admissions interviewer for Harvard and current college admissions coach, this is the question I get asked most. The answer goes beyond the Ivy League. For more on my services visit Wise Child Coaching: http://www.wisechildcoaching.com/

Four reasons I’m all about this fantastic beast of a man.

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.

Today's Google doodle honors the grandfather of Chinese-American artists and illustrators - and brings me back down memory lane to our dinner together.

Sophia answers a listener question from The Language Nerd about her most memorable experience during Nomad 2015.

I buy a sleep sound maker populated with the sounds of nightmares.

Sophia's first episode about her rare autoimmune disease. And who to punch in the face.

Millennials are going to drive the world into extinction.

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.

My Lyft driver Raymond shares the best advice he ever got from his grandmother and why you should never complain.

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!

After seeing my college boyfriend's wife on TV I decide to record her a letter.

The most uplifting thing I've ever heard was growing up and realizing how miserable human beings are.