Maegan Houang's guest appearances

Maegan Houang

The Tao of Self-Confidence

No Bad Ideas

How You Create

Jen Loong

Tiffany Sorya

Kulap Vilaysack

Josie Ong

Grace Chon

Nadya Okamoto

Charlene Li

Carmelia Ray

Hilary Hendershott

Melissa Leong

Ellie Lee

Deun Ivory

Lynn Chen

Jennifer Moore

Natasha Takahashi

OwlTail

Sarah is out this week, but Gabriel and Zach are joined by writer, director, and filmmaker Maegan Houang for two bad ideas involving peanuts and intelligence tests! In our first bad idea, Gabriel brings the story of a man who dutifully pushed a peanut up a mountain to break a world record. The gang turns it into a Rat Race-style eccentric millionaire-driven comedy of errors. Then, Zach presents a slippery tale of a man who was turned away from a job as a police officer because... he scored too highly on an intelligence test. Everyone struggles with how to turn that into a forward-facing story with anything approaching sympathetic characters. Then, we get to talk to Maegan about her career, visualizing songs for music videos, and dealing with the challenges of morale on film sets. All of that, plus: reboots of Fitzcarraldo, family feuds, structural wrappers, sci-fi societies, prescient questions, and Jurassic Park for Psychopaths. Today's Bad Ideas™: Idea #1Idea #2 For more on Maegan and her work, check out her website.Support the show: http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah is out this week, but Gabriel and Zach are joined by writer, director, and filmmaker Maegan Houang for two bad ideas involving peanuts and intelligence tests! In our first bad idea, Gabriel brings the story of a man who dutifully pushed a peanut up a mountain to break a world record. The gang turns it into a Rat Race-style eccentric millionaire-driven comedy of errors. Then, Zach presents a slippery tale of a man who was turned away from a job as a police officer because... he scored too highly on an intelligence test. Everyone struggles with how to turn that into a forward-facing story with anything approaching sympathetic characters. Then, we get to talk to Maegan about her career, visualizing songs for music videos, and dealing with the challenges of morale on film sets. All of that, plus: reboots of Fitzcarraldo, family feuds, structural wrappers, sci-fi societies, prescient questions, and Jurassic Park for Psychopaths. Today's Bad Ideas™:  <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/man-pushes-peanut-up-mountain-colorado_n_62d246d6e4b0e6fc1a972de3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Idea #1</a> <a href="https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/robert-jordan-too-smart-to-be-a-cop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Idea #2</a> For more on Maegan and her work, check out her <a href="https://maeganhouang.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>.<a href="http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeas" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show: http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeas</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

A Peanut Between Friends (With Maegan Houang)

From Michigan to Hollywood, Maegan Houang talks with Joshua and Ben to share her creative journey and pull back the curtain on what it's like to work in Hollywood, build a career in film, and share how much money you need to live as a writer and director. Maegan Houang is a writer/director interested in exploring the crushing absurdity of the human condition. She recently released two new music videos for Mitski. She is a story editor on Shōgun (FX) and previously served as a staff writer on Season Two of Counterpart (Starz/MRC). She also co-wrote the feature film Jamojaya directed by Justin Chon (Blue Bayou, Gook)  starring Indonesian rapper Rich Brian. In 2018, she received a VSCO Voices Creator Grant from Access Ventures to direct a short film she wrote In Full Bloom starring Kieu Chinh (The Joy Luck Club). The film premiered online on Short of the Week and played at numerous film festivals including Fantastic Fest, Atlanta Film Festival, Oak Cliff, Hollyshorts, New Orleans, LAAPFF and Sidewalk Film Festival. She is currently in post on a new short film Astonishing Little Feet. Maegan has also directed music videos for artists such as Mitski, Vagabon, Charly Bliss, Hana Vu, Chastity Belt and Skylar Spence. Her videos have been recognized by SXSW, Noisey, Fact Magazine, UKMVAs, Stereogum, Pitchfork, Raindance Film Festival, Vimeo Staff Picks and Videostatic. Her work primarily focuses on the complexity of the Asian-American experience, intergenerational trauma and her own experience living as a mixed-race American. Watch some of Maegan's work here: https://maeganhouang.com/

From Michigan to Hollywood, Maegan Houang talks with Joshua and Ben to share her creative journey and pull back the curtain on what it's like to work in Hollywood, build a career in film, and share how much money you need to live as a writer and director. Maegan Houang is a writer/director interested in exploring the crushing absurdity of the human condition. She recently released two new music videos for Mitski. She is a story editor on <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/01/shogun-limited-series-re-adaptation-writer-justin-marks-headed-to-production-fx-1202832301/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shōgun</a> (FX) and previously served as a staff writer on Season Two of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07KFSMNTM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Counterpart</a> (Starz/MRC). She also co-wrote the feature film <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/10/rich-brian-hawaii-music-movie-jamojaya-justin-chon-crazy-rich-asians-1234854582/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jamojaya</a> directed by Justin Chon (Blue Bayou, Gook)  starring Indonesian rapper Rich Brian. In 2018, she received a VSCO Voices Creator Grant from Access Ventures to direct a short film she wrote In Full Bloom starring Kieu Chinh (The Joy Luck Club). The film premiered online on <a href="https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2019/06/26/in-full-bloom/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Short of the Week </a>and played at numerous film festivals including Fantastic Fest, Atlanta Film Festival, Oak Cliff, Hollyshorts, New Orleans, LAAPFF and Sidewalk Film Festival. She is currently in post on a new short film Astonishing Little Feet. Maegan has also directed music videos for artists such as Mitski, Vagabon, Charly Bliss, Hana Vu, Chastity Belt and Skylar Spence. Her videos have been recognized by SXSW, Noisey, Fact Magazine, UKMVAs, Stereogum, Pitchfork, Raindance Film Festival, Vimeo Staff Picks and Videostatic. Her work primarily focuses on the complexity of the Asian-American experience, intergenerational trauma and her own experience living as a mixed-race American. Watch some of Maegan's work here: <a href="https://maeganhouang.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://maeganhouang.com/</a>

Life Behind The Camera with Maegan Houang

Maegan Houang is a filmmaker and music video director based in Los Angeles. Her recent music video for Skylar Spence's "I Can't Be Your Superman" was chosen as the Best Music Video of the Week in Stereogum and received a Vimeo Staff Pick. She has directed and produced videos for Chastity Belt, L.A. Girlfriend, Speedy Ortiz, and Death from Above 1979. Her work has been featured in various online publications including: Spin, Noisey, Fact Magazine, Stereogum, Film Shortage, NYLON, Director’s Notes, NPR, VideoStatic and SHOTS magazine. In 2015, she made 1.4's Long List for Brilliant Filmmaking.In this episode, Maegan will share with you how a school project helped her realized her true potential to create art that aligns with her true authentic self and how it has helped her gained confidence in herself to take more risks.Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Maegan's episode, Maegan's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Maegan Houang is a filmmaker and music video director based in Los Angeles. Her recent music video for Skylar Spence's "I Can't Be Your Superman" was chosen as the Best Music Video of the Week in Stereogum and received a Vimeo Staff Pick. She has directed and produced videos for Chastity Belt, L.A. Girlfriend, Speedy Ortiz, and Death from Above 1979. Her work has been featured in various online publications including: Spin, Noisey, Fact Magazine, Stereogum, Film Shortage, NYLON, Director’s Notes, NPR, VideoStatic and SHOTS magazine. In 2015, she made 1.4's Long List for Brilliant Filmmaking. In this episode, Maegan will share with you how a school project helped her realized her true potential to create art that aligns with her true authentic self and how it has helped her gained confidence in herself to take more risks. Check out <a href="http://thetaoofselfconfidence.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thetaoofselfconfidence.com</a> for show notes of Maegan's episode, Maegan's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

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