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The episode features a discussion with Weiko Lin and Christopher Wong about their new musical 'Rise to the Top' and its themes surrounding the American Dream and cultural identity.

In this episode, we chat with the creators of a new musical, Rise to the Top, Weiko Lin and Christopher Wong. The story follows a young immigrant from Hong Kong who achieves the American dream as a celebrity chef on top of his culinary empire while grappling to fit into Americana at great sacrifice. Today's intro music is a clip from a song called "I Stand With You" (0:00)We discuss the "American Dream", how we define it, who it represents, and why Chris and Weiko wanted to tell a different v...

People in this episode

Guests: Weiko Lin, Christopher Wong

Topics covered

• musical
• American Dream
• immigration
• celebrity chef
• cultural identity

Keywords

• musical
• American Dream
• immigrant story
• celebrity chef
• cultural identity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Rise to the Top, I Stand With You

Places: Hong Kong, America

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