The Actor's Diet

Lynn Chen

The Actor's Diet podcast is an audio extension of actor/filmmaker Lynn Chen's award-winning food blog. In each episode, Lynn chats with people in her community - artists and foodies - about their history with eating, body image, and current culinary obsessions.

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    We Have Moved to Gen X Taste!

    Listeners, we're now a seasonal show with a new name! Follow us over at GEN X TASTE -- please subscribe on your favorite listening platform and give us a rating/review to help us grow our audience!


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    14 January 2024, 8:43 pm
  • 56 minutes 54 seconds
    THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Summer Vacation

    We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch! genxtaste.substack.com/podcast

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    Summer Vacation. That's this month's topic.

    Listeners, we are back! After a summer hiatus, Christy Meyers and Lynn Chen return to catch up and share all the delicious details.


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    14 January 2024, 7:25 pm
  • 1 hour 35 seconds
    THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Grocery Shopping

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    Grocery Shopping. That's this month's topic.

    Two Important Things!

    1. This will be our last episode before our summer hiatus. We'll be back in September, or around when school starts again.

    2. We recorded ourselves on video! You can watch a visual version of this podcast on Lynn's YouTube Channel.


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    5 May 2023, 11:07 pm
  • 48 minutes 29 seconds
    THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Eating On Camera

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    Eating on Camera. That's this month's topic.

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    22 March 2023, 11:08 pm
  • 46 minutes 16 seconds
    THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Cooking

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    Cooking. That's this month's topic.

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    24 February 2023, 11:26 pm
  • 45 minutes 8 seconds
    THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Theme Parks

    We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch! genxtaste.substack.com/podcast

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    Theme Parks. That's this month's topic.

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    20 January 2023, 5:47 pm
  • 46 minutes 50 seconds
    THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Holidays

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    Holidays. That's this month's topic.

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    14 December 2022, 1:07 am
  • 45 minutes 32 seconds
    THE ACTOR'S DIET: Let's Talk About Diets

    We have moved over to the GEN X TASTE podcast -- follow us there to keep in touch! genxtaste.substack.com/podcast

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    The Actor's Diet podcast is back! But with a brand new format. Welcome to Christy Meyers, who joins me (Lynn Chen) in co-hosting for the 2022-2023 season. Each month, we will discuss a different food-related topic.  This month, it's diets. 

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    16 November 2022, 5:07 am
  • 43 minutes 55 seconds
    THE ACTOR'S DIET: Yea-Ming Chen

    UPDATED TO ADD: You can now watch I WILL MAKE YOU MINE everywhere!

    Hey guys! I thought instead of clogging your feeds with Kickstarter updates about my movie, it might be nice to introduce you to the talent behind I Will Make You Mine. So I've taken The Actor's Diet Podcast out of retirement for episode 101 with one of its stars, musician Yea-Ming Chen Before filming this summer, Yea-Ming and I actually didn't know each other very well, because our characters never crossed paths in the Surrogate Valentine sequel, Daylight Savings. So the "Yea-Ming Chen" character I wrote for her is a very fictionalized version that she is playing. I loved getting to know her better over the shoot, and now I REALLY got to know her through this podcast interview. In this episode we talk a lot about rice, constipation (sorry), eggs and soy sauce, congee oatmeal, soup, her favorite restaurant in the Bay Area (Vien Huong), flax milk, and the grey areas of body image. I'm not sure when I'll have time to record another episode but there are actually a lot of past podcast guests involved in the movie! Dave Boyle is my producer, actors include Goh Nakamura (who also does the podcast theme music), Christy Meyers, Jeff Meacham, Joy Osmanski, and Hilah Johnson did the behind-the-scenes filming. Love you guys, keep in touch @mslynnchen on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

    14 September 2018, 1:58 am
  • 52 minutes 36 seconds
    THE ACTOR'S DIET: Cheryl Strayed

    In 2012, my book club actually read books. And one of my favorite books that we read was Cheryl Strayed's Wild (it was also one of my favorite book club meetings because we had a trail mix bar). At the time, I was dealing with the aftermath of my father's death, and I found her book to be incredibly therapeutic. Equally comforting was watching Reese Witherspoon portray her on the big screen in the movie version, seeing her discuss spirituality/life lessons with Oprah, and listening to her give advice on Dear Sugar. Cheryl Strayed has been a huge part of helping me get through some crazy hard times, so I can't think of a better person to interview for episode 100. We discuss everything from eating squirrel to her mother "the hippie Martha Stewart," food she ate on the Pacific Crest Trail, and the search for the perfect pickle. You can listen to the episode on iTunes.  Theme music is by Podcast Guest #85, Goh Nakamura. This will be my last podcast recording for a while. I'm taking a break to focus on acting and plan on directing my first feature later this year. That said, if I find a random opportunity to record another amazing interview like this one, I will grab it. So stay subscribed. Thank you so much for listening over the years. And if you just started, I have 99 other episodes for you to catch up on - some of my favorites include chefs Roy Choi + Ming Tsai, journalist Lisa Ling, blogger Molly Yeh, actress Sandra Oh, and my father-in-law David Greenwald. Keep in touch via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @mslynnchen. xo Lynn

    23 January 2018, 12:18 am
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    THE ACTOR'S DIET: Nicole Cogan

    I have been following the @nobread Instagram account for a while, but it wasn't until recently that I began using the website as a resource for researching gluten-free restaurants. Nicole Cogan is the founder, and my 98th podcast guest! We discuss moving from NYC to LA, her history with gluten intolerance and sensitivity, body image issues, dealing with trolls, traveling and living a life of balance while staying wheat/soy/dairy free. I'm actually going to take a little break from podcasting after the 100th episode (I already have an INCREDIBLE guest lined up). We're getting close! Keep in touch via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @mslynnchen. xo Lynn

    26 November 2017, 5:16 pm
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