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Eugene has a bone to pick with the news that Jay-Z has been appointed as the creative director of Puma Basketball. Charis gets excited about...
Charis brings up the subject of tennis legend Roger Federer possibly signing with Uniqlo since his Nike deal has expired. The conversation t...
Eugene questions whether Nike has done a good job with their BETRUE campaign this year in honor of Pride Month. Charis thinks an email campa...
Charis's topic this week is Spotify's decision to roll back their hateful conduct policy. Eugene is interested in the connection between the...
Eugene brings up an essay in Logic magazine that recounts the history of venture capital. Charis wants to talk about new features in Instagr...
Eugene wants to talk about the product line Sorry I Have No Filter launched by Sagmeister & Walsh to raise money for its not-for-profit Ladi...
Eugene and Charis catch up after a bit of a break in the regularly scheduled programming. Charis wants to talk about the lo-fi hip-hop commu...
In MAEKAN It Up #042, Eugene welcomes a special guest in Scott Masek. With Charis traveling in San Francisco, Scott brings an opinionated po...
In MAEKAN It Up #041, Eugene and Charis examine what it means for tech companies and consumers when innovative products get ripped off. We a...
Eugene and Charis tackle some recent big topics in this episode. First is a discussion of the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica Facebook...
Charis listened to an episode of Invisibilia that resonated strongly with her. The episode discusses the UN-backed reality tv show held in S...
While Eugene was traveling, Charis invited Scot Cheung to co-host an episode of MAEKAN It Up. In this episode, Charis talks with Scot about...
On MAEKAN It Up #037 Charis and Eugene discuss Drake's new music video for his song God's Plan, the premise of Derek Jeter's media enterpris...
On MAEKAN It Up #036, Charis wants to talk about the shifting nature of Asian-American identity and the history of that identity. She ties i...
On MAEKAN It Up #035, Charis talks about the pros and cons of higher education. Eugene and Charis work through whether higher education is a...
On MAEKAN It Up #34, Charis is joined by Edward Barnieh while Eugene is out of town. They talk about the devaluation of writing as the resul...
On MAEKAN It Up #33, Charis and Eugene examine the Japanese concept of space and how it pertains to her own recent travels in Japan. On the...
On MAEKAN It Up #32, Charis and Eugene record remotely and look at the normalization of grammar and spelling. Are we experiencing a new norm...
On MAEKAN It Up #31, the first episode of 2018, Charis returns from holiday but is still located in Kyoto. Eugene and her discuss Rich Chigg...
On MAEKAN It Up #30, we do our best to unpack the NY Times' expose on VICE and the unerlying issues that exist within company structures. Th...