As the first Asian American male to anchor a daily, national cable news show (at CNN Worldwide), Richard Lui knows what it’s like to achieve great success while occupying space in a complex cultural environment. In this episode of Strong Talk, Vic talks with MSNBC / NBC News journalist Richard Lui, author of Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness, about topics including:

• the challenges of growing up Asian in America
• the experience of being bullied as a young Asian teen
• the mental and emotional impact of today’s hate incidents against Asian Americans
• caring for one’s mental health in the face of microaggressions
• inheriting a family legacy of integration in coming to the U.S.
• the psychological challenges involved in caring for a parent with Alzheimer’s
• promoting mental health and suicide prevention advocacy for the AANHPI community

We hope you’ll join us.

Strong Talk is a podcast dedicated to the discussion of equity, diversity, and family as it relates to mental health and addictions. We started this podcast because we believe that we are at a pivotal point, as it pertains to access to mental health services for historically marginalized communities. We wanted to create a space, not only to talk about challenges, but to explore and to create space for solutions.