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Yu Up? with Rachel Yu

Yu Up? with Rachel Yu

By: Rachel Yu
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Hosted by Rachel Yu, Yu Up? is a late-night sleepover podcast where nothing’s off-limits. Each episode kicks off with, “What’s keeping you up tonight?” and unravels into unfiltered chats about dating, sex, girlhood, and all the messy, hilarious stuff you’d whisper to your best friend in the dark. Hosted literally under the covers in Rachel's 90’s teen-girl-inspired NYC bedroom — which, fun fact, is a converted living room because she doesn’t even own a couch. So grab your blanket, get cozy… Yu Up?Rachel Yu
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  • 13 - Men Are the Weaker Sex
    Dec 22 2025

    Harkness joins Rachel to explain why being constantly surrounded by hot, drunk, horny people is exactly why he’ll never cheat on his wife. They unpack male insecurity, nightlife psychology, DJ pedestal power, and the theory that men cheat not because they’re horny — but because they’re terrified they “don’t have it anymore.”

    The conversation spirals into patriarchy as a long con, monogamy as a byproduct of capitalism, bisexual lore, being the “last man before lesbianism,” why women can have multiple orgasms, and why DJs, bartenders, and men on pedestals feel powerful enough to behave badly. There’s also a surprisingly sincere love story, a defense of mansplaining as foreplay, feng shui manifesting, and the hot take that monogamy isn’t natural — it’s just his favorite k*nk.


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    51 mins
  • 12 - Botox, Black Boyfriends & Bad B*tch Business
    Dec 15 2025

    Annie joins Rachel to talk about how she accidentally became a NYC Midtown facial spa owner after her mom casually said, “I found a place,” and signed a lease the next day. They get into facials, injections, hiring 19-year-old nail prodigies, and the fact that her mom literally injects her own face — the ultimate trust signal in beauty services.

    They also spiral into dating histories (Asian → Black → Hispanic → White men pipeline), the sociology of white-man boyfriends, the “Asian woman as tech-bro accessory” memes, and the Oxford study that no one can cite correctly.

    Annie drops her hot take: marriage should come with a contract expiration date — like a job — complete with performance reviews. They unpack aging, why Asian women supposedly don’t age (spoiler: it’s genes + happiness + tretinoin), and whether facials or nails matter more when you’re broke but want to feel hot.

    A chaotic, wholesome, surprisingly philosophical episode about beauty, business, and bad ex-boyfriends.


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    46 mins
  • 11 - Men Shouldn’t Talk for a Week
    Dec 8 2025

    Alexa believes men should stop talking for a full week the moment they realize they like you — because that's when they start saying the dumbest things. She and Rachel spiral from “shoes off in bed” to why feet are disgusting (and yes, the socks on or off during s*x debate made a comeback).


    They also rename open mics after girl names (“Open Michelle” supremacy), unpack why girly comedy spaces are better than straight-man mics. There is also an accidental Trump detour, a national-anthem karaoke moment, and a collective agreement that women should lie more and men should talk less.


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    45 mins
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