206. Angela Cheng Caplan on entrepreneurship and Chinese culture

In this episode, Angela Cheng Caplan discusses the Chinese culture, music, food, entrepreneurship, and the importance of learning languages. Angela is the president and CEO of Cheng Caplan Company, Inc., an independent literary/talent management and production company based in Los Angeles.  They represent Academy Award-nominated filmmakers, Emmy Award-winning television show creators, international best-selling and award-winning book authors, Tony Award-winning playwrights, and world-famous comic book creators. Angela has mentored filmmakers and executives for the San Francisco International Film Festival, on behalf of the Center for Asian American Media. She has also served on the boards of Organization of Chinese Americans, DragonSprouts, which advocates the benefits of bilingual Mandarin-English education in the United States, and CAPE, the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment. We share a lot of laughs and stories about our upbringing since we both grew up in households of immigrants of Chinese descent. I’m loving these conversations and hope you are too.  If you are, please rate my podcast on your platform of choice and share it with others!  If you would like to support with a donation to help keep this podcast going, you can become a patron of the show by visiting my website or Patreon.com. For comments or suggestions, please reach out on social media @sifumimichan Discussed in this episode: Hamilton Broadway Soundtrack Pink Floyd Shaw Brothers LAUSD The Bilingual Edge BTS Cicero A History of Food in 100 Recipes Tony Cheng’s Seafood         CULTURE CHAT CREDITS Host: Mimi Chan Intro Music: Mike Relm Comment Rules: Be Cool. Critical is fine, but if you’re rude, we’ll delete your stuff. Please do not put your URL in the comment text and please use your PERSONAL name or initials and not your business name, as the latter comes off like spam. Have fun and thanks for adding to the conversation! Disclaimer: I am not a writer. I do not claim to be.  Apologies for grammatical mistakes, long drawn out run on sentences, and anything else that drives you crazy. I promise it was not my intention.  Be lenient, please!