"You are Responsible for Your Own Feelings" Wild 'Til 9 Episode 227 Ft. Eric Wei

Wild 'Til 9

Dear Media | Lauren Riihimaki & Jeremy Lewis

Comedy, Relationship, Jeremy Lewis, Wildtil9, Laurdiy, Mental Health, 523101, Sexuality, Society & Culture, Relationships, Comedy Interviews, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy and close friend Eric Wei, Co-CEO of Karat dive into the intersection of confidence, identity, and Asian-American cultural pressures, dissecting how growing up with expectations around academic success, prestigious careers, and family honor shapes self-worth.

Eric highlights the delicate balance between launching early versions for feedback and striving for perfection, along with the privilege he has to step out of comfort zones built by cultural expectations.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:03.0	Where do you think creators deserve the criticism they're getting?
0:06.9	When you're really miserable and life is terrible,
0:09.4	you at a certain point have to decide that you're going to try and make changes
0:13.5	and things are going to change.
0:14.8	Or honestly, Jeremy, you don't.
0:16.5	And this story ends there.
0:17.8	What do you wish any white guy who doesn't understand that would hear?
0:21.6	Has it been a time where you've been honest that because of what happened afterwards, you wish you weren't?
0:26.6	Wow!
0:31.6	Tonight!
0:33.6	Ready?
0:34.6	Yep, let's go home.
0:35.6	I didn't realize until this last weekend when I was watching about 6,000 hours at Erica Connell.
0:42.6	Wow, you were you were researching me.
0:45.9	I actually have this thing where I don't like to watch my friends content at all.
0:52.1	Because they're great.
0:52.5	Because you want to stay friends with them.
0:54.2	That. But also, I don't, I you want to stay friends with them. That.
0:54.8	But also, I don't, I never want to feel like the version I know is disingenuous with the
1:00.8	version that everybody else seems to think they are.
1:03.0	Yes.
	...

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