It's a new year, so it's time to change everything about who you are so you don't look back at yourself with regret, right? We're back with Season 3 and it's an all new Proxy for 2016…sort of.

This week we go over an episode of Masters of None about immigrant parents, reflect on our own parental relationships, and admit to being a bit spoiled. Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta

We share our gift-giving methods and talk about whether or not a gift is a reflection of how well you know a person. We also discover that Sidney is heartless and doesn't partake in exchanging gifts and that Bernard may have succumbed to holiday impulse shopping. Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta…

We talk about our views on friendship, maintaining them, and how to navigate social interactions with acquaintances. Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta

We talk about advertising, social media, and the prevailing good of being honest over manufacturing your “brand.” Former Instagram Model quits social media Harpers Bazaar's interview with Danielle Bernstein on her income from Instagram Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta…

We talk about the struggle of getting a consistently good haircut and share our most embarrassing hair styles from our adolescence. Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta

We spend this week discussing the career hustle, promotions, and how we continue to better ourselves. Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta

We (try to) go 24 hours without our phones and fail spectacularly. What's the longest you've gone without your phone? Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta

Sidney timidly shares his weakness with impulse shopping and Bernard brags about his super saiyan levels of self-control. What's your last impulse purchase? Sidney's recent purchases: Acronym jacket , Sony RX100 M4 , Frederic Malle - Vetiver Extraordinaire fragrance Currently by Samuel De Goede (subscribe — it's freakin' awesome) Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta…

We talk about how our constant need to feel productive and busy puts us at risk of burning out. Productive on the App Store Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta

Pelin Keskin, founder of 5food1 , joins us to discuss food culture, gentrification, identity, and the controversies of creating a non-white food blog. Follow Pelin Keskin on Twitter Follow 5food1 on Twitter Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta

We kick off Season 2 with an open discussion on Sidney's search for a new roommate and the perils of keeping your social media public or private. Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta

For the season one finale of Proxy, we go over our background as Asian-Americans and how it affected our adolescence and shaped the way we are today. Ice Breaker Do people even know our background? (2:17) Bernard talks about being Filipino-American (3:15) Sidney talks about being Chinese-American (6:00) Self-Awareness Ashamed of being Filipino (8:40) Assimilating and subcultures (12:40) Ethnicity and Education (19:15) Being a minority in the startup world (22:10) Do you have more of a responsibility as an Asian-American entrepreneur? (25:21) How does an Asian-American get away with going to art school? (27:00) Deciding to study art changed Sidney's life (30:15) Knowing nothing about photography and art history (31:35) Ethnicity and the art of the self-portait (35:30) Why Does This Even Matter? Is it weird to talk about this out loud? (41:37) This topic is too important to not talk about it (43:50) Finally Asian-American or American? (45:28) Bernard's answer (45:36) Sidney's answer (48:03) What's your opinion? (56:56) Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta…

A quintessential part of living in a busy urban environment is having the right backpack or messenger bag. When you don't have a car or an office to stash away important items, what you choose to carry and what you choose to leave behind are decisions that count. Today we look at our current choice of bags and how we organize our daily carry. In This Episode… The Bags We Carry Why you should carefully consider the bag you use What bag Bernard uses now for mobile office duty (2:59) DSPTCH Slingpack 2.0 How to rock a sling the Bernard way Sidney’s search for the perfect photo bag (8:08) Incase x Ari Marcopoulos camera bag The problem with camera bags (11:01) Sidney takes us through his current bag (11:35) Think Tank Photo Retrospective 7 camera bag Does the perfect bag exist? (12:49) Why “boring" bags are sometimes better (13:43) What’s in the Bag? Bernard shares his bag essentials and what they say about him (14:37) What we wish we could carry and what we’ve left behind (17:55) Sidney’s photocentric essentials (19:16) Packing It Up Sidney’s advice for choosing the right bag for you (22:08) Bernard’s 3 key criteria for bags (22:41) Mistakes to avoid when wearing a backpack Good bag brands to look at (25:41) Topo Designs 5.11 Tactical DSPTCH SF Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta…

We’re back. Sorry for the wait. Sitting idle and waiting for things to pick up can be brutal — especially when things are out of your hands. It’s that feeling of getting stuck in a rut or the anxiousness for something new that’s hard to manage. In this episode, we try to win the waiting game and share our tips on how to get to the next level when your life feels paused. In This Episode… Into the Unknown Bernard’s observations after just moving to NYC The waiting game (3:55) Why you sometimes accomplish less when you have more “free” time (6:53) How to recognize “excuses” and stop making them (8:14) Sidney’s take on the paradox of being surrounded by opportunities (11:01) Using Your Most Valuable Resource: Time Making things versus just “doing” things (12:40) The hard part: dealing with things outside of your control (13:57) Two invaluable things you need to win the waiting game (15:15) What to do when counting down the days to the start of your brighter future (18:32) Good Things Come to Those Who Do More Than Wait Why the best way to play the waiting game is to not play at all (21:04) How to trick yourself to get out of a rut (21:44) Last words and final advice (23:00) Subscribe on iTunes Listen on SoundCloud Theme Music by Gila Monsta…