Kristen Kish on Overcoming Fears on Top Chef, Korean Cinderella and Finding Her Queer Identity
Why Are You Like This? with Megan RapinoeShow Notes
On the inaugural episode of “Why Are You Like This?” Megan Rapinoe sits down with Top Chef host Kristen Kish. Kish took the culinary world and media space by storm after becoming the second female winner of Top Chef. The duo dig into how Kristen came out to herself, why she doesn’t yell at others in the kitchen and what success looks like to her.
And Megan sounds off on the recent discourse around transgender athletes and sports in the segment “Are You Serious?”
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