Get Away with Janet Hsieh: "If you’re curious about people, you’ll ask questions. You’ll be more accepting. You’ll want to learn about them and their culture. Same with food, places, knowledge."

vHopeful Conversations Podcast · Jun 19, 2026 · 40m

This vHopeful Conversation features creator, producer, and host Janet Hsieh whose journey runs from MIT pre‑med and the long‑running Discovery travel series Fun Taiwan to funding and creating her new YouTube travel show GET AWAY with Janet Hsieh. We talk through the “drought” Janet faced moving back to the U.S., how a chance reunion with high‑school friend and Emmy‑winning producer Joe Litzinger led to their three‑person production model, and why YouTube’s flexible runtimes and small‑crew freedom let them chase eruptions in Hawaii, 24‑hour love letters to Taipei, and spontaneous…