Simon Fung and Joyce Calvo's friendship became a partnership when Fung pitched the idea of a podcast delving into Alana Chen’s life a years-long project that evolved into the eight-episode podcast series “Dear Alana,” which hit No.1 on Apple Podcasts’ charts this summer.
“Dear, Alana” chronicles Ms. Chen’s involvement in her Boulder, Colo., Catholic community and with therapy that seemed to use some ideas common in conversion therapy.