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Tired of not seeing and hearing about Asian stories that reflect your lived experiences in mainstream western media? OR do you want more inspiration and motivation from Asians like yourself? Then, tune in each week to hear conversations with host, Kyle and his awesome Asian guests about being Asian (in the diaspora).
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Send us a Text Message.Today's episode features Aydin Quach(he/they).MA student in History @UBC and Ph.D. in American Studies and Ethnicity @USCWe talked about:1. What does being "CHINESE" mean in the Diaspora?2. Aydin's upbringing as a Chinese Canadian growing up/living in Vancouver, Canada3. Harmonizing Chinese/Asian identity with Queerness4. Asian Joy and our right as immigrants/descendants of immigrants to have that without guilt His BioI was raised in what is now known as Vancouver ...
Send us a Text Message.In support of AAPI heritage month and mental health awareness month, we are happy to bring you a conversation about Asian mental health and therapy. Our guest for today’s episode is Vera Cheng. Things covered on today’s episode: Vera’s background Asian mental health Trauma and therapy Blossom mental health fund Vera’s bio:Vera Cheng is a registered social worker, psychotherapist, seasoned speaker, and the founder of Talk Therapy with V...
Send us a Text Message.WE are back from a long break! We finally pulled it together and this would be the first of the final 6 episodes for our fifth season. Thank you for your continued support and I hope you will continue to support us and listen to the rest of our season to be released weekly until we finish probably in February.Today, we have Amy Yip joining us for a conversation about:-Being Chinese American in America, trying to fit in while trying to rebel against her family but still ...
Send us a Text Message.You know how sometimes you would meet someone and be blown away by the stories and experiences of their lives and how you think their stories should be in a book or a movie? Well, that's how I feel about our guest today, Curtis Chin. Curtis is a writer, filmmaker, director, and activist with a brand new memoir out now called, "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant". Our conversation went in-depth into Curtis's upbringing at a Chinese restaurant growing...
Send us a Text Message.WE ARE BACK!A conversation with a new friend, Daniela Hornskov Sun, writer, musician, producer, and all-around creative. I came upon Daniela through the community she is a part of, THIIIRD. THIIIRD and their team asked us if we are able to help spread the word on their new podcast series, All My Half East Asian BFF that they just released (all episodes are out now so check it out!). If you have been following our feed, we spotlighted an episode of the podcast seri...
Send us a Text Message.Today's episode features Tiffany Ran, Taiwanese American chef of Ba Ba Lio (886), BB6 Taiwanese Pop Up out in Seattle.We talked all about Tiffany's journey in the culinary world, being a chef, her Taiwanese-American upbringing, and of course, food specifically Taiwanese food and why you need to check out more than just Boba (Bubble Tea) and soup dumplings because Taiwanese food is soo good! Plus, we talked about her pop-up, Ba Ba Lio!Find Tiffany!Websitehttps://www.baba...
Send us a Text Message.Conversation with Wuxia author, JF LeeA conversation on growing up as an Asian Diaspora (Singaporean Chinese Canadian) in Vancouver, Canada, studying in the States, being an accountant, living in the Cayman Islands, becoming a Wuxia author, and an introduction to the Wuxia genre along with recommendations. What is Wuxia?Wuxia is a genre of Chinese fiction that features itinerant warriors of extreme (almost supernatural) martial arts skill in ancient China. These a...
Send us a Text Message.Today's episode is with a very talented designer, Grace Chen.Our conversation covers her story of being born in China, growing up in the Bay, her work in design, her love of Hip-hop (especially Mandarin and Cantonese hip-hop) and being a creator. Her bio:Design:Grace Chen is a Product Designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is also a bilingual graphic design freelancer who has collaborated with musicians and creatives in the United States and abroad. Grace has...
Send us a Text Message.To finish Asian American Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Month/Asian Heritage Month strong, we talked with Anika Chabra & Jennifer Siripong Mandel of Root & Seed. Root & Seed is a podcast that explores culture and family heritage. Hosted by Anika Chabra, host Kyle appeared on an episode talking about his story being Asian diaspora and using the podcast to document Asian diaspora stories. That was how we became aware of Root & Seed and all they do....
Send us a Text Message.Happy Asian Heritage Month & Mental Health Awareness Month!Today's conversation is with Sheena Yap Chan. It was an honour to have a conversation with such an amazing and inspiring individual that does so much for the community she is part of helping Asian women build self-confidence and helping with Asian representation in media. In our conversation, we touched on topics like her background, her experience with working corporate as an Asian woman, ...
Send us a Text Message.Happy Asian Heritage Month & Mental Health Awareness Month!Today's episode is with Harry Au (he/him), licensed therapist and registered social worker, 1.5 gen Hong Hong Han Chinese Canadian in Toronto, Canada. Harry is all about helping Asians go from feeling trapped to becoming self-liberated.Our conversation is all about Asian mental health. We touch on the common mental health issues Asians in the diaspora face, working on our Asian mental ...
Send us a Text Message.On today's episode, we have TJ Wey, Ze is an entrepreneur and host of a podcast, called "The Asian Detox" Podcast. Our conversation will cover what TJ does and TJ's podcast. Our conversation touches on topics of being and growing up Asian American, immigrant mindset mentality, hustle culture, and re-evaluating your mindset on what is the right way to live and start being and living your most authentic self. Find and Follow TJ:WebsiteInstagram(Podcast)TJ's Personal Insta...
Send us a Text Message.Conversation with Paji & Iasmin, super popular Tik Tokers and podcasters. Paji & Iasmin are Third Culture Kids from Macau now based in the US. They are Cantonese-English bilinguals with Paji being Sri Lankan+Filipino and Isamin being Brazillian+Filipino (not what you expected right?). They got a super entertaining podcast, "Outcasts the Podcast" that documents their hilarious journey as 2 half-Filipinos in America all while speaking some Cantonese. In addition t...
Send us a Text Message.Guest Bio: Hon Hoang is a Vietnamese-American photographer and filmmaker currently based in Los Angeles, California. He was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, but grew up in Los Angeles. He began studying Photography shortly after graduating from UCLA where he studied Psychology. He sees Photography as a medium that answers questions, satisfies curiosity, and showcases the things that are often left unseen.Hon believes that most of us feel a level of existential un...
Send us a Text Message.Season 5 is now here! Thank you for all of your patience. We have taken a long but well-needed break, but we are back and looking forward to giving you all the great conversations about being Asians with the cool Asians that you yourself would want to have conversations with as well. To start season 5 with a bang, we had a conversation with Karon Liu, a food reporter for the Toronto Star who is based in the Greater Toronto Area. He is a super-talented writer and r...
Send us a Text Message.~ENDING 2022 WITH A BONUS EPISODE FEATURING GABRIEL LEE OF HUGMATCH~This episode features Gabriel Lee (Korean American), head of Public Relations of HugMatch, a company that focuses on developing interactive toys for the visually impaired. Gabriel was recommended by a past guest of the show, XinYi as she had Gabriel on her podcast recently and thought that Gabriel would be a perfect fit for the show. After our recording, we couldn't agree more! In our conversation, we e...
Send us a Text Message.SEASON 4 FINALEWe are joined by Katherine Ally Zaslavsky(she/they):1. Indo-Caribbean2. PhD candidate in Sociology.3. a host, writer, and researcher of social truths and real representation. In addition to that, she is a content producer/podcaster for #HATEISAVIRUS podcast series, Real Talk: Unfiltered where she co-hosts with a past guest of the podcast, Raymond Luu of Reel Asian Podcast. In our conversation, we dived into Katherine's background, her experience wit...
Send us a Text Message.Conversation with Shanze of Raw Thoughts Podcast, your least favourite podcast. A podcast Listen in to learn more about Shanze, a Canadian-born Pakistani Muslim GenZ with many creative interests that had chosen podcasting as her medium/platform of choice currently to express her most raw and honest thoughts. We covered her feelings about being Asian, her identity as a Muslim living in Canada, her podcasting journey and more! Check her out! ShanzeRaw Thoughts Podca...
Send us a Text Message.Julia Zou: Chinese American designer/fashion model living in NYCOur conversation is about Julia's path as a designer/fashion model. The conversation went into the ups and downs of being in the modelling industry, her experience working as a model, her views on beauty and beauty standards for Asian Americans, her family's reaction to her career choice, and how to pose for photos. Find Julia and support her!InstagramWebsite Find us!Linktree: https://linktr.ee/whatkindofas...
Send us a Text Message.Today's episodes with the super creative and interesting XinYi Tan from the "Don't Be Strangers" Podcast. Kyle, our host was on an episode of "Don't Be Strangers" check that out as well! EpisodeWe talked about finding your passions, creativity, being creative and loving art but not making it a career intentionally and the journey she took to become a creative chimera nomad. More about XinYi Tan:I was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and moved with my family to...
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