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We started Culturally Speaking to indulge our curiosity about the way others live and a desire to inspire conversations about how we have far more in common than we realise. Subscribe, rate and review on your favourite podcast platform. Follow us on Instagram @culturallyspeakingpodcast. Share your stories or your show ideas with us by sending an email to theculturallyspeaking@gmail.com.
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We couldn’t conclude a season on Asian culture without talking about a topic near and dear to our heart - food! Food is the cornerstone of Asian social interactions, everything centers around it and there isn’t an occasion from birth to death that food is not an integral part of the celebration or customs. Tune in to hear how we eat food, how Asian meals differ and the importance of freshness and variety. In previous seasons we’ve spoken about British food culture (S5 E4) and food remedies in...
Reverence to elders in Asian culture has been ingrained in us since birth. We discuss the social and economic strains of an ageing population in conflict with the elderly’s expectations of their latter years. Back in Season 1 we explored death in different cultures (S1 E14) and reincarnation in the Hindu faith (S1 E15). Tune in to hear whether we think death is final and our view on the afterlife.Get in touch with us at theculturallyspeaking@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @cultura...
A topic that was traditionally taboo within Asian culture, not openly discussed much less on display, this week we are discussing relationships, love and sex. Does life imitate art when it comes to the portrayal of relationships in media or are the conservative attitudes a smokescreen for what happens behind closed doors? We discuss the impact of gender roles, the role of love in marriage and societal expectations. With the explosion of mainstream AI in 2023 we couldn’t end with touching on v...
Work to live or live to work? This week we discuss how we have navigated our professional lives as Asians. Longtime listeners of the podcast will know we initially met as colleagues at work and thus the idea for Culturally Speaking was born. Following on from last week we discuss the importance of job and financial stability and the desired professions in Asian culture. Tune in to hear about the difference in working culture in Hong Kong and London from work-life balance to professional hiera...
We discuss navigating the hormone-fuelled adolescent years and becoming an adult within our respective Asian cultures this week. From personal space at home to attitudes to sexuality, tune in to hear our experiences about coming of age in Hong Kong and London. It’s no secret that money and financial standing are a big part of Asian culture so how does this translate to financial literacy and awareness.Get in touch with us at theculturallyspeaking@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @cultural...
We’re taking it right back to the beginning for the first episode of Season 6 - growing up Asian. Were our school days on the playground footloose and carefree or full of extracurricular achievements to make Asian Tiger mums proud? Tune in to hear us recount how our formative childhood years shaped us, how the expectations of Asian parents have many similarities despite growing up in different cultures and countries. Family hierarchies and gender favoritism aren’t unique to Asians so let us k...
To conclude this season we invite a guest and good friend to join us for Part 2 of Season 5’s finale on British culture. Jadem is Columbian man living and working in London who shares his experiences of moving and living in the UK. From Colombia's (in)famous exports to British hospitality Jadem shares the culture shock he experienced. Of course there had to an ode to the fabulous Sofia Vergara! Tune in to here Jadem’s take on what being British means to him.Get in touch with us at thecultural...
This week we invite a guest and good friend to join us for Part 1 of Season 5’s finale on British culture. Adewale is a Nigerian man living and working in London who shares his experiences of living in the UK over the last decade. From British showering habits, to washing machines in the kitchen this episode had us in hysterics from start to finish! Tune in to hear Adewale’s take on what being British means to him and how his life today compares to his upbringing in Nigeria.Get in touch with ...
This week we are picking up where we left off last week with Part 2 of British holidays and traditions. First up is Burns Night where haggis, bagpipes and bards rule and we continue the Scottish theme with Hogmany (check out Part 1 last week, Episode 8 to hear other New Year's traditions.) The British monarchy is an institution that has stood the test of time so it only seems fitting there is day dedicated to the man who tried to end it - Guy Fawkes. Did you know that Trooping the Colour cele...
This week we're recording across time zones, from Hong Kong to London we are talking about British holidays and traditions. Starting with Lent in the run-up to Easter (check out Season 1, Episode 2 to hear how they celebrate around the world, Carnival in Rio anyone?) There are some iconic British summer traditions; Wimbledon with strawberries and cream, fish and chips at the seaside and Pimms while punting.Remembrance Day is a poignant moment in the British calendar, marked by the monarch lyi...
This week we are continuing our discussion of British entertainment. We move from the big to small screen; British soaps, iconic children's TV shows (Teletubbies anyone?) and recent British dramas that are being broadcasting around the globe. How do the British or American versions of classics like Great British Bake Off and The Office compare? London's West End theatre culture is world-renowned but we have very different opinions on our favourite musicals! Get in touch with us at thecul...
This week we delve into the world of British entertainment. Our small isle has exported more than its fair share of talent, from the cinema to music we share our all time favourites. Janice threatens #girlpower by revealing she's not a Spice Girls fan?! #zigazigah. Tune in next week where we continue with Part 2 focusing on the small screen and stage.Get in touch with us at theculturallyspeaking@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @culturallyspeakingpodcast!
Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak - this week we are talking about the British fashion industry. London is one of the ‘big four’ Fashion Weeks of the year and British designers have a long history of setting the course of global fashion. Janice is surprised by how many of her favourite designers are British! Many British supermodels have ruled runways over the decades, from Twiggy to Naomi and Kate to name a few. We discuss British beauty standards vs beauty standards ...
On this week’s episode we dive into British culinary history which only seems fitting given our love of food and cooking. From Regency breakfasts to more dubious Victorian meats, tune in to learn to get to know a negus from a broxy. The Ministry of Food was established during World War II to control the production and rationing of certain foods, like meat and dairy. This led to new products such as powdered milk and eggs, ‘national' bread and flour and pig and chicken clubs. As a YouGov surve...
Continuing our conversation Immigration in British culture, this week’s episode picks up where we left off in Part 1 with us sharing our families’ experiences of immigration. In Part 2, Janice shares her experience of the handover in Hong Kong in 1997. The Windrush scandal made headlines a few years ago in Britain which saw hundreds of Caribbean immigrants working and living in the UK wrongly targeted by immigration enforcement. The impact post-war migration, like the Windrush generation, had...
Continuing Season 5 on British culture, this week’s episode focuses on something that is intrinsic to making British society what it is today: immigration. In Part 1 we start off with the basics, what is immigration? We move on to discuss the difference between refugees and asylum seekers, the mosaic vs melting pot theory and some key stats from the last British census. Hilariously neither Janice nor Neha could pass the British citizenship test (check out the episode Instagram post for the an...
Welcome back to another season of Culturally Speaking! We’re back after a summer of travels and in Season 5 we will be focusing on British culture, something dear to our hearts as girls that love living in London.The recording of the first episode sadly coincided with the funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II. We start by discussing the period of national mourning in the UK and Neha’s experience attending the Lying in State to pay her respects to the queen. You might be surprised to learn why the ...
Tina Fumo’s granddaughter was 10 days old when Child Protection took her away from her family, an ordeal Tina wrote about in her memoir, Fancy Prison. Tina describes how the system breeds confusion and perpetuates lies which resulted in a 7 month legal process to get her granddaughter back where she belonged, with her family, permanently. She details the undue process her and her daughter experienced at the hands of social workers and questions if the system is truly working for the protectio...
Rebecca grew up in Oklahoma as part of a Gothardism cult, which she escaped aged 16. Rebecca shares how her family joined the cult, what life was like in the cult, homeschooling and how she planned her escape. She details the layers of control that led to physical and mental abuse of children in the cult and why she knew she needed to leave. Rebecca’s experience of purity culture led to her writing her first book, the Scarlet Virgins, a memoir about having grown up in a legalistic religious c...
Suzi is an Australian hair and makeup artist who has worked in film and TV for 37 years. When working as a makeup artist in Australian TV she was groped by TV personality and Australian entertainer Rolf Harris. Despite being in a studio of other men who witnessed this no one called Harris out on his behavior, which Suzi would later learn was an open secret in the industry. Her experience led to her being a key bad character witness in Operation Yewtree, the case against Harris who was exposed...
Hope’s life was forever changed when her 19 year old son died in 2017. She shares how she felt when the police officers knocked on her door, how she dealt with the immediate aftermath of her son’s passing and how through her own grief she found her purpose. Hope was inspired to create a Grief 2 Hope, a virtual grief support group to honor her son and to keep his memory alive. Grief 2 Hope provides a safe place of peace, hope, and support in a family atmosphere so no one is alone in their jour...
In his early twenties Nate was a business owner chasing success while dealing with a secret drug addiction. After constantly hitting rock bottom, hurting everyone close, stealing a car and going to jail. A chance encounter in jail and rendition of Amazing Grace started Nate on a journey of changing his mindset and decisions. He quickly found that there were other people, just like him, who were stuck believing the lie that they’d never change. Nate shares what he’s learned to help other peopl...
Christopher Chambers, director and writer of A Fire Within, an award-winning human rights documentary about three courageous women and their inspiring and historic attempt to bring their torturer to justice in Atlanta, Georgia. It chronicles the incredible true story of three Ethiopian women who immigrate to the U.S. after surviving torture in their home country, only to discover that the man responsible for their torture is not only living in the US but is employed at the same midtown Atlant...
Craig Brown is a Recovery Pastor at Church of the Redeemer in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He shares how he overcame a life of pain, shame, and destruction and escaped what he refers to as the ‘Pit of Hell’ of the drug world in the 1980s. He describes how he neutered the world of drugs, what kept him there and ultimately what made him want to leave. Since 1999 he has used his experience to help others discover how to be set free from the pain and shame of their past, so that they can live a life o...
As a 12-year Member of the New York City Council Dan Garodnick was known as one of New York's most independent voices and effective legislators. Dan is a fierce tenant advocate and, in 2015, negotiated the largest affordable housing preservation deal in New York City’s history -- 5,000 middle class housing units in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village. Dan shares his personal connection to Stuyvesant Town and how he ended up saving the homes of 30,000 residents over a 9 year battle against Me...
Sylvie is a Chinese - Canadian voice coach based in London, UK. She shares her story of how she got into voice coaching via drama and acting and what she learned about her own voice along the way. Growing up in a multicultural household, Sylive didn’t think about her own race until the penny dropped that she was considered a Person of Colour (POC) when attending a voice training conference in 2016. She discusses how her voice has changed over time and how culture affects voice.The book Sylvie...
At the age of 22, April Sanchez lost her father and following the death of her mother 3 years later, born and raised-New Yorker April relocated to Phoenix, Arizona. Deep in grief and depression over the loss of both her parents she felt hopeless but was able to find a way forward. April’s experience of culture shock moving to a new city is another example of her resilience and ability to navigate and embrace change. She explains how coming from multicultural New York she was perceived in Ariz...
Tune in to hear us unpack this week's episode with Dr. Erica Adkins.Our final guest of Season 3 of Culturally Speaking is Dr. Erica Adkins, a Licensed Psychologist and owner of a group practice in Colorado. She has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon. She lives in Colorado with her partner, 3 children, 2 Great Danes and a Boxer Dog.Healing from trauma is much like climbing a mountain. It’s intimidating, it’s hard, it hurts, but the satisfaction of reaching the summi...
Our final guest of Season 3 of Culturally Speaking is Dr. Erica Adkins, a Licensed Psychologist and owner of a group practice in Colorado. She has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon. She lives in Colorado with her partner, 3 children, 2 Great Danes and a Boxer Dog.Healing from trauma is much like climbing a mountain. It’s intimidating, it’s hard, it hurts, but the satisfaction of reaching the summit is worth every second. As a licensed psychologist, Dr. Erica Adkin...
Tune in to hear us unpack this week's episode with Rick Werry.Rick Werry was born in a small town in Utah, US and grew up on a dairy farm, the youngest of four children. He loved sports and being outdoors as a teenager. In 2007 Rick married his college sweetheart Tara. One year later while building their house, Rick was in a construction accident and broke his neck. His life changed that day - he paralyzed from the chest down. Rick was scared, sad and unsure what the future would hold when a ...
Rick Werry was born in a small town in Utah, US and grew up on a dairy farm, the youngest of four children. He loved sports and being outdoors as a teenager. In 2007 Rick married his college sweetheart Tara. One year later while building their house, Rick was in a construction accident and broke his neck. His life changed that day - he paralyzed from the chest down. Rick was scared, sad and unsure what the future would hold when a nurse came into his hospital room. The nurse was holding a red...
Tune in to hear us unpack this week's episode with Kathy Sanderson.The past is always there, influencing every action we take and experience we have today. Kathy’s story spans everything from the joy of motherhood to multiple miscarriages and healing from childhood trauma. Through everything she has experienced and survived Kathy’s story is a reminder that there is life after tragedy, life goes on, life gets better.Kathy Sanderson is a Spiritual Trauma, Healer and Mindset Coach. She helps mum...
The past is always there, influencing every action we take and experience we have today. Kathy’s story spans everything from the joy of motherhood to multiple miscarriages and healing from childhood trauma. Through everything she has experienced and survived Kathy’s story is a reminder that there is life after tragedy, life goes on, life gets better.Kathy Sanderson is a Spiritual Trauma, Healer and Mindset Coach. She helps mums all across the world, who are on their spiritual journey to heali...
Tune in to hear us unpack this week's episode with Terri Koslowski.Terri Kozlowski is a proud Native American (Athabascan; Gwich’in Tribe – Raven Clan) currently living in Woodstock, Georgia, US. Though Terri had loving people in her life, her mother was abusive and enabled others to traumatize her. To get drugs, her mother allowed strangers to assault her 11-year-old body sexually. She then left her and her sister alone on the streets of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Terri’s childhood left her fi...
Terri Kozlowski is a proud Native American (Athabascan; Gwich’in Tribe – Raven Clan) currently living in Woodstock, Georgia, US. Though Terri had loving people in her life, her mother was abusive and enabled others to traumatize her. To get drugs, her mother allowed strangers to assault her 11-year-old body sexually. She then left her and her sister alone on the streets of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Terri’s childhood left her filled with fear until she embarked on a spiritual journey and learne...
Tune in to hear us unpack this week's episode with Mirinda Kossoff.Mirinda Kossoff was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and grew up not that far away in the small textile and tobacco town of Danville, Virginia, which she couldn't wait to escape. Her book, The Rope of Life wrestles with suicide, family, and growing up divided between the cultured Jewish side of her family and the fundamentalist Southern Baptist side. Her memoir is set against the backdrop of her small Southern town upbringin...
Mirinda Kossoff was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and grew up not that far away in the small textile and tobacco town of Danville, Virginia, which she couldn't wait to escape. Her book, The Rope of Life wrestles with suicide, family, and growing up divided between the cultured Jewish side of her family and the fundamentalist Southern Baptist side. Her memoir is set against the backdrop of her small Southern town upbringing, of town and family secrets, of her relationship with her trouble...
Tune in to hear us unpack this week's episode with Bianca Riemer.Bianca Riemer saved the life of the man who tried to kill her - her own father. She grew up in a family with violence and was 15 when her father chased her out of the house with a rifle. Bianca survived and escaped the abuse she grew up with to encounter further challenges in her corporate career from failing her final professional accounting exams to sexual harassment by colleagues who offered her money to strip. She went on to...
Bianca Riemer saved the life of the man who tried to kill her - her own father. She grew up in a family with violence and was 15 when her father chased her out of the house with a rifle. Bianca survived and escaped the abuse she grew up with to encounter further challenges in her corporate career from failing her final professional accounting exams to sexual harassment by colleagues who offered her money to strip. She went on to be a top-ranked, multi-award-winning stock market analyst and ha...
Tune in to hear us unpack this week's episode with Alison Tedford.Alison Tedford is an Indigenous woman (Kwakiutl First Nation) based in British Columbia, Canada with over a decade of experience working on Indigenous issues within the Canadian federal government. She was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a chronic health condition that affects the connective tissues in the body. Alison went on to write a book for entrepreneurs struggling with chronic pain and has come full circle i...
Alison Tedford is an Indigenous woman (Kwakiutl First Nation) based in British Columbia, Canada with over a decade of experience working on Indigenous issues within the Canadian federal government. She was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a chronic health condition that affects the connective tissues in the body. Alison went on to write a book for entrepreneurs struggling with chronic pain and has come full circle in offering diversity and inclusion work in the private sector. Ali...
Tune in to hear us unpack this week's episode with Nelson Tressler.Murder, rape, extreme poverty, abuse, and being the center of the biggest trial ever to hit his small town were waiting for Nelson Tressler upon his birth. Rather than falling victim to his hardships, he used them to fuel his life purpose and turn despair into a life complete with a loving family and a multimillion-dollar business empire.Nelson has used goals and personal development to design a life that he couldn’t have imag...
Murder, rape, extreme poverty, abuse, and being the center of the biggest trial ever to hit his small town were waiting for Nelson Tressler upon his birth. Rather than falling victim to his hardships, he used them to fuel his life purpose and turn despair into a life complete with a loving family and a multimillion-dollar business empire.Nelson has used goals and personal development to design a life that he couldn’t have imagined as a child born to a 15-year-old mother. Nelson became the fir...
Tune in to hear us unpack this week's episode with Amy SinhaBorn in South Wales, UK, Amy Sinha was submerged in music from an early age. She entered her first talent contest aged six, singing “Somewhere over the Rainbow”, this also marked the beginning of her love of music and performance. Amy experienced some rare medical conditions in her early years, being declared as being one out of only 5 children like her in the UK at the time. She had developed cataracts in both her eyes leaving her ...
Born in South Wales, UK, Amy Sinha was submerged in music from an early age. She entered her first talent contest aged six, singing “Somewhere over the Rainbow”, this also marked the beginning of her love of music and performance. Amy experienced some rare medical conditions in her early years, being declared as being one out of only 5 children like her in the UK at the time. She had developed cataracts in both her eyes leaving her almost blind, and then diagnosed with a rare nerve condition...
Tune in to hear us unpack this week's episode with Scott Spears.To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, there are only 2 certainties in life, death and taxes.But what if you came back from the dead? Our first guest of Season 3, Scott Spears clinically ‘died’ 4 years ago and shares how he quite literally came back from the dead. Beginning with his military career Scott’s story travels the world from Panama to Egypt before that fateful day.Listen to his recollections of the day he died from exhaustion...
To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, there are only 2 certainties in life, death and taxes.But what if you came back from the dead? Our first guest of Season 3, Scott Spears clinically ‘died’ 4 years ago and shares how he quite literally came back from the dead. Beginning with his military career Scott’s story travels the world from Panama to Egypt before that fateful day. Listen to his recollections of the day he died from exhaustion under the strain of a corporate job. As someone who prided him...
Hey everyone! We will be back with Season 3 of Culturally Speaking very soon. But in the meantime we wanted to let you know what we’ve been upto since Season 2 wrapped and what you can look forward to in the new season. For those of you that listened to last season you’ll know we focused on stories of people bucking gender norms in their chosen industry and professions, the historical gender balance, the advantages and disadvantages our guests experienced and misconceptions they encounte...
Our final guest of the season is Dr Anne Whitehouse (@feminine_power_alchemist), an author, a PhD scientist turned life alchemist, Fellow of Royal Society of Arts and subconscious transformation expert. After 20 years of research, applying her scientific approach to the subconscious world, Anne developed a six-key, ground-breaking code for aspirational women to unlock profound confidence by breaking free of old limitations set by the patriarchal systems encoded into our psyche. This lif...
We welcome Kathyrn, superintendent and founder of Space To Build (@spacetobuild) to the podcast. Kathyrn shares her journey into construction and how her career has evolved to date as well as her passion behind building an online community for women in construction. Janice and I had no idea what a superintendent does - so tune in to hear exactly what the role entails! Stay Cultured, J & N xoxo. Please take a moment to subscribe, review and comment. We’d love to hear from you @culturallysp...
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