Bitten Peach Pod

It's our season finale! And it's a freaky Friday situation as our first guest ever Mahatma Khandi returns as a special guest host as ShayShay takes the hot sea! The reformed Disney Gay (self-proclaimed Ghibli Gay) talks about their dramatic Japanese-American family history, geeks out over K-pop and thirsts for Bubble-T (the NYC club night) and Bubble Tea (the drink aka Miss Boba)! With seven entries into the Queer Asian Pokédex, we have a neeeew recoooord!

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Mahatma Khandi @mahatma Khandi
Hosted and produced by ShayShay @shayshayshow

Music featured: Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

Hacker, zoologist, DJ, and angry Asian nanny, Jex Wang (they/she) takes a break from dancing in Berlin supermarkets to pop into the pod for our 24th episode! (Yes, that a full day of Bitten Peach Pod you can now bite into!)

Jex, the inventor of ghosting and pillar of Eastern Margins (the platform for East and Southeast Asian artists in the music scene), talks about writing science fiction, Teresa Teng, tattoos, Crayon Shin-Chan, Animorphs and more!

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Jex Wang @asiangirlfriend
Hosted and produced by ShayShay @shayshayshow

Music featured: Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

Sigi Moonlight (they/them) takes some night off from moonlighting to do some biting into queer Asian culture! We chart their meteoric trajectory into Drag Kingery (the ancient medieval art form) from school plays to superstar drag shows. Remember that it gets better (and also worse).

Along the way we talk about the vitality of diversity in drag, in voice acting, in the world! And honour Jade from ‘Jack Chan Adventures’ and Ali Wong.

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Sigi Moonlight @sigimoonlight
Hosted and produced by ShayShay @shayshayshow

Music featured: Dance with me - Dayz Musiq @dayzmusiq
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

Zaki Musa (he/him) can often be found swirling and twirling in the air, but the aerial artist has come down to Earth especially for Bitten Peach Pod to gab about Teen Vogue, So You Think You Can Dance, Kimora Lee, and more!

Learn all of Zaki’s Tiger Mom tips, such as “work now, play when you’re dead.”

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Zaki Musa @zackkattackked
Hosted and produced by ShayShay @shayshayshow

Music featured: Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

In this episode, we are feeling firm with singer-songwriter and chef Tin (he/him). The son of the Pho Queen reveals his secrets for fried rice, eating competitons, and msg (which isn’t bad for you! That’s just racism.)

It’s a very special occASIAN as we honour pandan, Coco Lee, Michelle Yeoh, and officially reclaim the term “Rice Queen” for all the Asian drag queens!

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TIN @tinofficialmusic
Hosted and produced by ShayShay @shayshayshow

Music featured: Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

Founder of ground-breaking, iconic, historic club night PXSSY PALACE Nadine Artois (they/them) talk about all things clubbing from growing up in the clubs, doing to business school on the dancefloor, to creating sustainable infrastructure for clubbing that centres queer womxn, trans+, non-binary, black, indigenous & people of colour.

Things get queerer and queer as Nadine and ShayShay discuss Gwen Stefani, Kareena Kapoor, and give a generous offer to be new non-binary parents to anyone willing to rename themself ‘Coriander’!

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Pxssy Palace @pxssypalace
Hosted and produced by ShayShay @shayshayshow

Music featured: Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

In this week’s pod, we learn the legend of Krishna, both the Indian god AND the performance artist, director, comedian and now Netflix TV writer Krishna Istha (all pronouns!))

ShayShay and Krishna chat through the never-ending process of constantly transitioning, and pit stop along the way to dish about ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ & ‘Tiger King’, and dating app etiquette.

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Krishna Istha @krishnaistha
Hosted and produced by ShayShay @shayshayshow 

Music featured: Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

How can you turn a crumb of representation into an all-you-can-eat buffet? Artist, activist and leader in the trans community June Lam (he/him) tells us how! The collage artist talks all about remix, from Mulan memes to Aladdin trans parody porn! An in this episode, we dive into star signs, Ranma 1/2 and Zelda. Plus, June diagnoses Shay with ADHD!

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June Lam @assignedfabatbirth
Produced by ShayShay @shayshayshow

Music featured: Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

The writer, activist, and, as of this episode, actress June Bellebono (they/she) walks us through the queer and confusing life of growing up queer and mixed in Italy. June, the child of international pen pals, spills their tips on polyamory and reclaiming fetishisation. Plus, we dissect the career of Paris Hilton, crush on Simu Liu, take a shot at love with Tila Tequila, and come up with a very enticing business proposal for Rina Sawayama. (Rina, hit us up!)

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Produced by ShayShay @shayshayshow on insta

Music featured: Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

Twirlin' and flirlin' into the pod this week, we have Nilly (she/her). This circus kids turned martial artist (emphasis on ARTISTE) talks swords, anime, spears, tattoos, and stunts! Get to know this (throwing) star by biting down into this episode of Bitten Peach Pod.

Nilly is @childishfigure on insta

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Produced by ShayShay @shayshayshow on insta

Music featured: Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

Queer fashion designer Oli Slattery (he/him) gives ShayShay (they/them) a fashion history lesson, ranging from Devon Aoki's chaps in '2 Fast 2 Furious' to the cutesy femme designs of Comme Des Garcons GIRL to Oli's new collection 'Samuel Slattery' (@samuelslattery_ on insta).

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Produced by ShayShay @shayshayshow on insta

Music featured: Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

Sabah Choudry (they/them) dives into the pod to campness of camping, the fluidity of gender, twin culture, grief and joy. They regale us with tales of camping with Gendered Intelligence, founding Colours Youth Network, and finding their way back to Islam.

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Produced by ShayShay www.instagram.com/shayshayshow/
Music featured: Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

This episode evolves into a health/beauty podcast and a cooking show as we discuss long, luscious hair and how to make your instant ramen gourmet. Androgynous Asian Sensation Le Fil (he/they) injects the pod with a full dose of arte as the chart their journey from being the only Asian kid in Brighouse to being deemed “Gosh Spice” by the Sun.

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Produced by ShayShay www.instagram.com/shayshayshow/
Music featured:  Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

She's a model. She's an actress. She's a ninja. And she's our 10th guest for our 10th episode.

Duane Nasis (he/they) pops into the pod to run us down the TOP 10 MOMENTS THAT AWAKENED THEIR MUTANT POWER P*SSY CHAKRA. The conversation that ensues includes, but is not limited to: wet dreams, tomb raiding, dodging lasers, Covid-safe ninjas, furry porn and possibly Asian icons. We also conclude once and for all that yes all people with black hair are Asian. 

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Produced by ShayShay www.instagram.com/shayshayshow/
Music featured:  Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/ Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

Non-binary icon Radam Ridwan pops in with some obviously attractive thoughts and opinions on the queer Asian experience. ShayShay and Radam unite in non-binary-half-Asian-ness to pitch a dozen potentially lucrative business ideas. All they need are some crazy rich Asians! If anyone knows the cast of Bling Empire, please send them this episode.

Produced by ShayShay www.instagram.com/shayshayshow/

Music featured:  Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

The split personalities of Asia Thorne (she/her) and Beni (he/him) come together to explain their impact on the Asian geographic landscape. Yes, we are honoured to welcome to the pod the discoverer of Singapore and the inventor of Asia, who then went on to harness the power of Filipina Wonder Woman to infiltrate and dominate London. To find out, you'll have to bite the peach, swallow the stone, and scream "DARNAAAA".

Produced by ShayShay www.instagram.com/shayshayshow/
Music featured:  Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

The often-nude scallywag Samantha Sun (she/her) goes in hard and deep with 4 submissions into the Queer Asian Pokédex, including chain-smoking teen train-wrecks and rippling fashion twink vampires! Plus, we bite down into some real talk about the commercialism of drag, burlesque and pole-dancing, and kindly remind you SEX WORK IS REAL WORK! #StopAsianHate

Produced by ShayShay www.instagram.com/shayshayshow/
Music featured:  Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

The sometimes naked, but always famous Raheem Mir (he/him) pops into Bitten Peach Pod to talk about sex (education), cruise through queer history, lust after Digimon, and invent the Pokémon-Polari mash-up that you didn't know you needed!

Produced by ShayShay www.instagram.com/shayshayshow/
Music featured:  Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

A bite-size trailer of Bitten Peach Pod. Long-story short: it's Queer and Asian!

With your host ShayShay

In this episode, ShayShay is joined by fellow founder of the Bitten Peach Lilly SnatchDragon (she/her). How'd she go from dancing on bar-tops in Bangkok at 15 to becoming a world-renowned neo-burlesque star? Find out as ShayShay and Lilly go in and dive in, like damn dolphins! 

Produced by ShayShay www.instagram.com/shayshayshow/
Music featured:  Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

ShayShay is joined by vampiric chanteuse (and little monster) Jason Kwan (he/him) to dish down on his journey from Hong Kong to Hong Kent, discuss the inherent queerness of running away from home, and officially announce Lady Gaga's presidential campaign.  

Produced by ShayShay www.instagram.com/shayshayshow/
Music featured:  Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/ 
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki

In the first ever episode of Bitten Peach Pod, your host ShayShay digitally sits down with drag queen/reality tv star Mahatma Khandi (he/she/they). Together they bite down into some deliciously iconic Queer Asian culture from Sailor Moon to Sandra Oh. And we have our first entries into the official Queer Asian Pokédex as we begin the journey to snatch them all!

Produced by ShayShay www.instagram.com/shayshayshow/
Music featured:
Dance with me - Dayz Musiq www.instagram.com/dayzmusiq/ 
Bad Snacks - Mitsuki