What Kind of Asian Are You?
By DIASPORA ASIAN PRODUCTIONS
What Kind of Asian Are You?May 04, 2021
42 － The Lost Asian and Living with Borderline Personality Disorder w/Elizabeth Tsung
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpod
Guest: Elizabeth Tsung https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth.tsung/
Website https://www.elizabethtsung.com/
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6eHvJ1bnwPdCI6Kncs9LIA
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6r0Og5FBzoIOJptR5A0f3J
Check out Elizabeth's new music video for her song POACH premiering May 28th 2021 2:15pm PST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfUHvt-1ae0
Support Elizabeth's organization of choice Little Wanderers NYC https://www.instagram.com/littlewanderersnyc/
Little Wanderers NYC is an animal rescue service rescuing/TNR’ing the neediest cats in the toughest areas of NYC- focus on the Bronx. It is a grassroots community that Elizabeth spent some time volunteering with.
Elizabeth Tsung is a super talented and successful violinist, pianist and composer. Elizabeth has played at Carnegie Hall, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Kaufman Music Center, The Riverside Church, The Church of St. Francis Xavier, Kerrytown Concert House, Hill Auditorium, The University of Michigan Museum of Art and more. Elizabeth is a Taiwanese American with immigrants from Taiwan and she grew up not feeling Asian American and it was only recently when she saw that she was indeed Asian American, making her feel like a lost Asian these days.
In our conversation, we talked about her upbringing (family pressure, learning music, and more), her music career journey, the car accident that changed her life, and her experience living with mental health illness (borderline personality disorder)
Please go check out Elizabeth and her music! She's super cool and talented. Let's support Asian American musicians!
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WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST supports the Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 education campaign We Can Do This efforts to increase education and awareness about COVID-19 vaccines. Whether due to language barriers or lack of access to healthcare, many Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders face unique challenges to getting accurate vaccine information. We hope that amplifying these resources, especially in other languages, will help reach and protect our most vulnerable communities. Please visit VACCINES.gov for more information.
#WeCanDoThis
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41 －Telling Non-Stereotypical Asian American Stories in Hollywood w/Judy Jean Kwon (@YOMAMARICE) of MILFriend
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpod
Guest: Judy Jean Kwon https://www.instagram.com/yomamarice/?hl=en
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/yomamaricedoesnotcook
Watch MILFriend www.Whohaha.com/milfriend
Judy Jean Kwon, a Korean-American filmmaker/storyteller comes on the podcast to promote her latest project, MILFriend, a comedy series about crazy-ass MoMs in gentrifying Venice beach where culture, color and class CLash.
She shares her experience working on MILFriend, a project that she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in and her experience working in the entertainment industry being an Asian woman looking to not play stereotypical Asian roles. In addition to that, we talked about her experience of not feeling like she fit in being Korean American growing up in California raised by her grandmother and her thoughts on Asian representation in media as a whole.
Judy is a super awesome storyteller looking to give voice to the voiceless and tell stories of the underdogs that are ignored. She is passionate about women's rights and immigrant stories. Please support her and her project!
Thank you for listening and please consider subscribing to the podcast, following the podcast's Instagram, sharing this podcast with your friends and family and consider leaving a review and rating on Apple Podcast.
Credits:
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40 － Hybrid Cultured Asian, Is that Asian Enough? w/ Chara Kai-Le (Singer-Songwriter/Producer)
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpod
Guest: Chara Kai-Le https://www.instagram.com/charakaile/?hl=en
Chara's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUCaHQfTRr5XSybnDB3wBwg
Asian Enough MV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9_yrqlbb6k
Today we have Chara Kai-Le, singer-songwriter/producer based in Toronto, Canada. She recently released her song, Asian Enough that I came across that I relate to a lot. The song speaks to the feelings of many third culture kids on whether or not they are "Asian Enough" or should that even be a thing?
In our conversation, we found out about Chara's background of moving around everywhere when she was a kid, living in England facing racism and culture shock that lead her to be quite pro-Asian and kind of Anti-White and how music was the thing that saved her when she was younger. Last but not least, we got into talking about Chara's creative journey and her road to being an independent singer-songwriter/producer trying to make it in Toronto while the world is going through the pandemic and all the social unrest. We definitely talked about her song, Asian Enough as well.
Please support Chara and her music as it's always great to see Asian creatives pursuing their passion in the arts and given how she is creating content that really speaks to third culture kids makes her even more awesome.
Thank you for listening! Make sure to subscribe to the podcast, follow the podcast on Instagram and give the podcast a rating/review on Apple Podcast. Please consider sharing this with your friends and family to support the podcast helping it reach more people worldwide!
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39 － Moderating a Digital Community for Asian Creatives w/ Daniel Anderson of Asian Creative Network
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpod
Guest: Daniel Anderson
Asian Creative Network https://www.facebook.com/groups/AsianCreativeNetwork
Support HATE IS A VIRUS, a cause That Daniel mentioned on the podcast and supports!
"Hate Is A Virus is a nonprofit community of mobilizers and amplifiers to dismantle racism and hate. A movement started in 2020, Hate Is A Virus continues to amplify, educate and activate AAPI to stand for justice and equality in solidarity with other communities"
Chinese Adoptee. Physical Disability. Creative Asian. One that uses his voice for things that matter. That's how Daniel would describe himself as. And I feel that he's definitely using his voice for things that matter given what he does.
So for those that does not know, Daniel is a Chinese adoptee from Beijing but was raised in America by a white family. He came into my radar when I joined Asian Creative Network, a Facebook group dedicated to Asians who dare to break the mold. The Asian Creative Network connects and empowers Asian creatives by providing an inclusive, global platform and resources for active community building, collaboration, and growth. Daniel is one of the moderators of the group and shows a lot of support to the creatives in the group (including myself) building a very safe and encouraging community. The group has over 47+k members right now!
Our conversation focused on Daniel himself as is he usually more focused on sharing other people's stories and creative projects rather than talking about himself. He is also not that big on social media in his personal life so it's a bit strange how he moderates such a big online digital community for Asian creatives.
Our conversation topics:
-His background and his Chinese adoptee experience especially with discussing race and the whole Anti-Asian Hate issue with his white family.
-How he became a moderator to such big Asian digital communities first with Subtle Asian Dating and now Asian Creative Network?
-What does moderating/building online digital communities mean?
-How is it like to moderate such a big digital community?
-His creativity and what he likes.
-Him being a voice in helping platform, spotlighting and serving the Asian Diaspora.
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WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST supports the Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 education campaign We Can Do This efforts to increase education and awareness about COVID-19 vaccines. Whether due to language barriers or lack of access to healthcare, many Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders face unique challenges to getting accurate vaccine information. We hope that amplifying these resources, especially in other languages, will help reach and protect our most vulnerable communities. Please visit VACCINES.gov for more information.
#WeCanDoThis
Credits:
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38 － Asian-Canadian Content Creator on Content Creating and Being Asian-Canadian w/ Kristy Lin
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpod
Guest: Kristy Lin
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kristyklin/ @kristyklin
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV2pcob8WBGAsm6azEr_e5g
TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@kristyklin?lang=en
A cause that Kristy supports and one you should check out and support if you are interested:
Initiative for Student Teaching & Research in Chinese Canadian Studies https://give.ubc.ca/projects/instrcc/
Kristy Lin is a Chinese-Canadian born and raised in Vancouver with parents originally from Guangdong province in China. She is a UBC graduate in Asian studies with a minor on Asian Canadian Migration Studies, that is still in tuned with her Asian/Chinese side despite being diaspora. She is also a content creator with Youtube and TikTok being her biggest platforms (5k+ subscribers and 50k+ TikTok followers).
In our conversation, we talked about her background, her Chinese-Canadian identity, growing up in an Asian enclave, her university experience studying Asian Studies/Asian Canadian Migration Studies, her interest in Asian cultures, her content creating journey and her goals and inspirations with her content creating path.
Kristy is super cool and awesome so please make sure to check her out on all her socials! Thank you for listening and make sure to follow the podcast on your streaming platform, follow the podcast's Instagram, and leave reviews and comments on Apple Podcast.
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WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST supports the Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 education campaign We Can Do This efforts to increase education and awareness about COVID-19 vaccines. Whether due to language barriers or lack of access to healthcare, many Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders face unique challenges to getting accurate vaccine information. We hope that amplifying these resources, especially in other languages, will help reach and protect our most vulnerable communities. Please visit VACCINES.gov for more information.
#WeCanDoThis
Credits:
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37 - Self Hate, Representation and Inter-Community Racism as Asian Diaspora w/ Therese Neri
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram
Guest: Therese Neri
Therese Neri is a first generation Asian American (Filipino) nurse living in Houston, Texas. She is also an artist and weeb on the side when she's not busy keeping patients alive at the hospital. The art that she does focus on the ethnic minority groups of Asia (check out her socials to see them!).
In our conversation, we talked about her upbringing, her experience with racism in real life and online, her experience with self hate while she was growing up, her thoughts on Asian representation (don't forget Black and Brown Asian representation!), reconnecting with her roots, feeling more love in Asia than she does in America, the inter-community racism that goes on within the Asian Diaspora and her artwork. We covered a lot of good stuff and lots of food for thought.
Thank you for listening! Make sure to follow my guest and also this podcast! Subscribe to the podcast on your streaming platform, follow the podcast on Instagram and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcast if you listen to this on Apple Podcast. Thank you for the support and see you on the next conversation!
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36 - The Rise of Asian Hate Crimes Shook Me to My Core w/ Vietnamese-American Adoptee Mei-Lee Perkins
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram
Guest: Mei-Lee Perkins
Today, we have Mei-Lee Perkins, Asian-American chef living in America (in Maine, the whitest state in America). She shared with us her thoughts, feelings and experiences being a Vietnamese-American adoptee raised by a white family during a time when all this Anti-Asian Hate is going on.
We talked about her upbringing being a Vietnamese-American adoptee living in a white family, the racism/microaggressions she face(s)/(ed), how she is feeling about all the Anti-Asian Hate going on, her experience talking about race/racism and Anti-Asian Hate with her family, her journey to reconnect with more of her Asian roots and how she is looking to find more people in the AAPI community to connect with.
Thank you for listening! Make sure to follow my guest and also this podcast! Subscribe to the podcast on your streaming platform, follow the podcast on Instagram and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcast if you listen to this on Apple Podcast. Thank you for the support and see you on the next conversation!
Credits:
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35 - The Monkey King: A Chinatown Odyssey - Graphic Novel Kickstarter w/ Jerry Ma
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram
Guest: Jerry Ma
Support The Monkey King: A Chinatown Odyssey Kickstarter
Trailer for The Monkey King: A Chinatown Odyssey Kickstarter
Jerry Ma is a New York based illustrator and graphic designer. Best known for his work as Art Director and contributing artist on the ground breaking comic graphic novels Secret Identities and Shattered, Jerry has also self published/kickstarted successfully his creator owned graphic novel Legend. Currently working on a line of graphic tees with the NBA in China, he also has his own line of graphic tees here in the States.
Jerry is on this episode to talk about his super exciting Kickstarter project, The Monkey King: A Chinatown Odyssey, a 64 page full colour graphic novel that features the Monkey King story (Classic Chinese literature) in modern day New York. This graphic novel will be a reimagining of the classic Chinese literature story, think Stranger Things meet Cowboy Bebop. This project is in support of AAPI Heritage Month and #StopAsianHate campaign. What that means is that by supporting this project and helping it reach its stretch goals, you can help Jerry and his team support small local Chinatown businesses in New York. Please! Check out the Kickstarter to see if it's something you are interested in supporting (I'm sure it is!) and learn more about the great stuff Jerry is trying to do with this project. Listen to this episode to find out more about this awesome project and more about about Jerry and his story. Jerry's story is an interesting one! Last, don't forget to support the Kickstarter if you can and share the Kickstarter with everyone!
Thank you for listening! Make sure to follow Jerry and also all that he does. Don't forget to also follow this podcast on your streaming platform and on our Instagram!
Credits:
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【BONUS】Hong Kong Food Talks (Foodie Corner) w/Benjamin Cheung
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram
Guest: Benjamin Cheung
This is the episode not meant to be listened during late nights or when food isn't accessible to you as this bonus episode talks about food the whole time, specifically Hong Kong/Cantonese food! Benjamin guest for S2E15 and I are both diaspora originally from Hong Kong so we naturally talked about our favourite Hong Kong/Cantonese foods we enjoyed eating when we were young (that we still love so much even now) and our recommendations for those that want to try some Hong Kong Food/Cantonese themselves. This is for the foodies. Enjoy!
Credits:
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34 - Diaspora Asian Identity 101 Class w/Benjamin Cheung (Ph.D)
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram
Guest: Benjamin Cheung
Benjamin Cheung is a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, teaching courses primarily on research methodology, social psychology, and cultural psychology. He came as a settler on unceded Musqueam territory from the former British colony of Hong Kong, and has been interested in acculturation and bicultural identity ever since. As an undergraduate student at UBC, he majored in Psychology (with an emphasis on cultural psychology), and Asian Language and Culture (with a specialization in Korean). He obtained his MA and Ph.D. at UBC, working on projects related to cultural adaptation. Understanding the intersection of cultural environment, cultural identity, and cultural experience has always been an interest of his.
We are in for a treat today! We got Benjamin Cheung, super smart Ph.D on the podcast to talk about acculturation, bicultural identity, diaspora identity, and everything about being Asian in the West! He got a wealth of knowledge that will open your eyes on being diaspora or seeing things from the POV of a diaspora if you aren't diaspora. Super cool stuff! Check it out and you can follow him on twitter for more of his super smart takes on everything!
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33 - The Life of a British-South Asian Content Creator － Nabeela Zaman (Good Luck Nabs)
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram
Guest: Nabeela Zaman
Nabeela Zaman is a content creator with many different creative projects. She runs a blog, a Youtube channel, a Podcast, and a charity shop with her dad.
She focuses on her life, stories, and lifestyle content on her platforms which you should definitely check out.
In our conversation, we discussed about her creative projects, her experience being an Oxford student studying Chinese Studies, being a British-South Asian diaspora Muslim, her faith and religion, and Islamophobia.
Thank you for listening and make sure to check out Nabeela!
Credits:
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【BONUS】LET'S TALK BTS, BLACKPINK, KPOP AND THE KOREAN WAVE w/ Roa Cho (Roa's Podcast)
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram
Guest: Roa Cho
Roa's Podcast: The Life of An Asian Spotify
Background:
Roa of Roa's Podcast and I both got into KPOP during the second generation of KPOP (2008-2010 time period). She is still a fan of KPOP and follows it especially girl groups and BTS while I fell out of love with the genre in 2011. She is interested in the KPOP and Korean culture explosion in the West given that she is a Korean-Canadian herself.
With the current popularity of BTS, Blackpink, Korean drama, and Korean culture as a whole in western media, we talked about how she feels about it and why she is happy and also worried at the same time in terms of this popularity. She also talked about how she does not care if any KPOP groups or musicians makes it in the West (We don't need white people to like KPOP). Last, she recommended some of her favourite KPOP groups and musicians that you can check out!
*This is extra content from my conversation with Roa, so make sure to check out the full conversation (S2E13) to learn more about Roa and her story.
Again, thanks for listening and make sure to subscribe to the podcast, follow the Instagram, and share the podcast to anyone you think would find the podcast be of value to their life. Last, make sure to follow my awesome guest, Roa and her podcast!
Credits:
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32 - The Life of an Asian American Educator/Podcast Host w/ Roa Cho (Roa's Podcast)
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram
Guest: Roa Cho
Roa's Podcast: The Life of An Asian Spotify
Roa is one that wears a lot of hats. She is an educator, podcast host, content creator, avid language learner (Kanji writing), and self-love advocate. I feel very honored to be able to have her on to share her stories and experiences as she was one of the early supporters of this podcast when I started my podcast journey. It also helps that she got such a great podcast herself that I really enjoy and hope everyone would give it a listen.
We had a long conversation going into her background, her self-love attitude, her experience being Korean-Canadian in Canada, her life as an educator, her podcasting journey, WMAF relationships, and the Anti-Asian Hate going on.
Again, thanks for listening and make sure to subscribe to the podcast, follow the Instagram, and share the podcast to anyone you think would find the podcast be of value to their life. Last, make sure to follow my awesome guest, Roa and her podcast!
Credits:
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31 - Human Up Through Emotional Intelligence w/ Victor Ung (Life Coach)
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram
Guest: Victor Ung
Victor did the whole model minority path until it didn't work for him leading him to give it all up to find his own fulfillment and happiness. Through that journey, he became a speaker, certified life coach, entrepreneur, podcast host (Human Up Podcast), and founder of Emotion DOJO, an emotional fitness membership for Asian men to create freedom and fulfillment.
Listen to our insightful deep conversation on feelings, emotions, emotional intelligence, finding fulfillment, diaspora identity, third culture-ness and being Asian in the West.
Topics Covered -
-Third Culture Identity and Diaspora Asian feelings
-Accepting the Third Culture Identity being awesome
-Victor's path to his Emotional Fitness Coach Career
-The Power of Emotional Intelligence
-Strategy to Tap into Emotional Intelligence (Focus on Your Breath & Increasing Emotional Vocabulary)
-His Experience in Life Coaching
-What does "living your best life" mean to Victor
Credits:
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30 - Preserving Your Heritage Language Being Diaspora w/Ewen Lee @ewen201
Host: Kyle Leung
What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram
Guest: Ewen Lee
Preserving Your Heritage Language Being Diaspora
Ewen is an Internet friend of mine that I hope to be able to meet one day (once Covid is over *fingers crossed*). The reason being, is that he is someone that I share a lot of similar experiences with and someone I relate a lot to.
Ewen is a CBC (Canadian Born Chinese) of Cantonese background with parents being from Hong Kong that immigrated to Canada during the 80s/90s period. Ewen is a Diaspora Asian with a linguistic background and passion for Cantonese (his heritage language).
In our conversation, we talked about being CBC living in the area of Canada with a lot of Cantonese speakers and a lot about our diaspora feelings. We got into the discussion of preserving our heritage language (Cantonese) as Diaspora and what he plans to do with the Ontario Cantonese Heritage Language curriculum. Also, we touched on our motherland, Hong Kong, and all that is happening there (protest, social unrest, government issues, etc). To end it off, we talked about our favourite Hong Kong foods!
Again, thanks for listening to another episode of What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast! Make sure to subscribe to the podcast, follow the podcast's Instagram, share the podcast with your friends and family, and leave me your comments/feedback! Last, please rate the podcast on Apple Podcast if you listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast!
Follow Ewen on Twitter for all things related to Cantonese (language, culture, Hong Kong, etc) and follow his Instagram for foodie shots. A heads up, if you go to his Instagram at night, you would definitely want to get a midnight snack after browsing his Instagram feed. So people, don't say I didn't warn you.
Credits:
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29 - Podcasting and Promoting South Asian Representation is the Main Hustle with Suraj Kandukuri (BPWK Podcast)
Host: Kyle Leung (Instagram)
WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST (Podcast Instagram)
Linktree (All the podcast links)
Guest: Suraj Kandukuri (Instagram)
Brown People We Know Podcast (BPWK) (Instagram)
Brown People We Know Podcast (Website)
Brown People We Know Podcast (Spotify)
Brown People We Know Podcast (Apple Podcast)
Suraj Kandukuri is a MBA student that will head into a corporate consulting career after graduation. You would think that this would be his "main" hustle. Well, you are wrong! He actually said that podcasting is the "main" hustle for him and his consulting career will be his "side" hustle. He's the producer and host of Brown People We Know Podcast, an interview podcast exploring the non-traditional paths and shared experiences of the South Asian American diaspora. Suraj's podcast and this podcast both look at interviewing Asians about their life and the shared experiences of Asians in the diaspora so it was very exciting to be able to talk to someone with a similar passion and goal in terms of podcasting.
In the conversation, we touched on many things including the following (but not limited to):
-His identity as a Telugu American and the reason behind his choice in how he identities himself
-His family immigrant story going from Saudi Arabia to Canada and now finally in America
-His childhood and upbringing
-Racism and microaggressions that he dealt with living as an Asian American
-The Importance of Asian representation and bringing it to the mainstream
-His MBA journey despite his original goal with following the normal med school track that his parents expected of him
-His thoughts on the corporate life as an Asian American and the whole thing with the bamboo ceiling
-What he learnt in his MBA and also with corporate life
-His Podcast BPWK and the reason why he is doing it
-Climbing as a hobby
-South Asian representation recommendations and why Hasan Minhaj is the GOAT for Suraj
-His advice for people especially Asian Americans
Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, make sure to follow this podcast on your streaming platforms and on Instagram. Also, give this podcast a rating/review on Apple Podcast and DM the podcast if you want to connect more and share your experience.
Also, make sure to follow Suraj and check out his podcast! He's doing a lot of cool stuff there!
Credits:
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28 - The UK Boarding School Experience and the Effect on Relationship with Family with Emery Fung (awkwardturtle_pod)
My guest today is Emery Fung, a Hong Kong-born, native English and Cantonese speaker who has lived in the UK for over 10 years. His joy so far has been in working with people. His skills are in building a community, foresting relationships, business development, research and pitching. Outside of his professional life, he is a LGBT advocate, Social Media Junkie and Sports fanatic. He can be found playing football, hockey or wake-surfing across Hong Kong! Last but not least, he is a podcaster with a podcast called Awkward Turtle, a podcast exploring today’s social norms with a twist, alongside some pretty bad jokes.
In today's episode we talked about:
-His UK boarding school experience; he went to the UK for school on his own when he was 9 years old
-How his relationship was/is with his parents that he didn't really get to see while he was in boarding school outside of major holidays when he went back to Hong Kong
-How he feels about his identity given how he is now back in Hong Kong after being away for so long
-Racism
-Hong Kong/Cantonese food and cuisine
-His podcast
Follow Emery and his podcast!
https://www.instagram.com/efung94/
https://www.instagram.com/awkwardturtle_pod/
https://www.awkwardturtlepod.page/
https://open.spotify.com/show/3mGetOxxmcCWkCEdnZPo27?si=KBe3A7ssRs6ntySuGiJfcw
https://podcast.kkbox.com/channel/8lz1MWL0bM-sUqqxCJ
Credits:
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Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
27 - Pursuing Creative Career in America as a Foreigner With Claire (Chia-Yi) Wu
Host: Kyle Leung
https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod
Guest: Claire (Chia-Yi) Wu
Her Website:
Her Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/instagracw/
Her Food Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/eatadakimasuw/
Her Photography Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/clairewu.space/
Her Foodie Collective Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/4petitefoodies/
Her Podcast Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/hangover.chatroom/
Claire is a Taiwanese living and working in NYC right now. She is a journalist, photographer, and food blogger. She was born and raised in Taiwan, attending international/American school in Taiwan that formed her third culture/diaspora identity despite only living in the West during her university days and now as she is works in America. Her passions are in theatre, journalism, photography, and Asian food cuisines/culture. She highlights all of those in her various Instagram feeds, so make sure to check out the links above.
In our conversation, Claire talked about her third culture identity, her experience living and working in America as a foreigner, her parents' expectations for her versus what she is doing now pursuing a creative career and Asian food.
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
26 - The Power of Asian Media: Solidifying Asian American Identity w/Joanne Van
Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk) https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod
Guest: Joanne Van (@jovananne)
https://www.instagram.com/jovananne/
Today I talked to Joanne Van, a digital marketer with an ethnic Chinese Vietnamese-American background that was born and raised in America. Her parents were born and raised in Vietnam (Diaspora Asians in their own right) that identifies more with being Chinese than Vietnamese. The interesting part of this would be that both Joanne and her parents actually never step foot in China. We went into the reasons why Joanne’s parents felt like this and how that contributed to Joanne’s own journey with her identity and cultural understanding of her own Chinese-Vietnamese culture mixed in with her Asian American identity. Joanne is also one that is very into Asian culture/media and we go into why that is and what she gets out of that. We also talked about her passion for creativity and business that led her to her career in digital and social media marketing. We talked about how her parents took that as it is not your normal career path. Last, we also talked about KPOP as Joanne is part of a company that is heavily involved in the KPOP music industry/community. She recommended a few KPOP acts to check out as well. Thank you for listening and make sure to follow the podcast on your streaming platform and also on Instagram at ＠whatkindofasianpod. Also, make sure to give this episode and the podcast in general a share to your friends and family. Last, please send me feedback for the podcast! I would love to read them!
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
25 - From Doing What "Made Sense" to Living a Financial Independence Lifestyle (FIRE) at 33 w/Maxwell Lee
Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk) https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod
Guest: Maxwell Lee
At various stages in life he has been a professional musician, the general manager of a non-profit performing arts organization, a college professor, a full-time real estate investor and a city planning consultant. He is now focusing on sharing all of these passions through content creation, with his various YouTube channels, blogs and podcasts. In this episode, I had a conversation with Maxwell Lee about his experience as a Malaysian Chinese American growing up in Florida and his journey from being a music major in university to becoming involved in the music industry, to then becoming a real estate investor and finally to being involved in music and content creation (his true passion) again after years of leaving it behind. We covered things like his Asian American identity, how he spent a lot of his life doing what made sense to his family and to society without really thinking about himself and how he went through all that but is now going back to what he loves doing most which is music and content creation. Last, we talked about his future plans with relocating to Asia with his wife and kids. Thank you for listening and make sure to follow the podcast on your streaming platform and also on Instagram at ＠whatkindofasianpod. Also, make sure to give this episode and the podcast in general a share to your friends and family. Last, please send me feedback for the podcast! I would love to read them! Follow Maxwell and all his projects!
Learn about Maxwell in this video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lt6rEyBC7Q&feature=emb_title
Link for all his passions!
https://linktr.ee/projectmaximus
Instagram!
https://instagram.com/firewalkingjourney/
https://www.instagram.com/projectmaximus/
Website!
https://firewalkingjourney.com/
FIREwalking Journey Youtube (Investing, cities, and FIRE)!
https://www.youtube.com/c/FirewalkingJourney/featured
Project Maximus Youtube (Music)!
https://www.youtube.com/user/theprojectmaximus
The Urban Files Youtube (Cities)!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeEJaPAJJ3qvYif0jJARAeQ
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
24 - Where is HOME? (One Filipino-Chinese Hongkonger's Diaspora Perspective) w/Lyra Tan (@leerahcosplays)
Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk)
https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod
Guest: Lyra Tan (@leerahcosplays)
https://www.instagram.com/leerahcosplays/
Where does a Diaspora Asian consider home? Is it where they were born and raised? Is it where they had most of their family in? Is it where you/your family have property? Is it where they are most connected to? Do they actually have one definite answer?
In today’s episode, I talked to Lyra Tan, a Filipino-Chinese Hongkonger that works in the American movie industry. She is also an avid cosplayer with her own Instagram account showing off all her cosplays that she has done. Make sure to check it out!
We talked about the follow topics:
- Her background and her family’s background
- Her language abilities as a Diaspora Asian
- Her experience feeling in-between as a Diaspora Asian
- Her experience going to an international school in Hong Kong and her experience going to university in America as an international student
- Where she considers home
- Asian representation in media
- Her cosplay
- Her favourite Filipino foods
Thank you for listening and make sure to follow the podcast on your streaming platform and also on Instagram at ＠whatkindofasianpod. Also, make sure to give this episode and the podcast in general a share to your friends and family.
Make sure to follow Lyra!
Lyra Tan (@leerahcosplays)
https://www.instagram.com/leerahcosplays/
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
23 - Being Passionate About Chinese Culture ≠ Pro-CCP w/Stephen Ah Sen
【S2E4】Being Passionate About Chinese Culture ≠ Pro-CCP w/Stephen Ah Sen
Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk)
https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod
Guest: Stephen Ah Sen (@stephenahsen) https://www.instagram.com/stephenahsen/
Shadow Danceland’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shadowdanceland/
Stephen’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/stephenahsen/videos
“I didn’t know myself, so I asked my friends first” - Stephen Ah Sen (when asked what kind of Asian he was)
In today’s episode, I was joined by Stephen Ah Sen, a Diaspora Asian from Mauritius. He is a dance teacher/dancer (Chinese dance/hip pop) living in Mauritius. He is also a youtuber that shows his audience his life living in Mauritius as an ethnic Chinese person. His goal is to highlight the Chinese experience in Mauritius as well as promote Mauritius’ Chinatown to the world.
In our conversation, we covered topics like:
- His background, his feelings towards his identity, and his Diaspora Asian experience being born and raised in Africa
- How he didn’t know what kind of Asian he is and how studying in Singapore helped him figure out his Asian identity
- Racism against Chinese in Mauritius
- His Overseas Chinese identity (He’s not from China!)
- His passions (Chinese dance/literature/culture)
- Being passionate about Chinese culture isn’t being pro-CCP
- His Youtube channel
Thank you for listening and make sure to follow the podcast on your streaming platform and also on Instagram at ＠whatkindofasianpod. Also, make sure to give this episode and the podcast in general a share to your friends and family.
Follow Stephen Ah Sen!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephenahsen/
Shadow Danceland’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shadowdanceland/
Stephen’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/stephenahsen/videos
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
22 - A SEAT AT THE TABLE: THE CHINESE-CANADIAN HISTORY LESSON YOU DIDN'T GET IN SCHOOL w/Denise Fong (@cantoneseheritage)
Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk) https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod
Guest: Denise Fong - Hong Kong-Chinese Canadian (PhD Candidate, UBC Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program)
Chinese-Canadian migration history and stories about Chinese Canadians in the early days of Canada are often overlooked and ignored in Canadian history lessons and mainstream media. In today’s episode, I have Denise Fong, a Hong Kong-Chinese Canadian living in Canada involved in bringing Chinese-Canadian diaspora migration stories and history to a wider audience in her work in academia and being a co-curator of two Chinese Canadian museum exhibitions in Vancouver.
In our conversation we covered topics like:
- Her cultural roots and how she got interested in the Chinese-Canadian identity and experiences of Chinese-Canadian diaspora
- Her thoughts on Chinese-Canadian diaspora
- The work that she does and the exhibitions that she helped curate
- Chinese-Canadian migration history
- What Chinese-Canadians are doing in Canada for their communities and heritage preservation
- Our favourite Hong Kong foods
Instagram: Denise Fong (@cantoneseheritage) https://www.instagram.com/cantoneseheritage/?hl=en
Website: https://ccie.educ.ubc.ca/denise-fong/
Visit the Exhibitions:
A Seat at the Table @MOV https://museumofvancouver.ca/a-seat-at-the-table
A Seat at the Table @Chinatown https://www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca/
Across the Pacific @Burnaby Village Museum https://www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca/
Read more about Chinese Canadian experiences:
Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC http://www.cchsbc.ca/
Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop http://www.asiancanadianwriters.ca/
Learn Cantonese in Vancouver:
UBC Cantonese https://cantonese.arts.ubc.ca/
Youth Collaborative for Chinatown Cantonese School http://ycc-yvr.com/saturday-school
Experience and Learn about Cantonese Intangible Heritage:
INSTRCC (Chinese Canadian Studies) https://instrcc.ubc.ca/
ACAM (Asian Canadian Studies) https://acam.arts.ubc.ca/
Get involved in Vancouver Chinatown Heritage:
Youth Collaborative for Chinatown http://ycc-yvr.com/
hua foundation https://huafoundation.org/
Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice https://www.yarrowsociety.ca/
Chinatown Foundation: https://www.chinatownfoundation.org/
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
![21.2 - Navigating the 3C IDENTITY: CHINESE, CANADIAN, AND CATHOLIC - w/RACHEL WONG [PART 2]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/8817607/8817607-1612719315137-296524877faa7.jpg)
21.2 - Navigating the 3C IDENTITY: CHINESE, CANADIAN, AND CATHOLIC - w/RACHEL WONG [PART 2]
Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk)
https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod
Guest: Rachel Wong - Chinese, Canadian, and Catholic
@rchlcwng @femgeniuspod https://www.rchlcwng.com/
Content Warning: This podcast episode will talk about mental health, depression, suicidal ideation, therapy, and body image.
Three distinct identities all wrapped into my guest on today’s episode of What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast.
In the second part of my conversation with Rachel, we continued on our conversation about her journey and her mental health experience. We had a conversation that tries to explore Rachel’s journey in navigating her Chinese Canadian Catholic identity living in Canada. Through that, we touched on topics like, culture, race, racism, identity, Asian family dynamic/love language, and mental health. We even managed to talk about our favourite dim sum dishes, so make sure to listen till the end for our top dim sum picks!
Thank you for listening and make sure to follow the podcast on your streaming platform and also on Instagram at ＠whatkindofasianpod. Also, make sure to give this episode and the podcast in general a share to your friends and family.
Make sure to follow Rachel on her social media and check out The Feminine Genius Podcast, a podcast hosted by Rachel that is about celebrating the diversity of Catholic femininity, one woman's story at a time.
Rachel’s website: https://www.rchlcwng.com/
Rachel’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rchlcwng/
The Feminine Genius Podcast’s website: https://www.femininegeniuspodcast.com/
The Feminine Genius Podcast’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/femgeniuspod/
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
![21－Navigating the 3C IDENTITY: CHINESE, CANADIAN, AND CATHOLIC - w/RACHEL WONG [PART 1]](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/8817607/8817607-1612718990263-0648413d6dc2e.jpg)
21－Navigating the 3C IDENTITY: CHINESE, CANADIAN, AND CATHOLIC - w/RACHEL WONG [PART 1]
Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk)
https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod
Guest: Rachel Wong - Chinese, Canadian, and Catholic
@rchlcwng @femgeniuspod https://www.rchlcwng.com/
Content Warning: This podcast episode will talk about mental health, depression, suicidal ideation, therapy, and body image.
Three distinct identities all wrapped into my guest on today’s episode of What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast.
We had a conversation that tries to explore Rachel’s journey in navigating her Chinese Canadian Catholic identity living in Canada. Through that, we touched on topics like, culture, race, racism, identity, Asian family dynamic/love language, and mental health.
Thank you for listening and make sure to follow the podcast on your streaming platform and also on Instagram at ＠whatkindofasianpod. Also, make sure to give this episode and the podcast in general a share to your friends and family.
Make sure to follow Rachel on her social media and check out The Feminine Genius Podcast, a podcast hosted by Rachel that is about celebrating the diversity of Catholic femininity, one woman's story at a time.
Rachel’s website: https://www.rchlcwng.com/
Rachel’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rchlcwng/
The Feminine Genius Podcast’s website: https://www.femininegeniuspodcast.com/
The Feminine Genius Podcast’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/femgeniuspod/
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
20－THE LIFE OF A CHINESE CANADIAN ADOPTEE FT. CORRINE PASCUAL 【SEASON 1 FINALE】
EP 20 THE LIFE OF A CHINESE CANADIAN ADOPTEE FT. CORRINE PASCUAL 【SEASON 1 FINALE】
GUEST - Corrine Pascual (吴圆圆) (@wu_krina)
For the season 1 finale of WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST, I interviewed Corrine Pascual, a Chinese Canadian with an interesting life. She is a Chinese Canadian that got adopted by white parents to Canada from Wuhan, China when she was two years old. In our conversation, we talked about her life being an adoptee and her thoughts and feelings about being an adoptee. We also got into what she considers herself as in terms of being Asian and also went into her identity struggles.
Corrine is looking to share her story and also reach out/connect with others that may have the same experience as her. She is in the planning process of writing a book talking about the adoption experience. So please look forward to that, follow her on social media and connect with her as she wants to share her story and also help others share their interesting adoption stories.
Follow her on Instagram: (@wu_krina) https://www.instagram.com/wu_krina/
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So this is all for season 1 of WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST! It has been an amazing journey with lots of great conversations. I want to thank all of y'all that has been supporting by listening, following, and sharing the podcast to your friends and family. I couldn't have done this with y'all. I look to continue bringing y'all some awesome, interesting, and different Asian stories in season 2 and beyond. Please continue to follow the podcast and the journey that we will take. I promise you, it will be a good one.
WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST will come back in February. In the meantime, make sure to follow my personal Instagram account (@kyle.lkhhk) and also the brand new Instagram account for the podcast (@whatkindofasianpod). Give it a follow and you will get the most up to date information on the podcast from there. Again, thank you for all the support! Can't wait for y'all to hear what is in store for season 2!
Instagram:
Kyle @kyle.lkhhk https://www.instagram.com/kyle.lkhhk/
WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST @whatkindofasianpod https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
19－ADULTING IN 2021 FT. GAVIN AND JESS (SIBT.CA)
EP 19 ADULTING IN 2021 FT. GAVIN AND JESS (SIBT.CA)
Guests: Gavin and Jess (@auyeunggavin) (@hijessing)
Chinese Born Canadians
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On this episode, I brought my good friend Gavin back on the podcast along with his girlfriend Jess. I have them on the podcast to talk about the process of growing up or "adulting" in 2021 as millennials being in their late 20s. The reason I decided to talk about this is because of them being new homeowners in Canada during the pandemic after less than 6 months of planning is such an "adulting" move in my opinion. We also got into "fengshui" when looking for houses, our love languages and how we communicate with our partners. And the most juicy part of the podcast would be about how their relationship started and what are the future plans for them moving forward now that Jess is a homeowner (proposal, marriage, wedding, etc???).
Last, Gavin and Jess host their own podcast together called, Should I Buy This? a podcast where they ask their girlfriend/boyfriend if they should buy this product. It's a fun listen and can give you some suggestions on what to buy yourself.
It's a fun one so make sure to listen and follow them and listen to their podcast Should I Buy This?.
Follow Gavin and Jess along with their podcast:
Gavin: @auyeunggavin https://www.instagram.com/auyeunggavin/
Jess: @hijessing https://www.instagram.com/hijessing/
Their podcast: @sibt.ca https://www.instagram.com/sibt.ca/
https://sibt.ca/
Follow Gavin and Jack's podcast: DIUPODCAST http://www.diupod.com/
Follow Kyle on Instagram: @kyle.lkhhk
https://www.instagram.com/kyle.lkhhk/
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
18－THE ASIAN MULSIM EXPERIENCE FT. DOCTOR AIMAN (@ITSDOCTORAIMAN) OF YK ASIA
EP 18 THE ASIAN MULSIM EXPERIENCE FT. DOCTOR AIMAN (@ITSDOCTORAIMAN) OF YK ASIA GUEST: DOCTOR AIMAN -Asian Muslim Culture and heritage journalist AND host of YK Asia Podcast @itsdoctoraiman https://www.instagram.com/itsdoctoraiman/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On this episode, I am having a conversation with Doctor Aiman, an Asian Muslim Culture and heritage journalist and host of YK Asia Podcast (Digital media publication representing Asian Muslim communities). She was previously a medical doctor by trade and now during the pandemic is transitioning to a journalism career focused on providing Asian Muslim communities a platform and voice. She is an African Arab/South Asian Muslim with her childhood spent all over Asia and spending a lot of time in Turkey during her adulthood where she considers her roots in Pakistan but having deep connections to Turkey as well making her a Diaspora Asian. She is currently spending the pandemic back in Pakistan with her family. In this episode, we talked about her childhood, her upbringing, her identity, and the identity issues that she had to deal with growing up and her finding her true self and identity through reconnecting with her culture and being more close to her Islamic faith. She gives a good perspective on the Asian Muslim culture/identity and talks about the misconceptions people from the West have of Islam and the Muslim communities in Asia. If you want to understand more about Islam and the Asian Muslim communities, make sure to tune in to this episode and also follow and listen to Doctor Aiman on her own podcast which goes further into the Asian Muslim experience. Thanks for listening!
Follow Doctor Aiman on Instagram: @itsdoctoraiman https://www.instagram.com/itsdoctoraiman/
Follow her podcast YK Asia Podcast on Instagram: @yabangeekizimasia https://www.instagram.com/yabangeekizimasia/
Her Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4b43jlfHKjBpiOLaqOEilX
Follow Kyle on Instagram: @kyle.lkhhk https://www.instagram.com/kyle.lkhhk/
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17－2020 REFLECTION AND THANK YOU NOTES
Thank you for listening and supporting this podcast. I wanted to use this episode to share some of my reflections for the year and also to give thanks to those that really made a difference in my podcasting journey so far. Hope everyone listening will have a great 2021 and can be able to accomplish whatever they want to accomplish. For me, I'm just going to keep doing this and hope this will the audience that will find it of value. Even if it doesn't reach to lots of people, I am still going to do it as I enjoy having conversations with people about being Asian. Thanks again and more content in 2021 (I promise).
Follow Kyle on Instagram: @kyle.lkhhk
https://www.instagram.com/kyle.lkhhk/
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
16－UNDERSTANDING HMONG PEOPLE AND CULTURE FT. RENEE YA (@reneecya)
EP 16 UNDERSTANDING HMONG PEOPLE AND CULTURE
GUEST: RENEE YA (HMONG AMERICAN) (@reneecya)
Renee Ya is Hmong American and grew up in Fresno, CA. With over 16 years of experience in the technology and video game industry in the San Francisco Bay Area. Co-founder of Tiger Byte Studios, a full-service technology company actualizing products and games. A Product Manager by trade and mother to the next feisty generation of women warriors. She is also heavily involved in the preservation and promotion of Hmong culture in America through the Celebrate Hmong art and music festival that she is involved in.
In today’s episode, Renee shared her knowledge of the Hmong culture/people/history along with her reasons why she is so passionate about knowing and understanding her culture. We also talked about her career in the gaming industry and her thoughts on the gaming industry. Last, she talked about what she does to preserve her culture and also a lot of interesting stats and facts that you didn’t know about Hmong people in America.
Please Follow Renee at:
Instagram: (@reneecya) https://www.instagram.com/reneecya/
Her Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reneecya/
Her Website: http://reneeya.com/
Her Twitter:https://twitter.com/renee_cya
Follow Kyle on Instagram: @kyle.lkhhk
https://www.instagram.com/kyle.lkhhk/
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
15－PRESERVING FAMILY LEGACY ONE RECIPE AT A TIME FT. RANDY LAU (@MADEWITHLAU)
EP 15 PRESERVING FAMILY LEGACY ONE RECIPE AT A TIME Randy Lau (@MADEWITHLAU) - CHINESE AMERICAN
Randy is a Chinese American (SF Native) that is UCLA educated with an Engineering background that ended up working with many different start-ups. He started Made With Lau YouTube channel in September of 2020 and has over 10000+ subscribers and over 100000+ views. The channel focuses on showcasing Chinese food recipes of Randy’s dad who had been a chef for over 50 years. The videos are filmed, edited, produced by Randy himself with his Dad being the main person doing the cooking and explaining of the recipe and food, his mom being there for additional commentary, and his wife and his baby son joining the whole family at the end for a family conversation and to eat the food that was made during the video together. In this episode, Randy and I talked about his upbringing, his journey as a Chinese American, his relationship with his family, how he plans to raise his son in America given his Diaspora Asian identity, his journey so far with the channel, his plans for the channel, and his favorite dishes that they have made on the channel so far. Last, we talked about why he started the channel in the first place and what are the biggest things he has gotten from doing this channel and also from reconnecting with his family on a deeper level through doing this and also further conversations with them now that Randy also has a young son as well. Please support Randy and his family by checking out his channel and social media! He is a super cool guy doing some awesome stuff. I’m sure you would love the videos that he makes and that you would fall in love with his family while learning how to cook some awesome Chinese food from his videos.
Follow Randy and his family on:
Instagram: @madewithlau https://www.instagram.com/madewithlau/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madewithlau
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeWithLau/featured
Website: https://madewithlau.com/
Follow Kyle on Instagram: @kyle.lkhhk https://www.instagram.com/kyle.lkhhk/
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14－THE YELLOW SHEEP: JOURNEY OF KOREAN AMERICAN FROM BASKETBALL TO TRAVEL FT. AL CHUNG (@TRAVELLIKEWATER)
EP 14 - THE YELLOW SHEEP: JOURNEY OF KOREAN AMERICAN FROM BASKETBALL TO TRAVEL
Al Chung (Korean-American) - @travellikewater
In today’s episode, I got Al, a Korean-American world adventure traveler with his own Youtube channel, Travel Like Water showcasing his travel nomad lifestyle as he has travelled to over 30+ countries in his time.
We talked about his Korean-American upbringing growing up in America, his journey to becoming a professional basketball player in Korea that ended up taking him into teaching/coaching basketball in China. Through that, he became a frequent traveler to different countries leading him to becoming a travel nomad. We talked about what he got out of travelling and his views on Asian representation and the reasons why he has his Youtube channel. Please show Al some love and follow his Instagram and also follow his Youtube journey by watching his videos. I will link his most recent one below as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw12P9G2_eg
Thanks for listening!
Follow Al Chung on Instagram: @travellikewater
https://www.instagram.com/travellikewater/
Follow Al Chung’s Youtube channel: Travel Like Water
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmJhhc6fkgeoGbhw8fMuvYQ
Follow Kyle on Instagram: @kyle.lkhhk https://www.instagram.com/kyle.lkhhk/
Credits:
Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/
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13－THE POWER OF GRATITUDE AND BEING POSITIVE FT. AARON TAM (@THE.AARON.TAM) - FIRST GENERATIONS PODCAST
EP 13 - AARON TAM (@the.aaron.tam) - FIRST GENERATIONS PODCAST (@firstgenerationspodcast)
"Leave this world behind in a better place than what it was" - Aaron Tam
Aaron is a Hong Kong Chinese Canadian CPA accountant that is also the founder/host of First Generations Podcast. First Generations Podcast share stories and lessons of people that paved their own path to success! It's a successful podcast with over 6000 followers on Instagram!
He was such a joy to talk to as he was giving off such positive energy and vibe during the whole episode. He also shows great gratitude to what he has and he believes in living well means to serve well. I believe it is all that which has made him so successful in what he does.
In this episode, we talked about growing up in Canada as a Chinese Born Canadian (CBC) and feeling like a black sheep/a banana. He also has a martial arts background and we got into it and talked about his martial art lessons. We talked about being Diaspora Asian and the question of where is home when you are Diaspora Asian (my favorite thing to talk about). Last, We talked about his podcast, why he is doing his podcast, what he has learned, the power of networking and his self-help/motivation/positive mindset. He ended it with book recommendations and some parting words for those looking for some positive reinforcement/words of encouragement.
Books recommended by Aaron:
1. The 5AM Club https://www.robinsharma.com/book/the-5am-club
2. Think and Grow Rich https://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich-Landmark-Bestseller/dp/1585424331
3. Man Search for Meaning https://www.amazon.sg/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/080701429X
Thanks for listening!
Follow Aaron Tam on Instagram: @the.aaron.tam https://www.instagram.com/the.aaron.tam/?hl=en
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12－HOW TO HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR IMMIGRANT PARENTS? FT. TINA (@TTINAAT)
Ep 12 TINA - CONSULTANT/DANCER/YOUTUBER/CREATOR - CHINESE-AUSTRALIAN (@ttinaat)
Tina is a Chinese-Australian that immigrated to Australia with her parents when she was 8. She is a consultant full time and a content creator (Youtube) on the side as a hobby.
In today’s episode, I talked to Tina about her passion topic, our relationships to our parents as children of Asian poc immigrants. We specifically talked about how Diaspora Asians can have a better relationship with their immigrant parents? For context, Tina feels that she has a pretty good relationship with her parents and would love to share her thoughts on how to do so and help others that are trying to improve their relationships with their own parents.
Is it through listening and doing everything they tell you to do? Is it to try to explain your side of the story to them in the best way possible? OR, is it just to treat your parents like regular human beings that had lives before kids and try to understand where they are coming from? Listen and you will find out!
We also talked about Tina’s creative pursuits with dancing and also now creating content on Youtube. She is an aspiring lifestyle Youtuber trying to make all sorts of different content and learning the craft. It is very cool, you should definitely check her out and subscribe to her channel!
Thanks for listening!
Follow Tina on Instagram: @ttinaat https://www.instagram.com/ttinaat/
Subscribe to Tina’s Youtube channel:
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11－I CUT OFF MY MOM FROM MY LIFE FOR MENTAL HEALTH FT. JULIE (@JULIE.ALSO)
EP 11 JULIE - ARTIST, PAINTER, PHOTOGRAPHER - CAMBODIAN-AMERICAN
(@JULIE.ALSO) https://www.instagram.com/julie.also/
In this episode, I had a conversation with JULIE, a jack of all trades in the creative field. She is an artist, painter, and photographer living in America. In our conversation, she shared her stories and experiences being a daughter of a Cambodian mother who went through the Khmer Rouge. We talked about her childhood, her shaky relationship with her mother, her feelings and mental health thoughts, and how she cut off her mother from her life. We also got into whether or not she will reach out to her mother or not and the thought process of regret and feelings of guilt in terms of not deciding to reach out to her mother again before it's too late.
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10－RECONNECTING WITH ASIAN ROOTS AS A HAPA FT. CECILE (@PUNNYPLATTERS)
Cecile is a creative focusing in writing, film, and art. We had a conversation about her mom's family migration history to America from China during the revolution, her hapa identity, reconnecting with her Asian roots through language learning, her experience living and working in China and just everything about being Hapa.
Check out her instagram for her cool art and also be on a lookout of her youtube channel that she is launching. THANKS FOR LISTENING!
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9－I'M NOT CRAZY! (Asians talking about mental health) ft. VAIDEHI GAJJAR (@VGAJJAR95)
S1E9 - Vaidehi Gajjar (@vgajjar95)
“While there is togetherness in loneliness, there is togetherness in healing” - Vaidehi Gajjar
In today’s episode, I had a conversation with Vaidehi Gajjar. Vaidehi is an Indian-American diaspora Asian in the hospital management field with side hustles in writing, advocacy, and journalism. Her passions include writing, mental health advocacy, and South Asian representation. Her works have been published, displayed, and shown in many different platforms. She has a book coming out called, “I’m not Crazy” Anthology so check that out!
We talked a lot about things like:
-Indian American identity especially during post-9/11 times
-Writing as a way to get through difficult times
-Family expectations for Asian American kids
-Mental health struggles (depression, anxiety, anorexia, burnout)
-South Asians and mental health
-Asian representation being South Asian
-Her book launch - I’m Not Crazy Anthology
-Indian Caste system
Follow Vaidehi: @vgajjar95
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8－ASIAN COMEDIAN EXPLAINS WHY UNCLE ROGER IS OKAY DESPITE THE ACCENT FT. JORDAN LEUNG (@69RANCH)
S1E8 - JORDAN LEUNG (@69RANCH), HONG KONG AMERICAN COMEDIAN
In this episode, I got the super funny Jordan Leung on the podcast.
We talked about his journey and his experience being a third culture kid that moved to America by himself for high school and how he was super smart (Columbia master actuarial science grad) and having a pretty solid career before he branched off to just doing stand up comedy and content creation.
We also talked about how doing stand up comedy in America and in Hong Kong is different in terms of audience and also the languages. Last, we talked about Uncle Roger and how he's funny and okay despite the accent.
Follow Jordan on Instagram: @69ranch https://www.instagram.com/69ranch/?hl=en
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7－SUBTLE ASIAN TRAITS IS MY ELEMENT FT. ALEX (INDONESIAN-EUROPEAN CANADIAN DIASPORA)
Alex is an Indonesian Canadian living in Canada, studying International Relations. His parents have an interesting background compared to our typical diaspora Asian immigrant parents. Both his parents are Indonesians that were born and raised in Europe that had Alex in Indonesia before moving the whole family to Canada where they live now.
In the episode, we talked a lot about Alex's experience growing up in an Asian majority area of Canada (Markham) and his unique family background and how that led to some interesting questions and thoughts for him in terms of his identity/culture and his overall "Asian-ness" . We also talked about our thoughts on Subtle Asian Traits and how Alex feels comfortable in the Subtle Asian Traits bubble in terms of his identity as Diaspora Asian. Last, we also talked a lot about Asian geopolitical issues.
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6－STRICT DAD AND HEALTH SCARE LED TO BLOGGING CAREER FT. GRACE (@LIVEANDLEARN88)
In today’s episode, I had a conversation with Grace (liveandlearn88.com), a blogger and translator of Chinese novels online. She is a Hong Kong-Canada Diaspora Asian. We covered topics like:
Having a strict Chinese dad and feeling pressured being in a strict Chinese family that doesn’t appreciate one’s creative talents
Identity clash (Western vs Eastern values)
Blogging and translation journey as a full time job
Experience with autoimmune disease
Changing of mindset from thinking only for the family to thinking for oneself as well
Make sure to check Grace out:
@grace7217
liveandlearn88.com
Theeunuch.com
Wuxiaworld.com
Volarenovels.com
Last, Follow me on Instagram @kyle.lkhhk and make sure to subscribe to the podcast on your streaming platform.
Thanks for listening and supporting!
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5－CULTURE SHOCK AND RAISING KIDS IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY FT. JACKIE (MY KIDS THINK I'M COOL, BUT...）
My conversation with Filipino-American Jackie of MY KIDS THINK I'M COOL, BUT... PODCAST. In our conversation we talked about: -Growing up in America as an immigrant. -Her identity and her relationship with her culture (Filipino and American). -Dropping everything at age 26 to go travel for a year -Meeting her now husband who is a Dane living in Denmark and their journey together as a couple. -Moving to Denmark to be with her now husband. -Raising her kids in Denmark and how she finds parenthood. -Her podcast and her business venture all about providing a place for people to learn about the ups and downs of being a parent raising children in a country that they didn't grow up in. Make sure to follow Jackie on social media and check out her podcast and online venture. Links all down below. Jackie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mykidsthinkimcoolbut/ Jackie's podcast website: https://www.mykidsthinkimcoolbut.com/ Jackie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mykidsthinkimcoolbut Jackie's online directory: https://kiddoly.com/?fbclid=IwAR2s1gkciRPKoYvKHdwVc-dh9Y0A2UgTpWg-IqO8KmUFXZyVIlmPxN7TNig Last, thank you for listening and I hope you continue to enjoy the content I produce. Please follow WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU？ PODCAST on whichever streaming platform you use and follow me on Instagram: @kyle.lkhhk Again, thank you so much for the support, and as usual more content coming your way.
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4－DIASPORA ASIANS ON RACISM AND IDENTITY FT. JANICE (CHIT CHAT EAST WEST)
S1E4
Conversation with HK-born British Diaspora Asian, Janice from Chit Chat East West Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/%E6%9D%B1%E8%A5%BFchitchats-podcast/id1528850768?l=en).
We talked about:
-Her experience growing up in the UK
-Her identity issues
-Racism
-Her interracial relationship
-Eastern vs western values
-Working in Egypt
-Being Asian and what we have to experience as diaspora
Follow Janice on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SailorJanitor @SailorJanitor
Follow Janice's podcast: https://twitter.com/chitchatew?lang=en @ChitChatEW
https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/%E6%9D%B1%E8%A5%BFchitchats-podcast/id1528850768?l=en
Listen to the episode that I was on when I went on her podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/%E6%9D%B1%E8%A5%BFchitchats-podcast/id1528850768?l=en&i=1000495522472
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3.2－ASIAN MEN TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THEIR FEELINGS FT. ROBIN (@CONROC)
WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST S1E3 PART 2
Another episode with my good friend Robin (@conroc) where we continued to have deep talks. We talked a lot about mental health, seeking out therapy/professional health to help with figuring out what to do when feeling lost and not having direction in life during our adulthood. This podcast episode was all about feelings and talking about feelings which men in general are pretty bad at doing, so it was nice Robin and I were able to talk about our feelings to each so freely. We also talked about growing up in and Asian family in the west and about being old and how we still got to get out of our comfort zone in order to grow and improve. It was a great conversation, so don't miss out and listen to it!
We went pretty deep again so make sure to listen to the whole episode. And if you want to follow Robin, check him out on Instagram at @conroc. And if you want to follow me on Instagram, you can at @kyle.lkhhk.
Again thank you so much for listening and supporting the podcast. I really appreciate it. I hope you enjoy this episode and make sure to share with your people if you find this entertaining and valuable. Now here is WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST S1E3.1 FEATURING ROBIN.
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3.1－STAND YOUR GROUND AND TALK YOUR SHIT! FT. ROBIN (@CONROC)
WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST S1E3 PART 1.
I am back with another episode and this is going to be a very very special one. I have my good friend Robin on the podcast this episode to just shoot the shit with me. It was such a good time that we recorded over 3 hours of podcast material. That’s crazy when I usually just record 1 hour at most with my guests. So this is why our recording will be split into 2 parts. And this is part 1 of my conversation with Robin. To give you a brief intro of Robin, he’s a good friend of mine that I came to know from Jack from DIU Podcast. Robin is an all around creative guy that does so much creative stuff. He likes to Bboy, rap, make music, podcast, design, and pretty much anything that allows him to be creative. He is someone all about the feel good vibes and doing dope shit. In part 1 of our conversation we talk a lot about, social media and the good and the bad of it, how we need to not look at everything just on the surface level and be sure to ask questions, being confrontational and standing your ground when white people mess with you, Robin’s childhood where Asians were not cool and what got him into Hip Pop with MC Jin being his inspiration, freestyle battling people at school and how Filipinos are just so trendy all the time.
We went pretty deep and we still have so much to cover in part 2 of our conversation so make sure to stay tuned for that when it drops. And if you want to follow Robin, check him out on Instagram at @conroc. And if you want to follow me on Instagram, you can at @kyle.lkhhk.
Again thank you so much for listening and supporting the podcast. I really appreciate it. I hope you enjoy this episode and make sure to share with your people if you find this entertaining and valuable. Now here is WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST S1E3.1 FEATURING ROBIN.
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2－THE VIETNAMESE HUSTLE - BEING A VIETNAMESE CANADIAN FEMALE FT. NINA (PASS THE POUTINE)
I've made it to S1S2! And it's over an hour long!
In today's conversation, I talked to Nina, a Vietnamese Canadian from the podcast PASS THE POUTINE, a podcast that Nina produces, records, and edits on her own.
We talked a little about her family's history being refugees in Hong Kong after the Vietnam war, their time living in Canada after immigrating, her experience growing up in Canada not feeling Vietnamese, her time working abroad in Asia, and of course talked about her podcast, PASS THE POUTINE and about the journey of podcasting.
Throughout our conversation, she keeps dropping gems like:
1. How petty her Asian dad is
2. The Vietnamese Hustle Lifestyle and how Vietnamese Men are like
3. How she ate in the teacher's room during lunch because no one wanted to eat with her
4. How she ended up making friends in high school with Korean international students
5. Travelling to Korea and Vietnam after she graduated high school at 18
6. Her podcast journey, recording podcasts with strangers in her car
7. How Asian American men be winning on Tinder in Asia and how it is very easy to get an Asian girlfriend as an Asian American men
8. How she didn't feel Vietnamese growing up as she was like the classic ABG (or if you are old and Canadian, you called them NAMMER GIRLS)
9. Being Vietnamese Canadian
If you want to follow PASS THE POUTINE, search "PASS THE POUTINE" on Facebook, Instagram and also all streaming platforms where you listen to podcast.
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1.2－ASIAN REPRSENTATION - WHO SHOULD TELL THE ASIAN STORIES? FT. DIU PODCAST
ep 1.2
{We want our kids to watch tv and be like, that Asian actor in there is very normal. It's normalize, it's not like "omg dad, there's an Asian guy!"} - Jack
In part 2 of my conversation with Jack and Gavin of DIU Podcast, we talked about a topic that we talk often about amongst ourselves which is Asian representation in the media.
We talked about how Asian representation in the media was like, how Asian representation in media is right now, and what we hope Asian representation in media would be like in the future.
We also talked about who is able to tell Asian specific stories and if it even matters who tells it as long as they are good. To end the episode, we recommended some good Asian representation media to check out and also talked about a famous Diaspora Asian.
Listen and find out who we talked about.
If you want to follow DIU Podcast, find them at diupod.com.
Follow Jack on Instagram, @jackhsieh123 https://www.instagram.com/jackhsieh123
Follow Gavin on Instagram, @auyeungavin https://www.instagram.com/auyeungavin/
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1.1－DIASPORA KIDS THOUGHTS FT. DIUPODCAST
"There are going to be those reminders that you are not one of them. So you can front as much as you want, no one is going to look at you if you are walking down the street. But, don't be fooled, as diaspora kids it's hard to say we belong there as well (Asia)." - Gavin
It's finally here! Season 1 EP 1 of WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST!!!!!!!
In the very first official episode of season 1, I got my good buddies Jack and Gavin from DIU Podcast to join me to have a talk about:
- Being Asian and do we feel Asian enough as we didn't grow up in the East.
- Being Diaspora Asian living in the west.
- What would it really be like if we diaspora kids actually go back to our homelands for good?
This is just part 1 of our conversation as part 2 will come out soon and we talked about Asian representation. You don't want to miss that！
You can follow DIU PODCAST at diupod.com.
You can follow Jack on Instagram at @jackhsieh123
You can follow Gavin on Instagram at @auyeunggavin
You can follow Kyle on Instagram at @kyle.lkhhk
Thank you for listening! Please give me some feedback so I can make this podcast better in the upcoming episodes!
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WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST PRE-OFFICIAL EP 3 (THE ORIGIN STORY)
THE ORIGIN STORY A more in depth look into the origin story of your host Kyle. Season 1 EP 1 PREMIERE THIS THURSDAY OCTOBER 9 @ 8PM!!!! FOLLOW KYLE ON IG @kyle.lkhhk Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/ Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/
WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST - PRE OFFICIAL EP2 (INTRODUCTION OF ANOTHER NEW PODCAST)
It's been a while. I promised more pre-official episodes and here is one for y'all. In this one, I update you on what's been happening in my life and also announcing that I have a new podcast in addition to What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast that I'll be doing with my good friend, Jack, fellow podcaster of DIU Podcast, that he does with his podcast partner, Gavin. The new podcast is going to be entirely in Cantonese, Jack and I's mother tongue. We will talk about the Cantonese language, Cantonese culture, and our experience living in the West as Diaspora Asians. So if you are interested, please check it out on diupod.com when it comes out. It will come out by the time this episode is released.
So here I present you a clip from the first Cantonese podcast episode I recorded with Jack. Enjoy!
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WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU？ PODCAST PRE-OFFICIAL EPISODE 1
Listen in to my first official recording of a podcast episode. A short one going over who I am, what the podcast is going to be about and also what's with the name, What Kind of Asian Are You?.
Find the podcast by searching the podcast, What Kind of Asian Are You? on all streaming platform and on Youtube!
Find and follow me on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kyle.lkhhk/