Coming out isn't always an easy experience, and for some Asian countries and cultures, queerness is stigmatized not just on a systemic level but also within the home. How do you strike a balance between making your parents happy but also ensuri

Ellison: Majority-Minority Dilemma

Jan 11th, 2024 46m 52s

If we're lucky, some of us might go through life without having to experience racism. But for most of us who've moved away from our home countries, we do so with the knowledge that racism is just around the corner. This change in your social po

Anirudh: Staying Rooted

Jan 4th, 2024 40m 32s

For many third culture kids, finding a way to stay rooted to their culture and feel a sense of belonging to their home country can be difficult. Not only were many of them raised in a culture other than their parents' or the culture of their ho

Liam: Living in Limbo

Dec 28th, 2023 40m 47s

Is your passport a blessing or a curse? For many foreigners, our passports are an extension of our being and our ticket to the opportunities we seek outside our home country. Our passports define who we are, so what does living without a passpo

Michelle: Am I Asian Enough? (Part 2)

Dec 20th, 2023 30m 42s

One of the biggest struggles mixed race or multiracial folks deal with is feeling inadequate about one or more of our cultural identities. While we can't change the past, we have the power to decide how we choose to reconnect with the part(s) o

Michelle: Am I Asian Enough? (Part 1)

Dec 13th, 2023 46m 25s

Growing up with parents from different countries and ethnicities can be a challenge, depending on the decisions your parents make, you might grow up immersed in one culture more than the next. But what happens when you grow up in a cult that st

Jizhou: Homecoming

Dec 6th, 2023 37m 24s

“West is the best”—or so we were told growing up. Many of us study our childhood away with hopes of making it into an Ivy League university. But what happens when we arrive at our north star only to realize that all that glitters isn’t necessar

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Introducing: Asia Is Not A Country

Nov 29th, 2023 3m 59s

This podcast is a reminder that Asia is not a country, it is not a monolith–that even within one ethnic group, the experiences and micro-cultures are so varied and we want to spotlight those intricacies on the show. Each and every one of us has

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