What Kind of Asian Are You?

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Tired of not seeing and hearing about Asian stories that reflect your lived experiences in mainstream western media? OR do you want more inspiration and motivation from Asians like yourself? Then, tune in each week to hear conversations with host, Kyle and his awesome Asian guests about being Asian (in the diaspora).
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6－STRICT DAD AND HEALTH SCARE LED TO BLOGGING CAREER FT. GRACE (@LIVEANDLEARN88)

What Kind of Asian Are You?

11/19/20 • 51 min

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S1E6 -----GUEST: GRACE (LIVEANDLEARN88.COM) (@GRACE7127)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 wellMake sure to check Grace out:@grace7217liveandlearn88.comTheeunuch.comWuxiaworld.comVolarenovels.comLast, Follow me on Instagram @kyle.lkhhk and make sure to subscribe to the podcast on your streaming platform.Thanks for listening and supporting!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/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatkindofasianpod/message

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5－CULTURE SHOCK AND RAISING KIDS IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY FT. JACKIE (MY KIDS THINK I'M COOL, BUT...）

What Kind of Asian Are You?

11/12/20 • 71 min

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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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3.2－ASIAN MEN TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THEIR FEELINGS FT. ROBIN (@CONROC)

What Kind of Asian Are You?

10/29/20 • 48 min

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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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1.2－ASIAN REPRSENTATION - WHO SHOULD TELL THE ASIAN STORIES? FT. DIU PODCAST

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10/12/20 • 32 min

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{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.

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1.1－DIASPORA KIDS THOUGHTS FT. DIUPODCAST

What Kind of Asian Are You?

10/08/20 • 32 min

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"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!

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Thank you for listening! Please give me some feedback so I can make this podcast better in the upcoming episodes!

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The Creative Chimera - XinYi Tan / Don't Be Strangers Podcast / Ep 77

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09/08/22 • 48 min

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Today's episodes with the super creative and interesting XinYi Tan from the "Don't Be Strangers" Podcast. Kyle, our host was on an episode of "Don't Be Strangers" check that out as well! Episode
We talked about finding your passions, creativity, being creative and loving art but not making it a career intentionally and the journey she took to become a creative chimera nomad.
More about XinYi Tan:
I was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and moved with my family to Dallas, Texas at age 7. My first couple of years in school were a huge struggle. English was not my first language and entering 2nd grade after skipping almost a year of school due to the move made making friends quite difficult. But even after learning English,

I never felt quite at home... anywhere.

Culturally, I wasn’t fully American, but when my family and I visited Malaysia, I was painfully aware that I didn’t quite belong there either.
When it came to my passions, I could never make up my mind on a specific creative outlet or medium to hone — not because of indecisiveness (ok, maybe a little bit), but because I find joy in learning, remixing, and over-complicating mixed-media projects. But before I found pride in calling myself a creative chimera, I was hopelessly lost in how to identify my art and therefore myself.
Being aromantic meant that I couldn’t relate to 99% of the stories represented in pop culture.

In short, I thought I was an alien. With every friend that I’ve found (who listened to me wholeheartedly and confided in me sincerely), I began to feel less and less alien and more and more at home on Earth. I began to feel like I belonged.
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Heritage Language Learning at UBC / Raymond Pai (UBC Cantonese Lecturer) / #49

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08/26/21 • 78 min

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WE ARE BACK! SEASON 3! Thank you to the old listeners for coming back and welcome to all the new listeners. Hope you will like what we have in store for season 3! I promise you, it's going to be an awesome one.
To kickstart season 3, the first five episodes will be about heritage language and diaspora Asians' relationship with their respective heritage language. The guests will be sharing their experience with their heritage language, what they are doing with their heritage language, and why their heritage language is important to them. If you are interested in this kind of topic, you will for sure enjoy these episodes. If you are not, still give it a listen or share it with those that you know will enjoy this.
For this episode, we have Raymond Pai, lecturer of Cantonese at the University of British Columbia joining us for a conversation about his background, his relationship with his heritage language, Cantonese, his Chinese/Cantonese teaching career, his thoughts on Cantonese and the Cantonese program that he is a part of at UBC.
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40 － Hybrid Cultured Asian, Is that Asian Enough? w/ Chara Kai-Le (Singer-Songwriter/Producer)

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05/24/21 • 68 min

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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.

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Becoming The Real You (By Learning Chinese) | Angela Lin | Ep102

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02/06/25 • 57 min

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In this episode of What Kind of Asian Are You?, host Kyle Leung reconnects with Angela Lin, co-founder of Real You Mandarin and co-host of But Where Are You Really From?. Angela shares her journey of creating an online Mandarin course tailored for ABCs (American-Born Chinese) and ABTs (American-Born Taiwanese), discussing language barriers, cultural identity, and the challenges of bridging East and West. She reflects on her evolving sense of Asian American identity, her experiences living across Asia, and the personal struggles that inspired her to help others express their real selves in Mandarin.

Tune in as Angela and Kyle explore language learning, diaspora identity, and the power of meaningful conversations.

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Angela Lin is a Taiwanese-American podcaster (But Where Are You Really From?) and co-founder of Real You Mandarin. Through the podcast, Angela has spent years discussing the unique cultural and identity challenges faced by Asian-Americans, and was inspired to create Real You Mandarin through that exploration.

Real You Mandarin (RYM) is an online Mandarin course built for ABCs, ABTs, and other advanced Mandarin speakers who want to be able to express their “real selves” in the same way they are able to in English.

Grounded in contextual, real life scenarios, the self-paced course is video-based, featuring realistic dialogue centered on topics these individuals would actually want to talk about with their family and friends - from everyday topics like pop culture and current events, to meatier ones like mental health and media representation. Unlike standard textbook Chinese, RYM is focused on filling in the gaps of the vocabulary, slang, and common references most immediately useful to one’s real life.

Check out the full syllabus and preview a free lesson at https://www.realyoumandarin.com/launch. Let us help you express the real you when you speak Mandarin.

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34 - Diaspora Asian Identity 101 Class w/Benjamin Cheung (Ph.D)

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04/29/21 • 67 min

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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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