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

Host: Kyle Leung

Guest: Benjamin Cheung

Benjamin's Website

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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Host: Kyle Leung

Guest: Benjamin Cheung

Benjamin's Website

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33 - The Life of a British-South Asian Content Creator － Nabeela Zaman (Good Luck Nabs)

Host: Kyle Leung

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!

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【BONUS】Hong Kong Food Talks (Foodie Corner) w/Benjamin Cheung

Host: Kyle Leung

Guest: Benjamin Cheung

Benjamin's Website

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!

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