Category: Careers
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S3 E11: Nastassia Jagatsingh on deconstructing her Mauritian and Canadian identities, unlearning colorism, and living with chronic illness.
Nastassia Jagatsingh & I debunk some myths about Canada and Mauritius. As two Mauritian Canadians of different ethnic backgrounds, we grapple with our place in these conversations as privileged expats as we unpack what white supremacy looks like in Mauritius, how the Indian caste system still rules Mauritius, and why the Canadian dream isn’t as…
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S3 E10: June Chua on learning to love herself through dance, how her films led her to Norway & Nepal, and why she moved to Berlin from Canada.
If you want to know how art can change people’s lives, you will love this episode with June Chua. We talk about how dance freed her from body image issues, how a drama class opened up her world and gave her an interest in history and current events, and how her films brought some Norwegians…
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S3 E09: Rita Phetmixay: No such thing as boundaries in Asian culture – the Lao diaspora, owning the narrative, and healing intergenerational trauma with compassion.
Rita Phetmixay on the secret war in Laos, healing in community, and the power of naming our struggles in order to heal from them. We talk about intergenerational trauma, growing up in the South, moving to L.A., and healing with self compassion.
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S3 E06: Travis Nguyen, interpreter & translator, on working with the deaf & deaf/blind communities, how intergenerational trauma manifests in day-to-day life, and more.
Travis Giuse Nguyen (he/él) is an interpreter and translator born and raised in Southeast Texas. We talk about how trauma responses manifest in refugee communities, how the deaf do not benefit from incidental learning like hearing folks, and the struggle of being LGBTQ in an Asian American family.
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S3 E05: Dani Saldo is a hot, talented, disabled bisexual pop-star on the rise, who had to break up with her old (able-bodied) self.
Dani Saldo is a Filipino Canadian queer, disabled, super hot and talented songwriter and artist. She is committed to bringing sexy back with her walker, all while writing hits and being a loud and proud disability and queer advocate. We talk about the grief that comes with knowing you’ll never be your old self again,…
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S3 E04: Teresa Suydam, Filipino & First Nations Ojibwe artist, on being a “Lost Bird”, reconnecting with their biological mom, and making deliberate efforts to find their roots.
If you’ve ever wondered why Iran sometimes is, sometimes isn’t considered part of Asia, this episode has the answer. Because of the revolution in Iran, I really wanted to talk to a woman from the Iranian American diaspora and had the privilege of talking to Women’s, Gender & Sexuality studies professor, Dr. Manijeh Moradian. Manijeh…
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S3 E03: Dr. Manijeh Moradian on why Iran isn’t always considered part of Asia, and how the West may be misinterpreting what Iranians truly want out of the current feminist revolution.
If you’ve ever wondered why Iran sometimes is, sometimes isn’t considered part of Asia, this episode has the answer. Because of the revolution in Iran, I really wanted to talk to a woman from the Iranian American diaspora and had the privilege of talking to Women’s, Gender & Sexuality studies professor, Dr. Manijeh Moradian. Manijeh…
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S3 E02: Cherie Hu on music, culture and technology, and why you can’t copy/paste deployment strategies across cultural contexts. We also talk about AI, ChatGPT and deepfakes in music & media.
Interview with Cherie Hu, founder of music-tech research organization Water & Music. Her writing has been featured in Billboard, Forbes, Pitchfork, Variety & more. She has taught as a guest lecturer at Harvard, NYU, and others.
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S3 E01: DJ Mimi Chen on knowing her worth, standing up for herself, and having a blast doing it.
This week, I had the privilege of talking to Mimi Chen. I was so excited when I first saw Mimi’s Instagram because how cool is it that an Asian American woman has been killing it in the radio industry for decades? Mimi Chen is a Chinese American career DJ, who has been a trailblazer in…
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S2 E15: Justine Osilla, winemaker, talks career choices, diversity in wine, and the best wines to pair with some of our favorite Asian dishes.
Winemaker Justine Osilla walks us through the various career opportunities in wine, and how she is creating the support network and community of diverse wine professionals she wishes existed when she first started. If you’ve ever wondered what wine would pair well with sashimi, Vietnamese spring rolls, Mongolian beef, sinigang, adobo, or kare-kare, be sure…