But Where Are You From?

Viv Yau had the pleasure of speaking with legendary artist, Keith Khan about whether South Asian and ESEA communities are interconnected, whether it’s better to eat with chopsticks or your hands, how Shanghainese people dress so cool and of course, his upcoming show The Accountants, being shown at Factory International at Aviva Studios!  In partnership with Factory International, we have a limited...

besea.n co-founders Amy Phung and Charley Wong travelled to Asia together last year. In this podcast they discuss how transformative the trips were, their best food recommendations for Vietnam and Malaysia and future travel plans! Follow the hosts @_amy_pix and @CharFayeW on IG and TikTok, and joint account @eseagaleats on TikTok for future travel recs. --------------------------------------------...

Happy Lunar New Year! Welcome back to what we *think* is a new season of But Where Are You From?! Mai-Anh Vu Peterson, David Kam and Viv Yau have a chatty catch up from what’s happened they last time recorded the podcast, they share their zodiac sign traits, Viv has an zodiac related identity crisis, they talk about making new traditions during lunar new year, and they share the story of when Viv...

besea.n's own Isabelle attended the Waterstones x Penguin 'House of YA (Young Adult) LitFest' earlier this month, and got the chance to interview Marie Lu - 14-time New York Times bestselling writer, and author of the new YA novel ‘ Stars and Smoke ’ out now. Isabelle and Marie chatted about the joy of YA (Young Adult) literature, BTS and K-pop, Asian representation in her new book, me...

Viv and her boyfriend Manny catch up on the podcast about their relationship; from meeting their family, farting, how they navigate racism with friends/family, whilst travelling, unpaid labour, eating lo bak go and fufu, learning Twi and Cantonese and so much more! Follow viv at @itsvivyau to drop her and Manny a message! Follow besea.n and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation going! https...

Amy spoke to Kimi Jolly (co-founder of ESAS) and Sophia Luu (Design Researcher) about UK’s hostile environment and how it affects asylum seekers, the new hate crime reporting/support service called On Your Side, the importance of design equity in healthcare, our fluid relationships with language, and why ancestry DNA testing isn’t as useful as we think they are (if you’re Black, Brown or Asian). D...

(Trigger warning: abortion, sexual assault, miscarriage, body issues) In our end of season finale, Mai-Anh and Viv Yau have a chatty catch up and talk a lot about TikTok, the anti-abortion law Roe Vs Wade, our body image issues and how messed up it is, allowing ourselves to look after our bodies, suncream and SO MUCH MORE! Trust us on the sunscreen! Links mentioned:  https://prochoice.org/&nb...

Happy Pride Month! Kai (she/her) and Karlie (she/her) talk with the wonderful Cynthia So (they/them), author of the new book ‘If You Still Recognise Me’ (out 9 June in the UK). Together they discuss the impact of YA (Young Adult) books on teenagers and adults alike, discovering queer culture in Hong Kong, the Canto in Cynthia's book, writing about different types of love and family dynamics, and t...

Amy talked with Claire Kohda (author of Woman, Eating) and Kaiya Shang (Editor at Scribner), about Claire's wonderful new book (read it!), food as an identity, racial othering and "the monstrous", the mixed ethnicity experience, plus the good bits and the bad bits (think rampant racism and nepotism) of the publishing world. Connect with our guests: https://instagram.com/clairekohda https://instagr...

Our hosts, David Kam and King-Wey Hii-Ko speak with Jambo Truong on wellness encompassing relationship with our ancestors and reframing the way we see trauma and our relationships to practice of honouring ancestors.  Follow Jambo's work: https://www.jambodragon.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jambodragon/  Send us a LISTENER VOICEMAIL: https://besean.co.uk/voicemails   Follow besea.n...

Mai-Anh and Viv chat with the wonderful Feiya Hu on her experience with the BBC Panorama documentary on racism, we also talk about her charity that she founded, as well as certain brands whitewashing tofu.  Follow Feiya Hu and her charity Racism Unmasked Edinburgh . Follow besea.n and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/besea.n/ https://twitter.com/be...

Mai-Anh chats to Kat Lieu of Subtle Asian Baking (go follow!) about starting her page, the Subtle Asian community, how Kat used to be a personal training, her contribution to #StopAsianHate, the food she ate growing up and so much more! https://www.instagram.com/katlieu/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/subtleasian.baking/?hl=en Follow besea.n and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation going!...

Amy & Viv had the pleasure of speaking with anti-racist activist, Ted Speaker and author of 'The Good Ally', Nova Reid . We cover A LOT. A trigger warning to our Black and people of colour friends, it's a heavy, heavy episode, BUT we also talk about joy, and we loved hearing about Nova and who she is outside of her job function (spoiler, she used to be a pro-singer - and hates karaoke!) We lea...

Karlie introduces one of our (no longer so new) new core team members, who is already known to the community as the founder and director of Kind Red Packet, - David Kam! Karlie and David chat about being British and Malaysian, David's journey of movement and yoga, and his experience as a Queer ESEA. Episode notes David Kam IG: https://www.instagram.com/davidkamkw/ Kind Red Packet website: https://...

Mai-Anh Peterson, Charley Wong and Viv Yau chat absolute shit in Viv's flat in Manchester, they answer some questions from the New York Times '36 Questions to fall in love', they talk about Viv internalising racism towards her vagina, whether they want to be famous, if the government are not letting us teleport, relationship dealbreakers, short kings and so much more. Mentioned: Angela Hui's Takea...

Charley and Mai-Anh speak to Asian-American disability rights advocate Tiffany Yu, who was incredibly generous with her wisdom regarding advocacy, allyship, and how we can all work to improve accessibility. We could have listened to her speak for hours! Listen to find out how she maintains joy i her advocacy work, why allyship to her must be rooted in intimacy, and how she keeps up the marathon re...

Viv introduces two new besea.n core team members King-Wey and Peiwen onto the poddy! We talk about things Peiwen notices moving over to the UK aged 14, like how we have separate taps and daylight savings (didn't realise that wasn't a thing in other countries?!), as well as delving into our turning points for thinking about race, identity. King-Wey shares her stories around friendship breakups, and...

Kai and Viv chat to LA based actor and content creator, Ryan Alexander Holmes about British accents, being Black and Chinese, his relationship with social media and trolling that he experiences from different communities, the pressures of speaking about multiple causes, love languages, toxic men, his acting career, Ryan was so philosophical....we covered a lot of ground!  Follow besean and sl...

Mai-Anh speaks with transracial adoptees, Pippa Hollington and Emily Couch on their experience, growing up in Hong Kong, being mistaken for other ESEA backgrounds, Pippa talks about being Filipina and her relationship with her white British parents and her sister, Emily talks about her dual heritage of being ethnically Chinese and her British and American nationality and her experience growing up....

Amy and Karlie spoke to Georgina aka https://www.instagram.com/chop_stick_n_poke/ about her parents, working as a tattoo artist, then they started veering off into korean and Chinese TV dramas,  Speaking Chinglish and Asian uncles lubing Georgie up.  Georgina Leung is a British Chinese tattoo artist and illustrator. Spending her formative years in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, Georgina late...

[Content Note: sexual harassment  There may be train noises in the background.] Amy and Karlie sat down to chat with the multi-talented Squid from the Mollusc Dimension, about his and his family's musical background, what it's like to be queer and ESEA, how it was growing up in Essex, as well as Squid's wide-ranging creative projects.  Acronym used in the episode: AFAB = Assigned Female At Birth ...

Mai-Anh our host is joined by Charley and Viv where we talk about our experiences with cancer. Resources: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/ https://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/testing/types/self_exam Follow besean and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/besea.n/ https://twitter.com/besea_n Support the podcast by buying besean a coffee, 100% of the donations...

This week, Mai-Anh sat down with Labour MP for Luton North, Sarah Owen. We talked about what it's really like being a woman in the Commons, hanger, dealing with trolls and Sarah's top tips for anyone considering getting involved in politics.  ------ SOCIALS Follow besean and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/besea.n/ https://twitter.com/besea_n Support t...

Charley & Viv were joined by Hannah & Rob of Little Yellow Rice Co . to talk about their business, Little Yellow Rice Co, we discuss Hannah's heritage that is the heart of the brand, with Rob being the chef, we discuss gatekeeping of food, white washing, and who can cook ESEA food? Such a fun discussion with our friends!  Follow besean and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation...

Amy and Viv go off on a little ramble about Amy's school report, the #VeryAsian call in,  Viv being a twin and then we chatted with co-founders of YukFun - Lucy & Patrick on everything creative, being Chinese and whether it needs to inform your work as an artist, being in a white dominated industry, and Amy & Viv's 'ray-cism' sunglasses gets a mention again. SOCIALS Follow besea.n and...