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But Where Are You From?

Society EN ↓ 90 episodes

A fun and uplifting podcast exploring life, culture, politics as East and South East Asians in the UK by besean (Britain's East and South East Asian Network)

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.besean.co.uk

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Meet Daniel York Loh; Asians aren't a monolithic block, Racism as an actor, why the term ’Oriental’ isn’t okay! 12.06.2020 53:40

Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast. I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture. This week, I had the most glorious time speaking to the award winning Actor, Director, Musician, Writ...

Asians for Black Lives - How do we handle anti-blackness in Asian communities right now? 04.06.2020 18:50

Let’s stand for our black friends. I know that most of you will already be combating anti-blackness within our own circles or on your social platforms. Here’s just some resources from 30 minutes of researching, there’s so much out there for Asians to help support the Black Lives Matters Movement. This is not exhaustive. I encourage us all to continue to do our own research and education. Take care...

Meet Climate Activist - Tori Tsui - racism as a Eurasian, mental health on a boat, Stella Mccartney 29.05.2020 55:13

Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast. I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture. Wow wow wow. Prepare to be blown away by @toritsui_ - climate activist, mental health advocate and pr...

Why I don’t (really) drink anymore. Asian Flush/Glow 22.05.2020 34:42

Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast. I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture. I talk about Asian flush or Asian glow and the embarrassing stories I recall of looking bright red, f...

My career so far: Sending a sex email to a client, investment in my business, failing and failing again 14.05.2020 38:35

Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast. I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture. There’s a fun new segment called ‘How Asian Are You?’ play along to see if you can answer questions l...

Female entrepreneurship: Confidence, Parents passing away, career tips Ft. Mae Yip 08.05.2020 58:36

Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast. I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture. I absolutely LOVEDDD recording this episode with Mae. We've never met, we've had two phone conversati...

Bonus unedited episode: me feeling lonely lol 04.05.2020 19:34

Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast. I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture.   Soooo, this was recorded and uploaded! No editing! It's a very random, unstructured, unedited...

Meet my sisters: Who's best at Chinese, Asian death row meals, seeing what Asian you are by the shape of your eyes 01.05.2020 46:16

7. Relationships: My toxic relationship and the turmoil I put my family through 24.04.2020 32:49

6. School: Dating app video dates, failing to get into university & my parents opening my exam results 17.04.2020 35:07

5. Asian Food: I get emotional over dumplings (lol, no, really) 10.04.2020 28:44

4. Dating & relationships as an Asian - my racist ex-boyfriend, Asian fetish and dating black guys 02.04.2020 28:10

Welcome to But Where Are you from? A podcast by a 20something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast. I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships,...

3. Asian Vs. Western Beauty Standards: Drinking papaya soup to grow my boobs, skin lightening & big cheeks 27.03.2020 30:13

Welcome to But Where Are you from? A podcast by a 20something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast. We talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating,...

2. Casual Racism & Stereotypes: Kicking Bullies with my Rockports and Small Asian Willies 24.03.2020 28:03

But Where Are You From? hosted by Viv Yau. A podcast by a British Born Chinese millennial for anyone in the UK who's a British Born minority. In the second episode I ramble about big black c*cks (lol), casual racism, kicking a bully with my Rockports for...

1. Being Chinese and bad at maths 24.03.2020 15:43

But Where Are You From hosted by Viv Yau. In this episode (created on the first night of UK Coronavirus lockdown - crazy) I talk about growing up as a British Born Chinese person, my family, being a takeaway kid, how I was a really crappy Asian in...