The British Asian - Other Podcast

In this final episode of Season 1 of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], I'm joined by Enaya, or as I call her in this episode, Madam President. In just over half an hour, we get into what it was like to grow up Indian in Saudi Arabia, the languages she carries (including Arabic), her own personal relationship with Islam and the Quran, and her love of Indo-Chinese food , a cuisine that, for m...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Adam (he/him) joins me to talk about what it means to be Malay and why so many of us, myself included, didn't know that Malay and Malaysian aren't the same thing. In just over half an hour, we get into Adam's experience growing up Malay in Singapore including the racism he faced at school, his time as a police officer during military serv...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Thivyaa (they/them) joins me and we finally debut the name of the podcast on air (after 18 episodes) In just over half an hour, we get into what it was like to grow up Tamil in Wembley, surrounded by community, then arriving at university and finding the Sri Lankan crowd didn't quite fit. We talk about swerving away from your culture and...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Diya (she/they) joins me to talk about growing up Asian in Kenya and how her Asianness needed to be nurtured once she got to the UK. In just over half an hour, we get into the strange shift she's noticed in moving to Britain: how identity here gets sorted into much firmer boxes, how being a queer person of colour gets read differently in...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Rhea (she/her) joins me to ask a question most of us have felt but rarely name: why is white culture everyone's culture? In just over half an hour, we get into her years at a top London girls' school, what it meant to be one of the few brown girls in a sea of Chelsea privilege, the Indian classical dance she practiced at home but never sh...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Anoushka (she/her) joins me to talk about moving from Bahrain to Delhi to the UK and the small, strange culture shocks that come with each move. In just over half an hour, we get into mall culture, converting pounds back into Bahraini dinars in her head, the slow shift from cash to card, and the very specific shock of British nature. We a...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Martin (he/him) joins me to talk about being Wasian and what it means to claim that identity rather than slip between two halves. In just over half an hour, we get into his experience growing up around the top 10% of Beijing, what the real China looks like from someone whose family is only on the periphery of it, and whether being Wasian...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Anmol (he/him) joins me to talk about growing up Asian in the northeast of England and what that experience looks like when most of the British Asian conversation defaults to Birmingham or London. In just over half an hour, we get into the small ways your Asianness gets shaped by where you grow up, his unexpected love for Mahjong and East...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Gobi (she/her) joins me as half Singaporean and half Hongkonger. With what's been ranked the most powerful passport in the world, to talk about what brought her to the UK and what she's noticed since arriving. In just over half an hour, we get into the strange culture shocks of British life (regional accents, the clubbing scene), the McDo...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Samah (she/her) joins me to talk about growing up in Pakistan, moving to Dubai, and landing at a UK university and what each of those places taught her about who she is. In just over half an hour, we get into the FOB accent, the obvious "international" one, the strange exposure of cooking your own food for the first time at uni, and the p...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Yusrah (she/her) joins me to talk about what it means to be British Pakistani and how that identity sits differently for someone who didn't grow up in Pakistan. In just over half an hour, we get into the small customs that quietly mark us as Asian. Like taking off your shoes, always sharing food the unspoken rule about giving seconds and...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Mithun (he/him) joins me to ask the question Asian families don't tend to: why don't we talk about how we feel? In just over half an hour, we get into the strange contradiction at the heart of South Asian culture. The cinema full of love stories. The lived reality of arranged marriages and quiet grief. The joke culture we inherit: funny,...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Linh (she/her) joins me and at one point, turns the conversation around on me. We get into what it's like to travel the world on one of its weakest passports: the visa applications, the airport security stories, and the quiet anxiety of borders that don't open as easily for some of us as for others. In just over half an hour, we also touc...

Arabella Ladeiro (she/her) is an Essex-born Filipino aspiring filmmaker who is a professional pinoy yapper. We talk about her upbringing and her friends, family, culture, food and what it's like growing up Filipino in the UK. As a film student, Arabella also shares her vision for Asian representation in western cinema and why the nuances of the Asian experience deserve to be told properly on scree...

In this episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], Kelli Wu (she/her) joins me on what it's been like to acclimatise to the UK as a Hongkonger and what she's noticed about British Asian identity from the outside looking in. In just over half an hour, we get into the things you can only really say in Cantonese, why so many British Asians can't speak the language their parents grew up with,...

Tyler Loh (he/him) joins me for a conversation about growing up between cultures. From his experience of military service in Singapore to what it really means to be a third culture kid. We get into code switching, the meaning behind labels in the East and the West, and yes... running out of rice.

Saarah Hafiji (she/her) grew up in Dubai and moving to the UK was a culture shock in more ways than one. From the differences in everyday life to navigating dual heritage in both countries, Saarah opens up about her experiences, her perspective on both places, and the anxieties that come with travelling the world when your identity doesn't fit neatly into one box.

Sin Heng Chan (she/her) joins me for an honest conversation about growing up British Chinese. From her personal backstory to the state of British Asian representation in media today, together we reflect on the shared experiences of our generation and what it really means to navigate two cultures at once.

Angelina Zhang (she/her) joins me to talk about what it's really like being Asian at university. Navigating friend groups, standing out as a Chinese student doing English Literature, and the futures our parents have mapped out for us.

In this second episode of the British Asian - Other Podcast [ BAO ], listen to Anaya Bulsara (she/her) and me talk about what the British Asian experience looks like as second gen immigrant. In just over half an hour, we delve into stories from both a second gen and first gen perspective, exploring how many immigrant kids are taught about faith and religion by their parents.

In this 30 minute episode, hear Kristin Gu (she/her) and me discuss her backstory, including why she pays international fees despite being British born, her journey as an Asian creative, and the fascinating differences between the acting industries in the UK and China.

Welcome to The British Asian - Other Podcast [BAO], a podcast that explores and unpacks the diasporic nuances of being Asian in Britain. I'm your host Ryan (he/him), a British born Chinese kid from Newcastle upon Tyne, graduating from the University of Warwick. Being both a takeaway kid and being fortunate enough to go to a private school, this podcast was inspired by the current discourse regardi...