What Kind of Asian Are You?

Send us Fan Mail A solo episode with a big announcement.  Tune in to find out what it's all about!  As always make sure to like, share and follow us on social media and on your streaming platforms. Listen to all of our episodes will make us really happy. Thanks. Support the show Thank you for listening! Help this podcast: 1. Follow us on Instagram @whatkindofasianpod 2. Share our episodes wit...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, actor and creative Lucas John Ng shares his journey of balancing his passion for acting with the need for life stability. From navigating a life-changing injury to pursuing creative fulfillment while holding down a full-time job, Lucas gets candid about the highs and lows of following your dreams. 🎬💼 Tune in as Lucas discusses his evolving identity, lessons lear...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of What Kind of Asian Are You? , host Kyle Leung reconnects with Angela Lin, co-founder of Real You Mandarin and co-host of But Where Are You Really From? . Angela shares her journey of creating an online Mandarin course tailored for ABCs (American-Born Chinese) and ABTs (American-Born Taiwanese), discussing language barriers, cultural identity, and the challenges...

Send us Fan Mail Season 6 Premiere – Episode 101 🎙️ In this episode of What Kind of Asian Are You? , host Kyle Leung chats with Kevin Yee , an ex-pharmacist turned content creator and high-ticket sales consultant . Kevin shares his journey growing up as an American-Born Chinese (ABC) , balancing two cultures, and how it shaped his identity.  He opens up about his family’s migration story, his rela...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 100 of WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU?  Thank you to all that have been rocking with us regardless of when you started. Happy to have you as a listener. We will continue on and looking to provide more conversations that you care about and find value in.  Onto today’s special episode. For episode 100, we gotta go back to the roots of the podcast. So that is why I brought back t...

Send us Fan Mail A solo episode  Get to know more about Kyle, the host of this podcast, and more on the inspiration and future goals for this podcast. Support the show Thank you for listening! Help this podcast: 1. Follow us on Instagram @whatkindofasianpod 2. Share our episodes with friends and family 3. Subscribe to us on your streaming platform 4. Leave us a rating and review on Spotify and App...

Send us Fan Mail Minerva Navasca’s Bio: Minerva Navasca is a Filipina-Canadian filmmaker exploring narratives of cultural dysphoria and girlhood with intimate specificity. Stating, “I want to make films about subjects that make me uncomfortable,” Minerva delves into perspectives steeped in anxiety and internalized shame, using the medium to interrogate the socio-political roots of these beliefs. ...

Send us Fan Mail SEASON FIVE FINALE! Our guest today, Johnathan Gibbs known as Jonahsahn and formerly blasianFMA. He’s 100% Black 100% Filipino and according to him the OG Blasian of the internet. He has been creating content on the internet since 2008 and is one with many hats. He’s a content creator, activist, gamer, chorister and Gayasian. In our conversation, he shared his Blasian upbringing,...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode features Aydin Quach(he/they). MA student in History @UBC and Ph. D. in American Studies and Ethnicity @USC We talked about: 1. What does being "CHINESE" mean in the Diaspora? 2. Aydin's upbringing as a Chinese Canadian growing up/living in Vancouver, Canada 3. Harmonizing Chinese/Asian identity with Queerness 4. Asian Joy and our right as immig...

Send us Fan Mail In support of AAPI heritage month and mental health awareness month, we are happy to bring you a conversation about Asian mental health and therapy.  Our guest for today’s episode is Vera Cheng.  Things covered on today’s episode:  Vera’s background  Asian mental health  Trauma and therapy  Blossom mental health fund  Vera’s bio: Vera Cheng is a registered social worker, psychothe...

Send us Fan Mail WE are back from a long break! We finally pulled it together and this would be the first of the final 6 episodes for our fifth season. Thank you for your continued support and I hope you will continue to support us and listen to the rest of our season to be released weekly until we finish probably in February. Today, we have Amy Yip joining us for a conversation about: -Being Chin...

Send us Fan Mail You know how sometimes you would meet someone and be blown away by the stories and experiences of their lives and how you think their stories should be in a book or a movie? Well, that's how I feel about our guest today, Curtis Chin. Curtis is a writer, filmmaker, director, and activist with a brand new memoir out now called, "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese...

Send us Fan Mail WE ARE BACK! A conversation with a new friend, Daniela Hornskov Sun, writer, musician, producer, and all-around creative.  I came upon Daniela through the community she is a part of, THIIIRD. THIIIRD and their team asked us if we are able to help spread the word on their new podcast series, All My Half East Asian BFF that they just released (all episodes are out now so check it ou...

Send us Fan Mail PODCAST SPOTLIGHT Today's not your regular What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast episode. This is spotlighting a podcast episode from our new podcast friend, THIIRD WAVES's new podcast series, ALL MY HALF EAST ASIAN BFFS. This is their Sex and Dating episode. Listen to it and check out the rest of their podcast series now live on their page. Make sure to follow them and su...

Send us Fan Mail INTRODUCING: A new podcast series, All My Half Asian East Asian Bffs! About the Series Through raucous and poignant discussions, a group of half East Asian, half white friends connect more deeply with each other and explore new ways to live their identities. About the Podcast Exploring the intersections between culture and activism, THIIIRD Waves spotlights guests whose expertise...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode features Tiffany Ran, Taiwanese American chef of Ba Ba Lio (886), BB6 Taiwanese Pop Up out in Seattle. We talked all about Tiffany's journey in the culinary world, being a chef, her Taiwanese-American upbringing, and of course, food specifically Taiwanese food and why you need to check out more than just Boba (Bubble Tea) and soup dumplings because Taiwan...

Send us Fan Mail Conversation with Wuxia author, JF Lee A conversation on growing up as an Asian Diaspora (Singaporean Chinese Canadian) in Vancouver, Canada, studying in the States, being an accountant, living in the Cayman Islands, becoming a Wuxia author, and an introduction to the Wuxia genre along with recommendations.  What is Wuxia? Wuxia is a genre of Chinese fiction that features itineran...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is with a very talented designer, Grace Chen. Our conversation covers her story of being born in China, growing up in the Bay, her work in design, her love of Hip-hop (especially Mandarin and Cantonese hip-hop) and being a creator. Her bio: Design: Grace Chen is a Product Designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is also a bilingual graphic design free...

Send us Fan Mail To finish Asian American Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Month/Asian Heritage Month strong, we talked with Anika Chabra & Jennifer Siripong Mandel of Root & Seed. Root & Seed is a podcast that explores culture and family heritage. Hosted by Anika Chabra, host Kyle appeared on an episode talking about his story being Asian diaspora and using the podcast to docume...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Asian Heritage Month &  Mental  Health Awareness Month! Today's conversation is with Sheena Yap Chan. It was an honour to have a conversation with such an amazing and inspiring individual that does so much for the community she is part of helping Asian women build self-confidence and helping with Asian representation in media.   In our conversation, we touched on to...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Asian Heritage Month &  Mental  Health Awareness Month! Today's episode is with Harry Au (he/him), licensed therapist and registered social worker, 1.5 gen Hong Hong Han Chinese Canadian in Toronto, Canada.  Harry is all about helping Asians go from feeling trapped to becoming self-liberated. Our conversation is all about Asian mental health.  We touch on the common...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, we have TJ Wey, Ze is an entrepreneur and host of a podcast, called "The Asian Detox" Podcast. Our conversation will cover what TJ does and TJ's podcast. Our conversation touches on topics of being and growing up Asian American, immigrant mindset mentality, hustle culture, and re-evaluating your mindset on what is the right way to live and s...

Send us Fan Mail Conversation with Paji & Iasmin, super popular Tik Tokers and podcasters. Paji & Iasmin are Third Culture Kids from Macau now based in the US. They are Cantonese-English bilinguals with Paji being Sri Lankan+Filipino and Isamin being Brazillian+Filipino (not what you expected right?). They got a super entertaining podcast, "Outcasts the Podcast" that documents th...

Send us Fan Mail Guest Bio:  Hon Hoang is a Vietnamese-American photographer and filmmaker currently based in Los Angeles, California. He was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, but grew up in Los Angeles. He began studying Photography shortly after graduating from UCLA where he studied Psychology. He sees Photography as a medium that answers questions, satisfies curiosity, and showcases the things...

Send us Fan Mail Season 5 is now here! Thank you for all of your patience. We have taken a long but well-needed break, but we are back and looking forward to giving you all the great conversations about being Asians with the cool Asians that you yourself would want to have conversations with as well. To start season 5 with a bang, we had a conversation with Karon Liu, a food reporter for the Toron...