DIASPORA ASIAN PRODUCTIONS

What Kind of Asian Are You?

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Tired of not seeing and hearing about Asian stories that reflect your lived experiences in mainstream western media? OR do you want more inspiration and motivation from Asians like yourself? Then, tune in each week to hear conversations with host, Kyle and his awesome Asian guests about being Asian (in the diaspora). Connect with the Podcast on Instagram: @whatkindofasianpod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/whatkindofasian

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What's Going on With What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast?? 09.12.2021 26:46

Send us Fan Mail An update episode and featuring a clip of another podcast episode that Kyle (host) guest co-hosted on. TLDR: (although we would love to have you listen to the podcast to find out what's going on) 1. The Podcast has been slacking on uploads and posting 2. This is all because of the host's move back to Canada with his wife 3. The host is currently spending most of his time...

How to Teach Your Kids Your Native Language w/ Jack Hsieh (DIU Podcast) / BONUS 22.11.2021 44:22

Send us Fan Mail Two childless friends discuss how to teach their future kids their native language (Cantonese). Lots of discussion regarding how to preserve one's culture. Bonus Content from the previous season that should see the light of day! Follow Jack and his podcast! Jack's Instagram DIU Podcast's Instagram Check out the Linktree for all the links: https://linktr.ee/whatkindo...

Hustle the Right (Your) Way w/ AJ Tolentino / #58 11.11.2021 56:34

Send us Fan Mail AJ Tolentino is a Filipino-American artist based in NYC. His passion is in art, photography, and fashion. He shares his immigration story/experience coming over to America at the age of 10 from the Philippines feeling not fitting in and now finally finding himself and his place being in NYC. We also talked about his passion/career in photography and being an artist who focuses on...

White Supremacy, Lifelong Learning and Mental Health w/ Kaitlin Jingco / #57 31.10.2021 57:14

Send us Fan Mail Today's Guest: Kaitlin Jingco, also known as Lels of Learn with Lels, is a podcast and blog all about lifelong learning. Kaitlin is a writer, communications professional, and learner. She loves to share people's stories—including her own—in hopes of helping to create a more empathetic world. Talk to her about travelling, mental health, longboarding, sports, and food. In...

Let's Talk about Asian Media Representation w/ Malaika Ravindran / #56 21.10.2021 51:55

Send us Fan Mail Today we gave Malaika Ravindran. She is a senior at the American University studying journalism and political science. We came to know her from the BPWK podcast hosted by Suraj, a past guest of ours, Episode 29 as Malaika is involved in the podcast helping with production and guest scouting. In today's episode, we talked about Malaika's Indian background, family and chil...

Reconnecting with Asian Culture through Language Learning and Living in Asia / James Wong / #55 14.10.2021 59:56

Send us Fan Mail James Wong is a Hapa with a British mother and Hong Kong-born father. James grew up in the UK and ventured to Taiwan to teach English six years ago. James is still there and is now a teacher, model, actor, and content creator on Youtube based in Taiwan. James' content on Youtube focuses on Chinese learning, his experiences in Taiwan and also how being deaf affects his life. I...

Representing Asians as a HAPA Artist / wav / #54 07.10.2021 1:08:01

Send us Fan Mail Brand new episode featuring Indie Artist from the Bay, wav. We talked about his childhood, his identity as a hapa raised mainly by his Chinese grandparents that made him proudly Asian, conflicts he had with his identity due to his mom and his surroundings, mental health talk, his music and his journey in the music industry being an indie artist looking to represent Asians and norm...

The Origin Story of Jade Wu (InspirLang) Part 2 / Jade Wu / #53 01.10.2021 53:12

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 We continue our conversation talking about Jade's language teaching journey and her being making language teaching into her business. We talk about the importance of heritage languages as well. Last, Jade talks about her newly released Cantonese learning book! Go check that out! Learn to Speak Cantonese 2 https://inspirlang.com/product/learn-to-speak-cantonese-2/ If yo...

The Origin Story of Jade Wu (InspirLang) Part 1 / Jade Wu / #52 16.09.2021 39:59

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, I talked to a person wearing many hats. She is a teacher, writer, content creator, and the person behind InspirLang, a Chinese language school in NYC that focuses on Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and Taishanese language teaching. It offers online courses, private and group classes to adult learners. Her name is Jade Wu. In our conversation, we went in-dept...

Panda Cub Stories is BOBA! / Linda Yi (Panda Cub Stories) / #51 09.09.2021 1:19:26

Send us Fan Mail Another episode featuring a content creator with content on heritage language learning. This week, we have Linda Yi from Panda Cub Stories. Linda describes herself as a writer, artist, and teacher that uses her content to teach people the Chinese language and culture. In our conversation, we got into Linda's background of being a BOBA (Brought Over By Airplane) immigrating wi...

Bringing Apple Pie to a Hotpot Party Is Okay / Brittany Chan (Cantonese with Brittany) / #50 02.09.2021 59:56

Send us Fan Mail We are back with another episode talking about Cantonese (language and culture) with our guest. Our guest today is Brittany Chan from Cantonese with Brittany. Brittany is a Canadian content creator living in America focusing on lifestyle, vlog, culture, language food, and good vibes in her content. Brittany and her husband are on a mission to help heritage speakers (and everyone e...

Heritage Language Learning at UBC / Raymond Pai (UBC Cantonese Lecturer) / #49 26.08.2021 1:18:33

Send us Fan Mail WE ARE BACK! SEASON 3! Thank you to the old listeners for coming back and welcome to all the new listeners. Hope you will like what we have in store for season 3! I promise you, it's going to be an awesome one. To kickstart season 3, the first five episodes will be about heritage language and diaspora Asians' relationship with their respective heritage language. The gues...

【BONUS】Get To Know KYLE, host of What Kind of Asian Are You? 24.08.2021 59:54

Send us Fan Mail Season 3: August 26, 2021!!!! This is a special bonus episode before we get to the official season 3 premiere of What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast. In this episode, there will be clips of podcast episodes that featured our host, Kyle being interviewed. It's a nice introduction to the person behind this podcast. The clips are from the following podcast that you need to defin...

48 - Asian-American Storytelling Through Podcasting w/ Jerry Won (Dear Asian Americans) 22.07.2021 49:38

Send us Fan Mail Host: Kyle Leung Podcast Linktree What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ Guest: Jerry Won https://www.instagram.com/jerryjwon/?hl=en https://www.jerrywon.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrywon Dear Asian Americans https://www.instagram.com/dearasianamericans/ Asian Podcast Network https://www.instagram.com/asianpodcastnetw...

47 － CalmOn App - Teaching Kids Emotional Intelligence w/ Angela Luong 15.07.2021 41:59

Send us Fan Mail Host: Kyle Leung Podcast Linktree What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ Guest: Angela Luong https://www.instagram.com/p/CLMuf3CDCf9/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CLMuf3CDCf9/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelaluong1 The App: Calm On! https://www.instagram.com/calmon.app/ Today’s episode features Angela Luong, the co-founder o...

46 - Introducing Sabobatage: The Boba Card Game w/ Eric Chen 08.07.2021 50:48

Send us Fan Mail Host: Kyle Leung Podcast Linktree What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ Guest: Eric Chen https://www.instagram.com/chenericeric/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyfchen718 https://www.needthat.com Go Support Sabobatage ! https://www.instagram.com/sabobatage/?hl=en Website ! https://bobacardgame.com/ https://sabobatage.com/ Eric...

NEVER JADED POD ～Giving 💐 to Asian Creators 【NEW PODCAST ALERT】 01.07.2021 36:17

Send us Fan Mail 💥“Giving 💐 to Asian Creators”-New Podcast Alert!💥 A new podcast🎙 featuring Asian creators, talking to them about their life, their craft, their content, and their creative journey. It’s all about giving flowers to Asian creators and positivity. Hosted by Robin Chan and Kyle, host of What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast. Episode releases bi-weekly. Follow the Podcast on Instagram...

45 - “Returning” to Asia as a Diaspora Asian (Working and Living in Taiwan) w/Jack Hsieh 24.06.2021 21:57

Send us Fan Mail Host: Kyle Leung https://www.instagram.com/kyle.lkhhk/ Podcast Linktree https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ Guest: Jack Hsieh https://www.instagram.com/jackhsieh123/?hl=en Jack’s Podcast! https://www.diupod.com/ In today’s episode, we have part 1 of my conversation with my good fr...

44 － Corporate, Creative, and Chronically: Rethinking “Success” as a Eurasian w/ Sophia Hotung 何慧恩 17.06.2021 59:48

Send us Fan Mail Host: Kyle Leung Podcast Linktree What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ Guest: Sophia Hotung 何慧恩 https://www.instagram.com/sophiahotung/?hl=en Sophia’s Website https://www.sophiahotung.com/ Sophia’s blog article about her experience with chronic illness https://www.sophiahotung.com/writing/get-well-soon Sophia Hotung i...

43 - Defying Asian Beauty Standards by Embracing Asian Wavy Hair and Monolid Eyes w/ Burte (@itsburte) 10.06.2021 50:59

Send us Fan Mail Host: Kyle Leung Podcast Linktree What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram @whatkindofasianpod Guest: Burte Ujin Lkhagvasuren (Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/itsburte/?hl=en Burte’s Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCibiCjNJxukt88nNFggOQaQ Burte’s TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@itsburte? Burte Ujin Lkhagvasuren is a content creator based in America. She is a re...

(Bonus) Diaspora Hong Kongers Talk about the Hong Kong Protests 香港人加油！w/ Dr. Benjamin Cheung 03.06.2021 46:28

Send us Fan Mail Host: Kyle Leung https://www.instagram.com/kyle.lkhhk/ Podcast Linktree https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpod Guest: Benjamin Cheung https://twitter.com/UBCDrBenCh Benjamin's Website https://blogs.ubc.ca/bycheung/ Just a little disclaimer before we get to the...

42 － The Lost Asian and Living with Borderline Personality Disorder w/Elizabeth Tsung 27.05.2021 51:57

Send us Fan Mail Host: Kyle Leung Podcast Linktree What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpod Guest: Elizabeth Tsung https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth.tsung/ Website https://www.elizabethtsung.com/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6eHvJ1bnwPdCI6Kncs9LIA Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6r0Og5FBzoIOJptR5A0f3J Ch...

41 －Telling Non-Stereotypical Asian American Stories in Hollywood w/Judy Jean Kwon (@YOMAMARICE) of MILFriend 26.05.2021 1:10:12

Send us Fan Mail Host: Kyle Leung Podcast Linktree What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpod Guest: Judy Jean Kwon https://www.instagram.com/yomamarice/?hl=en Youtube https://www.youtube.com/yomamaricedoesnotcook Website www.yoMamaRice.com Watch MILFriend www. Whohaha.com/milfriend Judy Jean Kwon, a Korean-American filmmaker/st...

40 － Hybrid Cultured Asian, Is that Asian Enough? w/ Chara Kai-Le (Singer-Songwriter/Producer) 24.05.2021 1:08:32

Send us Fan Mail Host: Kyle Leung Podcast Linktree What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpod Guest: Chara Kai-Le https://www.instagram.com/charakaile/?hl=en Chara's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUCaHQfTRr5XSybnDB3wBwg Asian Enough MV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9_yrqlbb6k Today we have Chara Kai-Le, sing...

39 － Moderating a Digital Community for Asian Creatives w/ Daniel Anderson of Asian Creative Network 20.05.2021 1:04:13

Send us Fan Mail Host: Kyle Leung Podcast Linktree What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpod Guest: Daniel Anderson Asian Creative Network https://www.facebook.com/groups/AsianCreativeNetwork Support HATE IS A VIRUS , a cause That Daniel mentioned on the podcast and supports! " Hate Is A Virus is a nonprofit community of...