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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16－UNDERSTANDING HMONG PEOPLE AND CULTURE FT. RENEE YA (@reneecya) 31.12.2020 1:20:34

Send us Fan Mail EP 16 UNDERSTANDING HMONG PEOPLE AND CULTURE GUEST: RENEE YA (HMONG AMERICAN) (@reneecya) Renee Ya is Hmong American and grew up in Fresno, CA. With over 16 years of experience in the technology and video game industry in the San Francisco Bay Area. Co-founder of Tiger Byte Studios, a full-service technology company actualizing products and games. A Product Manager by trade and mo...

15－PRESERVING FAMILY LEGACY ONE RECIPE AT A TIME FT. RANDY LAU (@MADEWITHLAU) 28.12.2020 1:09:53

Send us Fan Mail EP 15 PRESERVING FAMILY LEGACY ONE RECIPE AT A TIME Randy Lau (@MADEWITHLAU) - CHINESE AMERICAN Randy is a Chinese American (SF Native) that is UCLA educated with an Engineering background that ended up working with many different start-ups. He started Made With Lau YouTube channel in September of 2020 and has over 10000+ subscribers and over 100000+ views. The channel focuses on...

14－THE YELLOW SHEEP: JOURNEY OF KOREAN AMERICAN FROM BASKETBALL TO TRAVEL FT. AL CHUNG (@TRAVELLIKEWATER) 24.12.2020 50:37

Send us Fan Mail EP 14 - THE YELLOW SHEEP: JOURNEY OF KOREAN AMERICAN FROM BASKETBALL TO TRAVEL Al Chung (Korean-American) - @travellikewater In today’s episode, I got Al, a Korean-American world adventure traveler with his own Youtube channel, Travel Like Water showcasing his travel nomad lifestyle as he has travelled to over 30+ countries in his time. We talked about his Korean-American upbringi...

13－THE POWER OF GRATITUDE AND BEING POSITIVE FT. AARON TAM (@THE.AARON.TAM) - FIRST GENERATIONS PODCAST 21.12.2020 1:11:16

Send us Fan Mail EP 13 - AARON TAM (@the.aaron.tam) - FIRST GENERATIONS PODCAST (@firstgenerationspodcast) "Leave this world behind in a better place than what it was" - Aaron Tam Aaron is a Hong Kong Chinese Canadian CPA accountant that is also the founder/host of First Generations Podcast. First Generations Podcast share stories and lessons of people that paved their own path to succe...

12－HOW TO HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR IMMIGRANT PARENTS? FT. TINA (@TTINAAT) 17.12.2020 55:47

Send us Fan Mail Ep 12 TINA - CONSULTANT/DANCER/YOUTUBER/CREATOR - CHINESE-AUSTRALIAN (@ttinaat) Tina is a Chinese-Australian that immigrated to Australia with her parents when she was 8. She is a consultant full time and a content creator (Youtube) on the side as a hobby. In today’s episode, I talked to Tina about her passion topic, our relationships to our parents as children of Asian poc immigr...

11－I CUT OFF MY MOM FROM MY LIFE FOR MENTAL HEALTH FT. JULIE (@JULIE.ALSO) 14.12.2020 58:30

Send us Fan Mail EP 11 JULIE - ARTIST, PAINTER, PHOTOGRAPHER - CAMBODIAN-AMERICAN (@JULIE.ALSO) https://www.instagram.com/julie.also/ In this episode, I had a conversation with J ULIE, a jack of all trades in the creative field. She is an artist, painter, and photographer living in America. In our conversation, she shared her stories and experiences being a daughter of a Cambodian mother who wen...

10－RECONNECTING WITH ASIAN ROOTS AS A HAPA FT. CECILE (@PUNNYPLATTERS) 10.12.2020 1:03:24

Send us Fan Mail Cecile (@punnyplatters) - HAPA (Chinese-American identity) Cecile is a creative focusing in writing, film, and art. We had a conversation about her mom's family migration history to America from China during the revolution, her hapa identity, reconnecting with her Asian roots through language learning, her experience living and working in China and just everything about being...

9－I'M NOT CRAZY! (Asians talking about mental health) ft. VAIDEHI GAJJAR (@VGAJJAR95) 07.12.2020 1:06:18

Send us Fan Mail S1E9 - Vaidehi Gajjar (@vgajjar95) “While there is togetherness in loneliness, there is togetherness in healing” - Vaidehi Gajjar In today’s episode, I had a conversation with Vaidehi Gajjar. Vaidehi is an Indian-American diaspora Asian in the hospital management field with side hustles in writing, advocacy, and journalism. Her passions include writing, mental health advocacy, an...

8－ASIAN COMEDIAN EXPLAINS WHY UNCLE ROGER IS OKAY DESPITE THE ACCENT FT. JORDAN LEUNG (@69RANCH) 03.12.2020 57:18

Send us Fan Mail S1E8 - JORDAN LEUNG (@69RANCH), HONG KONG AMERICAN COMEDIAN In this episode, I got the super funny Jordan Leung on the podcast. We talked about his journey and his experience being a third culture kid that moved to America by himself for high school and how he was super smart (Columbia master actuarial science grad) and having a pretty solid career before he branched off to just...

7－SUBTLE ASIAN TRAITS IS MY ELEMENT FT. ALEX (INDONESIAN-EUROPEAN CANADIAN DIASPORA) 26.11.2020 1:09:10

Send us Fan Mail Alex is an Indonesian Canadian living in Canada, studying International Relations. His parents have an interesting background compared to our typical diaspora Asian immigrant parents. Both his parents are Indonesians that were born and raised in Europe that had Alex in Indonesia before moving the whole family to Canada where they live now. In the episode, we talked a lot about Al...

6－STRICT DAD AND HEALTH SCARE LED TO BLOGGING CAREER FT. GRACE (@LIVEANDLEARN88) 19.11.2020 51:39

Send us Fan Mail S1E6 -----GUEST: GRACE (LIVEANDLEARN88.COM) (@GRACE7127)In today’s episode, I had a conversation with Grace (liveandlearn88.com), a blogger and translator of Chinese novels online. She is a Hong Kong-Canada Diaspora Asian. We covered topics like: Having a strict Chinese dad and feeling pressured being in a strict Chinese family that doesn’t appreciate one’s creative talents Identi...

5－CULTURE SHOCK AND RAISING KIDS IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY FT. JACKIE (MY KIDS THINK I'M COOL, BUT...） 12.11.2020 1:11:20

Send us Fan Mail My conversation with Filipino-American Jackie of MY KIDS THINK I'M COOL, BUT... PODCAST. In our conversation we talked about: -Growing up in America as an immigrant. -Her identity and her relationship with her culture (Filipino and American). -Dropping everything at age 26 to go travel for a year -Meeting her now husband who is a Dane living in Denmark and their journey toge...

4－DIASPORA ASIANS ON RACISM AND IDENTITY FT. JANICE (CHIT CHAT EAST WEST) 05.11.2020 1:13:49

Send us Fan Mail S1E4 Conversation with HK-born British Diaspora Asian, Janice from Chit Chat East West Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/%E6%9D%B1%E8%A5%BFchitchats-podcast/id1528850768?l=en). We talked about: -Her experience growing up in the UK -Her identity issues -Racism -Her interracial relationship -Eastern vs western values -Working in Egypt -Being Asian and what we have t...

3.2－ASIAN MEN TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THEIR FEELINGS FT. ROBIN (@CONROC) 29.10.2020 48:09

Send us Fan Mail WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST S1E3 PART 2 Another episode with my good friend Robin (@conroc) where we continued to have deep talks. We talked a lot about mental health, seeking out therapy/professional health to help with figuring out what to do when feeling lost and not having direction in life during our adulthood. This podcast episode was all about feelings and talking a...

3.1－STAND YOUR GROUND AND TALK YOUR SHIT! FT. ROBIN (@CONROC) 25.10.2020 43:33

Send us Fan Mail WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST S1E3 PART 1. I am back with another episode and this is going to be a very very special one. I have my good friend Robin on the podcast this episode to just shoot the shit with me. It was such a good time that we recorded over 3 hours of podcast material. That’s crazy when I usually just record 1 hour at most with my guests. So this is why our...

2－THE VIETNAMESE HUSTLE - BEING A VIETNAMESE CANADIAN FEMALE FT. NINA (PASS THE POUTINE) 16.10.2020 1:12:07

Send us Fan Mail I've made it to S1S2! And it's over an hour long! In today's conversation, I talked to Nina, a Vietnamese Canadian from the podcast PASS THE POUTINE, a podcast that Nina produces, records, and edits on her own. We talked a little about her family's history being refugees in Hong Kong after the Vietnam war, their time living in Canada after immigrating, her ex...

1.2－ASIAN REPRSENTATION - WHO SHOULD TELL THE ASIAN STORIES? FT. DIU PODCAST 12.10.2020 32:34

Send us Fan Mail ep 1.2 {We want our kids to watch tv and be like, that Asian actor in there is very normal. It's normalize, it's not like "omg dad, there's an Asian guy!"} - Jack In part 2 of my conversation with Jack and Gavin of DIU Podcast, we talked about a topic that we talk often about amongst ourselves which is Asian representation in the media. We talked about how...

1.1－DIASPORA KIDS THOUGHTS FT. DIUPODCAST 08.10.2020 32:10

Send us Fan Mail "There are going to be those reminders that you are not one of them. So you can front as much as you want, no one is going to look at you if you are walking down the street. But, don't be fooled, as diaspora kids it's hard to say we belong there as well (Asia)." - Gavin It's finally here! Season 1 EP 1 of WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST !!!!!!! In the...

WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST PRE-OFFICIAL EP 3 (THE ORIGIN STORY) 06.10.2020 6:48

Send us Fan Mail THE ORIGIN STORY A more in depth look into the origin story of your host Kyle. Season 1 EP 1 PREMIERE THIS THURSDAY OCTOBER 9 @ 8PM!!!! FOLLOW KYLE ON IG @kyle.lkhhk Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/ Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Ded...

WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST - PRE OFFICIAL EP2 (INTRODUCTION OF ANOTHER NEW PODCAST) 04.10.2020 12:18

Send us Fan Mail It's been a while. I promised more pre-official episodes and here is one for y'all. In this one, I update you on what's been happening in my life and also announcing that I have a new podcast in addition to What Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast that I'll be doing with my good friend, Jack, fellow podcaster of DIU Podcast, that he does with his podcast partner, Ga...

WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU？ PODCAST PRE-OFFICIAL EPISODE 1 20.09.2020 4:37

Send us Fan Mail Listen in to my first official recording of a podcast episode. A short one going over who I am, what the podcast is going to be about and also what's with the name, What Kind of Asian Are You?. Find the podcast by searching the podcast, What Kind of Asian Are You? on all streaming platform and on Youtube! Find and follow me on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kyle.lkhh...

What Kind of Asian Are You? Trailer 13.09.2020 0:57

Send us Fan Mail Conversations about being Asian. Each week, we have conversations with your favourite Asian from the diaspora (or ones you need to know about!) that will inspire and motivate you to be your best self. 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 s...