But Where Are You From?
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But Where Are You From?
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)
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Will South Asian & ESEA Communities UK ever be connected?
Viv Yau had the pleasure of speaking with legendary artist, Keith Khan about whether South Asian and ESEA communities are interconnected, whether it’s...
Healed by New Jeans: Eating our way through South East Asia
besea.n co-founders Amy Phung and Charley Wong travelled to Asia together last year. In this podcast they discuss how transformative the trips were, t...
Chatty Lunar New Year special!
Happy Lunar New Year! Welcome back to what we *think* is a new season of But Where Are You From?!
Mai-Anh Vu Peterson, David Kam...
“I made him the Asian American phenomenon that I never had as a kid” - an interview with Marie Lu, 14-time bestselling writer
besea.n's own Isabelle attended the Waterstones x Penguin 'House of YA (Young Adult) LitFest' earlier this month, and got the chance to interview Mari...
Two year relationship update - we've been bad, sad, mad but so glad for fufu and lo ba gok ft. Viv & Manny
Viv and her boyfriend Manny catch up on the podcast about their relationship; from meeting their family, farting, how they navigate racism with friend...
*Bonus Episode* On Your Side - The UK's first ESEA Helpline Launches!
Amy spoke to Kimi Jolly (co-founder of ESAS) and Sophia Luu (Design Researcher) about UK’s hostile environment and how it affects asylum seekers, the...
Our bodies our choice
(Trigger warning: abortion, sexual assault, miscarriage, body issues)
In our end of season finale, Mai-Anh and Viv Yau have a chatty catch up an...
Our Internet secrets: revisiting adolescence ft. Cynthia So
Happy Pride Month! Kai (she/her) and Karlie (she/her) talk with the wonderful Cynthia So (they/them), author of the new book ‘If You Still Recognise M...
We're not monstrous, we've just got the munchies: The world of publishing ft. Claire Kohda and Kaiya Shang
Amy talked with Claire Kohda (author of Woman, Eating) and Kaiya Shang (Editor at Scribner), about Claire's wonderful new book (read it!), food as an...
Trauma as a Pendulum between Rice and Chilli ft. Jambo Dragon
Our hosts, David Kam and King-Wey Hii-Ko speak with Jambo Truong on wellness encompassing relationship with our ancestors and reframing the way we see...
Whitewashing tofu ft. Feiya Hu
Mai-Anh and Viv chat with the wonderful Feiya Hu on her experience with the BBC Panorama documentary on racism, we also talk about her charity that sh...
Baking 'Asians' into your bread ft. Subtle Asian Baking, Kat Lieu
Mai-Anh chats to Kat Lieu of Subtle Asian Baking (go follow!) about starting her page, the Subtle Asian community, how Kat used to be a personal train...
Anti-racism as collective healing with Nova Reid
Amy & Viv had the pleasure of speaking with anti-racist activist, Ted Speaker and author of 'The Good Ally', Nova Reid. We cover A LOT. A trigger warn...
Reaffirming Queer ESEA identity, homecomings and the importance of kindness with David Kam
Karlie introduces one of our (no longer so new) new core team members, who is already known to the community as the founder and director of Kind Red P...
Chatty, juicy Q&A - love, dealbreakers, fame, quitting jobs
Mai-Anh Peterson, Charley Wong and Viv Yau chat absolute shit in Viv's flat in Manchester, they answer some questions from the New York Times '36 Ques...
Being loud and proud in your Disability identity ft. Tiffany Yu (Disability Rights advocate)
Charley and Mai-Anh speak to Asian-American disability rights advocate Tiffany Yu, who was incredibly generous with her wisdom regarding advocacy, all...
Spring cleaning friendships ft. King-Wey and Peiwen
Viv introduces two new besea.n core team members King-Wey and Peiwen onto the poddy! We talk about things Peiwen notices moving over to the UK aged 14...
Being Black & Chinese, love languages, compassion for white people ft. Ryan Alexander Holmes
Kai and Viv chat to LA based actor and content creator, Ryan Alexander Holmes about British accents, being Black and Chinese, his relationship with so...
'Why aren't you BROWN?': Adoption stories ft. Pippa Hollington and Emily Couch
Mai-Anh speaks with transracial adoptees, Pippa Hollington and Emily Couch on their experience, growing up in Hong Kong, being mistaken for other ESEA...
Jade bangle lube, Chinglish and TVB Dramas ft. Georgina Leung
Amy and Karlie spoke to Georgina aka https://www.instagram.com/chop_stick_n_poke/ about her parents, working as a tattoo artist, then they started vee...
Asians Have Feelings Too, ft. The Mollusc Dimension
[Content Note: sexual harassment
There may be train noises in the background.]
Amy and Karlie sat down to chat with the multi-talented Sq...
ESEA Cancer Experiences
Mai-Anh our host is joined by Charley and Viv where we talk about our experiences with cancer.
Resources:
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/
Order! Order! What working in the Commons is REALLY like, feat. Sarah Owen MP
This week, Mai-Anh sat down with Labour MP for Luton North, Sarah Owen. We talked about what it's really like being a woman in the Commons, hanger, de...
Who can cook ESEA food? Ft. Little Yellow Rice Co - Hannah Hosanee & Rob Allen
Charley & Viv were joined by Hannah & Rob of Little Yellow Rice Co. to talk about their business, Little Yellow Rice Co, we discuss Hannah's heritage...
Don't get into art, you'll be poor Ft. YukFun (Lucy & Patrick)
Amy and Viv go off on a little ramble about Amy's school report, the #VeryAsian call in, Viv being a twin and then we chatted with co-founders of Yuk...
Chasing the taste of home (with Jenny Lau and Tiffany Chang): cooking, finding your path and navigating generational divides
Chasing the taste of home (with Jenny Lau and Tiffany Chang): cooking, finding your path and navigating generational divides
We interviewed food...
Entering journalism: starting out, rejection and writing about Anti-Asian racism and community ft. Suyin Haynes & Angela Hui
We spoke with Suyin Haynes (Editor-In-Chief at gal-dem) and Angela Hui (freelance food writer for Time Out, HuffPost, gal-dem and so much more!) on a...
besea.n turns 1 year old!
1 year of besea.n - we recently went on a betreat, where, among the hike, cooking, games, and besea.n meeting, we also recorded a bonus episode for yo...
We interviewed Simu Liu, Fala Chen and Destin Daniel Cretton of Marvel's Shang-Chi!! *Bonus Episode*
*Squeeeaaaal* besea.n were invited to the UK premiere of Marvel’s latest action-packed film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (released 3rd S...
We have day jobs too! Get to know the besea.n gals Q&A
This is our third season finale as we take a break to plan ESEA Heritage Month. Join Amy, Charley, Karlie & Mai-Anh in a Q&A, with some near death exp...
Meet Viv's boyfriend: interracial dating, who's funnier, Jollof rice & noodles
Viv asks her boyfriend Manny about his first impressions of her, who's funnier, she ask him some questions asked by listeners on Instagram, any yikes...
Chats on mixed identity: Only you can define who you are
We were joined by Alicia Warner (@il.liss.strate on Instagram or aliciawarner.com) and Francesca Humi @FrancescaHumi on Twitter and @franexplainshisto...
Chinese school: tuck shop, fake tummy aches and abusive teachers
Charley, Karlie, Amy and Viv chat everything Chinese school!
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besea.n Boys Part 1: Jamie & Mai-Anh
Join host Amy in Part 1 of a series on interethnic dating as she chats to our very own Mai-Anh and her partner of 12+ years, Jamie (or Jai-Anh, if you...
Pee in a Bike Helmet! aka ESEA Parenting
Amy talks to Huong (@mrshuongblack), Liz (@themodernchef) and Georgie (@chinesechippygirl) about parenting as ESEA mums including how we try to inst...
Q&A: What would you say to your ten year old self?
We answer your Q&A's! We go from deep questions like 'what would you say to your ten year old self?' to 'is coriander nice or nasty?'
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F.R.I.E.N.D.S
Amy, Mai-Anh, Karlie and Viv chat everything FWENDSSSSS.
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Decolonising Green Spaces: calling plants 'native' is racist
Mai-Anh Peterson is joined by Hollie and Sui on a bloomin' brilliant and insightful discussion around decolonising green spaces. They dig into how poc...
body image: looking like Gok Wan, critical families and ugly faced sex positions
Welcome baaaack! Me, Mai-Anh Peterson, Karlie Wu and Charley Wong are your co-hosts this week and we chat about beauty standards from an ESEA perspect...
I'm an imposter and it really fucks with my mental health ft. Kim Richards
Welcome baaaack! We had the pleasure of speaking of with our pal, our gal, our mate, our comprade, our friend, Kim Richards aka Nanosounds. Mai-Anh Pe...