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Gavin is back on the pod and we discuss the current affairs of the $GME in the last month. Has the squeeze been squozed? Only time will tell but we are still diamond handing (or.. bag holding?) until then. Later we try to figure out and understand a new avenue in the DeFi sphere, NFTs or, non-fungible tokens. We talk about the value and ownership of things, the digitalization of our reality and assets and the future of monies. Timestamps: Reddit bots and shills (5:10), $GME $40 (11:00), $GME price rises (12:00), 100K is not a meme (17:00), when do we sell? (24:00), NFTs (33:54), LeBron’s dunk nft for 200k (36:15), clubhouse (37:35), how to make money off nfts (42:30), how do you transfer the same value of a physical piece of art into an nft? (45:20), first band to sell an album as an nft (48:14), turning our podcast into an nft (50:55), Fake art (52:45), why do we buy art? (57:55), social media is more important than reality (1:05:00), cryptocurrency (1:10:30), Michelle Phan (1:13:00) and more. Hear more from Gavin here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Gavin and Aaron are back on the podcast this week to continue the discussion of the non-stop gamestop saga. Admittedly, it has been a dark week for us diamond hands but we will hold until we sip molotov cocktails on a yacht when my 10 shares of GME take us to the moon... or live off food stamps until I can get back on my feet. Timestamps: $GME closing at $63 this Friday (1:20), finance guy looks at GME charts (6:22), market manipulation with GME and AMC (10:00), Feb 9th short data (11:25), investigation (13:45), you are the product (18:10), some retail investors regretting getting on the bandwagon (21:50), loss porn (22:55), what will happen when short data is out? (32:30), who is going to be casted in the $GME movie (37:10), Netflix production of $GME (40:40) and more. Listen to Gavin here. Listen to Aaron here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Can't stop. Won't stop. GameStop. $GME Aaron of First Generations Podcast and Gavin of DIU pod join me to discuss the recent events of the Gamestop saga. We talk stock market shorting and manipulation, wallstreetbets and the impact of this momentous event in history. Timestamps: EB Games (4:40), Gamestop saga (8:14), toxic relationships (8:33), u/deepfuckingvalue (13:10), celebrities coming out to support wsb (19:40), brokerage apps stop trading for retail investors (17:11), what happens to society after gamestop? (32:10), 2008 financial crisis (39:10), when do retail investors get out? (43:28), $GME: a giant trust exercise (44:50), stock market crash (48:20) and more. WE LIKE THE STOCK. Find Aaron here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4CzrfAJ7GcRKjewFPOlAp9 Gavin here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2RGxmZsrvuZXSqcCzB39Lj --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Dorothy is on the pod today and she imparts some modern elder wisdom upon my podcast. She shares stories of her life starting in the middle, finding her partner into her late 30s and adopting a girl from China as an Asian American woman who grew up in Brooklyn, New York. We talk Asian representation in American media, dissecting parental trauma, and the ever changing notion of what it means to be human. Timestamps: Deciding to adopt a child (3:00), biological versus logical families (3:30), divorces (11:00), what makes a marriage work (12:20), John Gottman (14:18), humans are dynamic (19:50), the wisdom of modern elders (21:20), growing up in the 1980s (22:45), what makes a lifetime (30:30), social life during the pandemic and introversion (33:10), choosing adoption (37:25), telling your child she is adopted (42:45), Joy Luck Club and Asian representation (48:40), Crazy Rich Asians (49:55), getting called a “Jap” (56:45), throwing out the old school playbook (59:45), parental trauma (1:08:58), and more. Dorothy is looking to talk to 100 Asianx womxn who burn their playbook and play by their own rules. If you are interested, you can reach her at hello@resonant-strategies.com. Thank you everyone for listening, and as always, I’ll see you on the next episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Kyle, a Chinese Canadian from Toronto, is on the show and we talk: Torontorians know more about Vancouver than Vancouverites talk about Toronto (1:35), Alberta (3:30), Calgary Chinatown (7:20), Canada’s worst Chinatown (7:45), Growing up Asian-Canadian in Markham Toronto (16:05), Parents not wanting you to speak your mother tongue at home (19:08), Asians representation in media (22:00), Asian men moving up the sexy ladder (32:50), Kpop dudes (38:30), What Kind of Asian Are You? (41:40), podcasts we listen to (52:35) and more. Check out Kyle’s podcast What kind of Asian Are You? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Sandy the globetrotter, writer and life coach is on the podcast today! We talk mushroom capital of the world (1:20), growing up half Korean half Japanese (5:43), questions asked to size someone up (15:00), Korean in Mongolia (19:05), moving to the UK (25:40), I love your accent (29:30), starting a travel blog (30:50), life coach (38:48) and more. Contact Sandy and check out her blog at http://goingknowhere.today/ and read my article here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

THIS PODCAST WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE!! Gavin of DIU podcast is back and we talk about stage three of covid-19 in Canada and eating out at restaurants again. Did we really miss paying a weeks worth of groceries for one meal at a restaurant? This later sparks a discussion on all the fast food coupons we’ve been getting in the mail which naturally leads to snitch culture and Qanon. This is a fun episode and it might even SAVE YOUR LIFE. Timestamps: Gavin walks into a bar (2:07), poutine (3:32), did we really miss paying $25 for beers and fries at a bar? (5:47), white spot (7:28), are the terms “white” and “black” problematic? (7:20), being more conscious about where I eat (10:40), Boston Pizza (13:45), Walmart masks (14:20), Toronto is more strict (16:22), people not knowing how to put on a mask (19:40), where da vaccine (20:30), zoomers? More like gen Covid-19 (22:10), government handouts (25:15), snitch culture (30:48), CERB is the battleground of mortality (32:37), snitch culture and witch hunting (35:45), racism at Harvey’s? (54:05), ranking burgers (01:01:34), McDonalds (1:05:15), coupon story (1:17:25), DIY Costco poutine (1:20:00), Qanon (1:33:25), and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Karl of Gayasian Canadian fame is back on the podcast. This week we catch each other up on our lives since our last recording in January. Timestamps: Working from home (1:15), tiny houses (5:00), Asian Unification Project (7:10), astrology (11:33), Taiwan #1 (16:00), Getting mistaken for Jeremy Lin (18:18), How will Asians be seen (20:00), what happened to BLM (24:00), the new normal re: events (24:55), Canadian airport covid check protocol (27:44), anti maskers (28:20), my hobbies during quarantine (34:00) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Aaron of First Generations Podcast is on the show today and we delve into his deep dark past of ~romance~. We talk interracial relationships, cultural clashes and harmony, and more on this episode of PTP. Timestamps: Starting a podcast (00:40), white girls are the hottest (06:00), Asian male white female (9:45), AMWF in public (16:00), public backlash from AMWF (17:55), families from different cultural backgrounds (24:25), asians are on their phones (31:20), five love languages (50:20) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Jack, co-host of DIU podcast is on the show today. He shares his previous romances, what he looks for in a girl, and dependent versus independent woman and the role that Western society plays in that.. Timestamps: How he got the name the Love Guru (1:08), who pays for the bill on a first date (2:08), Jack’s first girlfriend (10:45), settling down (25:20), cute versus sexy (31:18), Indian Matchmaking (38:19), dating trends (42:40), dependent v. Independent woman (45:03) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Helen is a Korean Canadian living in Toronto. She shares her story about her struggles with culture, spirituality, and sexuality. Timestamps: Asians in Vancouver been wearing masks (1:40), we met in Vietnam (2:10), life in Korea (4:19), adapting to Canada (7:38), choosing identity (12:00), North Vancouver (13:48), rich kids in West Vancouver (16:00), BIPOC (18:05), first time realizing that you are different because of a culture (19:30), language barrier shame (21:50), Koreans be killing it (23:45), culture, religion and sexuality (25:55), shaving her head to repel men (31:03), accidentally attracting women (34:11), mental breakdown (39:40), single pride (45:50) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Hey listeners, Jen is back on the pod today alongside our very special guest: her dad. He shares his story about growing up in communist Vietnam and his three attempts to escape the country while fearing for his life at during every single second. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Zoey is on the podcast today! We talk: Chinese people in South America (00:40), growing up Asian French (2:45), outcasted by Asian community (6:38), associating more with Black culture than Chinese culture (7:10), model minority (7:40), figuring out identity (8:50), Vancouver helped Zoey embrace her Asian identity (10:00), American wearing Canadian flags in France (12:00), French women (15:00), gender roles (17:58), French people v. Catholicism (19:10), Korean cult mentality (22:08), French peoples opinion on Quebecois (22:43), Assumptions based on race (26:05), culture shocks in Canada (28:32), not needing to speak English in Richmond (29:15), translating for parents (31:20), flaky Vancouverites (32:40), Tinder (34:30), dating Asian men for the first time (42:19), Canadian guys do not approach women in bars (47:35), dating multiple people at the same time (53:25) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Andy Chen, a gym owner, shares his story of how his business during covid19 in Vancouver, BC. Timestamps: Growing up in Waterloo (2:05), going from being a minority to the majority (6:45), differences between Vancouver and Waterloo (8:40), love for fitness and fight club (13:30), opening a crossfit gym (17:20), Asian parents thoughts on son opening a gym (21:35), being a gym owner during the coronavirus pandemic (25:16), gyms could have operated during covid19 this whole time?! (26:20), gym owners thoughts on covid19 hitting (30:20), phase 2 (33:25), training through zoom calls (35:10), lending people gym equipment (36:37), how has the pandemic changed the gym industry (42:20) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Robin, host of Rap Nerd Problems and hip hop head, joins me on the show today. Timestamps: Vancouverites love mushrooms (00:40), how do you pronounce Toronto (4:14), Are Vancouverites more proper than Torontonians? (5:08), Moving from Hong Kong to Toronto (13:10), being cool in Asian dominate schools versus non Asian dominant schools (20:15), bring Asian lunches to school (23:00), are Asians cool now? (39:00), dating apps (45:20), hitting on strangers in public (55:35), can women date men they are not physically attracted to? (59:15), Are artists narcissists? (1:16:25), art needs an audience (1:20:14), rap nerd problems (1:21:15) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

The Vancouver Vietnamese coalition unite and we talk about pharmacists in the pandemic (1:28), racism against Asians in Vancouver (7:15), eating at restaurants in phase 2 (11:00), social distancing? (12:20), dim sum during a pandemic (14:35), missing friends during the pandemic (17:20), animal crossing (18:40), ranking Viet food (20:32), Vietnamese Canadians rank Viet food (22:50), why Vietnamese food is better in Vietnam (24:05), foods in Vietnam (27:23), pharmacies in Vietnam (32:40), Vietnamese Curry (39:05), top five Viet foods (42:40), snake 7 ways (52:42), tiger penis (54:25), does Alberta have the highest rates of chlamydia (58:30), north and southern Vietnamese (01:06:14) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Khoi is a Vietnamese Canadian from Vancouver and he shares his point of view of what it was like growing up in Vancouver. Timestamps: Vietnamese dad decides to escape Vietnam for a better life (00:26), boat people (1:40), Canada was taking in anyone (3:35), hating being the only child (6:43), bullying in schools (8:00), diversity is your norm (9:10), Asians were the cool kids (12:25), internalizing Asian stereotypes (15:40), Asian male stereotypes (19:05), realizing the lack of representation of Asian males in Western media (22:10), William Hung (24:00), oral traditions and stories imparting values (28:20), Crazy Rich Asians movie (36:14), immigrant parents trying to keep the Asian heritage alive in their children (42:50), The Farewell movie (47:20), walking the tightrope of different identities (49:30) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Alicia is on the podcast today! We talk: Subtle Viet Traits (1:45), Vietnamese people and gambling (2:12), Vietnamese-American abgs (4:06), Vietnamese shame (10:30), What does Asian American even mean (11:45), Vietnamese as a geographic location versus as a culture (16:15), Canadian v Americans (20:20), living in Vietnam (37:10), staring culture in Vietnam (41:00), sex work in Vietnam (54:30), karaoke bars (56:25), loanshark gets money back (1:05:30) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

My brothers generously share their story on the podcast today. They recount being drugged as children and put on a boat, spending 30 days at sea before arriving at Hong Kong where they will spend the next four years of their lives, and seeing snow for the first time in Canada. Timestamps: The start (1:20), US sanctions (1:55), preparing to escape Vietnam (2:50), getting drugged as kids (3:23), sleeping on a sail boat for 28 days (4:50), asking US ships to take us as refugees (6:20), being stripped naked and hosed down for quarantine (8:40), feels weird sleeping on a bed for the first time in a month (10:20), life in a refugee camp as a 6 year old kid (11:50), fights and stabbings in the refugee camp (12:00), given English names (13:35), refugee camp economic society (15:00), donated toys for refugee children (16:40), interviews to go to Canada (17:50), throwing glass bottles to prevent others from freeloading off television time (19:50), studying for the interview with the United Nations (22:46), getting on an airplane for the first time ever (25:18), arriving in Quebec (25:45), seeing snow in real life for the first time (26:30), falling in love with hockey (28:40), getting bullied in school (29:25), driving from Quebec to Vancouver (33:25), pirates on sea (34:55), PTSD (36:00) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Sia, my European representative is on the show today. We talk tiger King (1:13), redneck culture (3:05), Carole’s reaction to the show (7:55), Joe framed? (16:20), quarantine in Germany (31:20), noodle patrol (33:48), police on horses in Germany (34:45), park closures (38:00), is covid19 a health or political issue (39:15), police state in the grocery store (44:10), quiet hospitals (49:02) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Gavin is back on the podcast and we talk about the coronavirus pandemic in Toronto versus Vancouver. To change things up a bit we also review the Spanish sci-fi film “The Platform”. Topic timestamps: Are we in black mirror? (2:50), Toronto lockdown (3:45), Vancouver is chilling (4:55), hero pay (9:00), panic buying toilet paper (11:00), work from home life (18:05), 7pm cheer for emergency workers (29:10), citizens policing citizens (31:30), DIY medical equipment, are we in black mirror? (33:00), only rich kids can play (35:30), the platform movie (37:40), quarantine life (1:01:50), creative drain during coronavirus (1:03:45) and more. You can find Gavin at diupod.com. Check his podcast DIU Podcast out on Spotify. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is fed up with us frequenting beaches, going on hikes and doing normal spring things. Enough is enough, go home and stay home. I'm in self isolation so my brothers are my guests this week. We talk about people losing jobs (00:38), state of emergency (2:13), teachers (4:20), how long is this quarantine gonna last (6:50), results of this pandemic (8:55), everyone is wearing masks (11:10), gun sales are going up (17:19), workers taking leave (19:10), starting a garden (20:40), Animal Crossing (21:55) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Vi is a Vietnamese Canadian girl that lived in France. In this episode, she talks about her cryptic Viet mom (00:45), learning French (2:00), living in France (3:05), Vancouver has dope Feng shui (4:40), push back from being Asian in France teaching English (6:00), French little kisses (7:40), where are you from? (11:05), go back to where you came from (16:00), relationship between students and teachers in France (19:00), Viet Kieus (23:00), Viet Kieus have intergenerational trauma as a result of the Vietnam war (24:40), central Vietnam (25:30), is there a Viet Kieu walk (30:30), Vietnam is overwhelming (34:00), parents divorce (39:00), divorce because they didn’t have a son (45:00), queer identity (51:20), perceptions of Asian men versus Asian women (54:15), parasite (1:01:30) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Albert is an aspiring Asian actor in Vancouver and he talks about the industry, immigrating back to Taiwan (1:08), Taiwanese identity (2:50), Canadian privilege in Taiwan (5:40), extroverted introverted (8:10), studying theatre (10:45), parents reaction to studying arts (14:00), need another job to support creative career (19:05), doing open mics (21:00), Robin Williams (22:20), how the industry is for Asian actors (24:45), self growth (28:00), street dance in Vancouver (33:20), cultural appropriation (37:00), Asians love to appropriate Black culture (41:00) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Malcolm moved to Vancouver as a direct result of the Hong Kong protests. We get a little tipsy and he reminds me that he’s straight AF. We talk about HK losing its identity (1:50), traditional Hong Kong men’s roles (2:52), being a feminine guy (3:45), moving to Vancouver as a direct result of the Hong Kong protests (4:18), Wearing certain colours in HK can get you beat up (8:30), Hong Kong “Angels” aka sex volunteers for the protestors? (10:40), sex volunteers feel used (13:45), Japanese tourist attacked in HK (17:20), coronavirus in Vietnam and Canada (20:18), Hand sanitizer sold out everywhere (23:07), factories in Asia making fake masks (24:35), Vancouver lets you be whatever you want (28:30), strong independent woman (30:30), wtf is an ABG?? (32:00), Malcolm is a player in HK (34:10), do more feminine men attract more masculine women? (34:50), attractive qualities in women are different from attractive qualities in men? (36:45), are women single by choice? (40:20), lang lui / pretty girl (42:30), getting called gay (45:05), ABGs are a culture shock to HK guy (50:40), what’s a FOB (52:10), English names for Asian kids is lazy (54:10), CBC versus Chinese international students (57:50) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

The man with the plan, Danny Van is on the podcast this week! He talks screenwriting (4:00), Asian parents reaction to his creative pursuit (6:15), Vancouver screenwriting competition (7:15), creative writing (11:25), the Asian Stan Lee (14:25), Yappie jobs versus creative jobs (18:25), pursue your dreams (19:20), refugee parents (21:30), visiting Vietnam (23:50), being called Osama Bin Laden (26:15), Vietnamese is weird (28:45), Vietnamese accents are weird (29:50), funemployed (32:40), hating Vietnam as a kid (33:28), being called fat in Vietnam (35:19), Hanoi (39:25), Bun Cha (42:14), Vietnamese age (44:18), starting a business (46:00), depressed Vancouverite (48:15), love/hate relationship with Vietnamese people (50:00), Viet identity (52:30), Surrey gangsters (56:15), Crazy Rich Asians (1:01:45) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

This whole episode is about dating and marriage in Korea. Kevin, a Korean guy from Seoul and user of a dating app made for men with money seeking women with looks, shares his experience. In this episode he talks about the coronavirus in Korea (00:40), blind dates 소개팅 (2:10), Korea’s got a valentines day every month (6:25), white day (7:10), pressure to date (7:35), Korean dating app Amanda (7:55), importance of looks and status (9:15), Korean matchmaking agencies (9:50), Sugar Baby app? (16:15), Gold Spoon users complain (19:15), where do rich guys and beautiful women hang out offline (21:25), Cheongdam (22:30), trophy wife (28:20), Parasite (30:00), marriages are business deals (31:50), problems within rich and poor couples (32:40), money makes men sexy (34:00), men can pick their number (35:28), importance of looks and status in Korean society (37:04), Korea’s dating future (37:52) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Jian talks about growing up Filipino in the middle east and moving to Canada in his teens. Topics include studying to be a cop (1:08), growing up Filipino in the United Arab Emirates (3:16), going to school with Arabs (6:35), moving to Dubai (8:05), McDonalds in Dubai (9:10), can all Filipinos sing and play guitar? (11:05), sexy male actors ooof (15:45), talking to parents about bullying (17:30), fight back when bullied (22:10), growing up with a very busy working dad (24:45), white washed Filipinos (29:45), leaving the Catholic Church? (30:45), differences in attitudes in Canada and Dubai (34:35), sexually active teenagers in Canada (36:10), learning about sex in elementary (37:45), culture shock in Canada coming from Dubai (38:40), smoking weed for the first time (39:05), just Vietnamese Vancouver things (43:50), misconception about Vancouver (46:10) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

My childhood friend, Aaron and I catch up after 17 years. He shares his story about being raised by a single mom (1:40), visiting dad in jail (4:15), white kids are friends with their parents (6:00), Asian masculinity (7:14), Asian femininity (9:00), close female friendships (10:05), moving to Edmonton from Vancouver (12:29), depression (14:10), white families teach their kids work life balance (17:45), skipping school (19:15), racism (21:08), cute racism? (22:10), Albertans are super nice (23:02), AMWF Asian man white female (24:46), interracial relationships in public (31:31), are Asian men who date white women heroes? (34:05), divorced before 30 (35:42), strong Asian mom (38:10), infidelity (39:40), therapy (40:50), older brother and younger sister relationships (46:10) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

The episode of shoutouts. Gavin, fellow Asian Canadian podcaster and host of DIU Podcast, joins me today to reminisce on our experience teaching English in Korea. We talk about why we chose Korea (1:50), is teaching English abroad a working holiday? (3:45), what an average working day looked like (5:18), expectations and reality (6:30), living in the boonies (8:24), getting used to Korean food (12:03), surviving Korea without speaking Korean (13:36), Learning to read Korean (16:13), is Korean just English (16:50), feeling like a child (21:06), safety (25:45), living near an army base (27:20), wedding pimps and pricing tiers for humans (28:43), juicy bars (31:25), the US presence in Korea (32:15), does the military attract disadvantaged youth? (33:19), hooker hill (36:00), Gimcheon (37:30), non white foreigner in Korea (40:35), belonging (42:00), Asian Canadian expat experience (43:00), obvious foreigner privilege (45:25), Can Asians from Canada teach English in Korea? (48:30), views on non-Korean Asians in Korea (52:25), do teachers of English have to be of a certain race? (55:40), hweshiks (59:30), puking from drinking too much (1:02:00), foreigner card (1:04:10), coming back home after living abroad (1:08:00), teaching abroad for the second time around (1:11:22), useless social science degrees (1:12:15), Korea versus Japan (1:13:45), Korean trains (1:17:35) and more. You can find Gavin on diupod.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Jonathan is a yappie, a young Asian professional. In this episode, he talks about growing up unconventionally Chinese Canadian (1:30), being unable to relate to other Asian kids in Vancouver (3:20), white spot (4:48), bullying in private school (9:20), anger issues with tiger parents (10:32), university on a mountain (14:05), Is social science, science? (17:17), hating math (18:55), skipping class in university (21:41), golden handcuffs (23:30), are the late twenties the new fifties? (25:00), never ending expectations from family (26:00), serious long term relationship ends (27:39), legal separation and lawyer fees at 28 years old (31:17), scared of committing again (34:30), what are online dating apps (40:15), marriage story (45:20), and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Minjae, a born and raised German talks about the coronavirus (00:45), students crying because of the coronavirus (2:50), feeling uncomfortable in public (3:45), Chinese student attacked in Berlin (4:58), not looking like the majority (8:02), dancing around racism (11:02), asian teenagers (12:03), hooligan culture (12:33), talking back to German racists (13:10), watching how you act because of your skin color (15:34), didn’t know I was Asian (16:55), Asian Americans have “American” names whereas Asian Germans keep their Asian name (18:25), conservative Korean parents (20:15), accepting being Asian (22:50), identity crisis (24:15), Korean beauty ideals versus German natural beauty (24:45), Korean girl moves to Germany (29:14), German parent relationship with their kids (30:35), Asian dads (34:02) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

I catch up with a fellow free spirit I met on my travels. Susie and I talk about eating white food to assimilate into Western society (1:00), not communicating with family (3:52), language barrier with parents (4:10), being embarrassed by immigrant parents (5:10), “Asian” is different in the UK (7:15), entrepreneurship (09:00), imposter syndrome (11:30), being brave (13:20), trying to start a business in Vietnam (15:20), critical parents (16:15), flipping thrift clothes (17:28), asian women are weak (20:15), Nina hustles at 10 years old (21:40), why I started the podcast (23:03), startups in Vietnam (24:20), moving back home after living abroad (28:15), being trapped in a job forever (29:50), not being about to connect with childhood friends after living abroad (30:35), meeting other travellers (33:18), solo traveling (35:20), reverse culture shock (41:05), applying for jobs and writing resumes (42:30) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Amber and Kennedy join me today to talk about growing up on a reserve (00:50), attending more funerals than weddings (3:35), addiction (6:20), feelings (7:30), talking to native parents about emotions (9:20), residential schools (12:22), learning about residential schools in public school (15:00), being the native ambassador (16:15), native people get a bunch of money from the government? (16:55), being called an Indian (18:55), how much First Nations blood do you need to get a status card? (20:38), Aboriginal room (22:05), stereotype that all natives are on welfare (24:50), First Nations woman gets asked where she is from (25:48), being half Native / Metis people (28:53), Native beauty standards (33:33), Native from the planes (34:15), missing women (36:00), growing living next to a pipe plant on the reserve (37:35), imagining what would life be like without the European settlers (38:42) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Karl and I talk about growing up in a white area (1:05), sexuality and masturbation (3:30), coming out to friends (7:05), Asian dad asks son to come out (8:15), mom disapproves of son’s sexuality (12:05), coming out to parents about self harm (13:45), queer asian discrimination (15:15), marketing (17:45), LGBT advocacy (20:05), dating (22:45), faking cancer to get your ex back (23:32), mental colonization (27:02), flake city (29:45), high school dating privilege (32:00), subtle asian networking (34:35), Asians meaning only East Asian? (36:30), Coquitlam is very insulated (39:15), divide within the Asian community (42:25), Asians are very racist (43:30), Asians in Asia don’t understand Asian Americans (44:19), subtle asian traits is our version of black twitter (47:28), Parasite (51:40) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

I get my first Indian Canadian woman on the show! Sabrina talks about Surrey, BC (00:50), not a traditional Indian family (1:35), East Asian versus South Asian (1:54), moving to a new high school (3:45), family closeness (6:23), being a bisexual (8:35), coming out to parents (9:55), love marriages and arranged marriages (11:15), strict parents (13:50), dating (16:40), having a ton of siblings (18:30), freedom fighter in India (22:50), surprise daughter (23:10), young bisexual women (25:45), traveling (27:00), Asheville, Oregon (30:30), Canadian versus American accents (31:30), metallurgical engineering (34:50), educated parents don’t put a lot of academic pressure on their children? (36:00) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Lam, a Vietnamese international student from Hanoi joins me on the podcast this week. We talk about growing up in Hanoi (0:54), social science not being considered a serious study (3:15), Hmong people (6:00), the LGBTQ community in Vietnam (9:15), progressive attitudes (12:05), lesbian dating in Vancouver (13:20), We love Da Nang (15:00), cultural identity (18:20), living in Kamloops (19:25), homestay struggles (22:10), passive aggression in Canada (25:20), META fob (27:30), internalized self-hate (31:15), international student stereotypes (32:00), what Vietnamese people think about foreigners in Vietnam (35:11), dating a white guy is WOKE (39:08), Viet Kieus (42:00), aunties savagery (44:02), Viet food in Vancouver (45:15), vegetarianism in Vietnam (50:35) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Happy Lunar New Years! I attend the Chinatown Parade in 2020 and ask other attendees their thoughts and what they see. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Jen of Growing up dac biet fame is back! Lanette, a half Viet half Chinese Vancouverite joins us as well! We talk about Jen's mom risking SARS to go to Vietnam (1:35), Coronavirus (3:00), Ebola in Korea (3:50), parents found me in a trash can (4:50), Gilmore Girls (6:40), not being able to speak Asian (8:50), Eastern Europeans are the Asians of Europe? (12:00), growing up low income (13:40), Asians don’t talk about feelings (15:12), being an adult at a very early age (17:10), Asian parenting (19:40), talking about feelings with parents (22:40), Asian parents invalidating their kids feelings (23:45), antidepressants are going to kill you (25:45), Vietnamese dad apologizes to daughter??? (30:45), karma is a bitch (31:40), Vietnamese hierarchy (34:30), reincarnation and past lives (35:22), Snowmageddon (38:00), Asians on Mental Health (38:55), Vietnamese dad takes benzos (39:45), Asian superstitions (43:50), Asian superstition or shit I just made up? (46:45), Asians are obsessed with death (52:25), Yeet Hay / Hot Chi Foods (55:35), Balloon inhalation drug in Vietnam (59:50) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Yeobo is back on the podcast and almost died on the way here (00:44), costco Madelines (2:10), chinatown shitter (3:34), Tent city (5:25), shooting up in libraries (6:35), east van transplants (7:22), social welfare housing (8:40), Japanese cultural building (9:14), Japanese in Alberta (10:57), homelessness (12:45), stealing slippers (13:30), chinatown excitement (15:10), welfare Wednesday (19:00), open relationships (21:40), why online dating is so hard (27:15), people getting married (27:47), being a mom (29:00), commitment issues (30:00), people in cold v. Hot climates (30:50), Toronto is more liberal than Vancouver? (32:50), New York or LA? (34:00) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Hey listeners! I found one in the wild... a Vietnamese Australian living in Vancouver. Cybelle and I talk about moving to Canada from Australia (1:20), Quebec (2:00), Refugees in Montreal (2:55), Vietnamese parents choosing names (4:30), Being an asian creative (8:30), first Vietnamese refugee to get a university degree in Australia (9:10), looking half Asian (11:15), growing up in a very white area (13:45), FOBs (14:50), I'm white on the inside!!? (15:40), cooking pho (17:40), Canadian stereotypes (19:20), Vancouver is very isolating (20:00), flakes (21:00), dating (26:00), hookup culture (28:45), finding yourself (30:00), refugee hardship and kids born abroad (32:30), guilt tripping your children (33:15), the differences between men and women (34:35), online dating abroad (39:33), Kim’s convenience (43:30), Asian Australian woman in Vancouver (44:50), political reasons for not visiting Vietnam (45:35), hierarchies of Asians (53:00) and more. Please enjoy the episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Hey listeners! I'm back with another bonus episode. This time we talk about Asian men and their lack of desirability in comparison to their female counterparts when it comes to online dating. Asian women talk about what they like and don't like in a profile and Asian men share their experiences with online dating. Please enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

What are Asian Canadian teenagers doing in 2020? Find out on this episode with Jin and Emily! They talk about parental expectations (1:20), being friends with your parents? (2:20), hiding relationships from parents (5:25), approving of dad's new girlfriends (6:03), accidentally running into your birth mother (8:48), secretly learning about birth mom (12:05), shame (16:40), never liking white boys (21:52), your English is so good (23:15), friendship (27:50), romance (30:00), clubbing in Korea (32:05), booking clubs in Korea (33:05), dating apps (37:10) and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Kimbap.. is this sushi? We have a JAPANESE CANADIAN on the podcast today! Reina joins us and talks about visiting Japan (5:25), Japanese restaurants run by Koreans (7:45), not attending post secondary right after high school (10:20), Japanese man lives the Canadian dream (14:00), lunches (15:15), emotions (17:25), female gamer (20:21), segregation in high school (22:50), ice skating in Vietnam (28:00), being called white-washed (31:20) and more.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

This is one of my favorites. A fellow Vietnamese Canadian girl and I discuss what life was like growing up in East Vancouver. Topics include high school stabbings (2:18), what we ate at home (4:20), McDonalds (6:30), refugee parents (8:05), not understanding Thai (10:26), Viet dads (12:30), nammer girls, LGs, ABGs (14:55), popular websites in the 90s (18:10), visiting the motherland (20:10), surprising a 95 year old grandma (21:55), Viet Kieu disguise? (24:30), Vietnamese pricing tiers (25:20), living in Vietnam (27:20), mien bac va mien nam (29:05), northern and southern accents (33:40), subtle viet traits (36:29), racism in Vancouver (44:30), girl fights in high school (46:42), entrepreneurship in Vietnam (56:10), weird smells (58:35), food poisoning (59:20), not speaking Vietnamese at home (1:01:29), I wanna be Chinese! (1:02:50), selling drugs (1:06:20), accepting Vietnamese heritage (1:09:35), Viet Kieu guys in Vietnam (01:11:40), Korean international marriages (1:12:10), Essex lorry death (1:14:41), rich people (1:15:44), lifting in Vietnam (1:17:20), Viet moms (1:24:37), Vietnamese survival mentality (1:26:59). Song: You Got Beef? 2004; lyrics Chuckie Akenz feat. V-Unit Directed by Paul Nguyen. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Sumin is back on the podcast! This week we talk about me getting rear ended (1:35), the burning monk in Vietnam (9:57), Andrew Yang #yanggang (14:14), JT the PM of Canada (21:00), being told our English is so good (22:30), racism in Vancouver (25:25), Asian Canadians versus Asian Americans (30:36), food in LA (34:10) and more.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

This week, we discuss Vancouver being the loneliest city in Canada (2:45), being the only Asian in Fort St. James (7:08), only dating white guys as an Asian woman (11:15), yellow fever (12:46), Azn f*boys with small ... (18:24), online dating apps (22:33), sugar babies (27:30), living costs in Vancouver (33:15), Korean Canadians versus Korean International Students (35:25), feminism and the Escape Corset in Korea (41:00). Theme music is Piano & Sax by Joakim Karud. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

Hey listeners! This is a mini episode discussing the attractiveness of Asian men in media. I get some opinions from white women, Asian women and Asian men themselves and their stance on Asian men depicted in media. Theme music is Piano & Sax by Joakim Karud. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

This week, my guests include a local born and raised Chinese-Canadian and a born and raised Edmontonian who recently moved to Vancouver. Sam and Yeobo discuss Oil and Gas (5:45), Grouse Mountain Gondola Snapping (7:00), the rivalry between British Columbia and Alberta (9:13), transplants in Vancouver (14:18), Poutine (22:18), ABGs and Good Old Boys (25:23, 30:00), Canadian murderers (32:00), Canada's only train (34:40), and Starlight tours in Saskatchewan (37:35). Theme music is Piano & Sax by Joakim Karud. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

This episode, a Korean Canadian girl shares her experiences growing up tall amongst her short Asian friends, Korean cults in Canada, Gangnam girls, Korean food in Canada versus in Korea, Kim’s Convenience and more. Nina discusses Vietnamese gangsters and ABGs. Theme music is Piano & Sax by Joakim Karud. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message

A white-Canadian woman and an Asian-Canadian woman discuss the differences and similarities of being born and raised in Canada. Topics discussed include embarrassing lunches, hunting, and discussing sex with parents. Theme music is Piano & Sax by Joakim Karud. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/passthepoutine/message