Latest Asian immigrants Podcast Episodes
Getting RAW-er
Get RAW Podcast - August 28, 2023 21:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday’s episode is my first completely unedited, extremely raw update - recorded in my bathroom, where I often talk to myself. Before you worry; I am A-OK, and honestly in a better place now than I ever have been. I’ve been spending the last year(s) and especially the last six months really f...
Lost at Sea
Get RAW Podcast - February 02, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsFinance Degree or Art Degree? Play it safe or Shoot for the Moon? What's the right order? Sculptor, Caretaker, Job seeker, and Dreamer - Debbie Vu of Alief, Houston discusses why being (only) good at school can leave you (really) lost when it comes to real life. @art_dtv Takeaways: Spending...
Useless Potato.
Get RAW Podcast - January 26, 2023 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsSometimes I feel like a useless potato. Sometimes YOU may feel like a useless potato. But you are NOT a useless potato! I am also NOT a useless potato! "There's no such thing as a Useless Potato. Potatoes can be made in so many ways. Fried, scalloped, mashed, julienned, salad-ed, turned into a...
Defiantly Undefinable
Get RAW Podcast - June 19, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsMichelle is 20 years old, battling not just Lymphoma and chemo, but her mental health, her friendships, her confidence, her outlook on life and on .... everything. In a world that fosters everyone knowing everything about everyone, does caring too much what others think ultimately lead to us ca...
38 Years
Get RAW Podcast - June 03, 2022 21:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsI turned 38 two months ago. I've been on anxiety/antidepressant medication for 6 months. I was diagnosed with ADHD 2 weeks ago. I’m finally learning to be comfortable and proud of who I am. It’s hard as fck, but it’s awesome. This is my first ever non-edited episode! PS: I hope you will foll...
Share Your Grief
Get RAW Podcast - November 06, 2021 18:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsIn this personal episode, Stephanie and her sister Wei Wei (Christine) finally do a podcast ... by accident. During a call about their 99 year old grandpa's passing, they remember his strength, vitality, and courage in escaping communist China - as well as how repressed their family is when it...
The Long White Con
Get RAW Podcast - September 15, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWhat is life like for a biracial, white passing daughter of a mother that chose to erase her Indian heritage? How does looking "ethnically ambiguous" effect an actor when booking jobs? It's not enough Sheila is an executive producer, writer, show runner, opera singer, and krav maga-er. On top ...
The Fault of the Stars
Get RAW Podcast - August 30, 2021 19:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsAccording to her eastern and western zodiac signs, Stacy is a riotous combo of a stubborn ox and fiery ram. Just kidding, Stacy hates astrology. And compliments. And parental PDA. And marriage. And Affluent Anti-Affirmative Action Asians. So how did a painfully shy girl turn into an irreverent,...
Defend Yourself
Get RAW Podcast - August 27, 2021 07:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWhat happens when Stephanie's neighbor's dog attacks her dogs for the third time in three months? Does she channel Leslie's training to defend herself and her pup? Part 2 of "You are Worth Defending" with Leslie. Bonus: Listen to the recording between the neighbor, the police, and me. Fun tim...
F*&%ing F#@$
Get RAW Podcast - August 10, 2021 02:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWhere did our Instagram Account go? Down the Sh*tter. What happened? Was it because I pulled The Tower card in my last Tarot card reading?! Find out in this mini episode. www.getrawpodcast.org
You Are Worth Defending
Get RAW Podcast - August 05, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsLove. Freedom. Strength. Vulnerability. These are the tenets of Leslie Lew, Martial Arts / Female Empowerment / Modern Self Defense Coach & Badass Kung Fu Witch . If you have EVER felt hesitant standing up for yourself at work, at home, or in life, Leslie is the guide and verbal hug we all didn'...
The Snakehead
Get RAW Podcast - July 26, 2021 17:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsOur producer Kristal hosts this episode, telling the very dark, twisting, fascinating and TRUE story of Sister Ping, Queen of the Snakeheads, arguably the most successful documented human smuggler in history and based right in the heart of New York’s Chinatown. From warring Fujianese street gan...
What I Wish I Knew
Get RAW Podcast - July 23, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsJordana is full of wishes. She wishes to be more connected to her Chinese culture. She wishes she knew more before engaging in hookup culture. She wishes she knew her birth parents. She wishes her two Jewish dads were ok with her wearing spaghetti straps. She wishes people were more ok with her ...
He/Him/His
Get RAW Podcast - June 17, 2021 03:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsOn the inaugural episode of Real Asian Voices, Sho Morikawa opens up about his experience as an Asian American trans man. From telling his Asian parents (while navigating language barriers) to telling his girlfriend he's trans, Sho shares and bares all, with humor, vulnerability, and awe-worthy ...
Parenting in a Racist World
Get RAW Podcast - April 30, 2021 03:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsIt is a truth universally acknowledged that the course of the parent/child relationship never did run smooth. Why didn’t our Asian immigrant parents talk to us about their/our feelings? Was that because they didn’t love us, or were they just dealing with their own trauma? How many of you now,...
Coconut
Get RAW Podcast - March 31, 2021 01:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsEver been called a Coconut 🥥 or a Banana 🍌? No, not the yummy tropical fruit, but the racial slur. Reclaiming the pejorative word in her upcoming book "Coconut" is Nisha Patel - a self proclaimed queer, fat, femme, disabled poet laureate and artist of color. A poetry slam champion, poetry pub...
No Shame, All Gain
Get RAW Podcast - March 19, 2021 19:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWe work out, we eat healthy, we go to the doctor when we don't feel well. Why don't we treat our minds and hearts with the same level of care? Why is mental health still not prioritized, especially amongst Asians, and why is there ANY negative stigma at all towards one of the BEST THINGS YOU CAN...
No Shame, All Gain.
Get RAW Podcast - March 19, 2021 19:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWe work out, we eat healthy, we go to the doctor when we don't feel well. Why don't we treat our minds and hearts with the same level of care? Why is mental health still not prioritized, especially amongst Asians, and why is there ANY negative stigma at all towards one of the BEST THINGS YOU CAN...
Don't Be Less Vietnamese
Get RAW Podcast - March 05, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsPSA to all Asians: Did you know that dating outside your ethnicity can make you LESS Asian? We didn't either. Meet Alicia, a first-gen Vietnamese American, Master of Public Health student who struggles daily not to become "Less Vietnamese" as she dates someone Black. SARCASM. You are not less o...
Happily Ever After ... Divorce
Get RAW Podcast - February 22, 2021 21:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsNews Flash! Your life is NOT over after a divorce (or two!) Also, not staying with the same human partner until you die does NOT make you a failure - no matter what your Asian family says. Thank goodness for Grace, a defiant, daring, and dating divorcée - listen and learn, and then love - howe...
You Are NOT Your Work
Get RAW Podcast - February 09, 2021 18:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsImagine being a newly grad, arts focused young professional with immigrant parents who want you to be a doctor or lawyer (no joke) during the height of a global pandemic while living at home. How do we NOT let ourselves be defined by the external, cultural, familial, societal, and self applied p...
22 Me
Get RAW Podcast - January 24, 2021 23:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsErica is mouthy, opinionated, rebellious. An artist, photographer, and musician hailing from Singapore, this F bomb dropping young lady sounds off on the struggles of being a creative, refusing to be a cog in the corporate machine, Asian on Asian racism, and giving herself and her grandma at ho...
I'm Not a Bad Asian Girl
Get RAW Podcast - January 20, 2021 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsSeason 1 of the RAW Podcast kicked off in 2019 with the pilot episode: "I'm Not a Good Asian Girl." Almost 2 years later, Stephanie reveals the racism, harassment, and gaslighting that caused her to quit her toxic job, leave the city of Houston, and launch this podcast series. Through the soothi...
What Do You Want?
Get RAW Podcast - December 23, 2020 20:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWhat DO you want? What do YOU want? What do you WANT? When was the last time you thought about it? After six months of just trying to survive and stay sane, a random encounter with a juggling club in the middle of Bryant Park in New York City has woken me up again. Here ends Season 1 of the...
Black Lives Matter
Get RAW Podcast - June 11, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratings"Being Black shouldn't be exhausting. Racism is exhausting." Omar shares what it's like growing up Black in America and why this movement isn't about politics, but about humanity. What can the Asian (and non Asian) community to do be an ally? Listen, learn, and keep the pedal to the medal. Mos...
RADs with HSP
Get RAW Podcast - June 08, 2020 01:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsReal Asian Dudes with HSP (Find out what it means to me). Meet Terence and Michael, two amazing men who recently discovered they are a HSP (Highly Sensitive Person). What does it mean to be a male HSP, especially if you grow up in an Asian household that believes "men don't cry?" Why is sensiti...
Be Kind, Rewind
Get RAW Podcast - June 02, 2020 21:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsPandemic. Riots. Racism. Abuse. Trauma. Grief. Anxiety. Depression. Guilt. Anger. There a lot of bad things out there right now, guys. What should we do when we feel overwhelmed and confused by it all? www.getRAWpodcast.org
Thanks for Listening
Get RAW Podcast - June 01, 2020 18:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThree and a half years and lots of therapy later, Stephanie names her abuser online and addresses the flood of responses that result from that decision. Why is it particularly difficult for the Asian community to talk about the horrors that lurk behind close doors? What happens when we start to ...
Where is the Line?
Get RAW Podcast - January 30, 2020 02:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsKobe Bryant. His death stirred up a lot of emotions, a lot of debate, and a lot of questions. Ramneet is back and armed with rage, research, and rapid rhetoric as she leaves us with the unanswered question: If someone can commit atrocities and still be worshiped upon their death, what message d...
Please Just Listen
Get RAW Podcast - October 09, 2019 00:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratings21–55% of Asian women in the U.S. report experiencing physical and/or sexual violence during their lifetime. So WHY is no one talking about it? In this podcast, Kristal and Stephanie share personal stories of past abusive relationships, explain why it's so hard to share, and discuss how we can b...
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