Proudly Asian

We have officially entered the 52nd week of Proudly Asian which also means we have produced one year's worth of content! Ahead of the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we caught up with our podcaster friends Curtis from the InfatuAsian Podcast and Lingjie from the Worst Asian Podcast to talk about all things podcasting. Is it worth it? Have we thought about quitting? Any advice for those looking to start a podcast? We reveal it all in this heart-to-heart chat between three sleep deprived (and one unemployed) podcasters. Follow The InfatuAsian Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/theinfatuasianpodcast Follow Worst Asian Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/worstasianpod ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBzoAJQGbEB_K9Se8AlYlQ Send us a voice message - https://anchor.fm/proudlyasian/message Support us - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudlyasian Email us - proudlyasianpodcast@gmail.com

Ryan Alexander Holmes, Afro-Asian American actor and content creator, was born and raised in Los Angeles by a Taiwanese mother and African American father and identifies as 100% Chinese and 100% African. An outspoken activist about racism in America himself, Ryan joins Proudly Asian to talk about growing up Blasian, dealing with rejection as an actor, and how to break out of a victim mindset in a world that’s quick to judge. Follow Ryan on Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanalexh ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBzoAJQGbEB_K9Se8AlYlQ Send us a voice message - https://anchor.fm/proudlyasian/message Support us - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudlyasian Email us - proudlyasianpodcast@gmail.com

Crisel Consunji, award-winning Filipino actress and entrepreneur based in Hong Kong, made her movie debut with the internationally-acclaimed Hong Kong film “Still Human”. Born and raised in the Philippines, Crisel first moved to Hong Kong in 2008 to work as a lead vocalist for Hong Kong Disneyland. She then went on to become the first Filipino to be nominated and to receive an Acting award in the Hong Kong Film Awards. She joins us to talk about the work she does that has touched the hearts of Filipino domestic workers, and her mission as an early childhood educator. Follow Crisel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/criselconsunji/ ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBzoAJQGbEB_K9Se8AlYlQ Send us a voice message - https://anchor.fm/proudlyasian/message Support us - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudlyasian Email us - proudlyasianpodcast@gmail.com

International Women’s Day Special: Dr. Brenda Alegre, transgender registered psychologist and gender studies lecturer born and raised in the Philippines, is one of the few trans identifying academics in Hong Kong, if not the only one. She joins us to talk about the perceptions and stereotypes of transgender people in Asia, and what she teaches her students about navigating gender identities and intersectionality. ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - ⁠https://proudly-asian.com⁠ Instagram - ⁠https://instagram.com/proudly.asian⁠ Youtube - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBzoAJQGbEB_K9Se8AlYlQ⁠ Send us a voice message - ⁠https://anchor.fm/proudlyasian/message⁠ Support us - ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudlyasian⁠ Email us - ⁠proudlyasianpodcast@gmail.com⁠

International Women’s Day Special: Mizuki Nishiyama, a London-based mixed-Japanese artist coming from a family of artists, joins Proudly Asian to talk about how she draws inspiration from her Hong Kong, Japanese and Italian cultural heritage. With her paintings featured in over 30 exhibitions across the world, Mizuki also tells us about her ongoing journey exploring human fragility and reconstructing what it means to be a modern Japanese woman through art.  Follow Mizuki on Instagram at: https://instagram.com/miznegi ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBzoAJQGbEB_K9Se8AlYlQ Send us a voice message - https://anchor.fm/proudlyasian/message Support us - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudlyasian Email us - proudlyasianpodcast@gmail.com

International Women’s Day Special: Carla Martinesi, the Hong Kong-based Swiss-Chinese co-founder of food-saving app Chomp, joins Proudly Asian to talk about growing up half-Chinese in Europe and how she is helping Asia make progress with sustainable living. Follow Chomp on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chompfoodwaste/ Follow Carla on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlamartinesi/ ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBzoAJQGbEB_K9Se8AlYlQ Send us a voice message - https://anchor.fm/proudlyasian/message Support us - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudlyasian Email us - proudlyasianpodcast@gmail.com

International Women’s Day Special: Mizuki Hsu, a Japanese DEI practitioner born and raised in Kyoto, lost her ability to walk at the age of two. She subsequently started living her life in a wheelchair and once had no clue if she could have her own family. Now married to a Taiwanese husband with two kids, Mizuki works with multinational corporations to implement diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. She talks to Proudly Asian about her passion to promote equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities, biases she has overcome, and how DEI can be effectively integrated into global businesses. ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBzoAJQGbEB_K9Se8AlYlQ Send us a voice message - https://anchor.fm/proudlyasian/message Support us - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudlyasian Email us - proudlyasianpodcast@gmail.com

Born with the condition of achondroplasia or genetic dwarfism, Singaporean advertising strategist Ci En Lee might be the shortest person anywhere but he often towers over others with his optimism and ambition to make a difference. He joins Proudly Asian this week to talk about his experience living in different cities in Asia (and how accessible each city is), and how he hopes to change the stigma and perceptions around people with disabilities with the work he does.  Follow Ci En on Instagram at: https://instagram.com/thecienlee ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBzoAJQGbEB_K9Se8AlYlQ Send us a voice message - https://anchor.fm/proudlyasian/message Support us - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudlyasian Email us - proudlyasianpodcast@gmail.com

Lydia Choi-Johansson, IKEA Marketing & Communication Intelligence Leader, joins us to talk about what globalisation really means when international brands enter local markets. Born and raised in South Korea, Lydia lived in cities across different regions and is currently based in Sweden, she also tells us about the work she does as a researcher informing IKEA’s product development by looking into people’s life at home, and how cultures play a part in people’s home decor choices. ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBzoAJQGbEB_K9Se8AlYlQ Send us a voice message - https://anchor.fm/proudlyasian/message Support us - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudlyasian Email us - proudlyasianpodcast@gmail.com

On this Valentine’s Day, we speak with Dawoon Kang, co-founder of dating app Coffee Meets Bagel, about how she entered the business of love, the science of dating, and whether technology can reduce bias. The South Korea-born and US-educated entrepreneur also talks to us about how Coffee Meets Bagel makes the four-day work week work. ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Connected with Proudly Asian: Website - https://proudly-asian.com Instagram - https://instagram.com/proudly.asian Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBzoAJQGbEB_K9Se8AlYlQ Send us a voice message - https://anchor.fm/proudlyasian/message Support us - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudlyasian Email us - proudlyasianpodcast@gmail.com