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besea.n
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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?
Apr 24, 2024 • 55m
Healed by New Jeans: Eating our way through South East Asia
Mar 19, 2024 • 56m
Chatty Lunar New Year special!
Feb 8, 2024 • 52m
“I made him the Asian American phenomenon that I never had as a kid” - an interview with Marie Lu, 14-time bestselling writer
Aug 26, 2023 • 10m
Two year relationship update - we've been bad, sad, mad but so glad for fufu and lo ba gok ft. Viv & Manny
May 8, 2023 • 1h 15m
*Bonus Episode* On Your Side - The UK's first ESEA Helpline Launches!
Aug 12, 2022 • 1h 4m
Our bodies our choice
Jun 26, 2022 • 56m
Our Internet secrets: revisiting adolescence ft. Cynthia So
Jun 5, 2022 • 1h 12m
We're not monstrous, we've just got the munchies: The world of publishing ft. Claire Kohda and Kaiya Shang
May 29, 2022 • 1h 11m
Trauma as a Pendulum between Rice and Chilli ft. Jambo Dragon
May 22, 2022 • 1h 6m
Whitewashing tofu ft. Feiya Hu
May 15, 2022 • 1h 5m
Baking 'Asians' into your bread ft. Subtle Asian Baking, Kat Lieu
May 8, 2022 • 1h 10m
Anti-racism as collective healing with Nova Reid
May 1, 2022 • 1h 18m
Reaffirming Queer ESEA identity, homecomings and the importance of kindness with David Kam
Apr 24, 2022 • 1h 1m
Chatty, juicy Q&A - love, dealbreakers, fame, quitting jobs
Apr 17, 2022 • 1h 5m
Being loud and proud in your Disability identity ft. Tiffany Yu (Disability Rights advocate)
Apr 10, 2022 • 1h 5m
Spring cleaning friendships ft. King-Wey and Peiwen
Apr 3, 2022 • 1h 19m
Being Black & Chinese, love languages, compassion for white people ft. Ryan Alexander Holmes
Mar 20, 2022 • 1h 16m
'Why aren't you BROWN?': Adoption stories ft. Pippa Hollington and Emily Couch
Mar 13, 2022 • 1h 8m
Jade bangle lube, Chinglish and TVB Dramas ft. Georgina Leung
Mar 6, 2022 • 53m
Asians Have Feelings Too, ft. The Mollusc Dimension
Feb 27, 2022 • 1h 4m
ESEA Cancer Experiences
Feb 22, 2022 • 1h 9m
Order! Order! What working in the Commons is REALLY like, feat. Sarah Owen MP
Feb 20, 2022 • 1h 8m
Who can cook ESEA food? Ft. Little Yellow Rice Co - Hannah Hosanee & Rob Allen
Feb 13, 2022 • 1h 4m
Don't get into art, you'll be poor Ft. YukFun (Lucy & Patrick)
Feb 6, 2022 • 1h 17m
Chasing the taste of home (with Jenny Lau and Tiffany Chang): cooking, finding your path and navigating generational divides
Jan 30, 2022 • 1h 1m
Entering journalism: starting out, rejection and writing about Anti-Asian racism and community ft. Suyin Haynes & Angela Hui
Jan 23, 2022 • 1h 5m
besea.n turns 1 year old!
Sep 19, 2021 • 58m
We interviewed Simu Liu, Fala Chen and Destin Daniel Cretton of Marvel's Shang-Chi!! *Bonus Episode*
Sep 12, 2021 • 1h 0m
We have day jobs too! Get to know the besea.n gals Q&A
Jul 25, 2021 • 1h 0m
Meet Viv's boyfriend: interracial dating, who's funnier, Jollof rice & noodles
Jul 18, 2021 • 1h 11m
Chats on mixed identity: Only you can define who you are
Jul 11, 2021 • 1h 1m
Chinese school: tuck shop, fake tummy aches and abusive teachers
Jul 4, 2021 • 59m
besea.n Boys Part 1: Jamie & Mai-Anh
Jun 20, 2021 • 1h 5m
Pee in a Bike Helmet! aka ESEA Parenting
Jun 13, 2021 • 1h 5m
Q&A: What would you say to your ten year old self?
Jun 6, 2021 • 1h 3m
F.R.I.E.N.D.S
May 30, 2021 • 1h 11m
Decolonising Green Spaces: calling plants 'native' is racist
May 23, 2021 • 1h 0m
body image: looking like Gok Wan, critical families and ugly faced sex positions
May 16, 2021 • 1h 3m
I'm an imposter and it really fucks with my mental health ft. Kim Richards
May 9, 2021 • 1h 0m
No one knows what they're doing...so do it anyway! Ft. Pho Queue Crew
May 2, 2021 • 54m
I hate in dating when.... ft. Shu Lin
Apr 25, 2021 • 1h 18m
An ESEA woman walks into a pub...
Apr 18, 2021 • 1h 20m
The besea.n babes join our podcast!
Apr 11, 2021 • 1h 17m
Let's talk about sex: porn, STDs, sexuality, shaming, vaginas ft. Dr Felicia Yeung
Apr 4, 2021 • 1h 36m
*SPECIAL GUEST* The woman who bore me celebrates the podcast turning 1!
Mar 28, 2021 • 1h 12m
A solo safe, happy ramble: cleaning, TV shows, dating, shopping
Mar 20, 2021 • 30m
Are traditional takeaways dead? ft. Julie Ma AD
Mar 14, 2021 • 1h 9m
Online friendships, food, body image, raising kids ft. The MSG Pod, MiMe Aye and Huong Black
Mar 7, 2021 • 1h 21m
Random life chat: periods, existing as women ft. Mai-Anh Peterson
Feb 28, 2021 • 1h 3m
Why I am no longer dating white men
Feb 21, 2021 • 35m
All 2nd Gen Asians should get a dog Ft. Howard Wong, Little Moons Mochi Co-Founder
Feb 14, 2021 • 56m
Men with floppy, damp handshakes ft. besean (Kai & Amy)
Feb 7, 2021 • 1h 13m
No excuse for Karens ft. Liz Pemberton - The Black Nursery Manager
Jan 31, 2021 • 1h 12m
Conversations with an ex: is it okay for white people 'have a thing for Asians'?
Jan 17, 2021 • 1h 6m
Conversations with an ex: why we broke up, accused of cheating, racism in dating
Jan 10, 2021 • 1h 15m
2021: Saying hiya, let's talk about sex, lockdown dating stories
Jan 3, 2021 • 31m
Sushi d*ck pics, destigmatising sex work, slut shaming ft. Elizabeth aka Femme
Oct 18, 2020 • 52m
Meet Sue Cheung, author of Chinglish: Traumatic Childhoods, feeling less Chinese
Oct 11, 2020 • 1h 2m
Chatty Ramble: Less angry, stop comparing, dating stories, normalising casual racism
Oct 4, 2020 • 43m
Asian babies have blue bums, give up rice or noodles?! Ft. Mai-Anh & Charley from besea.n
Sep 27, 2020 • 1h 17m
Being Hakka Chinese ft. Karlie Wu
Sep 20, 2020 • 1h 18m
Meet Kim Richards aka Nanosounds: Our parents don’t talk about mental health, parasocial dynamics and privacy as a gaming influencer
Sep 13, 2020 • 1h 17m
Be More Woke ft. Michael Lam & Michael Truong from Respect the Mic podcast
Sep 6, 2020 • 1h 4m
Things I'd tell my teenage self: big cheeks are okay and you're not stupid!
Aug 30, 2020 • 26m
When does food appreciation become appropriation?
Aug 23, 2020 • 36m
Dating chat ft. Ken Cheng: Are sparks misleading? Love yourself first, don’t be boring!
Aug 14, 2020 • 1h 4m
Tales of the takeaway: Customers mispronouncing food names, our fave food, annoying customers
Aug 7, 2020 • 56m
Instagram brings out the best & worst of me
Jul 30, 2020 • 32m
Petition raised in Parliament! Friends are either radiators or drainers
Jul 24, 2020 • 36m
We didn't want Corona either! What I look for in dating, neediness, can men be feminists?
Jul 16, 2020 • 39m
Celebrating being gender fluid ft. Nick
Jul 10, 2020 • 1h 6m
A triggering week
Jul 3, 2020 • 31m
Being an East Asian feminist in a racist world
Jun 26, 2020 • 33m
Bonus Ep: Happy Fathers Day - Memories of our dad ft. my sisters
Jun 21, 2020 • 57m
Meet Evelyn Mok & Nigel Ng from Rice to Meet You. Get ready to LOL
Jun 19, 2020 • 1h 0m
Meet Daniel York Loh; Asians aren't a monolithic block, Racism as an actor, why the term ’Oriental’ isn’t okay!
Jun 12, 2020 • 53m
Asians for Black Lives - How do we handle anti-blackness in Asian communities right now?
Jun 4, 2020 • 18m
Meet Climate Activist - Tori Tsui - racism as a Eurasian, mental health on a boat, Stella Mccartney
May 29, 2020 • 55m
Why I don’t (really) drink anymore. Asian Flush/Glow
May 22, 2020 • 34m
My career so far: Sending a sex email to a client, investment in my business, failing and failing again
May 14, 2020 • 38m
Female entrepreneurship: Confidence, Parents passing away, career tips Ft. Mae Yip
May 8, 2020 • 58m
Bonus unedited episode: me feeling lonely lol
May 4, 2020 • 19m
Meet my sisters: Who's best at Chinese, Asian death row meals, seeing what Asian you are by the shape of your eyes
May 1, 2020 • 46m
7. Relationships: My toxic relationship and the turmoil I put my family through
Apr 24, 2020 • 32m
6. School: Dating app video dates, failing to get into university & my parents opening my exam results
Apr 17, 2020 • 35m
5. Asian Food: I get emotional over dumplings (lol, no, really)
Apr 10, 2020 • 28m
4. Dating & relationships as an Asian - my racist ex-boyfriend, Asian fetish and dating black guys
Apr 2, 2020 • 28m
3. Asian Vs. Western Beauty Standards: Drinking papaya soup to grow my boobs, skin lightening & big cheeks
Mar 27, 2020 • 30m
2. Casual Racism & Stereotypes: Kicking Bullies with my Rockports and Small Asian Willies
Mar 24, 2020 • 28m
1. Being Chinese and bad at maths
Mar 24, 2020 • 15m
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