Healthy Habits for Pain Free Living (w/ Jonathan Lau)
Jono is back on the pod! Jono is a physio and fitness coach who teaches people how to optimise their health, bust misconceptions and stay pain free by building the right habits.
Leaving Home and Finding Independence
What should you expect when you move out of home, buy your first place, or move in with a partner for the first time? We chat through the emotional journey, relationships changes with friends and family, expectations vs. reality, and the dos and don'ts.
Bringing Visibility to the Transgender Experience (w/ Alexis Tan)
Alexis Tan is a formidable trans advocate, former Miss Mardi Gras International Queen, and the first transgender woman to compete in Miss Universe Australia.
Alexis shares her story living as a proud Asian Australian transgender woman, and insights into transitioning, her gender affirming surgery, dating, workplace experiences and much more.
Breaking the Burnout Cycle
Join us for a very raw and open conversation about our personal battles with burnout. We talk about the signs of burnout, when we realised it was time to ask for help, recovering, and the life lessons learnt.
Chopsticks or Fork?: Stories from Australia’s Regional Chinese Restaurants (w/ Jennifer Wong & Lin Jie Kong)
Every Australian country town has a Chinese restaurant. Why are they there and who are the people behind them? We sit down with Jennifer and Lin Jie to uncover the making of the book and six-part ABC series, 'Chopsticks or Fork', featuring a collection of stories and recipes from these regional Chinese restaurants.
Experimenting, Evolving and Expressing Our Personal Style
Everyday, we make creative decisions, whether it's choosing an outfit, curating our socials, or deciding what to cook. These are forms of style and self-expression, and come hand in hand with creativity.
We reflect on the rituals we follow for everyday creativity, the evolution of our personal styles, how we have experimented with trends, staying authentic to ourselves, and realise we may be more creative than we think.
Life After COVID
Four years after the pandemic started, the world is looking a little different. We reflect on the trends and transformations that have passed or stayed, how our lives has changed permanently, and what the 'new normal' is in our post-pandemic world.
Rethinking Our Scarcity Mindset
As children of immigrant parents, scarcity mindset may be more present in our everyday lives than we think. We never buy anything at full price, need to eat everything on our plates, love to hoard, and nothing goes to waste. Reflect with us on the impact scarcity mindset has on our behaviours - the good and the bad.
From Engineer to Young Chef of the Year (w/ Shashank Achuta)
Shashank 'Shanky' Achuta is Good Food Guide's Young Chef of the Year and one of NSW's 25 Most Influential Indian Australians. Having worked in some of Australia's best restaurants, including Attica, Hubert and Brasserie 1930, Shanky gives us an honest look at the hospitality industry, the biggest pressure points he faces as a chef, dealing with overworking and burnout, and his ambitions for our future food scene.
Beyond The Resume: Maximising Your Employability (w/ Nathan Kwok)
Nathan Kwok is an award-winning marketer, strategist and researcher with over 11 years of experience. He is a 3x Gold Young Lions Australia Winner, 1x Bronze Young Lions Global Winner and shortlisted in B&T's 30 Under 30. He is currently a Lifecycle Marketing Lead at Canva.
With so many career shifts and achievements under his belt, Nathan shares his wisdom on building a compelling personal brand and becoming the most employable you can be.
Building a Modelling Career as a Korean Australian (w/ Sue Kang)
Sue Kang is a Korean Australian lawyer turned lifestyle and wellness model. With over 10 years of experience, Sue shares her behind the scenes stories, her take on being authentic and confident, and the state of cultural representation in modelling, as an Asian Australian in an interracial relationship.
Unpacking Our Food Memories
In an Asian household, food is more than just 'food'. We unpack the food culture in our families, the eating rituals we had, and throwback to school lunches and our favourite childhood snacks.
P.S. We also do a fun mukbang at the end, so join us at the dinner table.
Mastering Pay Negotiations and Career Transitions
From changing roles to preparing for a promotion or staying on par with your industry standard, how do you prepare for the best outcome? We talk through our tips and tricks for negotiating salary, having difficult career conversations, and knowing when it's time to leave a job.
High School Reunion Special
It's been 10 years since high school! We look back at our yearbook, who we were, our dreams and aspirations, what was trending at the time, and all the drama in our lives.
Writing and Literary Criticism in Western Sydney and Beyond (w/ James Jiang, Editor of Sydney Review of Books)
Dr James Jiang is the Editor of Sydney Review of Books. We talk to James about what it means to be a literary critic, the role of criticism in our society, balancing commercialism and creativity as a writer, and the challenges for diversity and inclusion within the industry.
Lessons from 2023
It's time to reflect on our biggest life lessons from 2023. We talk through our greatest hits, our greatest misses, what we'll bring into the new year, and what we'll leave behind. We also share our 'favourites' for the year, so tune in!
Our Romantic Relationships
We are going behind the scenes into the juicy details of our relationship experiences! We chat about the differences between starting a relationship in your teens versus your late 20s, building healthy relationships, and the pressures that come with introducing our partners to our Asian families.
Amplifying Asian Australian Stories on the Global Stage (w/ the Yee brothers)
Individually, twin brothers Andrew and Chris Yee are multidisciplinary creatives focused on the power of storytelling. Together, they are the powerhouse duo behind global media platform Eastern Standard Times (EST) in Australia.
We deep dive into Andrew and Chris' relationship as brothers and professional partners, how they established their strong identities, and their experience being a part of the emerging Asian Australian creative community.
An Adult's Guide to Creative Play and Hobbies
As children, we spend all our time playing, but as we get older, we struggle to find time. There are societal pressures to find 'your thing' but is it okay to not have hobbies? We talk about how we nourish our creative selves, find interests as adults, and share tips for getting out of a slump and into a flow state.
Unlocking the Power of Mentorship
Linh Diep is a two-time winner in B&T's 30 Under 30 Agency Account Management category. She is an Account Director at Ogilvy by day and the founder and CEO of Assisterhood by night.
Assisterhood is Australia's leading not-for-profit mentorship program in the creative and communications space. We talk to Linh about starting and scaling Assisterhood, her successes, and the importance of mentoring in underrepresented groups.