"No, but what's your REAL name?!"
Have you ever been asked that question by someone who didn't believe your English name was your "real" name because you're Asian? We have! 
This week we discuss what it was like growing up with both English and Chinese names, what our Chinese names are and what they mean, the process our parents went through of choosing them back in the motherland with the help of fortune tellers, and how relatively little thought went into our English name selections, conversely lol.
What's in a name, anyway??

"No, but what's your REAL name?!" Have you ever been asked that question by someone who didn't believe your English name was your "real" name because you're Asian? We have! This week we discuss what it was like growing up with both English and Chinese names, what our Chinese names are and what they mean, the process our parents went through of choosing them back in the motherland with the help of fortune tellers, and how relatively little thought went into our English name selections, conversely lol. What's in a name, anyway??

"No, but what's your REAL name?!"
Have you ever been asked that question by someone who didn't believe your English name was your "real" name because you're Asian? We have!&nbsp;
This week we discuss what it was like growing up with both English and Chinese names, what our Chinese names are and what they mean, the process our parents went through of choosing them back in the motherland with the help of fortune tellers, and how relatively little thought went into our English name selections, conversely lol.
What's in a name, anyway??

76. What's In A Name?

Hosts and life-long best friends Angela Lin and Jesse Lin explore their identities as Asian-Americans through the lens of their first-generation upbringings and how those influences have shaped how they see the world and their place in it. 

Each episode explores a different topic of identity or common struggle, with many episodes featuring special guests from both the Asian and broader POC communities bringing their unique perspectives, showing us that there's so much more that connects us than divides us. 

Instagram: @whereareyoufrompod
Tik Tok: @butwhereareyoureallyfrom

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Hosts and life-long best friends Angela Lin and Jesse Lin explore their identities as Asian-Americans through the lens of their first-generation upbringings and how those influences have shaped how they see the world and their place in it. Each episode explores a different topic of identity or common struggle, with many episodes featuring special guests from both the Asian and broader POC communities bringing their unique perspectives, showing us that there's so much more that connects us than divides us. Instagram: @whereareyoufrompod Tik Tok: @butwhereareyoureallyfrom

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