Mixed Up

The one where we’re typecast as ‘Bengali Girl’

Emma talks to Sarah Kameela Impey of We Are Lady Parts, discussing her role as frontwoman Saira and how growing up she didn’t see many people who looked like her in stories. They discuss how groundbreaking the show is in terms of modern representation of Muslim women, multifaceted Muslim women - a beautiful portrayal of fun, female friendship, and our innate humanness.

Preorder our book The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo

Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/

Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast

Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast

Sarah’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahkameelaimpey/

Culture Mix:

Black.Punk IG: ​​https://www.instagram.com/punk.black/ 

Betty on HBO Max 

Nyjah Huston: ​​https://www.instagram.com/nyjah/

Margielyn Didal https://www.instagram.com/margielyndidal/

The one where your friends are like family

Emma and Nicole speak to Lizzy Kirk, who was adopted at a young age to a white family and grew up in small village in Nottinghamshire. Feeling like the ‘odd one out’ most of her life, she discovered at 40-years-old that her close friends she had for years are actually her sisters.

They discuss growing up in majority white spaces, what happens when you don’t feel knowledgeable enough about Black culture, and how often mixed people worry about how other people will feel about their identities.

Preorder our book The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo

Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/

Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast

Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast

Lizzy’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curlygirlsdiary/

Culture Mix:
Naomi Osaka Time essay: https://time.com/6077128/naomi-osaka-essay-tokyo-olympics/

In Our Mothers’ Gardens on Netflix: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQwf_Bjspc6

The one with the Asian Appreciation club (recorded during Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage month)

Emma and Nicole speak to Chinese Canadian Actress Alexa Loo about her mixed heritage and how her latest show adapted her role in order to better represent mixed race people.

Preorder our book The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo
Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/

Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast

Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast

Alexa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexaaloo/

Culture Mix:

https://asianamericangirlclub.com/

Netflix’s Highly Hyphenated series:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/COVoQflr6pp/ Jessie Mei Lei

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CIhH6tQsgvc/ Midori Francis Iwama

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CHENiUQFrUO/ Amalia Yoo

The one where we explain how you can be wearing Tudor clothing while Black

Emma and Nicole deliver another Pop Culture episode where they catch up on a bunch of things that happened a while back - the Meghan and Harry x Oprah Interview and Bridgerton for example. They give us their thoughts on Malcom and Marie and discuss people thinking being ‘light skinned’ is synonymous with being Mixed Race.

Preorder our book The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo

Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/

Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast

Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast

Culture Mix:

The Before Sunrise trilogy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_trilogy

Malcom and Marie

Emma's Grazia Article: https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/jodie-turner-smith-anne-boleyn-history/

The one where we realise strong women are always learning

Emma and Nicole speak to award-winning journalist, author and competitive powerlifter, Poorna Bell about her new book Stronger: Changing Everything I Knew About Women’s Strength. We discuss the shift in what a “strong woman” actually looks like, how the fitness industry can create safe spaces for women of colour, and the grassroots communities that are shaking the table.

Preorder our book The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo
Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/

Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast

Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast

Poorna’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poornabell/

See My Strong: https://www.instagram.com/seemystrong/

Culture Mix:

Jessie Mei Li interview with The Beat: https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-jessie-mei-li-shadow-and-bone/
Black Ballad on sickle cell disease: https://blackballad.co.uk/views-voices/sickle-cell-trait-dating-having-children

The one where we find someone more Type A than Emma

Emma and Nicole speak to author Lyn Liao Butler on her debut novel, The Tiger Mom’s Tale on growing up Taiwanese-American and how growing up in the US allowed her to draw inspiration for the mixed heritage protagonist in her book. We talk about living as a POC in mostly white communities, having your identity questioned by both sides of your heritage and what it means to own your own identity narrative.

Preorder our book The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo

Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/

Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast

Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast

Lyn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynliaobutler/

Culture mix

Willow Smith performs for Jada Pinkett Smith: https://www.instagram.com/tv/COf0leSDnau/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=52785701-7ba5-4d92-bb09-e34dc246c765

No Behaviour Podcast “Yardie”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY532vLm0f0

The one where Nicole gives a punk history lesson no one asked for

Emma and Nicole talk about mixed race stories in current pop culture, they discuss Little Mix's Leigh-Anne: Race, Pop and Power, Ginny & Georgia, We Are Lady Parts and people of colour in the punk rock scene.

Preorder our book The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo
Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/

Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast

Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast

Culture Mix:

Becca Dudley for Mixed Magazine: https://www.instagram.com/p/COGRsR0nJ08/

Ladies Music Pub: https://www.ladiesmusicpub.com/

The one where we discuss the harmful nature of a parent dictating racial identity to you

Emma speaks to senior mental health nurse Sophie Price about working on a mental health crisis team and and joining a transgender healthcare service. They discuss health anxiety caused by the pandemic and how mental and sexual health are linked. They discuss social identity theory, self esteem and gatekeeping blackness from your children. And they consider how mixed children would process racism if they are told they don’t get to claim blackness.

Preorder our book The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo

Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/

Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast

Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast

Sophie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulnurse20/

Culture Mix:

inclusivetherapists.com

Militantly Mixed podcast episode: I’m a Black woman that happens to be mixed

The one where we're creating a legacy

Emma and Nicole chat to award-winning children’s author, podcaster and grief and mental health speaker Mark Lemon. When Mark was 12-years-old his father was murdered and he has now dedicated his life to helping children, young people, and adults struggling to come to terms with their grief and loss and launched his podcast, Grief Is My Superpower in 2019.

Disillusioned with the lack of diversity in children’s books, Mark (with two mixed-race children of his own) decided to create the Otis & Thea series of exciting story books with non-white characters at the helm.

Preorder our book The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo
Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/

Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast

Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast

Mark’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marklemonofficial/

Culture Mix:

Grief Is My Superpower: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grief-is-my-superpower-by-mark-lemon/id1468897791

You, Me and The Big C: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0608649/episodes/downloads

Kai Isaiah Jamal “You’ll Always Be Our Prince Archie” https://www.instagram.com/p/CMMcN3qArzv/ 

The one where the most important love is loving yourself

This week Nicole and Emma speak to their favourite Thai-Irish R&B songstress and musical storyteller Sinéad Harnett. They discuss growing up in an East Asian household, the importance of Asian representation in the music industry, healing from past trauma and finding yourself as an artist in the music industry.

Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/

Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast

Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast

Sinéad’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sineadharnett/

Culture mix:
The Halfie Project: https://www.thehalfieproject.com/
Starstruck on BBC Three
Sara Jafari, "The Mismatch"
Michelle Zauner, "Crying in H Mart"
Stop Asian Hate UK: https://uk.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-esea-hate