Pass the Poutine

Pass the Poutine

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Pass the Poutine episodes

  • 28 - COVID-19 in Canada, Work From Home, The Platform

    Gavin is back on the podcast and we talk about the coronavirus pandemic in Toronto versus Vancouver. To change things up a bit we also review the Spanish sci-fi film “The Platform”. Topic timestamps: Are we in black mirror? (2:50), Toronto lockdown (3:45), Vancouver is chilling (4:55), hero pay (9:00), panic buying toilet paper (11:00), work from home life (18:05), 7pm cheer for emergency workers (29:10), citizens policing citizens (31:30), DIY medical equipment, are we in black mirror? (33:00), only rich kids can play (35:30), the platform movie (37:40), quarantine life (1:01:50), creative drain during coronavirus (1:03:45) and more. You can find Gavin at diupod.com. Check his podcast DIU Podcast out on Spotify.

    1 hr 13 min
  • 27 - Quarantine: Enough is Enough

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is fed up with us frequenting beaches, going on hikes and doing normal spring things. Enough is enough, go home and stay home. I'm in self isolation so my brothers are my guests this week. We talk about people losing jobs (00:38), state of emergency (2:13), teachers (4:20), how long is this quarantine gonna last (6:50), results of this pandemic (8:55), everyone is wearing masks (11:10), gun sales are going up (17:19), workers taking leave (19:10), starting a garden (20:40), Animal Crossing (21:55) and more.

    25 min
  • 26 - Canadian Viet Kieu in France

    Vi is a Vietnamese Canadian girl that lived in France. In this episode, she talks about her cryptic Viet mom (00:45), learning French (2:00), living in France (3:05), Vancouver has dope Feng shui (4:40), push back from being Asian in France teaching English (6:00), French little kisses (7:40), where are you from? (11:05), go back to where you came from (16:00), relationship between students and teachers in France (19:00), Viet Kieus (23:00), Viet Kieus have intergenerational trauma as a result of the Vietnam war (24:40), central Vietnam (25:30), is there a Viet Kieu walk (30:30), Vietnam is overwhelming (34:00), parents divorce (39:00), divorce because they didn’t have a son (45:00), queer identity (51:20), perceptions of Asian men versus Asian women (54:15), parasite (1:01:30) and more.

    1 hr 8 min
  • 25 - Taiwanese Canadian Actor and Street Dancer

    Albert is an aspiring Asian actor in Vancouver and he talks about the industry, immigrating back to Taiwan (1:08), Taiwanese identity (2:50), Canadian privilege in Taiwan (5:40), extroverted introverted (8:10), studying theatre (10:45), parents reaction to studying arts (14:00), need another job to support creative career (19:05), doing open mics (21:00), Robin Williams (22:20), how the industry is for Asian actors (24:45), self growth (28:00), street dance in Vancouver (33:20), cultural appropriation (37:00), Asians love to appropriate Black culture (41:00) and more.

    1 hr 2 min
  • 24 - Hong Kong Protests

    Malcolm moved to Vancouver as a direct result of the Hong Kong protests. We get a little tipsy and he reminds me that he’s straight AF. We talk about HK losing its identity (1:50), traditional Hong Kong men’s roles (2:52), being a feminine guy (3:45), moving to Vancouver as a direct result of the Hong Kong protests (4:18), Wearing certain colours in HK can get you beat up (8:30), Hong Kong “Angels” aka sex volunteers for the protestors? (10:40), sex volunteers feel used (13:45), Japanese tourist attacked in HK (17:20), coronavirus in Vietnam and Canada (20:18), Hand sanitizer sold out everywhere (23:07), factories in Asia making fake masks (24:35), Vancouver lets you be whatever you want (28:30), strong independent woman (30:30), wtf is an ABG?? (32:00), Malcolm is a player in HK (34:10), do more feminine men attract more masculine women? (34:50), attractive qualities in women are different from attractive qualities in men? (36:45), are women single by choice? (40:20), lang lui / pretty girl (42:30), getting called gay (45:05), ABGs are a culture shock to HK guy (50:40), what’s a FOB (52:10), English names for Asian kids is lazy (54:10), CBC versus Chinese international students (57:50) and more.

    1 hr 4 min
  • 23 - Vietnamese Canadian Script Writer
    The man with the plan, Danny Van is on the podcast this week! He talks screenwriting (4:00), Asian parents reaction to his creative pursuit (6:15), Vancouver screenwriting competition (7:15), creative writing (11:25), the Asian Stan Lee (14:25), Yappie jobs versus creative jobs (18:25), pursue your dreams (19:20), refugee parents (21:30), visiting Vietnam (23:50), being called Osama Bin Laden (26:15), Vietnamese is weird (28:45), Vietnamese accents are weird (29:50), funemployed (32:40), hating Vietnam as a kid (33:28), being called fat in Vietnam (35:19), Hanoi (39:25), Bun Cha (42:14), Vietnamese age (44:18), starting a business (46:00), depressed Vancouverite (48:15), love/hate relationship with Vietnamese people (50:00), Viet identity (52:30), Surrey gangsters (56:15), Crazy Rich Asians (1:01:45) and more.
    1 hr 5 min
  • 22 - Korean Sugar Daddy

    This whole episode is about dating and marriage in Korea. Kevin, a Korean guy from Seoul and user of a dating app made for men with money seeking women with looks, shares his experience. In this episode he talks about the coronavirus in Korea (00:40), blind dates 소개팅 (2:10), Korea’s got a valentines day every month (6:25), white day (7:10), pressure to date (7:35), Korean dating app Amanda (7:55), importance of looks and status (9:15), Korean matchmaking agencies (9:50), Sugar Baby app? (16:15), Gold Spoon users complain (19:15), where do rich guys and beautiful women hang out offline (21:25), Cheongdam (22:30), trophy wife (28:20), Parasite (30:00), marriages are business deals (31:50), problems within rich and poor couples (32:40), money makes men sexy (34:00), men can pick their number (35:28), importance of looks and status in Korean society (37:04), Korea’s dating future (37:52) and more.

    43 min
  • 21 - Growing up Filipino Abroad
    Jian talks about growing up Filipino in the middle east and moving to Canada in his teens. Topics include studying to be a cop (1:08), growing up Filipino in the United Arab Emirates (3:16), going to school with Arabs (6:35), moving to Dubai (8:05), McDonalds in Dubai (9:10), can all Filipinos sing and play guitar? (11:05), sexy male actors ooof (15:45), talking to parents about bullying (17:30), fight back when bullied (22:10), growing up with a very busy working dad (24:45), white washed Filipinos (29:45), leaving the Catholic Church? (30:45), differences in attitudes in Canada and Dubai (34:35), sexually active teenagers in Canada (36:10), learning about sex in elementary (37:45), culture shock in Canada coming from Dubai (38:40), smoking weed for the first time (39:05), just Vietnamese Vancouver things (43:50), misconception about Vancouver (46:10) and more.
    52 min
  • 20 - Absent Asian Father
    My childhood friend, Aaron and I catch up after 17 years. He shares his story about being raised by a single mom (1:40), visiting dad in jail (4:15), white kids are friends with their parents (6:00), Asian masculinity (7:14), Asian femininity (9:00), close female friendships (10:05), moving to Edmonton from Vancouver (12:29), depression (14:10), white families teach their kids work life balance (17:45), skipping school (19:15), racism (21:08), cute racism? (22:10), Albertans are super nice (23:02), AMWF Asian man white female (24:46), interracial relationships in public (31:31), are Asian men who date white women heroes? (34:05), divorced before 30 (35:42), strong Asian mom (38:10), infidelity (39:40), therapy (40:50), older brother and younger sister relationships (46:10) and more.
    55 min
  • 19 - Invisible Foreigners in Asia
    The episode of shoutouts. Gavin, fellow Asian Canadian podcaster and host of DIU Podcast, joins me today to reminisce on our experience teaching English in Korea. We talk about why we chose Korea (1:50), is teaching English abroad a working holiday? (3:45), what an average working day looked like (5:18), expectations and reality (6:30), living in the boonies (8:24), getting used to Korean food (12:03), surviving Korea without speaking Korean (13:36), Learning to read Korean (16:13), is Korean just English (16:50), feeling like a child (21:06), safety (25:45), living near an army base (27:20), wedding pimps and pricing tiers for humans (28:43), juicy bars (31:25), the US presence in Korea (32:15), does the military attract disadvantaged youth? (33:19), hooker hill (36:00), Gimcheon (37:30), non white foreigner in Korea (40:35), belonging (42:00), Asian Canadian expat experience (43:00), obvious foreigner privilege (45:25), Can Asians from Canada teach English in Korea? (48:30), views on non-Korean Asians in Korea (52:25), do teachers of English have to be of a certain race? (55:40), hweshiks (59:30), puking from drinking too much (1:02:00), foreigner card (1:04:10), coming back home after living abroad (1:08:00), teaching abroad for the second time around (1:11:22), useless social science degrees (1:12:15), Korea versus Japan (1:13:45), Korean trains (1:17:35) and more. You can find Gavin on diupod.com.
    1 hr 22 min

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