Pass the Poutine

Pass the Poutine

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Pass the Poutine episodes

  • 09 - From Refugee To Doctor
    Hey listeners! I found one in the wild... a Vietnamese Australian living in Vancouver. Cybelle and I talk about moving to Canada from Australia (1:20), Quebec (2:00), Refugees in Montreal (2:55), Vietnamese parents choosing names (4:30), Being an asian creative (8:30), first Vietnamese refugee to get a university degree in Australia (9:10), looking half Asian (11:15), growing up in a very white area (13:45), FOBs (14:50), I'm white on the inside!!? (15:40), cooking pho (17:40), Canadian stereotypes (19:20), Vancouver is very isolating (20:00), flakes (21:00), dating (26:00), hookup culture (28:45), finding yourself (30:00), refugee hardship and kids born abroad (32:30), guilt tripping your children (33:15), the differences between men and women (34:35), online dating abroad (39:33), Kim’s convenience (43:30), Asian Australian woman in Vancouver (44:50), political reasons for not visiting Vietnam (45:35), hierarchies of Asians (53:00) and more. Please enjoy the episode!
    55 min
  • The Ideal Online Dating Profile for Men?

    Hey listeners! I'm back with another bonus episode. This time we talk about Asian men and their lack of desirability in comparison to their female counterparts when it comes to online dating. Asian women talk about what they like and don't like in a profile and Asian men share their experiences with online dating. Please enjoy! 

    24 min
  • 08 - Asian Canadian Teenagers

    What are Asian Canadian teenagers doing in 2020? Find out on this episode with Jin and Emily! They talk about parental expectations (1:20), being friends with your parents? (2:20), hiding relationships from parents (5:25), approving of dad's new girlfriends (6:03), accidentally running into your birth mother (8:48), secretly learning about birth mom (12:05), shame (16:40), never liking white boys (21:52), your English is so good (23:15), friendship (27:50), romance (30:00), clubbing in Korea (32:05), booking clubs in Korea (33:05), dating apps (37:10) and more.

    40 min
  • 07 - Japanese Canadian Gamer Girl
    Kimbap.. is this sushi? We have a JAPANESE CANADIAN on the podcast today! Reina joins us and talks about visiting Japan (5:25), Japanese restaurants run by Koreans (7:45), not attending post secondary right after high school (10:20), Japanese man lives the Canadian dream (14:00), lunches (15:15), emotions (17:25), female gamer (20:21), segregation in high school (22:50), ice skating in Vietnam (28:00), being called white-washed (31:20) and more.
    37 min
  • 06 - Growing Up đặc biệt

    This is one of my favorites. Fellow Vietnamese Canadian Jennifer and I discuss what life was like growing up in East Vancouver. Topics include high school stabbings (2:18), what we ate at home (4:20), McDonalds (6:30), refugee parents (8:05), not understanding Thai (10:26), Viet dads (12:30), nammer girls, LGs, ABGs (14:55), popular websites in the 90s (18:10), visiting the motherland (20:10), surprising a 95 year old grandma (21:55), Viet Kieu disguise? (24:30), Vietnamese pricing tiers (25:20), living in Vietnam (27:20), mien bac va mien nam (29:05), northern and southern accents (33:40), subtle viet traits (36:29), racism in Vancouver (44:30), girl fights in high school (46:42), entrepreneurship in Vietnam (56:10), weird smells (58:35), food poisoning (59:20), not speaking Vietnamese at home (1:01:29), I wanna be Chinese! (1:02:50), selling drugs (1:06:20), accepting Vietnamese heritage (1:09:35), Viet Kieu guys in Vietnam (01:11:40), Korean international marriages (1:12:10), Essex lorry death (1:14:41), rich people (1:15:44), lifting in Vietnam (1:17:20), Viet moms (1:24:37), Vietnamese survival mentality (1:26:59). Song: You Got Beef? 2004; lyrics Chuckie Akenz feat. V-Unit Directed by Paul Nguyen. 

    1 hr 29 min
  • 05 - The First Asian American President?
    Sumin is back on the podcast! This week we talk about me getting rear ended (1:35), the burning monk in Vietnam (9:57), Andrew Yang #yanggang (14:14), JT the PM of Canada (21:00), being told our English is so good (22:30), racism in Vancouver (25:25), Asian Canadians versus Asian Americans (30:36), food in LA (34:10) and more.
    36 min
  • 04 - Brown Sugar Boba, Asian Sugar Babies

    This week, we discuss Vancouver being the loneliest city in Canada (2:45), being the only Asian in Fort St. James (7:08), only dating white guys as an Asian woman (11:15), yellow fever (12:46), Azn f*boys with small ... (18:24), online dating apps (22:33), sugar babies (27:30), living costs in Vancouver (33:15), Korean Canadians versus Korean International Students (35:25), feminism and the Escape Corset in Korea (41:00). Theme music is Piano & Sax by Joakim Karud.

    1 hr
  • Are Asian Men Sexy?

    Hey listeners! This is a mini episode discussing the attractiveness of Asian men in media. I get some opinions from white women, Asian women and Asian men themselves and their stance on Asian men depicted in media. Theme music is Piano & Sax by Joakim Karud.

    7 min
  • 03 - Canadian conspiracies, BC verses Alberta, and Costco Poutine

    This week, my guests include a local born and raised Chinese-Canadian and a born and raised Edmontonian who recently moved to Vancouver. Sam and Yeobo discuss Oil and Gas (5:45), Grouse Mountain Gondola Snapping (7:00), the rivalry between British Columbia and Alberta (9:13), transplants in Vancouver (14:18), Poutine (22:18), ABGs and Good Old Boys (25:23, 30:00), Canadian murderers (32:00), Canada's only train (34:40), and Starlight tours in Saskatchewan (37:35). Theme music is Piano & Sax by Joakim Karud.

    41 min
  • 02 - Growing up Korean Canadian

    This episode, a Korean Canadian girl shares her experiences growing up tall amongst her short Asian friends, Korean cults in Canada, Gangnam girls, Korean food in Canada versus in Korea, Kim’s Convenience and more. Nina discusses Vietnamese gangsters and ABGs. Theme music is Piano & Sax by Joakim Karud.

    58 min

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Candid conversations from an Asian Canadian perspective.