The Asian Voice

Stereotypes are used as jokes constantly for laughs and good humour, but is it okay? Who gets to decide what is deemed as a joke and racially offensive. In this episode, we try to answer this question and uncover the truth behind it.

South Korean culture is a culture loved and adored by all around the world, from its influence from KPop to KDramas. Siwoo joins us to offer insight into South Korean culture and other insights into the culture, that might not be as well known in the Western World. 

In this episode, returning guest, Matthew Wu and Justin Tam dive into the topic of Asian work pressures. Discussing its origins to its impacts of the mental health of students, both guests spoke about their own struggles and how they overcame/deal with their problems that arise from their academic lives.

Starting of another season of TAV, our guest, Shreya, spoke about her story of being Indian in a predominantly white-society. In this episode, we cover ideas from whitewashing, beauty standards and dating struggles as an Asian. 

Through The Asian Voice, we speak and advocate for Asian representation and tackle racial issues such as racism and stereotypes. But, is this world capable of the change that we strive to work towards for all Asians. In this episode, we explore this idea of whether if the world is ready for this change.

Is there a connection between mental health and Asian heritage? In this week's episode, we dive into how our Asian heritage may have influenced our mental health and how that may continue to live on with us. From the stigma of having mental health problems to academic pressures, we share our experiences with our mental health and how we have learnt to deal with issues surrounding it. 

Microaggressions are everywhere but what are they? In this episode, we invite back Selina alongside Sam together to discuss microaggressions in life and in particular, school settings. With stories of personal experiences and conversation around this topic, we hope this episode offers some insight into how to deal with microaggressions and how to inform others on how their comments may have come of offensive to Asian culture. 

We’ve asked guests of TAV episodes before, “What does it mean to be Asian”, but never have the co-hosts sat down and posed this question for us to answer. In this episode, we discuss our own ideas of “What it means to be Asian” and how that may tie into our identities.

Whether it be Dragon Boat Festival or Mid Autumn, there's always a deeper meaning and story behind Chinese festivals. In this episode, we dive into the origins of Dragon Boat Festival and Mid Autumn and how they came about. We also discuss our memories with these festivals and some things we do to celebrate these festivals 

Growing up, we've found being Asian translates to being good at "Asian subjects", which include STEM subjects. While, some Asians may perform academically well on STEM subjects, should this mean that's all their good for? In this episode with future English Literature student Jamie, we discuss why he chose to study English, instead of an "Asian subject" and how he has ended up choosing that for his degree at university.