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Back to the Roots
Growing up between two cultures can be confusing, always complicated to explain where you’re from because that alone does not explain how you identify. Even though, inhabiting two or more cultures is such a great gift, a superpower. Especially for Chinese culture and history that is so often misunderstood in the West, you are the bridge between the two. Only you can bring both sides together. This podcast is a reminder of that. That’s why we, Selena (28) American Chinese, and Mimi (28) Austrian…
Episodes
- Back to the Roots
Language Forms Identity: Fluent in Everything Except Yourself
Does the language you speak shape who you are, or does who you are decide which language you keep? Many Western Born Chinese (WBC) were born into Chinese…
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Does a Country Shape Who You Are?
In this episode, we sit down with American Taiwanese Crossroads founder, researcher, and sociologist, Frank Tsai, to look beyond individual stories and ask…
- Back to the Roots
Imposter in your own career
Our friend, German-born Chinese, Zhiyang was made “the China bridge” to HQ at a German multinational before she even had the Mandarin to back it up. She moved…
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Take More Risk: Turning Identity Into an Investment Thesis
Episode 6 is about a pattern a lot of us know intimately: immigrant children of Chinese descent who grow up making the 'safe' choice because our parents…
- Back to the Roots
Do We See Beauty the Same Way?
In this episode, we’re joined by Laurence, a French-born Chinese working in the beauty industry, and Cassandre, a French beauty and lifestyle professional…
- Back to the Roots
Food, Culture & Becoming
Food is never just food - especially when you grow up between two contrasting cultures. In this episode, we sit down with Jerry, an American Born Chinese who…
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The Unspoken Side of Dating as WBC
Just a conversation among friends trying to make sense of modern dating, identity, and connection as WBCs. In this episode, we’re joined by Anna (Half-French…
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Best of Both Worlds- Growing up
In this first episode, we finally introduce ourselves and our names (and their meaning behind them). We talk about what it felt like growing up as the “little…
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This is Back to the Roots
This is our pilot episode… and you can tell. We forgot to introduce ourselves, jumped between topics, and didn’t quite know where we were going — but maybe…