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gen asian41 - Feeling like an Outsider and being a Visible Minority in the USHappy new year! It’s been a while but we are excited to be back.In this episode of gen·asian, we talk about being visible minorities in the US versus in Canada. Michelle laments on the lack of Asian vegetables and grocery stores. Winnie discusses the feeling of being an outsider and whiteness being the default standard. Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2025-01-1331 min
gen asian40 - Being Friends vs Friendly with an Ex & How to Know You're Over ThemIn this episode of gen·asian, we talk about all things exes. We discuss whether being friends with a ex is the ulitmate show that you're over them, or is it better to just be 'friendly' rather than actual friends. We chat about whether we'd ever get back together with an ex, why Winnie's exes are all Asian, and how to know when we're over an ex.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2024-04-0136 min
gen asian39 - Parents Meeting for the First Time (Interracial Wedding Planning 👰🏻)In this episode of gen·asian, we talk all about wedding planning, especially Asian wedding planning🧧🎊! Michelle shares about what it means to join her and her partner's lives and families in the wedding planning process. How to take in the family's perspective while ensuring the couple's preferences are prioritized. She dives into her experience, from coordinating their parents meeting for the first time (and being everyone's translator), to the pressure of creating a social media-worthy event.
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2024-02-2828 min
gen asian38 - Successful Gen-Z Tactics for Job NetworkingIn this episode of gen·asian, we talk about the new era of networking. It used to be boring, cringy corporate meetings to get business cards, but has evolved into informal, personal access (if you're savvy like gen-Z!) into high-powered C-suite level executives. Michelle talks about how experience with gen-Z networking has impressed her. Winnie shares about her tips on how to do it better as someone who hates traditional networking!
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2024-01-0124 min
gen asian37 - Investing In Yourself and Your Money ($ Lessons from Our Asian Immigrant Parents)In this episode of gen·asian, we talk about finances and our money mindset 🤑. Winnie discusses the financial challenges of funding an out-of-country grad degree. Michelle chats about how she views spending money on personal development and hobbies. We also share in-depth about how we invest our money and how our (asian, frugal, immigrant) families influenced our knowledge of personal finances and financial management.
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2023-11-3029 min
gen asian36 - Michelle's Engagement Story💍 (How to Know You're Ready for Marriage)Michelle is engaged💍!! In this episode of gen·asian, Michelle shares her proposal story (including all the funny moments in between), we discuss if we think spending 3 months of salary on a ring is what girls expect these days, and Winnie offers her observation on how Michelle's attitude towards engagement has changed over the relationship.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2023-08-3029 min
gen asian35 - How to Apologize SincerelyIn this episode of gen·asian, we discuss our thoughts on the 5 Apology Languages (from the creators of the 5 Love Languages). Michelle is in her homebody plant era 🌱, and talks about her preferred apology language. Winnie shares a story about apologizing for a mistake at work, and the time she was hit with an insincere apology.
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2023-07-3024 min
gen asian34 - New Job (Work Anxieties, First Impressions & Hybrid Challenges)In this episode of gen·asian, we discuss all the feelings and anxieties of starting a new job 😬. From how to make a good first impression, to the challenges of starting at a fully remote company. Michelle shares her struggles of enjoying the new era of hybrid work while fulfilling her managerial duties and holding her team to an in-office culture. Winnie shares her experience as an remote employee starting at two different jobs and the differences in her two experiences.
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2023-06-2531 min
gen asian33 - Wedding Guest Etiquette 101: Declining Invites, Gifting $, Destination WeddingsIt's wedding season 💕! In this episode of gen·asian, we answer tough questions about wedding guest etiquette. How much do you gift? How much money should you spend as a wedding guest? How do you decline a wedding invite? Would we have a wedding without an open bar? Also, Michelle discusses the differences between family vs friend weddings. While, Winnie shares about the sensory overload of attending an Indian wedding.
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2023-05-2731 min
gen asian32 - Building a Remote Start-Up in Separate Continents (ft. Brian Wong)In this episode of gen·asian, we have a special guest Brian Wong, a multi-hyphenate who has jumped from various careers, from accounting to consulting and now tech, while also running a fashion company as a side-hustle, Norman's Apparel, with his long distance childhood best friend. He shares about the challenges of running a remote company with a 13-hr time difference and the differences of working culture in Asia vs North America. Brian grew up in Hong Kong and spent his adult years in Canada, so we dive into where he feels a sense of belonging and his take o...2023-04-3043 min
gen asian31 - Surviving a Long Distance RelationshipIn this episode of gen·asian, we talk about long distance relationships - tips to survive it (e.g. regular video calls) and the chaotic travelling schedule that comes with it. Winnie shares about how being long distance makes it easier to overlook issues. Michelle reveals how her and Matt talked through and decided on how to end their long distance situation.
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2023-04-1026 min
gen asian30 - Getting "Old" and Feeling Single AnxietyIn this episode of gen·asian, Michelle turns 29. We address our summer sabbatical (sorry!) and talk about our feelings about birthdays and getting older. Michelle shares about feeling incongruent with her real age after 'losing' 2 years to the pandemic. Winnie reflects on the personal growth in the last few years and we talk about single anxiety and the societal/biological time pressure that women face.
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Links:
Tim Ferris on How to Take a Mini-Retirement
2023-02-2526 min
gen asian29 - New Year UpdatesA mini update episode of gen·asian where we chat about our podcast highlights from 2022 (thank you Spotify Wrapped 🙌🏻) and discuss our podcast goals for 2023.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com
2023-01-2907 min
gen asian28 - Red Flags of Job Searching 🚩In this episode of gen·asian, we chat about our green and red flags 🚩when job searching. We discuss how asking personal questions in a job interview can be a fine line and share our different perspective on approaching friends for job referrals.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2022-10-3025 min
gen asian27 - Trialing Moving In with a PartnerIn this episode of gen·asian, we chat about the perks and challenges of moving in with a partner. Michelle fills us in on how her 1 week trial with Matt is going. Winnie shares about moving in too early, feeling stuck, and not knowing how to move out without breaking up.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com
2022-10-1525 min
gen asian26 - Travelling with Friends & PartnersIn this episode of gen·asian, we discuss the complexities of travelling with other people whether it be friends or a partner. Winnie shares about using ✨communication✨ to set expectations and the importance of learning the culture and language of the place you're visiting. Michelle chats about how her travel style has changed over the years and centering her trips around a purpose or activity.
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2022-10-0128 min
gen asian25 - Optimizing the Work-to-Pay Ratio 🤑In this episode of gen·asian, we talk about the "corporate game" and our gripes to corporate life. Winnie talks about her transition from bedside nursing to a more corporate role and the pros and cons having seen both sides. Michelle talks about her framework behind optimizing the “work-to-pay ratio" and her thoughts on the rise of the "lying flat" movement in China.
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2022-04-2826 min
gen asian24 - Struggles of Being a Banana 🍌In this episode of gen·asian, we talk about the perpetual struggle of not fitting in on our Asian side and Canadian side, and how the Asian-American experience is it's own culture. Winnie discusses her interactions with men who have dating preferences for asian women vs having yellow fever. Michelle shares about what she’s most proud of (hint: a relationship breakthrough over the last year).
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2022-03-1927 min
gen asian23 - Emotional/Invisible Labour in RelationshipsIn this episode of gen·asian, we discuss unequal split of invisible and emotional labour within our parents relationships and our own relationships.
Michelle talks about being upset about how she met her boyfriend's grandparents for the first time (lesson learned: give your partner a heads up before). Winnie shares about the time she was offered to be a 5th wheel with an ex 😂.
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2022-01-2329 min
gen asian22 - "Must-haves" vs. "Nice-to-have" Qualities in a Long Term RelationshipIt's another dating episode on gen·asian (lol) where we chat about what makes a suitable long-term partner. Take a listen to Winnie grill Michelle about whether she thinks her boyfriend, Matt, has marriage potential 👀. And Winnie shares about what traits are must-haves vs nice-to-haves in a partner.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2022-01-0928 min
gen asian21 - How to DTR (Define the Relationship)In this episode of gen·asian, we share our thoughts about the different stages of dating. We talk about if we date multiple people at the same time, when we introduce our SO to our friends and how we approach the conversation of DTR😱. Michelle talks about her experience in the earlier stages of dating with her current SO and the transition with DTR. Winnie reflects on the pressure of labels and her experiences of transitions from dating back into friendship.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2021-11-2623 min
gen asian20 - Summer Update: Dating, Traveling with SOs, Getting OldWe're back from our summer hiatus! In this episode of gen·asian, we share what we've been up to. Michelle travels with her bf for the first time, and wonders what introducing him to family will be like. Winnie has been enjoying hot vax summer, shares reflections on healing from exes, and thinks about her upcoming 10 year high school anniversary.
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2021-09-0228 min
gen asian19 - The Cost of Speaking Out (NYT Aftermath)In this episode of gen·asian, we share our thoughts and events that have unfolded since Winnie was featured in The New York Times article: The Cost of Being an 'Interchangeable Asian'.
Michelle talks about what her company is doing to highlight BIPOC stories and voices. Winnie shares about a chaotic day where the doctor she talks about in the NYTimes article confronts her about it at work 😱 and explains the complexity of forces that stopped her from addressing the doctor that day.
Links:
The New York Times: The Cost of Being an 'Interchangeable Asian...2021-06-1929 min
gen asian18 - The Grief Journey of Losing a Parent (ft. Elvis Wong)This episode is a special one for many reasons. (1) We have our first guest on gen·asian! (2) We got to have a very special and intimate conversation with one of our closest friends about his journey with grief and loss with the death of his father. Elvis talks to us about the loneliness and isolation he felt, what was and wasn't helpful support from friends, and shares about a healing cross-country road-trip to Vancouver.
Timestamps:
1:14 - 1 thing
6:00 - Elvis' Story
43:30 - Wildcard Q
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@2021-06-1245 min
gen asian17 - Rapid Fire Faves: Music, App, Travel...Get to know Michelle and Winnie better in this light and fun episode of gen·asian. We go through a list of categories and share our favourite thing from each one. Also, stay tuned 'til the end for a little (big) podcast update!
Timestamps:
1:06 - 1 thing
3:39 - Movie
5:37 - Music
7:43 - Pandemic Activity
9:24 - Book
13:27 - Youtube Channel
14:56 - Podcast
17:18 - Food
18:49 - Phone App
21:35 - Travel Destination
27:17 - Wildcard Q
28:14 - Pod Update
Links:
Kkakdugi – Korean Radish Kimchi
Condo Dance Party
NYTimes article: The Cost of Being an 'Interchangeable Asian'
Follow us on...2021-05-2931 min
gen asian16 - What Therapy Has Taught UsThis was a dreaded episode for us - we put it off for a long time for many reasons but hope that by sharing our experience with therapy openly, we can normalize it. Take a listen and let us know what you think!
Timestamps:
0:54 - 1 thing
3:49 - Why we started
18:01 - Biggest takeaways
24:40 - Wildcard Q
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com
2021-05-1528 min
gen asian15 - How Hustle Culture is ToxicIn this episode of gen·asian, we dive into our career journey. Michelle shares about the difficult decision of choosing her own path and disappointing her parents. Winnie talks about nursing being a practical career vs passion career. And we discuss toxic hustle culture mentality 🙅🏻♀️, and the pressure on millennials to monetize and optimize everything in our lives.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2021-05-0130 min
gen asian14 - Best Time for the First KissIn this episode of gen·asian, we share our favourite first date questions, and thoughts about breaking the touch barrier. Michelle remembers the time she dodged a first kiss 💋, and Winnie reflects on how her asian culture influences who would be a suitable partner.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2021-04-1731 min
gen asian13 - Asian Parents Calling You FatIn this episode of gen·asian, we chat about working out to fight our Asian genetics, Michelle is surprised her parents didn’t call her fat 🥲, and we discuss minimizing our culture at work so we’re not “too asian”.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2021-04-0323 min
gen asian12 - Getting Called Another Asian Person's Name at Work (NYT Episode)In this episode of gen·asian, we share our experiences of workplace racism/microaggressions, feeling invisible at work and feeling bad for taking up space. Winnie retells a story about getting called the wrong name for hours 🙄 while Michelle reflects on the impact of the rise of Anti-Asian racism.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2021-03-2030 min
gen asian11 - Attracted to Emotionally-Unavailable Fuck BoysIn this episode of gen·asian, Michelle and Winnie chat about the fuck boys who’ve played them, whether ghosting is ever ok, and answer the age-old question “Are men shit? Or are you attracted to men who are shit?”. Also, Michelle shares about the time she was called out for ghosting 👻, and Winnie reveals her affinity for fuck boys in backwards hats.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2021-03-0628 min
gen asian10 - Our Personality Type, Love Language & Harry Potter HouseThe long-awaited get to know us episode! In this episode of gen·asian, we break down our MBTI personalities, Harry Potter house, and love languages. Also, Winnie shares about that time her ex got her flowers 🥀 and Michelle reminisces about being a sensitive kid 🥲. (Sorry about the audio quality, we’re working on it!)
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2021-02-2023 min
gen asian9 - Feeling Alone in a RelationshipIn this Valentine’s Day episode of gen·asian, Michelle wonders what it means to be in love (baby don’t hurt me...), Winnie reflects on the difference between loving vs being in love, and we chat about whether we believe in 'The One'. (Sorry about the audio quality, we’re working on it!)
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2021-02-0629 min
gen asian8 - Lessons Learned in 2020In this New Years themed episode of gen·asian, Michelle shares about her year of change in both her work and personal life, Winnie reflects on her break up in early 2020, and we make it a podcast goal to be more consistent (oops 😬). (Sorry about the audio quality, we’re working on it!)
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2021-01-2324 min
gen asian7 - Tips for Dating Apps & Why Girls Swipe LeftIn this episode of gen·asian, Michelle has a new status update(!) and tells us what she liked about her new boo's profile 👀. Winnie shares what she auto-swipes left on a dating app, and a funny story about a month of going on multiple first dates.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2020-12-1930 min
gen asian6 - Going from Friends to DatingIn this part 2 on friendships on gen·asian, Winnie and Michelle wonder if it matters whether or not your therapist is asian, if guys and girls can be just friends, and discuss the pain of friendship breakups.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2020-12-0534 min
gen asian5 - Real Friends Show Up On TimeOn this part 1 episode on friendship on gen·asian, Michelle talks about craving deeper friendship and the 5 elements that maintain a friendship, and Winnie shares about catching feelings then getting ghosted.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2020-11-2624 min
gen asian4 - Freedom & Anonymity in a New CityIn this episode of gen·asian, Winnie and Michelle discuss changes in the dynamic with our parents after moving out, dating in a new city vs one you grew up in, and having two different identities.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2020-11-0137 min
gen asian3 - Pandemic Brought on Our Quarter Life Crisisgen·asian is a podcast that explores the unique identity and experiences of Asian Canadian Millennials.
In this episode, Winnie and Michelle talk about how working full-time put us into our quarter life crisis, how emotional labour factors into having kids, and how life decisions were simpler in our parents' generation.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2020-10-1734 min
gen asian2 - Bad Asian for Not Playing PianoIn this episode of gen·asian, Winnie and Michelle discuss the extracurriculars we did/didn’t do growing up, when tiger parenting becomes abusive, and how we codeswitch between English vs Chinese.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2020-10-0625 min
gen asian1 - Left Out From Asian Family Chatsgen·asian is a podcast that explores the unique identity and experiences of Asian Canadian millennials.
In our inaugural episode, Winnie Cheng and Michelle Ng talk about social media and how it's changed with COVID-19, how being immigrants makes us more competitive with others, and the struggles of being a banana in a family chat that communicates only in Chinese.
Follow us on Instagram: @gen.asian, @winnieyycheng, and @heymichelleng. Email us at gen.asianpod@gmail.com2020-06-1635 min