Best Gaysian Project Podcasts (2024)

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Dripping in Gold ft. Al Sandimirova of Automic Gold 58:26

3+ y ago58:26

58:26

*extreme Gossip Girl voice* bet you thought you saw the last of us? Guess again, the Queer Asian Podcast Club is BACK with an all new special episode to celebrate community this Thanksgiving, but more importantly to celebrate indigenous peoples. This week’s guest is the founder and person behind the brilliant queer, radical, and gorgeous jewelry co…

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"Come for the eye candy, stay for the soul food" ft. Chance Calloway 1:16:44

4y ago1:16:44

1:16:44

We're so excited about this week's LONG overdue episode with filmmaker Chance Calloway! We recorded this episode last year, and are so excited for you all to meet our friend, the brilliant and wonderful Chance Calloway. A queer Black filmmaker who is behind one of our favourite shows "Pretty Dudes" and the new Pretty Dudes novel! Both can be found …

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What Stuffed Animals Are You Quarantined With? ft. Jiavani Linayao 1:03:04

4y ago1:03:04

1:03:04

this week we’re with one of our favorites, the hilarious, kind, brilliant and gorgeous Jiavani Linayao ! Jiavani is a queer Black and Filipino actor, singer, writer and comic who co-produces the GaysianAF show at UCB, has hit on Jon Hamm in Between Two Ferns the movie, and has given us the musical origin story of Buffalo Wild Wings through SHUFFLE …

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Activism and Design ft. Robert Diep 1:04:19

4y ago1:04:19

1:04:19

While we continue to celebrate, amplify, and fight for ALL Black Lives, we also want to continue celebrating the voices and stories of our queer and trans APIMED community. This week, we are excited to debut Season 3 of the podcast! Formerly The Gaysian Podcast and now the #QueerAsianPodcastClub - celebrating the stories and experiences of queer an…

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Episode 11.2: SHE CREATES 2020 (Bonus w/ Founder Lizzy Jarrett) 8:43

4+ y ago8:43

8:43

In this BONUS podcast, AKIN host Ruthie Ofrasio sits with the founder of SHE Creates, Lizzy Jarrett from Make/Shift NYC, to get an inside scoop on the founding of SHE Creates! They discuss the conception of the event & how it's only grown since. SHE Creates: Myths & Legends 2020 opens March 20th & runs through March 21st at Project for the Living A…

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Episode 11: SHE CREATES 2020 20:14

4+ y ago20:14

20:14

AKIN host Ruthie Ofrasio is back with a new season of SHE Creates! SHE Creates is a yearly festival that features the work of female and genderqueer artists. She sits down with artists Aarushi Agni & Serafina Ha to talk about the journey they took with SHE Creates this year. SHE Creates: Myths & Legends 2020 opens March 20th & runs through March 21…

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"The Asian American Films That Taught Us To Be Asian American Are All Queer Stories" ft. Brian Hu 1:03:57

4+ y ago1:03:57

1:03:57

Let's give a warm welcome to SDSU Film studies professor and programming director at PacArts, Brian Hu! On this week's episode, we talk about representation, history of AsAm film, and how the Asian American experience is inherently a queer one. Follow Brian on instagram @husbrian and listen to his podcast on Asian American Pop Culture history "Satu…

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Hail Satan(na) ft. Leonard Alyashaa aka Satanna the Queen 1:13:28

4+ y ago1:13:28

1:13:28

Hail, Satan(na). Please give a warm welcome to this week's #TheGaysianPodcast guest (and TGP's very own social media queen) hailing all the way from hell, Satanna! Listen to us discuss all things drag, community work, and the queer Middle-Eastern American experience. Follow her at @stannaqueen

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"Aunty, your radish earrings? Thats Gay" ft. Jamie Lew, QASC Events Director 1:25:58

5y ago1:25:58

1:25:58

Surprise, surpriiiiiise! This week's #GaysianPodcast special guest is the Queer Asian Social Club's one and only Jamie Lew! Jamie is The Gaysian Project's QASC Event Director spearheading with all things event-related. You'll want to listen to this episode for sure as we dissect the stigma queer Asian femme shaming and talk about what led to the Qu…

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On Culture, Sex, and Academia ft. Ada Cheng, PhD 1:52:19

5y ago1:52:19

1:52:19

Please welcome Ada Cheng, a Chicago-based sociology PhD professor who specialises in storytelling centering APIMED folxs. Ada is absolutely incredible, and we're so excited to share this conversation that covers everything from the difficulty in defining culture, navigating academia, and finding sexual empowerment. Find her at http://www.renegadead…

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DIS-ORIENTing, drag, & SE Asian Deportation ft. Kevin Lam 1:19:15

5y ago1:19:15

1:19:15

Hello Gaybies! Welcome, this week's podcast guest, Kevin Lam, a Boston-based activist, and drag queen! Kevin talks about their South East Asian experience surrounding their activism and work around deportations. Listen to their story and see how drag helped them understand and connect with their identities. You can follow them on insta at @seavalal…

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Asian Not Asian Podcast Pls Text Us Back or: Our Response to ANA's Episode 74 59:34

5y ago59:34

59:34

A couple weeks ago fellow Asian led podcast, Asian Not Asian Podcast, released an episode (#74) and an accompanying clip from the episode on instagram. Both feature a problematic and hurtful conversation and jokes regarding the the dating habits of women as well as queerness. This is our response, a conversation we hope that will be a growing momen…

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Episode 10: The Gaysian Project 28:20

5y ago28:20

28:20

AKIN sits down with new friend Maya Reddy founder of The Gaysian Project! Where we talk about the intersectionality of the queer and asian experience, mental health, and the future of queer asian/Gaysian representation. Follow them on instagram @thegaysianproject and check out awesome Gaysian Project merch on their website thegaysianproject.com ---…

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This is Akin ft. Peyton and Hubert 1:21:27

5y ago1:21:27

1:21:27

On our Season 1 finale we are talking with two of the people behind AKIN, an art collective in NYC focused on uplifting queer and POC artists and creators. We chat with Peyton and Hubert about the incredible work they are doing with Akin as well as their own experiences as queer Filipinx people. Follow AKIN on IG @thisisakinnyc…

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"Constant Guest, Constant Alien" ft. Robin and Daisy of APAIT LA 1:38:34

5y ago1:38:34

1:38:34

This week we have two really badass guests from APAIT, an API AIDS/HIV resource and activism group in Los Angeles, Robin and Daisy! This is a fantastic conversation about the stigma of HIV/AIDs in API communities, the performance of masculinity and fear of femininity amongst Asian men, and RuPaul’s Drag Race! On instagram: @apait_ssg ; @robinhamcho…

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The Diaspora Isn't Just in Europe and North America ft. Actor Premika Leo 1:20:54

5y ago1:20:54

1:20:54

This week we’re chatting with Toronto based indo-carribean-canadian queer actor Premika Leo! This conversation is one that isn’t always had in APIMED spaces, especially Desi spaces. That is: the erasure of Indo-Carribean folks from the diaspora.We also get into the complexities of POC representation, and the fact that while there is more queer repr…

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Episode 9: Asians in Sports 13:16

5y ago13:16

13:16

Friend of ThisisAKIN Chris Kondracki is back with his brother Sean Kondracki, to talk about being Asian/Asian-American in the sports world. As players and spectators there something to say about how the representation in the professional leagues of basketball, baseball, and tennis effects the way the young Asian/Asian-American interact with the spo…

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The Power of Heritage and Telling Your Own Story ft. Randy Kim 1:40:32

5y ago1:40:32

1:40:32

We are kicking off our celebration of APIMEDA Heritage Month with an episode all about the power of connecting with your heritage and telling your own story. Featuring incredible human being, activist and storyteller, Randy Kim who serves on the board of the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and co-produces TALK Stories: an Asian and Asian America…

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LIVE at ClexaCon ft. Chantal Thuy, Andrea Walter, Nicole Espinosa, and CB Lee 1:13:39

5y ago1:13:39

1:13:39

Coming at you with our first live episode recorded at ClexaCon 2019 from "The Gaysian Project Presents: Celebrating Queer Asian Americans in Media and Fandom" panel! Follow the panelists: @chantalthuy @andreaannwalter @cblee_cblee @colesmcgeeBy The Gaysian Project

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Creating Asian American Culture ft. Author Nishta J. Mehra 1:05:32

5+ y ago1:05:32

1:05:32

This episode is a special conversation with author Nishta J. Mehra, abt her new book "Brown, White, Black" that explores the intersections of identity, religion, and sexuality in her family. We get into so many things including, the role Hinduism has played in her connection to identity, struggling with both assimilating and standing out, and how s…

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"Heavy Metal Asian Fan" ft. Nicole Espinosa 1:58:32

5+ y ago1:58:32

1:58:32

Feminist, scholar, activist Nicole Espinosa is back on the podcast to talk about fan culture and how it functions in marginalised communities! It is a super-sized episode in which we get into everything from our own fandoms to ethno-historical explanatory models of how we interact with fandom, the need to complicate the things we're fans of, and di…

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Nowruz Mubarak! ft. Omid Razavi of Let Me Out Book 1:21:12

5+ y ago1:21:12

1:21:12

Nowruz Mubarak! Happy Persian New Year! We are so thrilled to be spending the 13 days of celebration with Omid Razavi - a gay Iranian Canadian author and illustrator of the Let Me Out book that provides support for LGBTQ+ youth to give them solidarity and encouragement through their processes of exploring their identities. In this episode, we get t…

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Just Three Indians Talking About Comic Books ft. Kesav and Samarjeet Wable 1:46:53

5+ y ago1:46:53

1:46:53

This week's episode is with filmmaker Kesav Wable and his brother Samarjeet talking about the new short film they made called “Closet Supes." The short is an exploration of queer Desi identity, the first generation Desi American experience, reconnecting with our elders, and superheroes. We are excited to share our conversation that continues to exp…

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"Planes, Trains, and Intersectional Queer Inclusivity in Golf" ft. Pro Golfer Tadd Fujikawa 1:21:05

5+ y ago1:21:05

1:21:05

This week's episode is just a couple of queer Asian golfers talking about the queer Asian experience. My guest is fellow pro golfer and athlete ally ambassador, Tadd Fujikawa! Tadd is wonderful, he is the youngest player in history to qualify for the US Open in 2006 at 16, he’s made 14 starts on the PGA Tour, and in August 2018, became the first ma…

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Episode 8: The Veteran Experience 20:32

5+ y ago20:32

20:32

Dash/American the Podcast with James Barbosa an Army Veteran shedding some light on the experience of being POC in the military; before, during, and after serving. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dashamerican/support

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"When We're Teenagers Everything Happens SO Much" ft. Author CB Lee 1:22:38

5+ y ago1:22:38

1:22:38

Were kicking off 2019 with a great conversation with author and activist CB Lee. Author of the "Sidekick" series, and forthcoming BEN10 graphic novels. This conversation was a blast. We talk about representation in books, accessibility to different forms of media, disrupting images of teenage Americana through QPOC representation, and also CB’s act…

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DIS-ORIENTing with The Queer Arabs 1:54:31

5+ y ago1:54:31

1:54:31

This week’s episode is with two of the hosts of a podcast called “The Queer Arabs”, Alia and Ellie and I am thrilled that it is the first installment of our “DIS-ORIENT” series! We talked about the erasure of Middle Eastern or South West Asian identities and cultures from an Asian narrative, navigating living in the United States post911 as Brown A…

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"We're Life Size(d) Too!" ft. Hank Chen 1:08:02

5+ y ago1:08:02

1:08:02

This week's episode is with the wonderful actor and comic Hank Chen, known for stealing scenes in the delightfully queer "Life-Size 2." We chatted with Hank about all things representation. From the immense amount of work it takes to find queer Asian representation, what its like for Hank to be representing, and of course Tyra Banks. Watch "Life-Si…

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"Queer South Asians Are Damn Good At Sex" ft. Neha Ghosh of Qunify Philadelphia 1:21:29

5+ y ago1:21:29

1:21:29

This week’s episode is with Neha Ghosh, a Bengali queero, activist and one of the founding members of Qunify Philadelphia. We got into a little bit of everything, from clumsily working through what its like being brown in the US’s sometimes binary racial society, shame around sex, finding our own Desi American culture, colonization, and gagging ove…

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"I Need to Get to Philly Yesterday?" ft. Quynh-Mai Nguyen of the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 1:35:10

5+ y ago1:35:10

1:35:10

Pull up a chair, pour some tea, and cozy up for a lovely chat with Quynh-Mai Nguyen, the Marketing Director of the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. In this episode, we talk about everything PAAFF, the importance of providing a platform for Asian and queer Asian stories, and highlights from this year's program. PAAFF runs in Philly from 11…

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Episode 7: Creators Circle 20:45

6y ago20:45

20:45

AKIN founder Ruthie Ofrasio sits down with Irene Lazaridis who founded MakeShift and Christopher Moncayo-Torres founder of FailBetter. They talk about being artist, the need for community, and why it was important for them to bring the two together.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dashamerican/support…

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"No Dating Until Marriage" ft. Crystal Bi-Wegner 1:30:06

6y ago1:30:06

1:30:06

This week's episode is with the amazing Crystal Bi-Wegner, an artist and a co-founder of the Boston based zine for API femmes "Moon Eaters" (@mooneaterscollective). We talk about growing up half Asian, how important art and being an artist has been to her identity, and giving our Asian parents more credit! Follow The Gaysian Project on IG (@thegays…

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Live from the Analog Lab at Facebook HQ ft. The Aravani Art Project 1:02:09

6y ago1:02:09

1:02:09

This week's episode is with the wonderful women from The Aravani Art Project, an art collective based in Bangalore India that is focused on focused on creating space for the Trans community to connect with other communities and cultures in their local neighborhoods. Follow the art project on instagram at @aravaniartproject, and The Gaysian Project …

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"Its A Kalbolution!" Episode One ft. Nicole Espinosa 1:07:16

6y ago1:07:16

1:07:16

Welcome to the first episode of The Gaysian Podcast! In this episode we talk with Nicole Espinosa (feminist-scholar-activist) about beauty standards, how they have effected us as Queer Asians, as well as the May Allure covers, the Met Gala, and the Royal Wedding. Theme Music: Maurice Spears Producers: Andie Wheatley, Nicole Espinosa Consultant: Cat…

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"Crazy Rich Gaysians" ft. Andie Wheatley and Nathan Ramos 1:27:28

6y ago1:27:28

1:27:28

We're back from hiatus just in time to celebrate the release of Crazy Rich Asians! There are spoilers in this episode, but what on Earth are you doing listening to us instead of seeing the movie?! GO SEE IT!!! And then join us as we lounge on a comfy couch with some tea in Mar Vista and talk about how stunning the entire cast was, the fact that CRA…

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Episode 6: Undertones in Jazz 26:56

6y ago26:56

26:56

Guests Paul JB Lee(Korean) Ruben Mejia(Mexican-American) & Peter Enriquez (Filipino & Greek) talk about what it is like about to be a minority in the Jazz community, and gives insight on the music industry for young musical artists. It may be less about confronting those already in the Jazz community, but understanding the pressures of being part o…

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Episode 5: Woman, Color, & Corporate 23:33

6y ago23:33

23:33

Guests Nicole Pineda, Andrea Navarrete, & AKIN Project Manager Vivian Wang sit down and talk about their experiences as woman of color getting into and navigating in the corporate world. Turns out it's foundation, foundation, foundation! But as people of color, we don't always have those connects our white counterparts have. Listen for more!--- Sup…

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"Orientalism Fucked Up A Lot of Shit" ft. Katy and Dahn-Bi of Angry Asian Girls 1:02:18

6y ago1:02:18

1:02:18

This week's episode is with Katy and Dahn-Bi from Angry Asian Girls! We talk about everything from how streetwear's use of Asian iconography perpetuates the attitude towards Asian cultures existing to be consumed and looked at rather than seen, as well as queering spaces for AAPI folx.Follow them @angryasiangirls and www.angryasiangirls.org…

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Episode 4: Queer 31:46

6y ago31:46

31:46

Our host, Hubert Silva is joined by JP Moraga, Peyton Emery, and Arjun Dhawan in talking about their experience in both the queer and straight communities. We talk about what it's like to balance both our queer and cultural identities and instances where those have overlapped in intersectionality.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify…

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Episode 2: The Dating Game 42:06

6y ago42:06

42:06

Dash American is back & we are playing the Dating Game! We brought some guests in to chat about their dating experiences & how culture and race comes into conversation. Featuring Dan Foster, Charlie Hurtt, & Kiki Kish, We go from #relationshipgoals, to fetishization, to meeting the family. This episode contains some sexually explicit content. --- S…

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Episode 1: We are AKIN 25:08

6y ago25:08

25:08

Meet some of the members of AKIN: Ruthie Ofrasio, Hubert Silva, Sam Midwinter, and AKIN partner from "Vaulted" Noah Breymeier, as they share stories of their identity, discuss their relationships to their identities, as AKIN's goal to bring together an audience and a community of underrepresented artists of color.Featuring musical compositions by J…

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Episode 3: Hapa Mag 33:57

6y ago33:57

33:57

For our third episode of Dash American we brought in our fierce friends from Hapa Mag, a publication by Hapas for everyone, to talk about their experiences walking through the world as Hapas, or half Asian/Pacific Islander. Featuring Hapa founder Alex Chester & project manager Melissa Slaughter, we chat about language, building your own tribe, & wh…

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