Episodes
As more and more businesses become aware of the lack of diversity in their boardrooms, working groups and generally across their organisation, underrepresented minorities can sometimes find themselves expected to represent. This can cause many levels of discomfort.
Published 11/15/22
Published 11/15/22
Language can be such a major part of understanding culture and history, and has been used as a tool of colonialism. Maintaining bilingualism in cross-cultural contexts is difficult. So what happens if you can't speak your mother tongue? Do you feel you belong even less?
Published 11/08/22
Mothers. There is so much to talk about. How do we as children, navigate and understand how we are being shown love, especially when it looks vastly different to how those around us are being raised?
Published 11/01/22
Code switching means shifting or manipulating your behaviour depending on the social context you're in. It’s a thing, even former US President Barack Obama does it. But is it good for us?
Published 10/25/22
At times, the line between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation can seem very fine.
Published 10/18/22
Biracial, multiracial, multiethnic... words like these are part of our toolkit of self-identification. So surely as individuals we have the right to choose how, when and if we use these identifiers? In this episode of Like Us, Anna Yeon, Noè Harsel and Zione Walker-Nthenda discuss race and representation on TV, and the moment that made Noè identify as biracial.
Published 10/11/22
Identity is difficult for all kids growing up, there is no doubt. For culturally diverse teenagers and third culture kids, trying to find their place can be even more fraught at times. In this episode of Like Us, Anna, Noè and Zione chat about raising their kids now, and how growing up was different for them.
Published 10/04/22
Our names are such a part of how we identify ourselves and how others see us. Names can even preempt things about us sometimes. They can evoke emotions, identity and even personality traits. In this episode of Like Us, Anna, Noè and Zione chat about how their names do and don't define them.
Published 09/27/22
‘Like Us’ is a new SBS podcast with Anna Yeon, Noè Harsel and Zione Walker-Nthenda. Three Australian women from different cultural backgrounds discussing their personal relationship with Australia and Australia’s relationship with them.
Published 09/13/22