Welcome to Season 1 of the Living Hyphen Podcast. As we continue to live through this pandemic, we have been asked to stay at home, to quarantine, and to ultimately, maintain a “social distance” from our loved ones. We have been challenged to find new and creative ways to show our love from afar. But for those of us who are part of a diaspora or who have been displaced in some way – voluntarily or forced, right here on this land or abroad – we know all too well all the gradients and textures of loving from afar. And so, for this first season of the Living Hyphen Podcast, we’ve collected stories from a multitude of different storytellers across what we now know as Canada to explore this concept of “homestuck” – whatever home might be, whatever one’s relationship to their home(s) might be, and whatever being stuck can mean. Join us on this journey in exploring our hyphenated identities and how it all connects to the most trying time of our generation. Featured in this episode: • Kyle Jarencio is a digital storyteller based in Scarborough that likes playing with visuals, ideas, and his own feelings. He co-hosts the podcast @influxthepod with his friend Amreen about what it means to be queer and Asian and watching too much TV. Find him IRL on the Scarborough RT about to grab an iced coffee or online @fragilekyle. • Kathleen Zaragoza is a Filipina-Canadian settler, born and based on Coast Salish lands, colonially known as Vancouver. Having recently graduated from UBC, she is endlessly curious about the spaces within and between language, culture, and music. She carries this passion for learning into everything she does, from her research on Fil-Can heritage languages, to being the co-founder of Sliced Mango Collective (a new Fil-Can youth organization in “Vancouver”), to creating music and writing in her free time. Learn more about the Sliced Mango Collective at @slicedmangoco or slicedmangocollective.ca. Follow Kathleen on Twitter at @kazaragosa or Instagram at @kzrgsa. Living Hyphen is a community seeking to turn up the volume on the voices of hyphenated Canadians. You can purchase our magazine at www.livinghyphen.ca, support us on Patreon, or find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.