Shoes Off
Winner of Smartest Podcast at the Australian Podcast Awards 2021 - this is the written, produced and edited podcast made by and for Asian Australians, because we don’t talk about race and culture enough. We’ll dive into topics where you’ll hear from a range of voices, and we'll bring you stories and thoughts from interesting Aussie Asians, academics and everyday folk so we can question, explore and celebrate what it means to be an Asian in Australia.
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- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 46
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
S01E05 - No Rice, No Spice
Preference. It’s the word people use to describe the sorts of people they’re attracted to. How does race play a role in sexual attraction amongst gay men? And what does it really mean to have a prefe…
S01E04 - Eye of the Tiger
Tiger mums have been spoken about a lot in the media, the overbearing, controlling mother who wants straight A’s and musical prodigies. In this episode we’ll speak to a couple of kids of tiger mums, …
S01E03 - Diana Nguyen
A daughter of refugee parents from Vietnam, Diana sort of fell out and then back into celebrating her culture and heritage, and ended up creating a web series about her mum. In this episode, we explo…
S01E02 - Bobalicious
From just a couple of tea shops in Taiwan to a multi billion dollar industry. How did this seemingly simple drink become a worldwide phenomenon? And why do Asians have such an affinity to it? In this…
S01E01 - Say My Name, Say My Name
What’s in a name? Particularly in Australia, having a distinctly foreign name has its positives and negatives, and I’ve always had this inkling that there’s a different way we think about names in Au…
Trailer - Welcome to Shoes Off
Have you ever tried to hide parts of your culture or heritage in order to fit in?
Have you ever felt like a bit of an outsider in the country you grew up in?
Do you often just have a laugh about some o…