Bryan is Seoul born, New England educated, and now New York living.

What's it take for a teen to fit in when moving from a homogenous Asian megacity (Seoul) to the sleepy pastures of a New England prep school?

Sneak peek of this episode:

• How Bryan came to feel the concept of "race"
• The significance of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich in Bryan's US life
• Bridging the Korean and Korean-American communities in college
• Experience adapting back to Korea after many years abroad

Nick and Jun are 6th gen Indo Chinese - they're ethnically Chinese but their families have been in Indonesia for multiple generations. Now, they are residents of Singapore.

What will overseas Asians born multiple generations after that big jump from the motherland think and sound like? As it turns out, we don't have to guess - just take a listen.

Sneak peek of this episode:

• Jun's reason for holding onto his non-Mandarin Chinese dialect
• Thoughts on what cultural aspects to teach the next generation
• The differences between Indo Chinese hailing from Jakarta vs Batam
• How the Singaporean government categorizes Nick

Nahum is a Singaporean of Chinese descent who's learned Korean to a professional level rather than Mandarin and his family's Chinese dialect.

How should we feel about learning a language that's not the one we've inherited from our parents and grandparents? And how much do we really lose without this 'mother tongue'?

Sneak peek of this episode:

• Navigating the motivations for learning one language over another
• Responsibility (?) and value of knowing Mandarin as an ethnic Chinese in the workplace
• Significance of Mandarin as it differs across geographies

• Requirements to identify as a Chinese person Also featuring inputs from:

• Brian, a Chinese-American in Singapore learning Mandarin to do business in Asia

• Clare, a Singaporean Chinese who uses Mandarin extensively in the workplace