Today we are chatting to each other, about:

• Do biracial apples taste better?

• Our fav mixed-race comedians at Melbourne International Comedy Festival - Aurelia St Clair, Lizzy Hoo, Rose Matafeo and Nina Oyama

• Raewyn, Maria’s mum, visited Naarm

• Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter

• Jen Cloher and Te Hononga o nga iwi at Creative West

Links:

Deadlock

Cowboy Carter

I Am The River, The River Is Me

Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson

Music by: the Green Twins

Edited by: Maria Birch-Morunga

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations.

You can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com

Darcy Vescio is a Chinese/Italian AFLW player.

We chat about:

• Growing up in country Victoria

• Language barriers with grandparents

• Moving in with their Goong at eighteen

• Relationships born of bitter melon and lasagne

• The Carlton doco Bloodlines which took Darcy to Italy and Hong Kong to explore their family history

• Being a multicultural ambassador for the AFL

• Using sport as currency at school

• Racial vilification in the AFLW last season

• Bringing your whole self to sport

Then Aurelia St Clair, a German-Cameroonian comedian, does a stand-up set and joins us all to chat about:

• Moving to Melbourne

• Kilmore the new queer capital

• Kate’s new Persian rug

• Tiger balm in Darcy’s locker

• Seasoning your food

• Looking for Alibrandi

• Finding Zadie Smith’s White Teeth in German

• JW life

• Finding meaning in small rituals

This event was recorded on Thursday 21 March 2024 at The Round on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nations.

Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson

Guests: Aurelia St Clair and Darcy Vescio

Special thanks to: The Round and The Wheeler Centre

Music by: the Green Twins

Lizzy Hoo is a Chinese/Malay and Australian stand up-comedian.

We chat about:

• Lizzy’s parents’ movie meet cute
• The accidental ethnic friend group
• Looking back on the safeguards you put in place as a child
• The White Mums Club
• Subtle Asian Traits FB group
• Being a chameleon
• Feeling more Asian than her brothers
• Ethnic aunty energy
• Lizzy’s parents want her to pay superannuation
• How Lizzy got into comedy
• Lizzy’s dad Chan is an absolute icon
• Visible diversity
• Moving beyond cracking identity jokes
• Reclaiming her name

Links:

https://www.lizzyhoo.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lizzyhoo/

Hoo Cares on Amazon Prime

Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson

Guest: Lizzy Hoo

Special thanks to: Footscray Community Arts

Music by: the Green Twins

Edited by: Maria Birch-Morunga