What do you get when a Japanese Jewish woman, a Korean woman and a Nigerian Malawian woman get together to chat about living, working and raising families in Australia? You get Like Us, a podcast hosted by Anna Yeon, Noè Harsel and Zione Walker-Nthenda. They're three Australian women from different cultural backgrounds, discussing their personal relationship with Australia and Australia’s relationship with them.

In this episode, Noè chats with Cameron Bernstein. Since she began learning Yiddish in her final year at the University of Chicago, Cameron has been channelling her education into making accessible content about Yiddish language, culture and history on TikTok and Instagram. Her most common audience FAQ comes from people trying to understand her mixed race identity as a Chicagoan Jew who is Filipino and Ashkenazi'.

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Cameron Bernstein chats about diversity, learning language and TikTok

In this episode, Anna Yeon chats with Pachinko star Sohee Park (aka Soji Arai). He chats about turning a Hollywood-spotlight on the stories of Zainichi (long-term Korean residents of Japan) like his parents, and other Koreans who grew up outside Korea.

Actor Sohee Park/Soji Arai chats about Hollywood, Pachinko, and growing up with two names

In this episode, Zione chats with Sasha Kutabah Sarago, a Wadjanbarra Yidinji, Jirrbal and African-American author, filmmaker and speaker. A former model, Sasha is now a passionate advocate for increased diversity, equity, and inclusion in fashion and beauty. Hear her thoughts on decolonising beauty, and learning about First Nations perspectives on womanhood and femininity.

Sasha Kutabah Sarago chats about challenging Eurocentric beauty standards

In this episode, Anna chats with Harry Jun - a stand up comedian, co-host of the SBS Audio podcast Say Kimchi, and presenter of ABC Gamer. Harry grew up in Wollongong where the only other Korean kid at high school was his brother. It was only after an intensive university course that Harry learned to speak Korean with confidence. He describes it like a chain reaction that helped him discover a whole new side to himself, his culture and his father.

Harry Jun chats about learning your mother tongue, and father son relationships

In this episode, Noè chats with triple-threat podcaster, lawyer and artist Kate Robinson. She speaks about the challenges of working as a lawyer in the family violence space, and how she found craft and art as an outlet to deal with the trauma of that work. She also reflects on her biracial identity as an Iranian-Australian woman, and the complicated feelings she's experienced about language and connection to culture.

Kate Robinson chats about crafting, law and Being Biracial

In this episode, Zione chats with influential and inspiring Australian lawyer and community advocate Nyadol Nyuon OAM. Nyadol was born in a refugee camp in Ethiopia and came to Australia when she was 17. She regularly pops up in the media as a commentator, advocate and public speaker. In this episode, Nyadol reflects on the challenges of advocacy work, the idea of situational strength, and re-framing the idea of being a 'strong black woman'.

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