Funny, raw, personal experiences of immigration and cultural identity in modern Australia. Featuring guests from a wide variety of migrant backgrounds, chatting about experiences navigating the culture clash. Hosted by comedian, Sonia Di Iorio and performer and visual artist, Melissa Viola.
Episodes
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Sydney based comedian, Suren Jayemanne, joins us to share his love of cooking and how that has helped him connect to his cultural background. Plus we talk about our First Holy Communion, the shifting privilege of certain migrant groups and more.
Suren: Facebook / @surencomedy
Sonia: @soniadsees
Mel: @woolseyemelbourne
Producer André: AndreX
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Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
We’re joined by comedian and radio host, Annie Louey who tells us about her experiences growing up Chinese Australian. She discusses how her heritage has influenced her stand-up, the lack of Asian representation in comedy and media, how her grandmother was the village matchmaker and more.
Annie: annielouey.com
Sonia: @soniadsees
Mel: @woolseyemelbourne
Producer André: AndreX
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Mel and Sonia are joined by Italian photographer, Nicola Bernardi. He talks about the differences in his work life between Italy and Australia, finding love just before moving across the globe, and how he’s definitely not a Mamma’s boy.
Nicola: @kumaniko and nicolabernardi.com
Sonia: @soniadsees
Mel: @woolseyemelbourne
Producer André: AndreX
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Award winning spoken word poet, Thabani Tshuma joins Mel and Sonia for a discussion which focuses on issues of belonging and the complex connection to your country of origin that can form once you have left.
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Thabani: @thabani.tshuma
Sonia: @soniadsees
Mel: @woolseyemelbourne
Producer André: AndreX
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
In this episode Melissa and Sonia take a look at Italian music. They discuss songs they remember growing up and learn more about some of the traditional and modern music to come out of Italy.
Our Spotify playlist featuring all the great tracks and artists mentioned in this episode can be found here
Check out Sonia’s gig info, clips and more on Facebook: www.facebook.com/soniadii.comedy/ and Instagram: @soniadsees
See Mel’s brilliant creations on Instagram: @woolseyemelbourne
Find producer André Christodoulou here
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Sonia and Mel are back with Season 2 of Who The Bloody Hell Are We? Tune in Tuesday, June 2nd for the first episode or subscribe so it automatically downloads to your device as soon as it's available.
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Comedy writer David Koutsouridis joins us to discuss his Greek, Italian, and French background. He tells us about his experience at Greek school, coming out to his family, and how his cultural mix has influenced his life.
Facebook.com/whothebloodyhellarewe
David: @davidkoutsouridis
Sonia: @soniadsees
Mell: @woolseyemelbourne
André: @thebeardedprestonian
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
In part 2 of our chat, Zen tells us about her current life in Australia; detailing her work with the Brave Foundation, misconceptions and the pressure to represent her whole culture, and clubbing in Ethiopia.
facebook.com/whothebloodyhellarewe
Sonia: @soniadsees
Mell: @woolseyemelbourne
André: @thebeardedprestonian
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Zen Tebeje is a mentor for the Brave Foundation and YLab Global associate who came to Australia with her family as a teen. In part 1 of our chat, Zen tells us about her parents fleeing to Sudan from Ethiopia, her experience living in a refugee camp, and the difficulties of starting school in Australia.
facebook.com/whothebloodyhellarewe
Sonia: @soniadsees
Mell: @woolseyemelbourne
André: @thebeardedprestonian
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Dispute resolution officer and writer, Tara Suamba, joins Mel and Sonia to talk about growing up in both Bali and regional WA. As well as the culture clash of having an Australian and an Indonesian parent they tell us about Balinese ceremonies, the culture of community and their piece for Queerstories “There are absolutely no gay Balinese people.”
Listen to Tara’s story on the Queerstories here
facebook.com/whothebloodyhellarewe
Sonia: @soniadsees
Mell: @woolseyemelbourne
André: @thebeardedprestonian