29 - Podcasting and Promoting South Asian Representation is the Main Hustle with Suraj Kandukuri (BPWK Podcast)

Send us Fan MailHost: Kyle Leung (Instagram)WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST (Podcast Instagram)Linktree (All the podcast links)Guest: Suraj Kandukuri (Instagram)Brown People We Know Podcast (BPWK) (Instagram)Brown People We Know Podcast  (Website)Brown People We Know Podcast (Spotify)Brown People We Know Podcast (Apple Podcast)Suraj Kandukuri is a MBA student that will head into a corporate consulting career after graduation. You would think that this would be his "main" hustle. Well, you are wrong! He actually said that podcasting is the "main" hustle for him and his consulting career will be his "side" hustle. He's the producer and host of Brown People We Know Podcast, an interview podcast exploring the non-traditional paths and shared experiences of the South Asian American diaspora. Suraj's podcast and this podcast both look at interviewing Asians about their life and the shared experiences of Asians in the diaspora so it was very exciting to be able to talk to someone with a similar passion and goal in terms of podcasting. In the conversation, we touched on many things including the following (but not limited to):-His identity as a Telugu American and the reason behind his choice in how he identities himself-His family immigrant story going from Saudi Arabia to Canada and now finally in America-His childhood and upbringing-Racism and microaggressions that he dealt with living as an Asian American-The Importance of Asian representation and bringing it to the mainstream-His MBA journey despite his original goal with following the normal med school track that his parents expected of him-His thoughts on the corporate life as an Asian American and the whole thing with the bamboo ceiling-What he learnt in his MBA and also with corporate life -His Podcast BPWK and the reason why he is doing it-Climbing as a hobby-South Asian representation recommendations and why Hasan Minhaj is the GOAT for Suraj-His advice for people especially Asian Americans Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, make sure to follow this podcast on your streaming platforms and on Instagram. Also, give this podcast a rating/review on Apple Podcast and DM the podcast if you want to connect more and share your experience. Also, make sure to follow Suraj and check out his podcast! He's doing a lot of cool stuff there!Credits:Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatkindofasianpod/messageSupport the showThank you for listening! Help this podcast:1. Follow us on Instagram @whatkindofasianpod 2. Share our episodes with friends and family3. Subscribe to us on your streaming platform4. Leave us a rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcast5. Buy Us a Coffee! (Supporting us financially really helps but it's definitely not required, do it if you can) All the links!https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod