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AZN Connection AZN Connection
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What does it mean to be Asian? It’s a question that can’t be answered easily. There’s so many layers to a person’s identity. It’s become difficult for Asians to navigate their heritage and come to an understanding of their identity in the today’s world. AZN Connection is here to explore all the definitions, topics, and aspects of culture that make us who we are. Come along on the journey, as we explore what it truly means, to be Asian. Hosted by John Paul Gallardo, Jeffery Tram, Rhea Lisondra, Lea Batara, and Ann Marie Elpa.
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AZN's Entertainment Picks
Get to know the AZN team better as we share our favourite entertainment picks from the past year, offering insights into the shows and movies that captured our attention as well as the upcoming media projects we're anticipating!
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Behind the Scenes of Ann’s Miss Asia Canada Journey
Take a peak backstage as Ann and Rhea discuss Ann's Miss Asia Canada journey! Get ready for an insider's perspective on being a beauty pageant contestant as Ann shares the behind-the-scenes details of her experience.
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Ask AZN Pt. 2 – Catching up with us & answering more questions
To kick off the new season, Jeff and Rhea catch you up on the team's journey and dive into questions from the Asian diaspora on Reddit. Listen as they share their candid thoughts on topics like gaining confidence and style tips as well as discussing how different they would be had their families not immigrated to Canada.
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Season 2 Recap
In this episode of AZN Connection Lea, Ann and Rhea reflect on the past season. From their behind-the-scenes experiences with recording, photo shoots, events, and plans for the future as well as their episode recommendations from the season. Thank you to everyone who has supported us this season, we’ll see you again soon!
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Ask AZN 1 – Career and Family Advice, and Pursuing your own Happiness
In this episode of Ask AZN, Rhea and John Paul give their two cents on the dilemmas of commenters seeking advice on social media. The two discuss networking, college/university, family dynamics, and the pursuit of happiness (not the movie). Please feel free to send us your questions for a future episode of Ask AZN, you can remain completely anonymous and we’ll do our best to answer your questions!
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On the Monterey Park Shooting and Recent Violence in the US
We at the AZN Connection are heartbroken after the shootings of innocent members of the Asian community recently in California.
Although it is hard, we tried to have a conversation about how we felt. This is a message we truly want to promote: the importance of talking about our feelings with the people we trust. We are joined in this episode by Raymond Mai, along with Jeff, Ann, and Lea as they, they process this tragedy with the community.