73 episodes

Welcome to Mixed Up, a podcast for mixed race people everywhere and for anyone looking into a deeper insight on race and identity. Hosted by sustainability consultant and creative director Emma Slade Edmondson, and Nicole Ocran, writer and co-founder of The Creator Union.

The show is about straddling two worlds and multiple identities. Now more than ever, it feels like people of mixed heritage are seeking out their space to talk about their lived experiences. But despite searching, we could find very little to relate to. We decided to make something we would have appreciated hearing.

Music by: Hagan

Mixed Up Emma Slade Edmondson/Nicole Ocran

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.9 • 10 Ratings

Welcome to Mixed Up, a podcast for mixed race people everywhere and for anyone looking into a deeper insight on race and identity. Hosted by sustainability consultant and creative director Emma Slade Edmondson, and Nicole Ocran, writer and co-founder of The Creator Union.

The show is about straddling two worlds and multiple identities. Now more than ever, it feels like people of mixed heritage are seeking out their space to talk about their lived experiences. But despite searching, we could find very little to relate to. We decided to make something we would have appreciated hearing.

Music by: Hagan

    LIVE: Melissa Hemsley on how food feeds us on every level, secret comfort foods, and how we can't all eat the same

    LIVE: Melissa Hemsley on how food feeds us on every level, secret comfort foods, and how we can't all eat the same

    The one where we talk weird food rules
    Emma and Nicole sit down at a live recording at Soho House with chef, best-selling author and sustainability champion Melissa Hemlsey to discuss how the industry shapes how our attitudes towards certain foods, food and cookery trends, her feel good food philosophy. 
    Melissa is the author of five best-selling cookbooks including Feel Good, Eat Happy and Eat Green.
    Preorder our book The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo
    Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/
    Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast
    Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast 
    Melissa Hemsley: https://www.instagram.com/melissa.hemsley/ 
    Feel Good: http://bit.ly/48a4hHp

    • 49 min
    Ryan Alexander Holmes on finding community, using comedy to educate others and seeing yourself as whole

    Ryan Alexander Holmes on finding community, using comedy to educate others and seeing yourself as whole

    The one where you’ve never seen an Asian that looks like him
    Ryan Alexander Holmes is an actor, content creator, influencer and public speaker based in Los Angeles, California. He has appeared in TV shows including The Morning Show, Dear White People and For The People.
    He was recently awarded the Changemaker of the Year award by Act To Change in 2023 to highlight the impact of his work in the AAPI community.
    Ryan is Chinese and African American and has been creating content online and performing comedy exploring his mixed heritage for several years. He spoke to us about how he created community online in search of people like him, using comedy to educate, language, using curiosity as a tool in work but also in finding yourself, and the longstanding support of his family.
     
    Preorder our book, The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo
    Website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast
    Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast
    Ryan Alexander Holmes: https://www.instagram.com/ryanalexh/
     

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Emma and Nicole on then vs now: the Good Mixed Person™ and has the discourse around mixed race identity changed?

    Emma and Nicole on then vs now: the Good Mixed Person™ and has the discourse around mixed race identity changed?

    The one where we talk about who the Good Mixed Person™ is

    Emma and Nicole reflect on the last three seasons of the podcast: why we started it, how we've grown, if the discourse around mixed race identity has changed (if at all), finding the language to talk about ourselves, who the Good Mixed Person™ is, and cultivating a space where people feel like they can be open as their whole selves. 
    Preorder our book, The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo
    Website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast
    Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast
    Emma: https://www.instagram.com/emsladedmondson/
    Nicole: https://www.instagram.com/nicoleocran/ 
     

    • 52 min
    A late night conversation with Asian Jews: an "Ashkenazi awakening" and feeling at peace with being both Jewish and Muslim at once

    A late night conversation with Asian Jews: an "Ashkenazi awakening" and feeling at peace with being both Jewish and Muslim at once

    The one where you've never met another Asian Jew before
    Emma speaks to Maryam Chishti and Jenni Rudolph who are the co-executive directors of LUNAR Collective, which originally began as a film series highlighting the lived experiences Jewish Asians, but has now evolved into a cross-country collective to cultivate connection, belonging and visibility for Asian American Jews through intersectional community programming and digital storytelling.
    Maryam is NYC-based and is Ashkenazi Jewish and Indian, practicing both Judaism and Islam. Jenni is Cantonese, Russian Ashkenazi Jewish and secular, living in Los Angeles.
    LUNAR offers events and retreats across the United States that allow a space for learning, healing, expression, solidarity, and joy.
    In celebration of ESEA Heritage Month
    Preorder our book, The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo
    Website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast
    Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast

    LUNAR Collective: https://www.weareasianjews.org/
    LUNAR’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/asian.jews
    Maryam’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/maryamlchishti
    Jenni’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/jenni.rudolph/

    • 1 hr 33 min
    Nina Lopes (replay) on living with terminal cancer and falling in love with herself and life again

    Nina Lopes (replay) on living with terminal cancer and falling in love with herself and life again

    The one where we have to trust we know our bodies best
    Proudly supporting Coppafeel and Black Women Rising and their campaign ‘The Checklist’ which focuses on raising awareness around Black women and breast cancer - an underserved demographic within medicine when it comes to cancer.
    Emma and Nicole speak to Nina Lopes, a menswear designer, dancer, and mother behind the account @frodayss. Just before she turned 37, she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer - an aggressive type of cancer which spreads quickly. She is currently at stage four. We spoke to Nina about her mixed heritage, being ignored by medical professionals, her diagnosis, parenting, and living her life to the fullest as she documents daily life with terminal cancer. 
    Preorder our book The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo
    Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/
    Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast
    Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast
    Nina's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frodayss/
    CoppaFeel: https://coppafeel.org/
    Culture mix: 
    https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/frodayss
    https://www.blackwomenrisinguk.org/ 

    • 1 hr 18 min
    The story of the Black Seminoles (the Freedmen) - my ancestors, my people - by Caitlin Bellah Cudjo

    The story of the Black Seminoles (the Freedmen) - my ancestors, my people - by Caitlin Bellah Cudjo

    The one where you're descendant from escaped enslaved Africans who joined forces with the Seminoles in the 1700s
    Emma and Nicole speak to Caitlin Bellah, a photographer and artist who shares the story of her linage and how she was inspired to investigate it by this very podcast.
    She is a descendant of the Freedmen who are mostly blood descendants of the Seminole people, free Africans, and escaped former enslaved people who allied with Seminole groups in Spanish Florida in the 1700s. Many have Seminole lineage, but due to the stigma of having mixed origin, they have often been categorised as former slaves or freedmen in the past. Cailtin shares the investigation into her past and how this drives her art and sense of self, but also the challenges personally and professionally.
    Preorder our book The Half Of It: https://amzn.to/3rDq1qo
    Our website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/
    Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mixeduppodcast
    Our Instagram: https://instagram.com/mixedup.podcast
    Caitlin's IG: https://www.instagram.com/caitlinbellah
    Caitlin's website: http://caitlinbellah.squarespace.com/ 

    • 1 hr 18 min

Customer Reviews

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Bravo!

Brave and vital conversations on mixed race experiences. Thank you for making this podcast 🙌🏽

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You will be happy you found this!!

I love this podcast and admire these humans so much. There are so many great topics and their conversations feel like they could be your best friend. But they are your wicked smart, crazy talented and beautiful besties that speak true to the most important topics. This will be a new fave and regular listen for me!

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