Half-ties is a conversation series on the funny, beautiful and sometimes challenging moments that interracial couples experience being with somebody who’s culturally different from them.
Hosted by creative couple Olivia & Kwamena, we listen to stories about growing up with racism and prejudice; falling in love and meeting the in-laws; navigating difficult conversations within the family and in society, and how these couples make their relationship work and what they actively choose to pass down to the next generation.
Elsa, Deborah, Alfred make up the socially progressive activist Tuet-Rosenberg family; Deborah is Jewish European and Alfred grew up in Hong Kong from a Muslim background - they met in Australia and had Elsa, who identifies as queer, multiracial, Jewish and Chinese. Having always felt ‘othered’ in their own communities, this family of three talk about their own personal journeys into finding their sense of self in Australia; their challenges being a multi-racial family and feeling truly accepted in society, and why social justice is at the core of their family values.
24 Apr 2024
Lauren & Hamish
Lauren & Hamish share interesting perspectives on ‘Aussie’ culture, both having been raised in the UK; Lauren’s heritage is British-Australian and Jamaican, and Hamish is ‘as Anglo-Saxon as they can get’. We discuss feelings around their ancestry test and lineage; meeting each other’s parents and dinner table manners, and how we can continue to improve the conversations around diversity, racism and inclusion in Australia.
24 Apr 2024
Karen & Martin
Karen & Martin first-generation Australians who parents have traveled far and wide; Karen’s family is from the Philippines but lived in both Zambia (where Karen was born) and Singapore, and Martin grew up in Germany. They talk about their families migrating to Western Australia and growing up not looking or sounding ‘Australian’ in the suburbs of Perth, the differences in their respective Polish and Filipino cultures and customs, and raising their mixed kids in modern-day Australia.
24 Apr 2024
Johnny & Samuel
Samuel and Johnny are your modern day, queer, blended family couple. Co-parenting their mixed children with another lesbian couple, these two New-Zealanders born from two different ethnic backgrounds talk about their racial experience growing up ‘white’ and ‘brown’ in New Zealand, and how they navigated ‘difficult conversations’ with their families.
Checkout Samuel & Johnny’s latest stage show that has been touring the globe ‘ ‘Reckōning: “Te Waiata Paihere Wairua – The Sounds of Woven Souls”, a one hour multi art form exploration into the intertwining indigenous cultures of New Zealand and Australia through storytelling, song and dance. https://www.reckoningsounds.com/ (https://www.reckoningsounds.com/)
24 Apr 2024
Caroline & Michael
Caroline is a First Nations Aboriginal woman who is married to Michael, who is half-Australian and half-Greek. They share openly on both the heavier and lighter sides of their family history including their connection and love for food and family heirloom recipes; the darker stories of their parents and grandparents circumstance; and the benefits of attending couples counseling.
Caroline also hosts a podcast called ‘Yarning up First Nations Stories’ - a show that helps redefine the way listeners engage with First Nations people, stories, experiences and perspectives. Follow Caroline and her heartfelt conversations on this podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/yarning-up-first-nations-stories-with-caroline-kell/id1549511820 (https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/yarning-up-first-nations-stories-with-caroline-kell/id1549511820)
24 Apr 2024
Nima & Louisa
You could not get more multicultural and international examples than Nima & Louisa - Nima is of Canadian-Iranian heritage but grew up in Japan, and Louisa is born to a German father and Nigerian mother and grew up in Dusseldorf, Germany. The definition of what it means to be a 'third-culture' kid, these two globe-trotters met through their shared love of basketball, on the courts, and where else but on the other side of the world in Naarm, Australia.
Listen to their amusing and diverse stories including the different ways they were raised, their perspectives on dealing with prejudice and racism, and how they respond to their favourite question "But where are you really from?'.
24 Apr 2024
Mars & Casey
Meet married couple Mars and Casey - Mars was born and raised in New York City and is of multi-ethnic heritage, whilst Casey was raised in Dingley Village in Melbourne, Australia. Everything is on the table with these two - including their heart-pumping 'love-at-first-sight' meeting at the club, how they co-parent and raise Casey's biological son as a same-sex couple, and navigating all the hard conversations around privilege and racism.
Mars & Casey also host their podcast 'The Practice Project' - podcasts soon, 'The Door41' and 'The Practice Project' - for more information follow their Instagram @door_fortyone (https://www.instagram.com/door_fortyone/) and @thepracticeproject_official (https://www.instagram.com/thepracticeproject_official/).
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