The Cut Fruit Podcast
The Cut Fruit podcast: A Queer Conversation, is a podcast where we have honest conversations that explore the nuances and complexities of what it means to be Queer and Asian through intimate conversations with real people. Each episode explores a guest’s formative experiences that helped shape who they are, how they view the world, and the ways they engage in community.
Episodes
13 episodes
Episode 112: Dr. Dustin Domingo on Filipino Culture and Parents, Coming out at Work, and "What We Wish We Knew about Being Queer and Filipino in America"
Dr. Moon interviews Dustin Domingo about how he navigated his Filipino and queer identity, coming out to Filipino parents, why he decided to publish a book for queer Filipinos, and what it me...
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Episode 112
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49:09
Episode 111: Carrie Zhang on starting Asian Mental Health Project, Queer Expansiveness, and Asian Parents
In this episode, Dr. Moon interviews Carrie Zhang on what it means to live expansively as a Queer Asian person. She shares about her own mental health journey, what led her to start Asian Ment...
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Episode 111
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1:03:59
Episode 110: Ryan Fukuda on Being Blasian American, Coming Out to Affirming Parents, and the Importance of Spirituality in His Life
Dr. Moon interviews Ryan Fukuda who shares about how he navigated being Black, Japanese, and Queer, within a family system that broke gender and parenting stereotypes. He also dives into his parents’ affirmation of his queer identity, and the e...
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Episode 110
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54:46
Episode 109: On Immigration, Binational Marriage, and LGBTQIA+ Mental Health
Dr. Moon interviews Dr. Nadine Nakamura, a trailblazer in LGBTQIA+ mental health research and teaching. Dr. Nakamura shares about her own experience of immigrating to the US from Sweden, the unique challenges of being in a binational marriage, ...
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49:19
Episode 108: Clara Lee on Being an Asian Parent to a Queer Child
In this episode, Dr. Moon interviews Clara Lee, who shares about her experience of parenting her son who came out first as bi as a teenager, and then trans a few years later. Clara dives deep into her story of immigration, her initial reactions...
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Episode 107: Melody Li and Dr. Valerie Yeo on Collective Grief and Sacred Rage: A Conversation on Palestinian Liberation
This is a special episode, where Dr. Moon sits down with Melody Li and and Valerie Yeo in person to talk about the ongoing genocide in Gaza and of the Palestinian people. We dive into what it means to fight for the freedom of Palestinian people...
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Season 1
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Episode 107
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1:02:24
Episode 106: Liz Kleinrock on Bi, Jewish, and an Advocate for Mental Health
Dr. Moon interviews Liz Kleinrock on her lived experience of being bisexual, and the intersection of her queer and Jewish identity. She shares about the misconceptions of being bi, what helped her queer identity development, the ways therapy ha...
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Season 1
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Episode 106
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46:59
Episode 105: Ray Mathoda on Her Journey as a Lesbian Sikh American
Dr. Moon interviews Ray Mathoda on her experience of immigrating from India and coming out in the 90's after meeting her wife at a high school reunion, and how cultural expectations to have an arranged marriage impacted her view of love and att...
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Season 1
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Episode 105
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1:06:02
Episode 104: Erin McGrady on Breaking Up With Her Therapist + Queer Interracial Marriage
Dr. Moon interviews Erin McGrady, on breaking up with her therapist. She walks us through how she made her decision, when she knew it was the right time, and the guilt that came along with it. Erin also shares about being in a quee...
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Season 1
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Episode 104
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48:31
Episode 103: Dr. Jan E. Estrellado on Moving from Shame to Freedom as a Filipinx Trans Person
Dr. Moon interviews Dr. Jan E. Estrellado, on their experience of being Filipinx and Trans. Jan shares about growing up in the Catholic church with a sense of shame for who they are, and how they found freedom and authenticity through rel...
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Season 1
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Episode 103
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51:31
Episode 102: T. Hsu on Gender Affirming Surgery
Dr. Moon interviews T. Hsu (they/them), on the process of going in and coming out of the closet as they navigated their sexual and gender identity. They candidly share about their experience with body dysmorphia, how they went from exploring th...
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Season 1
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Episode 102
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49:34
Episode 101: Andrew Ahn
Dr. Moon interviews Andrew Ahn, best known for directing the award winning movie, Fire Island. Ahn shares about his experience of coming out to his Korean immigrant parents, how the creative process of film making and being a part of the creati...
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Season 1
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Episode 101
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55:12
Episode 100: Cut Fruit Podcast Trailer
NEW PODCAST ALERT: Cut Fruit is a podcast where we have honest conversations that explore the nuances and complexities of what it means to be Queer and Asian through intimate conversations with real people. Each episode explores a guest’s forma...
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Episode 100
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