Who The Bloody Hell Are We?
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Who The Bloody Hell Are We?
Funny, raw, personal experiences of immigration and cultural identity in modern Australia. Featuring guests from a wide variety of migrant backgrounds, chatting about experiences navigating the culture clash. Hosted by comedian, Sonia Di Iorio and performer and visual artist, Melissa Viola.
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He Huang
This week Raw Comedy finalist He Huang joins us to discuss aeroplane rice, international open mics, and Tinder as an anthropological tool. Can you eat...
Brendan Wan
Writer and comedian Brendan Wan joins us to talk about cooking in lockdown and how the comfort food from our childhood inspired his iView show, Gourme...
Crishelle Lopez
Crishelle Lopez joins us to talk about being an immigration lawyer and the effects of Covid on the industry. Plus she tells us about being entered in...
Dahn Rozario
Dahn Rozario joins us to talk growing up around different ethnic groups and how that created tension as well as how it influenced his online sketches....
Andrew Portelli
Comedian, Andrew Portelli joins us for a very funny episode where we chat Italian neighbourhoods of Perth, dating advice from Nonna, Italian memes and...
Names
Mel and Sonia kick off season five by chatting about their surnames, parents names, some popular and funny Italian names and more.
Sonia: @sonia...
Ashley Vola
Ashley Vola joins us and shares what it was like representing Cameroon on Channel Seven’s ‘Plate of Origin’. She tells us about the pros and cons of p...
Gamze Kirik
Gamze Kirik joins us to talk writing and performing stand-up about her family and cultural background. She shares what it was like visiting Turkey, we...
Joe White
Comedian, Joe White tells us stories about his early life in Sudan, his incredible mother and how he uses comedy to share his experiences. We also hea...
Jay Ooi
We’re joined by Jay Ooi, creator and host of the podcast Shoes Off: Stories about Asian Australian culture. He shares what it’s like to create the pod...
Cristina Abela
Cristina Abela is the co-founder of Latin Stories Australia and she joins Mel and Sonia to discuss the project. She also shares her experience of livi...
Language
Mel and Sonia are talking about talking… Italian! All things growing up around the language, how much they learnt, what they found difficult to pick u...
Sami Shah
Author and comedian Sami Shah joins us and discusses raising a child in a different country to the one he grew up in, moving from the huge city of Kar...
Karanvir Malhotra
Actor Karanvir Malhotra (What Are The Odds?, Selection Day, The Forgotten Army) joins us to discuss the joys and difficulties of living between two co...
Dilruk Jayasinha
We’re joined by comedian and Logie winner, Dilruk Jayasinha (Utopia, HYBPA?, Hughesy We Have A Problem) for a very fun chat about fitting in, homesick...
Alexei Toliopoulos
Podcaster and comedian Alexei Toliopoulos joins us to talk wog comedy, his love of Looking For Alibrandi and his misfortunes at Greek school.
Fi...
Diana Nguyen
We’re joined by actor and comedian Diana Nguyen who shares what went into making Phi and Me, the first Vietnamese-Australian family comedy webseries....
Superstition
Mel and Sonia kick off season 3 by talking about some common Italian superstitions. We consider their origins and discuss our personal experience with...
Ivan Aristeguieta
Ivan Aristeguieta tells Mel and Sonia about being part of the first wave of stand-up comedians in Venezuela and breaking into the Australian comedy sc...
Suren Jayemanne
Sydney based comedian, Suren Jayemanne, joins us to share his love of cooking and how that has helped him connect to his cultural background. Plus we...
Annie Louey
We’re joined by comedian and radio host, Annie Louey who tells us about her experiences growing up Chinese Australian. She discusses how her heritage...
Nicola Bernardi
Mel and Sonia are joined by Italian photographer, Nicola Bernardi. He talks about the differences in his work life between Italy and Australia, findin...
Thabani Tshuma
Award winning spoken word poet, Thabani Tshuma joins Mel and Sonia for a discussion which focuses on issues of belonging and the complex connection to...
Music
In this episode Melissa and Sonia take a look at Italian music. They discuss songs they remember growing up and learn more about some of the tradition...
Season 2 Trailer
Sonia and Mel are back with Season 2 of Who The Bloody Hell Are We? Tune in Tuesday, June 2nd for the first episode or subscribe so it automatically d...
David Koutsouridis
Comedy writer David Koutsouridis joins us to discuss his Greek, Italian, and French background. He tells us about his experience at Greek school, comi...
Zen Tebeje part 2
In part 2 of our chat, Zen tells us about her current life in Australia; detailing her work with the Brave Foundation, misconceptions and the pressure...
Zen Tebeje part 1
Zen Tebeje is a mentor for the Brave Foundation and YLab Global associate who came to Australia with her family as a teen. In part 1 of our chat, Zen...
Tara Suamba
Dispute resolution officer and writer, Tara Suamba, joins Mel and Sonia to talk about growing up in both Bali and regional WA. As well as the culture...
Urvi Majumdar
Mel and Sonia are joined by comedian and writer, Urvi Majumdar. Urvi moved from India to Australia as a child and tells us about fitting in, juggling...
Who The Bloody Hell Are We?
Your hosts, Melissa Viola and Sonia Di Iorio, take you through tidbits of their Italian heritage. They talk food, Catholicism, glory boxes, traditiona...
Season 1 Trailer
Welcome to Who The Bloody Hell Are We with your hosts comedian, Sonia Di Iorio, and performer and visual artist, Melissa Viola.
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