Born & Raised

Season 3 / Episode 3: Kitchen

Did your family use the dishwasher growing up? Alisha and Samantha Lui talk about why using the kitchen appliance feels like “a treat.”

Season 3 / Episode 1: Full House

When the pandemic hits, Alisha’s grandmother finds her groove; her brother and mom reflect on intergenerational differences; and Alisha breathes, as deep as she can.

Season 2 / Episode 6: Missing You

The season ends with stories reflecting on love, immigration, and loss: a bus route heads towards a timeless romance, the pain of distance after coming out, and how a mother’s holiday cheer lives on.

Season 2 / Episode 5: Parenthood

A mom gives us an earful on bonding, the team digs deep into a forgotten Polish lullaby, and a baby heals family rifts.

Season 2 / Episode 4: Self-Love

The hosts struggle with whether they really love themselves. Without having roots in culture or place, Kamini copes by drinking — until they’re forced to reckon with their addiction.

Season 2 / Episode 3: Pier 21

Love stories from Canada’s version of Ellis Island. An Ontario steelmill worker writes a letter, postmarked to Italy and in hopes of finding his one true love. Alisha shares the story of her parents’ long-distance, personal-ad fuelled courtship. A war bride crosses the Atlantic to reunite with her solider husband and live on his nation’s reserve.

Season 2 / Episode 2: Sex

Tony makes some R-rated discoveries on the family computer, a sex therapist shares what really happens behind closed immigrant-family doors, and Mari debunks a virginity myth for their mom.

Season 2 / Episode 1: Romance

A couple “keeps it halal,” and a matchmaker shares her woes. Al orchestrates a blind date, and a comedian riffs on the love secrets we keep from our immigrant families.