Episodes

Oct. 25, 2022

189 - Kilomet109 - Thao Vu - Fashion Design

Vũ Thảo là nhà thiết kế, người sáng lập và là chủ sở hữu của thương hiệu thời trang hoàn toàn tự nhiên Kilomet109. Thương hiệu Kilomet109 la nha thiết kế thời trang bền vững hàng đầu Việt Nam. Quần áo nam và nữ, sử dụng 100% ...

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Oct. 23, 2022

188 - Erika Hayasaki - Author of Somewhere Sisters

Erika Hayasaki is the author of Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity and the Meaning of Family, (Algonquin Books, October 2022). Somewhere Sisters is a story full of heart about two twin sisters from Vietnam separ...

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Oct. 20, 2022

187 - Nguyen Ngoc Ngan - MC Paris by Night

Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn (sinh ngày 9 tháng 3 năm 1945) là nhà văn và người dẫn chương trình người Canada gốc Việt. Ban đầu, ông được biết đến với tư cách nhà văn sở hữu nhiều cuốn sách được người Việt ở hải ngoại đón nhận. Kể từ năm...

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Oct. 15, 2022

186 - Dolly Ave - Singer/Songwriter

Vietnamese-American artist Dolly Ave’s music touches on intimate, personal topics over soundscapes that weave between pop, R&B, soul and electronic music. Dolly Ave dropped her first full length 7-song E.P. on May 7, 2021 tit...

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Oct. 13, 2022

185 - Mye Hoang - Cat Daddies - Film Director

Mye Hoang is a Los Angeles based producer and director. She was a producer on the award-winning noir thriller MAN FROM RENO (Best Feature at the LA Film Festival and Spirit Award Nominee 2014) as well as the narrative feature...

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Oct. 7, 2022

184 (Vietnamese) - Aaron Toronto - Dạo Diễn- Đêm Tối Rực Rỡ

Aaron Toronto is an American film director who has lived in Vietnam for over two decades. He and his wife, actress Nha Uyen was awarded the prize for “Best Feature Film” for his film Đêm Tối Rực Rỡ/The Brilliant Darkness at t...

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Oct. 6, 2022

183 - Michael Tran - Asian Menswear

Mike Tran is the creator of the Instagram account @AsianMenswear and host of the Asian Menswear Podcast @AsianMenswearPod "What started off as a way to bring more positive Asian representation through fashion has evolved into...

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Oct. 3, 2022

182 - Ly Ky Tran - Author of House of Sticks

LY TRAN graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Creative Writing and Linguistics in 2014. She has received fellowships from MacDowell, Art Omi, and Yaddo. House of Sticks is her first book. Support this podcast at...

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Sept. 28, 2022

181 - Carolyn Huynh - Author of The Fortune of Jaded Women

Carolyn writes about Vietnamese American identity, diasporic witches of the west coast, and tall-tales of what her mother would tell her in a humorous way. Her nonfiction work has appeared in diaCRITICS, the International Exa...

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Sept. 22, 2022

180 - Nam C. Kim - Anthropological Archaeologist

Nam C. Kim is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the current Director of UW-Madison’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies. He holds degrees in anthropology (PhD, University of Illinois at Chic...

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Sept. 12, 2022

179 - Tin Nguyen - Ride or Die: The Road from Prison to PhD

Tin Nguyen was the lead of the street crew for the Black Dragons, an LA based organized gang, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 1997. While incarcerated, Tin turned his life around and earne...

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Sept. 9, 2022

178 - Eric Nguyen - Author of Things We Lost to the Water

Eric nguyen earned an MFA in creative writing from McNeese State University in Louisiana. He has been awarded fellowships from Lambda Literary, Voices of Our Nation Arts (VONA), and the Tin House Writers Workshop. Eric is the...

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Sept. 8, 2022

177 - Bao Tranchi - Fashion + Costume Designer

Bao Tranchi is a multifaceted Costume and Fashion Designer. Bao has built a highly esteemed, 20-year career, renown for extraordinary vision, unstoppable work ethic, and passion to create the most memorable designs from the b...

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Sept. 3, 2022

176 - Quyen Vuong - International Children Assistance Network

Quyen is a Co-founder and Executive Director of ICAN. She serves on the Board of Directors and Advisors of many organizations, including Healthier Kids Foundation, San Jose Children’s Discovery Museum, Mission College AANAPIS...

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Sept. 1, 2022

175 - Bee Nguyen - Georgia State Representative

Bee Nguyen is an American non-profit executive and politician serving as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 89th district. Bee is running for Georgia's Secretary of State in the 2022 election. Support t...

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Aug. 31, 2022

174 - Charlie Nguyen - Film Director

Charlie Nguyen, Vietnamese name is Nguyen Chanh Truc, is Vietnamese–American and is known as a Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, and Editor. Some of his films include The Rebel, Teo Em, Fool for Love, Long Ruoi, My Mr. Wife,...

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Aug. 27, 2022

173 - Carol Nguyen - Film Director

Carol Nguyen is a Vietnamese Canadian filmmaker, born and raised in Toronto, now based in Montreal. Her films often explore the subjects of cultural identity, silence and memory. Her last film “No Crying at the Dinner Table” ...

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Aug. 25, 2022

172 - House of Ho - Judy Ho and Washington Ho

House of Ho is a television series on HBO Max follows the life of the Ho family led by patriarch Binh Ho and his wife, Hue Ho, a Vietnamese family who are living the American Dream in Houston, Texas. Join Judy and Washington ...

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Aug. 18, 2022

171 Phong Nguyen - Author of the Bronze Drum

Phong Nguyen is the author of three novels: Bronze Drum (Grand Central Publishing, 2022), Roundabout (Moon City Press, 2020), and The Adventures of Joe Harper (Outpost19, 2016), winner of the Prairie Heritage Book Award; and ...

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Aug. 18, 2022

(Unedited) 171 Phong Nguyen - Author of the Bronze Drum

Phong Nguyen is the author of three novels: Bronze Drum (Grand Central Publishing, 2022), Roundabout (Moon City Press, 2020), and The Adventures of Joe Harper (Outpost19, 2016), winner of the Prairie Heritage Book Award; and ...

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Aug. 16, 2022

(Unedited) 170 Why is Design So Crucial to Success? Charles Phan - Executive Chef of the Slanted Door

Charles Phan is the Executive Chef and founder of The Slanted Door in San Francisco, California and The Slanted Door Group of restaurants. Phan is known for combining Western and Vietnamese ingredients in breakthrough ways an...

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Aug. 16, 2022

170 - Why is Design So Crucial to Success? Charles Phan - Executive Chef of the Slanted Door

Charles Phan is the Executive Chef and founder of The Slanted Door in San Francisco, California and The Slanted Door Group of restaurants. Phan is known for combining Western and Vietnamese ingredients in breakthrough ways an...

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Aug. 11, 2022

169 - Is Being Signed to a Major Music Label Everything? TRACE - Singer/Songwriter

With over 60 million streams across her catalog, and press support from Refinery 29, Teen Vogue, NYLON, Forbes, HypeBeast, The Line of Best Fit and L’Officiel TRACE feels she has only just begun creating a voice she hopes you...

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Aug. 11, 2022

Unedited - 169 Is Being Signed to a Major Music Label Everything? TRACE - Singer/Songwriter

With over 60 million streams across her catalog, and press support from Refinery 29, Teen Vogue, NYLON, Forbes, HypeBeast, The Line of Best Fit and L’Officiel TRACE feels she has only just begun creating a voice she hopes you...

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