Episodes

May 12, 2022

33 - Thang Do FAIA - Architect and PIVOT Board Member

This is a rebroadcast of a Vietnamese language episode #33 with Anh Thang Do, a well respected and beloved bedrock member of the Vietnamese American community in San Jose, California. I reached out to anh Thang Do to request ...

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May 9, 2022

149 - Randy Kim - Host of The Banh Mi Chronicles podcast

Randy Kim is a queer 2nd generation Viet-Khmer American from the Chicagoland area. He is the producer and host of “The Banh Mi Chronicles” podcast. The Banh Mi Chronicles Podcast was recognized by National Geographic Society ...

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May 6, 2022

148 - Johnny Dang - Jeweler

Johnny Dang là một thợ bạc người Mỹ gốc Việt sống tại Houston, Texas, anh được biết đến qua su tham gia vào nền hip-hop của Mỹ. Anh Johnny là người sáng lập Johnny Dang and Co. Johnny Dang is a Vietnamese American jeweler bas...

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May 3, 2022

147 - Thuy Vo Dang - Curator/Archivist

Dr. Thuy Vo Dang (she/her/hers) is Curator for the Southeast Asian Archive and Research Librarian for Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine Libraries. She has a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from UC San Die...

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April 29, 2022

146 - Viet Thanh Nguyen - Pulitzer Prize Author and Scholar

Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American novelist. He is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Nguyen's debut novel, The Symp...

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April 28, 2022

145 - LeLy Hayslip & Nguyen Phan Que Mai - Thảo Luận Về Những Câu Chuyện Xung Quanh Ngày 30 Tháng Tư.

Mời các bạn cùng tham gia với Kenneth Nguyễn và cô Phùng Thị Lệ Lý (tác giả When Heaven and Earth Changed Places) và chị Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (tác giả The Mountains Sing) thảo luận về những câu chuyện xung quanh ngày 30 tháng ...

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April 27, 2022

144 - Leslie Nguyen - Children's Book Author

Leslie is the author of Two Refugees and a Dream, a new kid's book that retells real-life experiences of two Vietnamese refugees who each embark on a challenging journey in hopes of a better life. Leslie is the daughter of re...

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April 26, 2022

143 - Dương Văn Mai Elliott - Author of The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family

Duong Van Mai Elliott is a Vietnamese author, writer and translator. Her memoir, The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family, tells the story of the Vietnam War from the perspective of a Vietnamese ...

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April 26, 2022

143 - Dương Văn Mai Elliott - Tác Giả, Nhà Văn

Dương Văn Mai Elliott là một tác giả, nhà văn và dịch giả người Việt Nam. Cuốn hồi ký của cô, The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in Life of a Vietnam Family, kể câu chuyện về chiến tranh Việt Nam dưới góc nhìn của một gia đì...

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April 18, 2022

142 - Bich Ngoc Cao - Digital Marketing & Communications Executive

Bích Ngọc Cao is a digital marketing and communications executive whose career spans media organizations, tech startups, the music industry, government, and nonprofits. She serves as senior adviser, communications, in the Sup...

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April 15, 2022

141 - Tran Vu - Artist

Ngoc-Tran Vu (she/her) identifies as a 1.5-generation Vietnamese American interdisciplinary and transnational artist whose socially engaged work draws from her experience as a community organizer, educator, and healer. She wa...

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April 14, 2022

140 - Diep Tran - Chef, Author, Advocate

Diep Tran is a 3rd generation restaurateur/chef and the founder of The Banh Chung Collective. She is an advocate for better working conditions for restaurant workers. She’s appeared on Netflix’s Ugly Delicious, HBO Max’s Take...

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April 6, 2022

139 - Tuan Huynh - Creative Reform Beyond a Life Sentence

Before Tuan Huynh, an awarding-winning Creative Director and community organizer became who he is today, he spent 15 years inside a maximum security prison serving life for a crime he committed. Growing up in the Midwest, he ...

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April 4, 2022

138 - Alex Duong - Comedian - "This is where its at. This is the thing that can keep me sane."

Alex Duong is a Los Angeles-based comedian, writer, and actor. He is the youngest of six children of Huong Thanh Le (tailor) and Noul Van Duong (machinist). His writings on the Vietnam War gained him a full-scholarship and ev...

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March 31, 2022

138 Uyen Le - How can restaurants be a workplace where we can prioritize humanity?

Uyen Le is currently the chef owner of Bé Ù in Los Angeles. Bé Ù opened in February 2021 and is a reflection of Chef-Owner Uyen Le's Vietnamese heritage and Southern California upbringing. It stands as a safe place for people...

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March 22, 2022

136 - Ravenous Couple

The Ravenous Couple is Hong and Kim. They believe good food and cooking brings friends, family, and loves ones together—and keeps them together, hence their motto, Cooking Life Together . Raised in first generation immigrant ...

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March 19, 2022

135 Dan Nguyen - Artist Musician aka Demonslayer

Dan Nguyen is a Vietnamese American artist, creative director and music producer / DJ. Born and raised in Southern California and Saigon Vietnam, the multi-disciplinary artist grew updrawing surreal worlds influenced by a myr...

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March 16, 2022

134 - Oanh Ly - Film/Television Writer

Oanh Thu Thi Ly was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She immigrated to America as a boat refugee and grew up in Houston, Texas. She studied playwriting at the University of Texas at Austin where she was a recipient of a Jam...

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March 11, 2022

133 - Doan Hoang - Documentary Film Director - OH SAIGON

Đoan Hoàng is a Vietnamese-American documentary film director, producer, editor, and writer. She directed and produced the 2007 documentary Oh, Saigon about her family, after leaving Vietnam on the last civilian helicopter as...

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March 9, 2022

132 - Anh Hong Rucker - JPL NASA Cybersecurity Expert

Anh Hong Rucker is a cloud security architect and senior cybersecurity engineer at JPL NASA in Pasadena, California. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inq...

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March 5, 2022

131- Tony Vu - Chef/Owner Mamang Founder Flint Social Club

Tony Vu, founder of Flint Social Club, has been invested in building community and countering the toxic culture of the food world since his start in the industry. As chef/owner of noodle stall MaMang in the Flint Farmers’ Mar...

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Feb. 24, 2022

129 - Ted Osius - US Ambassador to Vietnam 2014-2017

A diplomat for nearly thirty years, Ted Osius served from 2014 to 2017 as U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, a country he has loved since serving there in the 1990s, when he helped open the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City...

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Feb. 22, 2022

129 - Bryan Pham - Asian Hustle Network Founder

Bryan Pham is the founder of Asian Hustle Network [AHN] , Crushing it in Real Estate [CIIRE] , HateIsAVirus , and a venture partner at Outlier Fund . Asian Hustle Network is a global online and offline super connector for dia...

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Feb. 17, 2022

128 - Sangeeta Kaur Teresa Mai - Grammy Nominated Singer

2022 Grammy nominated Vietnamese American singer, multimedia artist and producer, modern-day Renaissance woman, and vocal powerhouse Sangeeta Kaur (Teresa Mai) is a singular talent. Sangeeta’s body of work is both cinematic i...

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