Episodes

March 27, 2023

237 - Tea Ho - Television Writer

Tea Ho is a proud alum of the Sundance Episodic Lab, Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab, and Giant Leap Accelerator's Development Lab. In their past lives, Tea worked as a web developer, designer, and wedding photograp...

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March 23, 2023

236 - Quan Huynh - Author of Sparrow in the Razor Wire

In 1999, Quan Huynh shot and killed another man in a gang-related incident in Hollywood, California. Quan Huynh proceeded to spend the next 22 years of his life behind bars. In the midst of a life sentence, he found his freed...

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March 20, 2023

235 - Trấn Thành - Film Director + Actor + Comedian + MC

Trấn Thành is a Vietnamese comedian, actor, and film director. Hís last two films are Bố Già and Nhà Bà Nử. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: ...

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March 17, 2023

234 - Lo Van Pham - NFL Official

Lo van Pham is the first Asian-American official in NFL history. Lo shares his journey to the NFL. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://re...

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March 15, 2023

233- Dzung Metts - Ret. FBI Translator

Dzung Metts is a retired Vietnamese translator for the FBI. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: h...

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March 14, 2023

232 - Camp Len Duong - Teresa Trinh + Jaime Duy

Each year, Len Duong Camp provides approximately 250-300 young people the opportunity to develop and refine their leadership skills in a camp setting. ​Participants get exposed to the concepts, elements, and processes of lead...

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March 10, 2023

231 - Kirk Van Tran - Adoptee + Director of "Intersections"

Kirk is the Director and Executive Producer for the award winning documentary film series, "Intersections". In 2017, on a whim, Kirk submitted to a DNA test simply to determine his full ethnicity and maybe connect with a dist...

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March 8, 2023

230 - Leenda Dong - Content Creator

Leenda Dong has been an internet comedy creator since 2012. Leenda is a lovable TikTok personality and creator with over 17 million followers. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen...

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March 6, 2023

228 - Lien Hang - Professor of Modern Vietnamese History + East Asia at Columbia

Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia, specializes in the Vietnam War, U.S.-Southeast Asian relations, and the global Cold War. Professor Nguyen is currently w...

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March 3, 2023

228 - Thalia Tran - Actress (Avatar: The Last Airbender) + (Raya and the Last Dragon)

Thalia Tran is an actress from Orange County, California who will be playing the role of Mai in Netflix’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender . She has had a lifelong passion for the arts, from singi...

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March 2, 2023

227 - Andy Van - Comedian - Embarrassed by Night

Andy Van is an LA based comedian. He is a co-founder of Embarrassed by Night and the 626 Laugh Market. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https:...

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March 1, 2023

226 - Tai Nguyen - First Vietnamese in the U.S. Marines

Tai Nguyen join the U.S. Marines in 1977. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.c...

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Feb. 27, 2023

225 - Brian Hoang - Artist

Brian Hoang is a Canadian fine artist. He discusses AI and how the technology is affecting artists like himself. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiri...

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Feb. 24, 2023

224 - Mic Nguyen - Comedian and Co-Host of Asian not Asian Podcast

Mic Nguyen ( @nicepantsdude ) is a writer and comedian living in Brooklyn. He's host of a podcast named Asian Not Asian. He’s appeared on Ronny Chieng’s “Chinatown Takeaway” and on NPR’s “Everyone and Their Mom.” He’s written...

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Feb. 23, 2023

223 - Phan Quang Tue - Federal Immigration Judge Ret.

Phan Quang Tue was the son of a Vietnamese politician, and he grew up in South Vietnam during Ngo Dinh Diem's dictatorship. He fled to the United States in 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War, and he went on to serve as an Imm...

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Feb. 22, 2023

222 - Tuan Nguyen - Rockefeller Capital Management

Tuan Nguyen is a Managing Director at Rockefeller Capital Management. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & ...

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Feb. 20, 2023

221 - Chris Ngo - Founder of The Leverage

Chris Ngo is a co-founder of The Leverage which began as a boutique mens’ streetwear agency and has now evolved to so much more, including wholesale and direct-to-consumer sales, in-house design, production, and distribution,...

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Feb. 18, 2023

220 - Sahra Nguyen - Nguyen Coffee Supply

Sahra Nguyen is the founder of Nguyen Coffee Supply. Through Nguyen Coffee Supply, her mission is to build the most influential Vietnamese coffee brand in the world while promoting diversity, sustainability & cultural integri...

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Feb. 8, 2023

219 - Wendy Lieu - Founder of Socola Chocolatier

Wendy Lieu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Socola Chocolatier, an award-winning San Francisco chocolate company. Socola is the word for chocolate in Vietnamese, honoring her parents who fled Vietnam in 1981 as Boat People, landi...

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Feb. 6, 2023

218 - Fank Jao - Founder + Operator Phuoc Loc Tho/Asian Garden Mall

Frank Jao (Triệu Như Phát) is a prominent Vietnamese-American businessman, philanthropist, and educational consultant. He is the founding donor of the Harvard Global Vietnam Wars Studies Program at the Harvard Kennedy School’...

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Feb. 4, 2023

217 - Ashley Nguyen Dewitt - Emmy Award Voice Director

Ashley Nguyen DeWitt has worked in voiceover for over a decade, starting as an intern for a commercial voice casting company. She then hopped around from commercials to animation, working in the casting/talent relations depar...

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Jan. 27, 2023

216 - Thach Nguyen - Investor + Philanthropist + Content Creator

Thach Nguyen is the CEO & Founder of Thach Real Estate Group , a. Seattle-based real estate company, a seasoned investor, developer and popular content creator. As an inspirational leader Thach is a sought after speaker, phil...

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Jan. 24, 2023

215 - Scott Ly - Actor

Scott Ly's stars as the male lead in the NETFLIX feature film A TOURIST GUIDE TO LOVE opposite Rachel Leigh Cook. It was filmed throughout Vietnam. The story is about an executive, played by Rachel Leigh Cook who goes through...

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Jan. 18, 2023

214 - Steven Ho - Comedian

Steven Ho is a an LA based comedian and content and digital creator known for his viral “Tips from the ER” videos on TikTok and Instagram. He was previously an ER Technician. Learn more about Steven: https://linktr.ee/steveio...

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