Podcast Episodes

452 - How Can Dance Be a Form of Resistance And Reflection? Dam Van Huynh

Dam Van Huynh graduated from the renown Boston Conservatory at Berklee (USA) and has worked as a performer with various internationally recognized premiere dance companies and choreographers includin…

Published on 22 hours ago

451 - How Far Would You Go To Tell Your Story - Film Director Duzan Duong

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Czech-Vietnamese filmmaker Duzan Duong to explore the creative and personal journey behind his debut feature film, Summer School 2001 — a project that took 8 y…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

450 - Can The Viet Film Fest Shift Cultural Narratives? Eric Nong - 2025 Viet Film Festival Preview

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Eric Nong, the Artistic Director of the Viet Film Fest, to explore this year’s film selections and the evolving landscape of Vietnamese cinema.

From the exciti…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

449 - Is Vietnamese Culture Being Replaced by Korean entertainment? Karen Tran Wood - IW Group

In this episode of the Vietnamese podcast, we’re joined by Karen Tran Wood, a seasoned entertainment marketing and publicity executive with over a decade of experience leading award-winning campaigns…

Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago

448- Could Chữ Nôm Be Considered the Premodern Vietnamese Hip Hop? Viet Origins with Professor John Phan

In this episode of Viet Origins, Kenneth Nguyen joins Professor John Phan of Columbia University to examine the creation and evolution of chữ Nôm, Vietnam’s early vernacular writing system. Born out …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

447 - Part 2 AMA - Did Chinese Writing "Civilize" Vietnam? Viet Origins with Professor John Phan

If you joined us last time for the episode "Did Chinese Writing "Civilize" Vietnam?" we are here to answer your questions on this AMA based on the questions we got from the podcast sub series so far.…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

446 - Who Was Vietnam's First Intellectual Export? Viet History Makers - Trần Đức Thảo

In this episode of Viet History Makers, we sit with Professor Kevin Pham to explore the remarkable life and legacy of Trần Đức Thảo, who we can describe as Vietnam’s earliest intellectual export. A p…

Published on 2 months ago

445- Han & Holden Nguyen - The Amazing Race Contestants Season #37

We sit down with siblings Han and Holden Nguyen, finalists from The Amazing Race Season 37. They open up about their journey to the show, including the audition process that first brought them into t…

Published on 2 months ago

444 - Can Vietnam Ever Beat the Korean Culture Machine? Hanh Nguyen Editor at Salon.com

Kenneth Nguyen sits down with Hanh Nguyen, Executive Editor of Salon.com, to talk about Vietnam’s cultural rivalry with Korea, the power of K-pop and Korean dramas, and what defines meaningful cultur…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

443- Did Chinese Writing "Civilize" Vietnam? The Origins of Vietnam with Professor John Phan

In this episode of The Origins of Vietnam, Kenneth sits down with Professor John Phan of Columbia University to explore the complex story of how the Vietnamese language took shape. While Vietnamese d…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago