Podcast Episodes

432 - Was Ancient Vietnamese Just the New Chinese Language? Ancient Vietnam with Prof. John Phan

Welcome to the first episode of our sub-series, Ancient Vietnam, where we explore the depths of Vietnam's early history through language, culture, and forgotten stories. In this inaugural conversatio…

Published on 4 months ago

431 - Can You Fight Destiny? Viet History Makers - Kevin Pham

In this episode of Viet History Makers, co-hosts Kenneth Nguyen and Kevin Pham explore the history of The Tale of Kieu (Truyện Kiều), the seminal poetic masterpiece by Nguyễn Du, expanding the histor…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

430 - Are We Learning Anything From Past Wars? Dr. Andrew Wells Dang from the U.S. Institute of Peace

We sit down with Dr. Andrew Wells-Dang, a senior expert at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), for a conversation about Vietnam, geopolitics, and lessons from war. We start by exploring how …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

429 - How is Language the Key to Who We Are? John Phan - Linguist

John D. Phan is an Associate Professor of Vietnamese Humanities at Columbia University, based in the Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. He focuses…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

428 - Is All Propaganda Harmful? Viet History Makers - Nguyễn Khắc Viện

In this episode of Viet History Makers, co-hosts Kevin Pham and Kenneth Nguyen look into the life of Nguyễn Khắc Viện — a revolutionary intellectual, physician and cultural critic who helped shape mo…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

427 - Can We Still Create Without Trauma?

In this roundtable discussion Kenneth Nguyen, we bring together four artists in Vietnamese literature, art, and academia to reflect on creativity, memory, and healing, 50 years after the end of the V…

Published on 5 months ago

426 - Why Should We Have More Vietnamese Podcasts? Mia Nguyen - Viet Boss Babes

Mia Nguyen is a Vietnamese community builder and the founder of Viet Boss Babes - a Vietlish podcast and media platform sharing Vietnamese culture, identity and ambition with the world. Born and rais…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

425 - Tony Bui - How Did The Vietnamese American Film Industry Begin?

In this episode of The Vietnamese podcast, host Anderson Le sits down with Tony Bui, a pioneer in the Vietnamese American independent cinema space. Tony is a Sundance award-winning writer, director, …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

424- Can The Japanese Internment Camps Happen Again? - Author Kevin Nguyen

Can The Japanese Internment Camps Happen Again?

In this episode, we sit with Kevin Nguyen, author of the new novel Mỹ Documents, a chilling and satirical reimagining of American history. Kevin is the …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

When Does The WAR End For Us?

On the 50th anniversary of April 30, 1975 — the official end of the Vietnam War — I sat in silence at home and thought about what a few of us have been thinking for a long time: it’s time to think ab…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago