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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, an…
8 months, 3 weeks 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 poe…
9 months 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…
9 months, 1 week 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 an…
9 months, 1 week 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,…
9 months, 2 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, me…
9 months, 3 weeks 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, i…
10 months 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. T…
10 months 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 satiri…
10 months, 1 week 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 be…
10 months, 1 week ago