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Thien A. Pham. Bao Tran, and Ham Tran converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Thien A. Pham is a producer/director with accomplished experience in over 20 different languages and markets. While pursuing a film degree at Cal State University, Long Beach, Thien founded what is now known as 3388 Films, a media & film production and distribution company specialize...

Jes Vu, Kieu Chinh, and Ysa Le converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Kìêu Chinh is a legendary actress with a long successful career dating back to 1957. Throughout her career, she has played female leads in 22 feature films in Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taipei, India, as well as in American productions shot in Asia such as Operation CIA, co-...

Hoa Nguyen, Joshua Nguyen, Susan Nguyen, and Truong Tran converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Hoa Nguyen is the author of several books including Red Juice: Poems 1998 – 2008 and the Griffin Prize nominated Violet Energy Ingots. Her latest collection of poems, A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure, published by Wave Books in 2021, is the winner of the Canada...

James Huynh, Yvonne Y. Kwan, Danny Thien Le, & Thu Quach converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS JAMES HUỳNH grew up in desert-turned-suburbia Fontana, CA and is the son of Vietnamese refugees who come from the city of Huế, Việt Nam. James is a PhD student in Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. He is also a Health Policy Res...

Writers André Dao and Kevin Nguyen converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen, pulitzer-prize winning author, and Philip Nguyen, Vietnamese-American studies scholar. ABOUT THE GUESTS André Dao is an author and researcher from Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. His debut novel, Anam, won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction, the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for New Writing, and was shortlisted for t...

Multimedia artist Anida Yoeu Ali and urban anthropologist LinDa Saphan converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Anida Yoeu Ali (b.1974, Battambang) is an interdisciplinary artist whose works span performance, installation, new media, public encounters, and political agitation. Raised in Chicago and born in Cambodia, she is a woman of mixed heritage with Malay, Cham...

Musician and filmmaker praCh and multimedia artist and activist Silong Chhun speak with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Silong Chhun is a multimedia artist and communications specialist at Washington State's Office of Equity who uses art to advance social justice for all communities. As co-founder of the Khmer Anti-Deportation Advocacy Group (KhaagWa) and a co-founder o...

Writer from Singapore, Amanda Lee Koe, and playwrite from France, Olivier Dhenin, converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Amanda Lee Koe was born and raised in Singapore and has lived in New York, Beijing, Berlin and Bangkok. Her debut novel, Delayed Rays of a Star (Doubleday, 2019) was named a Most Anticipated Title by ELLE, Los Angeles Times, Thrillist, and USA...

Emerging writers Steven Duong and Vivian Pham converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Steven Duong is the author of At The End of the World There is a Pond (W. W. Norton, 2025). His poems and short stories have appeared in publications including The American Poetry Review, The Drift, and the Yale Review, as well as The Best American Short Stories 2024, selected by...

Award-winning chefs Tu David Phu and Anh Luu speak with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Chef Tu David Phu , recognized as a San Francisco Chronicle Rising Star Chef, is a two-time TEDx speaker,  Top Chef  alumnus, acclaimed cookbook author, and storyteller. Growing up in Oakland, he began his culinary journey in his mother’s apartment garden, ultimately advancing to som...

Writer Khue Pham and runner/writer/designer Thi Minh Huyen Nguyen converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen, pulitzer-prize winning author, and Philip Nguyen, Vietnamese-American studies scholar. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Khuê Phạm is an award-winning Vietnamese-German journalist and writer. A graduate of the London School of Economics, she worked for The Guardian and NPR’s Berlin bureau before becoming an ed...

Screenwriters Maegan Houang and Anchuli Felicia King converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen, pulitzer-prize winning author, and Philip Nguyen, Vietnamese-American studies scholar. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Maegan Houang is a writer/director based in Los Angeles and Michigan. She is currently a co-producer on The Sympathizer (HBO) and previously served as a story editor on Shōgun (FX) and a staff writer on...

Journalist Tina Nguyen and sculptural/digital storyteller Tuan Andrew Nguyen converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS TINA NGUYEN is a national correspondent and founding partner for Puck, covering the world of Donald Trump and the American right. Previously, Nguyen was a White House reporter for Politico, a staff reporter for Vanity Fair Hive, and an editor at Med...

Writer KT Nguyen and multimedia artist Tammy Nguyen speak with guest host Ly Tran and host Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Tammy Nguyen Bio Tammy Nguyen is a multimedia artist based in Easton, CT whose work spans painting, drawing, printmaking and book making. Intersecting geopolitical realities with fiction, her practice addresses lesser-known histories through a blend of myth and visual narrativ...

Artist and educator Phung Huynh speaks with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen about her recent projects. ABOUT THE GUEST Phung Huynh is a Los Angeles-based artist and educator with a practice in drawing, painting, public art, and community engagement. Her work explores cultural perception and representation. Huynh challenges beauty standards by constructing images of the Asian female body...

Screenwriter and novelist Brandon Hoang and filmmaker Elizabeth Ai speak with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Brandon Hoàng is the author of the young adult novel Gloria Buenrostro Is Not My Girlfriend and the middle grade The Crossbow of Destiny . Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Brandon grew up coveting the Baby-Sitters Club books and slurping noodles. Before...

Montagnard Degar writers H'Abigail Mlo and Y-Danair Niehrah speak with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS H’Abigail (Abi) Mlo is a Montagnard American, Southerner, and writer based on Lenape Land (Philadelphia). As a student at UNC-Chapel Hill, she co-founded Voices of the Highlands to meet a long-time need in the Montagnard community for connection and storytelling (I...

Lao writers Krysada Phounsiri and Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Krysada Phounsiri is a Lao American award winning poet, professional dancer, optical engineer, and photographer. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a Physics & Astrophysics double major. He minored in Creative Writing with a focus on poetry. His poetry has...

Photographer An-My Le and writer Jamie Jo Hoang speak with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS An-My Lê was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1960. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She was educated at Stanford University and at Yale University and has been the recipient of numerous awards including the MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships. Lê is currently the C...

Podcaster and film producer Kenneth Nguyen and poet Oliver de la Paz converse with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Kenneth Nguyen is a Los Angeles based podcaster and film producer with over two decades in the Vietnamese media space. Kenneth hosts and produces The Vietnamese podcast with over 300 episodes recorded. Kenneth Nguyen was a founding partner of Wave Releasing...

Chocolatier Wendy Lieu speaks with guest host Susan Lieu, her sister, about her journey to create her business, Socola Chocolates. ABOUT THE GUEST Wendy Lieu is the CEO and Chief Chocolatier of Socola Chocolatier, an award-winning chocolate company in San Francisco. Born in a Malaysian refugee camp, Wendy embodies the grit and optimism of the American Dream. A self-taught chocolatier, Wendy has be...

Graphic novelist and illustrator Thi Bui converses with guest host Susan Lieu about her projects, such as her book "The Best We Could Do." ABOUT THE GUEST Thi Bui was born in Vietnam and came to the United States in 1978 as part of the “boat people” wave of refugees fleeing Southeast Asia at the end of the Vietnam War. Her debut graphic memoir, The Best We Could Do (Abrams ComicArts, 201...

Scholar and anthropologist Allen Tran speaks with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen about his research publication, "A life of worry: Politics, Mental Health, and Vietnam's Age of Anxiety." ABOUT THE AUTHOR Allen Tran is an associate professor of anthropology at Bucknell University. He is the author of A Life of Worry: Politics, mental health, and Vietnam's age of anxiety...

Youth Poet Laureate Alexandra Huynh converses with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen about her journey in poetry. ABOUT THE GUEST Alexandra Huynh is an 18-year-old Vietnamese American poet from Sacramento, CA. She is the 2020 Sacramento Youth Poet Laureate, a program of Sacramento Area Youth Speaks, and is a Western Regional Ambassador and the 2021 National Youth Poet Laureate of the Unite...

Poet Angela Peñaredondo speaks with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen about their book "nature felt but never apprehended." ABOUT THE GUEST ANGELA PEÑAREDONDO is a queer Filipinx, interdisciplinary writer and educator. Peñaredondo is the author of nature felt but never apprehended (Noemi Press), All Things Lose Thousands of Times (Inlandia Institute, Winner of the Hillary Gravend...