thevietnamesepodcast

The Vietnamese with Kenneth Nguyen

Society EN ↓ 520 episodes

Being part of a culture of almost 100 million Vietnamese people living in the world today has its pain and challenges, but it comes with plenty of history, privileges and honors. Join Kenneth Nguyen as he spotlights Vietnamese excellence from around the world. Each episode explores the creative process of individuals shaping the diversity of what it means to be Vietnamese--as a local, born and raised, or as a third culture kid, and even the divisions that separate us politically and culturally. This show can take multiple directions, but what it will do is show Vietnamese from a transpacific l...

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Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

156 - ‘Maika’ Chu Diệp Anh - Dien Vien 27.05.2022

Chu Diệp Anh là nữ diễn viên chính trong phim Maika. Hãy tham gia cùng Kenneth va Maika khi chúng tôi thảo luận về những hy vọng và ước mơ của cô ấy để phát triển sự nghiệp showbiz của mình. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

155 - Leyna Nguyen - Emmy Award Winning Journalist 25.05.2022

Leyna Nguyen is a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who, after 26 years of covering hard news, stepped away from the anchor desk to focus on family, philanthropy, and fun. She is host of a new show for learning how to pronounce English with Leyna Nguyen. Học tiếng Anh với Leyna Nguyên! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

154 - Andy Nguyen - Food Entrepreneur - Founder Afters Ice Cream 23.05.2022

“Andy Nguyen is the mash-up king in the food industry.” - Food Network Co-founded Afters Ice Cream and has reshaped the millennial age F&B industry. With 30 locations in Southern California, Afters Ice Cream has been both an entrepreneurial and social media phenomenon with thousands of people turning up for their store openings/events. And that’s only one of the many restaurant concepts Andy a...

153 - Julie Pham - CEO CuriosityBased + Nguoi Viet Tay Bac Newspaper 20.05.2022

Dr. Julie Pham is the founder and the CEO of CuriosityBased, an organizational development firm based in Seattle. She is the author of the #1 Amazon New Release and Bestseller 7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work. Dr. Pham has been recognized with numerous awards for her community leadership. She has applied her community building approach to bui...

152 - Ann Phong - Hoạ Sĩ 18.05.2022

Ann Phong, một họa sĩ có tài với nét vẽ thiên về sự tinh tế nhưng không kém phần mạnh mẽ trong việc diễn đạt ý tưởng của mình. Trích từ bài viết của bà Dainella Walsh trong Tạp chí Visual Artsource. Ann Phong tốt nghiệp thạc sĩ hội họa (Master of Fine Art) tại Đại Học Cal State Fullerton. Đến nay, Ann đã tham dự hơn 150 cuộc triển lãm solo và nhóm, từ gallery đến viện bảo tàng như tại Quận Cam, Lo...

151 - Thùy Minh - Vietcetera Podcast Giám Đốc Nội Dung - Head of Content 16.05.2022

Thuy Minh la một chuyên gia format từng đi qua không thiếu ngõ ngách nào của thị trường nội dung Việt Nam.  Thùy Minh gây ấn tượng và ghi dấu ấn trong công chúng với hình ảnh một MC "khác người", cá tính, mạnh mẽ với lối nói chuyện và phong cách dẫn tự nhiên. Chị là g iám dốc nội dung tại Vietcetera (Head of Content) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: h...

150 - Brian Hoang - Artist 13.05.2022

Brian was born in Vietnam a few years after the war ended. At an early age, he and his parents left and spent about 6 months in a refugee camp before relocating to Canada. As a kid, his dad would often pose his He-Man action figures and draw them. Seeing how his dad was able to take a real-life object and turn it into a drawing, Brian was inspired. This was something he wanted to be able to do so...

33 - Thang Do FAIA - Architect and PIVOT Board Member 12.05.2022

This is a rebroadcast of a Vietnamese language episode #33 with Anh Thang Do, a well respected and beloved bedrock member of the Vietnamese American community in San Jose, California. I reached out to anh Thang Do to request a third interview a few months ago (he was on the Vietnamese podcast twice). He politely declined, citing health reasons. I had no idea what he was going through until a few d...

149 - Randy Kim - Host of The Banh Mi Chronicles podcast 09.05.2022

Randy Kim  is a queer 2nd generation Viet-Khmer American from the Chicagoland area. He is the producer and host of “The Banh Mi Chronicles” podcast.  The Banh Mi Chronicles Podcast was recognized by National Geographic Society as one of the recommended Asian American podcasts in April 2021. In May 2021, Apple Podcast named "The Banh Mi Chronicles Podcast" as part of the "Never Voiceles...

148 - Johnny Dang - Jeweler 06.05.2022

Johnny Dang là một thợ bạc người Mỹ gốc Việt sống tại Houston, Texas, anh được biết đến qua su tham gia vào nền hip-hop của Mỹ. Anh Johnny là người sáng lập Johnny Dang and Co. Johnny Dang is a Vietnamese American jeweler based in Houston, Texas, who is known for his custom grills and involvement in the American hip-hop scene. He is a founder of Johnny Dang and Co. Advertising Inquiries: https://r...

147 - Thuy Vo Dang - Curator/Archivist 03.05.2022

Dr. Thuy Vo Dang (she/her/hers) is Curator for the UCI Libraries Southeast Asian Archive and research librarian for Asian American Studies . Her work advances the practice of community-centered archives and foregrounds histories of marginalized groups. She has a Ph. D. and M.A. in ethnic studies from University of California, San Diego and a B.A. in English and Asian American Studies from Scripps...

146 - Viet Thanh Nguyen - Pulitzer Prize Author and Scholar 29.04.2022

Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American novelist. He is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Nguyen's debut novel, The Sympathizer, won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and many other accolades. He was awarded a Mac...

145 - LeLy Hayslip & Nguyen Phan Que Mai - Thảo Luận Về Những Câu Chuyện Xung Quanh Ngày 30 Tháng Tư. 28.04.2022

Mời các bạn cùng tham gia với Kenneth Nguyễn và cô Phùng Thị Lệ Lý (tác giả When Heaven and Earth Changed Places) và chị Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (tác giả The Mountains Sing) thảo luận về những câu chuyện xung quanh ngày 30 tháng Tư. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

144 - Leslie Nguyen - Children's Book Author 27.04.2022

Leslie is the author of Two Refugees and a Dream, a new kid's book that retells real-life experiences of two Vietnamese refugees who each embark on a challenging journey in hopes of a better life.  Leslie is the daughter of refugee-immigrants from Vũng Tàu and Đà Nẵng, Việt Nam. She was born and raised in Southern California and holds a Bachelor’s from University of California, Los Angeles. Le...

143 - Dương Văn Mai Elliott - Author of The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family 26.04.2022

Duong Van Mai Elliott is a Vietnamese author, writer and translator. Her memoir, The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family, tells the story of the Vietnam War from the perspective of a Vietnamese family. The novel was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2000. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

143 - Dương Văn Mai Elliott - Tác Giả, Nhà Văn 26.04.2022

Dương Văn Mai Elliott là một tác giả, nhà văn và dịch giả người Việt Nam. Cuốn hồi ký của cô, The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in Life of a Vietnam Family, kể câu chuyện về chiến tranh Việt Nam dưới góc nhìn của một gia đình Việt Nam. Cuốn hồi ký của cô đã được đề cử cho giải thưởng Pulitzer năm 2000. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/p...

142 - Bích Ngọc Cao - Digital Marketing & Communications Executive 18.04.2022

Bích Ngọc Cao is a digital marketing and communications executive whose career spans media organizations, tech startups, the music industry, government, and nonprofits. She serves as senior adviser, communications, in the Superintendent's office of Los Angeles Unified. She has enjoyed an unconventional path that includes stints at organizations and companies such as Define American, (RED), the...

141 - Tran Vu - Artist and Organizer 15.04.2022

Ngoc-Tran Vu (she/her) is a Vietnamese-American interdisciplinary artist and organizer whose socially engaged work draws from her experience as a community organizer, educator, and lightworker. Tran moves between mediums and materials to work in painting, photography, sculpture and social practice so that her art can best resonate and engage with its audience intentionally. Born in Vietnam, Tran c...

140 - Diep Tran - Chef, Author, Advocate 14.04.2022

Diep Tran is a 3rd generation restaurateur/chef and the founder of The Banh Chung Collective. She is an advocate for better working conditions for restaurant workers.  She’s appeared on Netflix’s Ugly Delicious, HBO Max’s Take Out with Lisa Ling, and KCET’s Migrant Kitchen. Most recently, she co-authored The Red Boat Cookbook with Cuong Pham and Tien Nguyen. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircl...

138 - Alex Duong - Comedian - "This is where its at. This is the thing that can keep me sane." 04.04.2022

Alex Duong is a Los Angeles-based comedian, writer, and actor. He is the youngest of six children of Huong Thanh Le (tailor) and Noul Van Duong (machinist). His writings on the Vietnam War gained him a full-scholarship and eventually a meeting with producers in Orange County, CA. With the mild support of his parents, Duong left school to pursue a feature development deal with Melody Phan of Zenoos...

137 - Uyen Le - How can restaurants be a workplace where we can prioritize humanity? 31.03.2022

Uyen Le is currently the chef owner of Bé Ù in Los Angeles.  Bé Ù opened in February 2021 and is a reflection of Chef-Owner Uyen Le's Vietnamese heritage and Southern California upbringing. It stands as a safe place for people from diverse backgrounds to work and hone their craft. Bé Ù seeks to make fresh and flavorful food at affordable prices while creating a safe, supportive, and profession...

136 - Ravenous Couple 22.03.2022

The Ravenous Couple is Hong and Kim. They believe good food and cooking brings friends, family, and loves ones together—and keeps them together, hence their motto,  Cooking Life Together . Raised in first generation immigrant Vietnamese-American families in opposite parts of the country, Hong and Kim both were nurtured with a love for Vietnamese heritage and cuisine. Their mission is to show you h...

135 - Dan Nguyen - Artist Musician aka Demonslayer 19.03.2022

Dan Nguyen is a Vietnamese American artist, creative director and music producer / DJ. Born and raised in Southern California and Saigon Vietnam, the multi-disciplinary artist grew updrawing surreal worlds influenced by a myriad of concepts, such as 70s LP artwork, obscure zines, nostalgic rave, graffiti, and US Asian culture. Continually pushing ideas and honing crafts, Dan maintains a delicate b...

134 - Oanh Ly - Film/Television Writer 16.03.2022

Oanh Thu Thi Ly was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She immigrated to America as a boat refugee and grew up in Houston, Texas. She studied playwriting at the University of Texas at Austin where she was a recipient of a James Michener Playwriting Fellowship. She started her TV writing career on the hit CBS crime show  Criminal Minds.   Other broadcast credits include the Bad Robot/NBC show  Revo...

133 - Doan Hoang - Documentary Film Director - OH SAIGON 11.03.2022

Đoan Hoàng is a Vietnamese-American documentary film director, producer, editor, and writer. She directed and produced the 2007 documentary Oh, Saigon about her family, after leaving Vietnam on the last civilian helicopter as Saigon fell. The documentary won several awards at film festivals and was broadcast on PBS from 2008 to 2012. Hoang was selected to be a delegate to Spain for the American Do...

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