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! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
May 25, 2022•55 min
“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 and his team have started, to spice up the new dining and lifestyle scene! But Andy's journey to ice ...
May 23, 2022•46 min
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 building strong, collaborative and curious teams. She was born in Saigon, Vietnam and raised in Seattle...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 25 min
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, Los Angeles, Bangkok, Krabi, Seoul, Taichung, Chengdu, Stuttgart, và Tokyo. Ngoài triển lãm tác phẩm, ...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 11 min
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 giám dốc nội dung tại Vietcetera (Head of Content) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcirc...
May 16, 2022•1 hr 38 min
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 he became that kid that would draw at the back of the class. He eventually got into and graduated fr...
May 13, 2022•1 hr 41 min
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 days ago. This last week my Facebook account was filled with anh Thang’s passing as his friends recou...
May 12, 2022•2 hr 4 min
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 Voiceless, Moving Forward" playlist to celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Month. Notable guests included: 2016 Pulitzer Priz...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 10 min
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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircl...
May 06, 2022•53 min
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 College. With research and teaching expertise in oral history, Southeast Asian diaspora, community ar...
May 03, 2022•54 min
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 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017. Nguyen is a regular contributor, op-ed...
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 15 min
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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr 8 min
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. Leslie lives in Los Angeles and finds joy in spending time with family and friends, being outdoors. Leslie ...
Apr 27, 2022•47 min
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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 19 min
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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/priv...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 6 min
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 Los Angeles Times, Harvest Records, Warner Bros. Records, and MySpace. A lifelong Angeleno, she is curr...
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 14 min
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 came to the United States with her family as political refugees and grew up in Boston's Dorchester an...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 42 min
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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/br...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 30 min
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 Zenoost Media. The project "Enchanted Melody" ran into financing troubles and never found its way to theat...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 22 min
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 professionally-rewarding environment for its team members. Before coming into the LA food scene, Uyen was the Resea...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 50 min
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 how authentic Vietnamese food is simple, fresh, and delicious. The Ravenous Couple shares recipes that...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 2 min
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 balance between personal and client based creative projects. He releases records and performs live as...
Mar 19, 2022•1 hr 36 min
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 Revolution, The Messengers for CW, Black Box for ABC, and The Catch for Shondaland/ABC. Streaming credits in...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 10 min
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 Documentary Showcase. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguy...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Anh Hong Rucker is a cloud security architect and senior cybersecurity engineer at JPL NASA in Pasadena, California. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 38 min
Tony Vu, founder of Flint Social Club, has been invested in building community and countering the toxic culture of the food world since his start in the industry. As chef/owner of noodle stall MaMang in the Flint Farmers’ Market, he’s committed to paying living wages to his employees and fostering a safe and supportive work culture. As executive chef/partner of fast casual restaurant The Good Bowl in Traverse City, he’s built upon these values and expanded them to create a business model that gi...
Mar 05, 2022•1 hr 32 min
A diplomat for nearly thirty years, Ted Osius served from 2014 to 2017 as U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, a country he has loved since serving there in the 1990s, when he helped open the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and was one of the first U.S. diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi. Leading a mission team of 900, Ambassador Osius devised and implemented strategies to deepen security ties, sign tens of billions of dollars’ worth of commercial deals, expand educational exchange, conclu...
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Bryan Pham is the founder of Asian Hustle Network [AHN], Crushing it in Real Estate [CIIRE], HateIsAVirus, and a venture partner at Outlier Fund. Asian Hustle Network is a global online and offline super connector for diasporic Asians crafting creative and entrepreneurial roads to success. Bryan and his co-founder, Maggie Chui, also hosts the Asian Hustle Network Podcast which brings on community leaders and AAPI entrepreneurs to inspire and share their knowledge to provide the foundation for fu...
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 10 min
2022 Grammy nominated Vietnamese American singer, multimedia artist and producer, modern-day Renaissance woman, and vocal powerhouse Sangeeta Kaur (Teresa Mai) is a singular talent. Sangeeta’s body of work is both cinematic in scope and spans a wide range of genres such as Classical, New Age, Contemporary and Spiritual. Sangeeta earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Opera Performance from the Bob Cole Music Conservatory at California State University, Long Beach; and a Masters of Music in Vocal P...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 22 min
Dr. Tung Nguyen is Chair of AAPI Victory Alliance and President of PIVOT-The Progressive Vietnamese American Organization, both 501c4 organizations dedicated to the AAPI progressive movement. He is also a pioneer in Asian American health research, a practicing primary care physician, and a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Nguyen served as a Commissioner on President Obama’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs from 2011 to 2014, and as the Chair of the Com...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 23 min
