Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn is an artist and filmmaker based in Saigon, Vietnam. His practice expands to multiple mediums and is fueled by research and a commitment to communities that have faced traumas caused by colonialism, war, and displacement. He currently lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City, where he is a co-founder and former board member of Sàn Art. Nguyen was a founding member of The Propeller Group in 2006, an entity that positions themselves between a fake advertising company and an art colle...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Giacomo Traina holds a Ph.D. in American Literature from Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) and the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland). His research interests include the memory of the Vietnam War through the works of contemporary Vietnamese American authors, and the narrative works of Herman Melville. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.c...
Jun 19, 2023•57 min
Hien is a Brooklyn based singer/producer/sound designer. Ethereal vocals meshing with lush textures and minimal beats - her eclectic sonic identity has been influenced by a wide variation of sounds, from electronica to soul and traditional Eastern styles. The Vietnamese-Hungarian artist started her singer career at the age of 15. She has released two pop albums, played the leading role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon and has performed in various cities across Europe, Asia and the United States...
Jun 16, 2023•50 min
Andy "Horitran" played a vital role in the establishment of My Tattoo Huntington Beach California in 2013, where he helped build and develop the studio. His dedication and talent in the art of tattooing led to him being bestowed with the title "Horitran" by his mentor and founder of Horiyen Ichimon, Horiyen (Jess Yen), in 2007. This distinction marked him as the first Vietnamese American to receive such an honor, highlighting his exceptional skills and commitment to his craft. Horitran embarked ...
Jun 14, 2023•58 min
Exsto Cognac is the very first Cognac created by Sabrina Duong, in partnership with one of the world’s best sommelier, Julie Dupouy. As cognac lovers and cognac makers, they have created a new, modern Cognac for a new generation of cultured drinkers. By embracing quality with an accessible, minimalist approach – and rejecting dated, stuffy perceptions – we have reimagined fine Cognac with an exuberant, youthful French spirit infused with global inspirations. Before establishing Exsto Cognac, Sab...
Jun 09, 2023•1 hr 5 min
VinFast is a Vietnamese-founded private automotive company. Established in 2017, it is a member of the conglomerate organization Vingroup, one of the largest private conglomerates in Vietnam that was founded by Phạm Nhật Vượng. 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...
Jun 05, 2023•14 min
Lan P. Duong is Associate Professor in Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She is the author of Nothing Follows, a book of poetry that draws from the genres of memoir and poetry. Written from a young girl’s perspective, the center of this world is a military father, an absent mother, sisters who come and go, broken brothers, and friends she meets in San José. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donatio...
Jun 02, 2023•58 min
Tracy and Tiffany Pham are the second generation of Red Boat fish sauce, a premium Vietnamese fish sauce company started by their father Cuong Pham. Red Boat is produced on Phu Quoc, an island famous for making the best fish sauce. When they aren't shedding blood, sweat, and tears at the family business, they spend their time on the mats practicing jiu jitsu. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Anh Do is the community engagement editor at the Los Angeles Times, working across the newsroom to connect with readers and helping to deepen relationship with audiences. Earlier, she spent 11 years in Metro covering Asian American issues and general assignments. A second-generation journalist, she has worked at the Seattle Times, the Orange County Register and Nguoi Viet Daily News. Her writing on culture and trauma has won awards from Columbia University and the Asian American Journalists Assn...
May 30, 2023•56 min
Jonathan Tran Pham is the Founder & CEO at Reflect, an online mental health therapy portal. 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 26, 2023•56 min
Andrew Ly founded Sugar Bowl Bakery in 1984 with his four brothers, and became President and Chief Executive Office of Ly Brothers Corporation in 1993, a parent company of Sugar Bowl Bakery. Currently, Sugar Bowl Bakery is still family-owned. It employs a few hundred employees making signature Brownie Bites, Palmiers, Madeleines, Duet Bites, and Apple Fritters, as well as seasonal varieties like Pumpkin Spice Madeleines and Peppermint Duet Bites. The company sells to retailers like Walmart, Spro...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Maura Nguyen Donohue has been making experimental performance works in NYC for 20 years. Her work has been produced by Dance Theater Workshop (now New York Live Arts), Roulette, Danspace Project, Performance Space 122, La Mama, The Asia Society, Mulberry St. Theater, the West End Theater, and has toured across the US and to Europe and Asia. She is an Associate Professor of Dance at Hunter College/CUNY, Director of MFA and faculty fellow for the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute. As a membe...
May 19, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Daniel Nguyen is the founder and master distiller of Song Cai Gin. Sông Cái is a first-of-its-kind Vietnamese distillery bottling the taste of Việt Nam’s biodiverse terroir through gins and other spirits. Founded by Vietnamese-American sustainable agriculture visionary Daniel Nguyen, Sông Cái sources botanicals exclusively from long-standing farming and foraging H’mong, Red Dzao, and Kinh families. Sông Cái invests back into its partner rural communities through paying fair pricing for botanical...
May 17, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is an award-winning Vietnamese poet and novelist. She is the author of twelve books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction in Vietnamese and English. Her latest novel is Dust Child, a story about family secrets, hidden trauma, and the overriding power of forgiveness, set during the war and in present-day Việt Nam. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: ...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Quyen Ngo is an actor, Audie-nominated audiobook narrator, and coach based in Los Angeles, CA. After 18 years of training groups in capacity building and communication, she now also coaches and consults with individuals. She discusses the politics of symbols, meaning-making, and representation. 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 10, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Jackson Nguyen is a 7-time Emmy award-winning producer, director and showrunner with over 20 years of experience in unscripted television. Nguyen has produced in multiple genres across the television landscape, ranging from hit sports shows including HBO’s 24/7 and The Olympics, to true crime specials and social change programming. Other credits include American Gangster and Finding Justice for (BET), It Was Him: The Many Murders Of Ed Edwards (Paramount), NFL Pro Bowl (ESPN), and The Price Of D...
May 08, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Anne Oliver is the founder and CEO of House of M Beauty, a skincare company infused with saffron, and crafted with quality ingredients. 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 05, 2023•52 min
Cuong Pham founded RED BOAT fish sauce in 2011 after working for decades as an Apple engineer. 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 03, 2023•55 min
Chef Minh Phan is the founder of Porridge + Puffs and Phenakite. Phenakite came together in 10 days and would go on to win a Michelin star after less than a year. Phenakite was also named the Los Angeles Times Restaurant of the Year in May 2021. This caused a 20,000 name waitlist to explode followed by the Michelin honor. Phenakite is named for a mineral that becomes a gem under pressure, represents a triumph of turning the hardships of the pandemic into a rare jewel of an eatery. Support this p...
May 01, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Scott Ly is the romantic guide and love interest to Rachel Leigh Cook in the NETFLIX feature film A TOURIST'S GUIDE TO LOVE. The film was shot on location throughout Vietnam. The film was written by Eireen Donahue, Produced by Joel L Rice and directed by Stephen Tsuchida. The story is about an executive, played by Rachel Leigh Cook who goes through an unexpected breakup, then accepts an assignment to go undercover and learn about the tourist industry in Vietnam. She falls in love with her Vietna...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Marie Hanhnhon Nguyen is a Vietnamese artist, playwright and filmmaker. She was born in Saigon and moved to California with her family when she was 5. Marie began her creative career as a film and television producer. She has worked alongside filmmaker Yann Demange on WHITE BOY RICK (Sony), LOVECRAFT COUNTRY (HBO). She is a staff writer on the show BEEF with Netflix. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcir...
Apr 24, 2023•53 min
Rachel Leigh Cook stars in and produces A Tourist's Guide to Love, a love story shot entirely in Vietnam. Scott Ly co stars with Rachel. The film is written by Eirene Tran Donohue. 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 21, 2023•55 min
Jeremy is Executive Director, COO, and Co-Founder of Gold House, the premier collective of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) cultural changemakers. Gold House transforms the public narrative and mobilizes action through innovative programs that advance API representation and success. Prior to joining Gold House, Jeremy was a counsel at O'Melveny & Myers working on high-stakes entertainment litigation, including the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial and AT&T and Time Warner merger trial...
Apr 17, 2023•55 min
This Vietnamese Life - In this new series, I share viewpoints about ideas I've collected along the way about Vietnamese life around the world. In this segment I offer my thoughts on why Viet Kieu entrepreneurs bomb pretty hard when starting businesses in Vietnam. 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 12, 2023•12 min
Cameron Nguyen (@camfairfax) is a partner at OFF TOP, an entertainment management company, representing professional athletes and musicians. He was recently nominated for Best Progressive R&B album of the year at the Grammy’s for his contribution to Eric Bellinger’s “New Light.” 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 11, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Andy Cung is a Vietnamese American storyboard artist/writer/educator in the film and animation industry. Prior to this, Andy was a former electrical engineer for seven years before pursuing his passion in storytelling. Since then, Andy has worked on Emmy Nominated projects such Powerpuff Girls, Trash Truck, and Arlo: The Alligator Boy. He has worked at studios such as: Netflix, Disney, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, Freeform, Glen Keane Productions, and Hulu. Andy has worked on a wide range of...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 4 min
The Vietnamese know him as "Phúc Mập". Phúc has lived in Vietnam for 8 years, meeting locals and traveling to new places around Vietnam and Asia. His Youtube channel and Instagram page has shown the world and his followers the day-to-day life in Vietnam and Asia. 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 05, 2023•1 hr
Eirene Tran Donohue is a Vietnamese/Irish writer, originally from RI. A graduate of Brown University, she spent years working and traveling in Asia, Africa and New York before pursuing a career in screenwriting. Her first script was a semi-finalist in the Nicholl Fellowship, run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to identify emerging screenwriters. Since then she has sold TV and feature projects to multiple outlets including Lionsgate, ABC Studios, Freeform, Disney, Netflix, Life...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 24 min
Dinh Nguyen is the country manager for LUXASIA, the leading beauty omnichannel brand-building in Asia Pacific, partnering more than 120 luxury beauty brands. Their integrated brand-building capabilities include luxury retail, online commerce, consumer marketing, and supply chain management. Before leading LUXASIA in Vietnam, Dinh was the country manager for many years at L'Oreal. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donations Advertising Inquiries: h...
Mar 31, 2023•51 min
Thomas Quoc Tri is the founder of the Little Saigon Historical Society in Westminster, 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 30, 2023•59 min
