The Vietnamese with Kenneth Nguyen

Vivian Pham is a Vietnamese novelist, essayist and poet from Sydney, Australia. In high school she wrote a novel called The Coconut Children, which was published in March 2020 by Penguin Random House.She is now 22 and writing the play and stage adaptations of the novel while studying Philosophy at university. She has always wanted to be a writer, but hopes also to become many more things, such as a veterinarian and a folklorist.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Lan Duong is Associate Professor in Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Treacherous Subjects: Gender, Culture, and Trans-Vietnamese Feminism (Temple University Press, 2012). Dr. Duong’s second book project, Transnational Vietnamese Cinemas and the Archives of Memory, examines Vietnamese cinema from its inception to the present day.Her research interests include feminist film theory, postcolonial literature, and Asian/American film and literature. Duong’s critical works can be found in Signs, MELUS, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Journal of Asian American Studies, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Amerasia, Asian Cinema, Discourse, Velvet Light Trap, and the anthologies, Transnational Feminism in Film and Media, Southeast Asian Cinema, Recollecting Vietnam, and Gendering the Transpacific. She has coedited an award-winning anthology called Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora: Troubling Borders in Literature and Art (University of Washington Press, 2013). Duong is a Founding Member of the Critical Refugee Studies Collective. She currently serves as the website editor for the group (www.criticalrefugeestudies.com) and is co-editor for the series, Critical Refugee Studies, at the University of California Press.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Crystal Bui is an Emmy-nominated television news reporter and recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award. She is the author of the upcoming book, "More to Tell" available for pre-order at MoreToTellBook.com.Crystal has reported on some of the biggest stories in the last decade: George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis and the subsequent riots throughout the city; investigations into hate crimes in the wake of the deadly Atlanta spa shootings; Michelle Carter’s involuntary manslaughter trial, where she was found guilty of encouraging her then-boyfriend to commit suicide, and many big political races in the national spotlight.She has worked in TV newsrooms around the country, including Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest, New England, New York City, the Midwest, and now the South.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Xanthe Huynh is a voice actress known for her voice work in English dub of anime series. Her most well known roles include Ui Hirasawa in K-On!, Sachi in Sword Art Online, Yuna in Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Hanayo Koizumi in Love Live!, Alluka Zoldyck in Hunter x Hunter, Haru Okumura in Persona 5, Marianne in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Meiko "Menma" Honma in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, and Altina Orion in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Benny Tran is based out of Los Angeles, California and works at Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Operations at Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC).LAFC is the 2022 MLS ChampionsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

**CONTENT WARNING** This episode contains scenes describing drug use and other explicit discussions.Antoneus aka Long Mong Ga is a Bay Area based rapper and producer who has worked in the U.S. and Vietnam.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tracey Lien was born and raised in southwestern Sydney, Australia.She earned her MFA at the University of Kansas and was previously a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. All That's Left Unsaid is her first novel.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Paul Christiansen is the author of  Beneath Saigon’s Chò Nâu (Phương Nam Publishing House), a bilingual collection of essays and the co-editor of A Rainy Night in the City (Hanoi Publishing House), a bilingual anthology of short stories.His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Atlanta Review,  Best New Poets, Pleiades, Quarter After Eight, Threepenny Review, Zone Three and elsewhere.Paul is a former Fulbright Fellow and currently resides in Saigon and works as content director for Saigoneer.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Thanh Vu is an ultra endurance athlete from Vietnam.She has become the first Vietnamese in history to not only complete but also win the Swiss Ultra Deca Continuous Triathlon in 2022The Swissultra is an ultra triathlon race that consists of 38 km of swimming, 1,800 km of cycling and 422 km of running. This race is 10 times the distance of a normal triathlon -- hence called deca -- which comprises 3.8 km of swimming, 180 km of cycling and 42.2 km of running.Vu completed the Swissultra in 328 hours, 27 minutes and 55 seconds, or 13 days, 16 hours, 27 minutes and 55 seconds.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Vanessa + Kim Pham, the sisters and co-founders behind Omsom are daughters of Vietnamese refugees, who grew up at the family’s kitchen counter, watching their Mẹ cook Viet dinners from scratch every night. Like so many Asian moms, this was her love language to her children.OMSOM has returned to their roots to finally build the company of their dreams — one that proudly reclaims + celebrates the multitudes to be found in Asian flavors, stories, and communities.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy