The Bánh Mì Chronicles
By Randy Kim
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The Bánh Mì Chronicles: A podcast where queer Vietnamese-Cambodian American host Randy Kim breaks bread with Asian (American) and BIPOC creatives to explore their work, their communities, and future-making impact.
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Discovering Abundance and Connection in the Vietnamese Journey w/Jason “Phúc” Nguyen
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Directing Straight Adult Films as a Gaysian Comedian w/ Oliver Wong
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Redefining What Asian Masculinity Means w/Leo Xia
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Navigating The Stories of the Palestinian People w/Fady Joudah
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Aaliyah’s Legacy: 25 Years Later w/Brittany Spanos
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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What Does Navigating in a White-Majority Space Look Like Through The Lens of Black and Disabled Identity? w/Dr. Akilah Cadet
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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TRACE on Saigon Jazz Revival, Her Mother’s Musical Legacy, and Finding Her Own Voice
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Nayantara Roy on Sisters of a Halved Heart and Complicated Sibling Relationships
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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End of Month Update & Recovery From My Five Day Hospital Stay
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Why We Tell Stories: Deepening Connection w/ Jitesh Jaggi
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Ranier from LLAG Media on Accountability in Male Podcast Culture
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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How Does Grief Influence Our Relationships and Decision-Making? w/Dr. Fazlur Rahman
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Is Confessions 2 Hailed As One of Madonna's Best Works? w/Tranna Wintour
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Documenting History in Real Time: ICE Raids, Surveillance & Activism with Adriano Kalin
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Being 40 and Healing w/MILCK
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: ICE Raids Picking Up Steam in Chicago w/Francia Garcia Hernandez
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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The Madonna Deep Dive: Underrated Hits & Confessions II Anticipation with Tranna Wintour
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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AAPI Heritage, Pride Month, Storytelling on Grief, and Reaching 50k Streams: A Solo Reflection
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May 29, 2026 |
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Decolonizing AAPI Health w/Dr. Jonar de Guzman
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May 27, 2026 |
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Reclaiming Khmer Identity: Vanny Whitchelo on Storytelling & Diaspora through Khmer Voices
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May 20, 2026 |
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Janet Jackson at 60: The Blueprint of Pop with Brittany Spanos
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May 15, 2026 |
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Cameron McCloud from Cure for Paranoia: Tiny Desk, Mental Health, and the Art of Thriving
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May 12, 2026 |
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Lin Sun aka Lintorious: Breaking Barriers and Taking the Mic as The Cambodian Comedy Queen
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May 06, 2026 |
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The Evolution of Concert Culture w/ Russ from Pop Pantheon Podcast (The Chill-Out Chronicles Edition)
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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51 Years Later: The Unfinished Mission After the Fall of Saigon
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Special Episode: Andrés Cepeda: 30 Years of Music, The Robust Colombian Music Scene, and His US Tour Kick-Off in Chicago
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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The Legacy of Lilith Fair and Its Cultural Imprint: Can It Be Successful Today?
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Beyond the Headlines: Reimagining Immigrant-Centered Journalism w/Katrina Pham
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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2000's Favorite Tunes Pt. 2: The Chill-Out Chronicles
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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2000's Favorite Tunes: The Chill-Out Chronicles (Pt. 1)
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: How to Be Vigilant During ICE Raids At Airports, Protests, and More w/Kala, "Your Protest Safety Kuya"
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Grief, Trauma, & Healing: Learning Intergenerational Joy w/ J.S. Park
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Beyond the Mekong: Beyond the Representation w/Sophia Lee (IG: BeyondTheMekong)
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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A Decade in the Works: Catching up with Anton Hur
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Finding Abundance In My Identities w/Poet & Professor Travis C. Lau
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Uncovering the Untold Survivor Stories w/Jenny Chan
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: Impact of ICE Raids in the Southeast Asian Communities w/ Quyen Dinh
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Black Culture's Blueprint on Chicago w/Arionne Nettles
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Breaking the Silence: Accountability in Khmer Community Spaces w/Sina Sam
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Hot Girls With Balls w/Benedict Nguyen
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Revisiting Yellow Fever Culture w/Kaila Yu
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Sports Chatter, Thai Identity, Filmmaking, and Grief in a Nutshell w/Jon Hill
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Building the Legacy of Asia on Argyle w/Hac Tran & Jennifer "Nuky" Pham
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Examining the Many Facets of The Evolving Vietnamese Narrative w/ Kenneth Nguyen
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Have We Reached The End of Celebrity Stanning Culture? w/Tranna Wintour
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: How Chicago's Chinatown Is Responding to the ICE Raids and SNAP Benefits Crisis?
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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A Daughter's Quest: Unearthing Cambodian Identity & History w/ Dorothy Chow
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Bonus Episode: My Reflections on ICE, Chicago, and the Impact of Living in Asia
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Stop Shrinking Yourself: The Work of Liberation Post-Divorce w/Nisha Mody
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: How the Chicago Vietnamese Community is Responding to ICE Raids and the SNAP Crisis
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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The Work is Werk: Women of Color, Toxicity, and the Fight to Survive w/Joi Louviere
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: Forgive Me, Father, For I Have Protested: A Queen Wants No King
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Redefining My Asian American Adoptee Experience and Place in the Podcasting World w/Patrick Armstrong
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: Reporting on the Front Line of the ICE Raids in Chicago w/Francia Garcia Hernandez
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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The First Steps to Community Organizing (Even If You're a Beginner) w/Aaron Yin
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: How Chicago Is Responding to ICE Raids w/Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Content, Community, and Algorithms w/ Johnathan Gibbs
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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EMERGENCY MINISODE: Protecting Yourself From Tear Gas & Other Chemical Weapons
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: What Chicago Immigrant Attorneys Are Facing Right Now
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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The Expat Life: Living in Oman, Co-Founding 'I Luv 2 Globe Trot,' & Finding Home Abroad w/ Nicole Brewer
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: ICE Raids and Protest Safety in Chicago
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Bora Chung on Fiction as a Foreshadow On Her Latest Book, "The Midnight Timetable"
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Living In Our Bonus Years w/Jung Han (Bonus Episode)
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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(EP 120) Courage to Speak Out w/Michelle Kim
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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(EP 116) Is There Hope for DEI? w/Tony DelaRosa
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Understanding the US Political Chaos w/ Ed Do (EP 117)
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Celebrating Vietnamese Culture w/the Creator behind Pho Da Culture
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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F--K the Broken Tongue, I'm Learning: Journey to Learning Vietnamese
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Return of The Banh Mi Chronicles Podcast
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Closing Time w/Kenneth Nguyen
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Archiving Our Stories w/Tola Livesey
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Art as a Disrupter w/Anida Yoeu Ali
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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A Man of Two Faces w/Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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What the Possibilities Can Bring w/Alec Phan
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Music as a Journey - Dolly Ave
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Queerness and Ma w/Putsata Reang
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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The Layers of DEI w/Rahimeh Ramezany
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Drag is Beautiful w/ Kahmora Hall
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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An Introspective Take As a 40+ Yr Chicago News Anchor w/ Linda Yu
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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VietFive w/Tuan Huynh
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Art to Serve Justice w/Ginger Leopoldo
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Poetic Takes on Heroes and Villains w/guest host Dr. Joshua Nguyen and guest Susan Nguyen
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Diving In w/ host Tony Ho Tran and guest Lan Samantha Chang
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Recovery in Progress w/Ko Chandetka
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Dust Child w/Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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The Veil Between Two Worlds w/ host Amy M Le & guest Christina Vo
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Foreign Bodies w/guest Fiza Pirani & host Nisha Mody
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Punk and Recovery w/ Darro
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Dear White Women w/Misasha Suzuki Graham & Sara Blanchard
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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Somewhere Sisters by Erika Hayasaki
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Reclaiming Your Courage w/Leslie Lew
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Dating, Nonprofits, and Oxford Commas w/Vu Le
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Season 8 Premiere
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Podcast Roundtable w/ Kenneth Nguyen from The Vietnamese Podcast & Tracey Nguyen Mang w/Vietnamese Boat People Podcast
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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Season 7 Closing Remarks
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Jul 30, 2022 |
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Uniquely American w/ Nidhi Shastri
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Making People Matter: A Talk on Black and Asian Solidarity
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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Creating My Abundance w/ Marpheen Chann
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Replenishing Ourselves w/ Soultree
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Making Way for the Khmer Renaissance w/ Sotheara Lim
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May 29, 2022 |
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ReClaiming my Narrative w/ Noor Hindi
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May 15, 2022 |
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Whatever It Takes w/ Ju Hong
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May 01, 2022 |
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Season 7 Opener: Unapologetically #VeryAsian w/ Michelle Li
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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The Remembrance & Advocacy for Christian Hall
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Exclusive Re-Release: Video Interview w/ TRACE (January 2021)
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Exclusive Re-Release: Video Interview w/ Phuc Tran (December 2020)
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Exclusive Re-Release: Video Interview w/ Joshua Nguyen (July 2021)
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Exclusive Re-Release: Video Interview w/ MILCK (August 2020)
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Season 6 Finale & Going On Extended Hiatus!!!
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Decapitalizing Wellness w/ Nisha Mody
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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Nursing Myself to Strength w/ Vi Son Trinh
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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House of Sticks w/ Ly Ky Tran
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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Forgiving Is The First Step - Rose Khun
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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It Starts In The Classroom - Virginia Nguyen & Stacy Yung
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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What Yuri Taught Me w/ Akemi Kochiyama
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Sep 12, 2021 |
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Things We Lost To The Water -- Eric Nguyen
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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In The Face of Resistance w/ Andy Marra
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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Season 5 Closeout / Season 6 Preview "Unfinished Business"
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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Journey to Come Clean w/ Joshua Nguyen
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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To Create The Love We Deserve w/ Steven Wakabayashi
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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Remembering Anthony Veasna So w/ Alex Torres
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Channeling Our Intergenerational Resilience w/ Danielle Tanimura
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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Telling Our Stories Our Own Way w / Vichet Chum
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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Unapologetically Liberating w/ Ishani Chokshi
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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Honoring My Blasian Identity and Going Further w/ Rohan Zhou Lee
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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To Give and Receive Care w/ Hunny Hach
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Making Movements to Honor Us w/ Helen Zia
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Trans Divinity w/ Alex Jenny
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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Don't Just Stand There! w/ Kevin Stea
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May 30, 2021 |
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Season 5 Trailer: "Our Becoming: An LGBTQ Asian Experience Edition"
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May 23, 2021 |
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Revisiting "Sigh, Gone" w/ Phuc Tran
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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Life and Transition of Community Organizing w/ Steve Moon
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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Setting the Stage for Equity & Inclusion w/ Emjoy Gavino
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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Sometimes It Snows... w/ Amy M. Le
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Uncovering to Recovering w/ Rebecca and Phillip Ozaki
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Unapologetically Lao'd w/ Catzie Villayphonh
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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A Community to Heal With w/ Sovanna Devin Pouv
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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Chicago's White Supremacy w/ Odette Yousef
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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Fighting Anti-Asian and Water Injustice w/ Josina Morita
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Across the Front Lines w/ Kalaya'an Mendoza
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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To Forgive Myself w/ Loung Ung
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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Cool Woman w/ TRACE
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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Season 4 Trailer
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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Season 3 "Where Do We Stand" Closing Remarks
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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If I Am to Rule, Then May I Submit to Love w/ MILCK
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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Destination: Queer Asian w/ Maya Reddy
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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Organizing with the Fam w / Kristina Tendilla
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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Serving the Mission w/ Rep. Chris Chyung
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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It's Our Time Now w/ Suely Saro Ed.D
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Sep 20, 2020 |
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Organizing Through Teaching w/ Jianan Shi
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Documenting My Dream w/ Dr. Tereza Lee
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Sep 06, 2020 |
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Re-Imagining Equity in the Workplace w/ Michelle Kim
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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Uncovering Minor Feelings w/ Cathy Park Hong
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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The Work to Liberate w/ Anoop Prasad
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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Surviving to Educate w/ Annie Tan
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Season 3 Theme "Where Do We Stand?"
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Aug 02, 2020 |
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Season 2 "1975" Finale
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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Where Do We Go From Here? w/ Viet Thanh Nguyen
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May 31, 2020 |
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Building My New Normal Pt 2 w/ Sina Sam
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May 24, 2020 |
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Building My New Normal Pt. 1 w/ Sina Sam
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May 17, 2020 |
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I Am A Refugenius w/ Saymoukda Vongsay
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May 10, 2020 |
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No Longer Strangers to Each Other w / Sambath Meas
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May 03, 2020 |
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Processing the "In-Between": My Hmong-American Journey w/ Kevin Yang
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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Music to Keep Me Going w/ Punisa Pov
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Apr 19, 2020 |
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Discovering My Voice and Its Impact w/ Khemarey Khoeun
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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I Took A DNA Test And It Turns Out... w/ Tony Ho Tran
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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Cambodian Roots of the American Deep South w / Simone Cottrell
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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Scars and Stripes w/ Silong Chhun
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Mar 22, 2020 |
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Sioux Falls to Denver: Rolling Up My Sleeve w/ Tung Nguyen
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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CORONAVIRUS INTERRUPTED
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Understanding My Journey and Fight w/ Vân Huynh
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Mar 08, 2020 |
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Laughter Is Our Survival w/ Hella Chluy
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Writing the Vietnamese-American Journey w/ Thanhha Lai
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Feb 23, 2020 |
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"1975" - 2nd Season Preview Trailer
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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Season 1: It's A Wrap!
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Jan 12, 2020 |
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Storytelling: Recording Our History in Action w/ Dr. Ada Cheng
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Jan 05, 2020 |
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Celebrating Resiliency Through Music w/ SuperKnova
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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The Layers of Community Organizing w/ Brandon Lee
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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Breaking Banh Mi and Pouring Nuoc Mam w/ Huy Nguyen and Mickael Van Pham
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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Wearing the Hats of Intersectional Identities, Activism.....And Basketball Love w/ Joy Messinger
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Dec 08, 2019 |
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Revisiting Childhood Memories from a 2nd Generation Vietnamese American Lens w/ Jenn Ho from Lawrence & Argyle
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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Inside the Political Activism Trenches w/ Loreen Targos
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Nov 24, 2019 |
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Chicago Uptown--a Refuge for Southeast Asian folks, 2nd Gen Transition, and Gentrification w/ Hac Tran
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Nov 17, 2019 |
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Discovering and Nurturing Our Khmer-American Roots w/ Sok Theary Nak and Lyk Yoeun
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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Carrying a "Handful of Sand" with Anu Bhatt
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Oct 27, 2019 |
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Processing Loss & Living w/ Joanna Leynes
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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Navigating Love and Care through Music and for Our Loved Ones w/ Etzkorn Lewis Wong
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Oct 13, 2019 |
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Intro to The Bánh Mì Chronicles Podcast
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Oct 05, 2019 |