Growing Up Nguyen

Oct 10 2024 13 ep. 29 mins 9

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A story of 4 siblings holding onto our identity while fulfilling our parents' dreams: the blessings and challenges of being Nguyễn in America.

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Bonus Episode: Ngày Về Của Bố

Oct 10 2024 33 mins

Bonus Episode, Vietnamese Boat People Podcast: Episode #51 Ngày Về Của Bố Siblings Hương, Karin Hạnh, Hedda Hiếu, and Benjamin Hoàng Nguyễn grew up together in the San Francisco Bay Area in a boisterous Vietnamese American family. In 2019, their father, Nguyễn Khánh Hưng, a first-generation immigrant from Việt Nam, passed away. To pay tribute to their father,

Book 2, Chapter 4: Nguyen It Comes To Speaking Vietnamese

Dec 31 2021 31 mins

Do you speak another language? Tune into Huong, Karin Hanh, Hedda Hieu, and Benjamin Hoang as they discuss the blessings and challenges of a heritage language and whether it's worthwhile.

Book 2, Chapter 3: Nguyen It Comes To Race

Dec 31 2021 26 mins

Dissecting a term like racialization isn't easy but we get into it this episode! Huong, Karin Hanh, Hedda Hieu, and Benjamin Hoang share how our Vietnamese-American identity affects what people believe about us and what it means for the stories we tell ourselves.

Book 2, Chapter 2: Nguyen It Comes To Love

Dec 31 2021 21 mins

How do you know you're loved? Huong, Karin Hanh, Hedda Hieu, and Benjamin Hoang talk about what expressions and feelings of love mean and why this quiz can help you better connect with others.

Book 2, Chapter 1: Nguyen It Continues

Dec 31 2021 25 mins

While honoring the two year anniversary of their Bo's (father) passing, Huong, Hanh, Hieu, and Hoang have a discussion on grief and their different processes of moving forward.

Chapter 8: Nguyen it Ends

Oct 09 2020 43 mins

We’ve talked about what it’s meant for us to be Vietnamese-American throughout several chapters. For this final chapter, we talk about customs and traditions and how we blended several to create and carry out a uniquely Vietnamese-American ceremony--the funeral for Bo, our dad.

Chapter 7: Nguyen in Vietnam Pt 2

Oct 03 2020 29 mins

12 years later… Hieu and Hoang visited Vietnam! They traveled from North to South Vietnam while riding a moped, dabbling in snorkeling, and even meeting unknown family members. This chapter, they share what it was like for them, years later after Huong and Hanh’s trip, to come face to face with being Vietnamese-American in Vietnam.

Chapter 6: Nguyen in Vietnam

Sep 26 2020 23 mins

Our first trip to Vietnam! And the first time meeting our paternal cousins... Well, for three of the crew, at least. From a wedding to the sand dunes, it was quite the journey. Listen in on today’s chapter to hear more about Huong and Hanh’s experiences on the other side of the Pacific Ocean and what it felt like to come face to face with being Vietnamese-American in Vietnam.

Chapter 5: Nguyen in America

Sep 19 2020 34 mins

This chapter, we got some confessions. But our real-life confrontations and conversations don’t need to be a secret! In today’s release, we delve into what our experiences have been like growing up Vietnamese in America.

Chapter 4: Nguyen Enough

Sep 12 2020 21 mins

You’ve probably felt out of place and awkward before. We’ve definitely felt the same, and especially when people have made a point of the things that make us stand out as Vietnamese-American. This chapter, we share stories and memories of those times we didn’t feel “Nguyen” enough.