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508 - Why Did He Leave His Perfect American Life For Vietnam? - Dao from Third Culture
Jun 24, 2026
58m 03s
507 - Why Vietnamese Folklore Is Secretly A Gory Horror Story? - Kim Tran
Jun 22, 2026
1h 00m 34s
506 - How Did Autism Become His Superpower? - Julian Doan
Jun 19, 2026
48m 04s
505 - Is Gatekeeping Destroying The Vietnamese Community Right Now? - Jason Phuc Huu Nguyen
Jun 16, 2026
23m 11s
504 - Why Did Vietnam’s Billionaires Study In Europe, Not America? - Thuy Duong
Jun 12, 2026
53m 06s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 | 508 - Why Did He Leave His Perfect American Life For Vietnam? - Dao from Third Culture | In this episode, Ken sits down for a conversation with Dao, the visionary founder of Third Culture Vietnam. Dao opens up about a massive psychological crossroads: despite achieving every standard marker of the Western dream—building a lucrative career and buying a home in California—he was completely hollow inside.In a desperate bid for a hard reset, Dao left everything behind to move to Saigon in late 2022. Now, four years later in June 2026, he details his profound internal evolution. He discusses how Vietnam physically and spiritually "released" a heavy ancestral weight from his shoulders, the delicate realities of marrying a local Vietnamese national, and the necessity of dismantling inherited patriarchal loops as he steps into first-time fatherhood. Dao and Kenneth also dive deep into the mechanics of his highly exclusive, 12-person Heritage Tours, explaining the strict cross-cultural vetting systems required to preserve safe spaces for diaspora trauma healing.Inside this masterclass on identity reclamation and emotional mechanics:The Correct Enunciation: How reclaiming the native pronunciation of his full name (Nguyễn Xuân Đạo, meaning the path of Buddha) unlocked a quiet, localized confidence.The "Passport" Delusion: A blunt critique of Western expat entitlement and why modern, independent Vietnamese women completely reject traditional Western patriarchal tropes.The Second-Year Wall: The abrupt economic reality checks that hit Việt Kiều transplants once their initial one-year honeymoon savings completely burn out.Healing the Father Figure: Dao's path to forgiving an absent, survival-driven father, and how his generation is utilizing mental health resources to actively break systemic trauma.The "Wife First" Principle: Kenneth delivers a devastatingly honest piece of co-parenting and marital advice based on his own personal failures, shifting priority from the newborn directly back to the mother.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Many of you still have the chance to record and preserve the legacies of your own families. I’ve sat with families now for interview sessions to record the rich histories of parents and explore the lives of the generations that preceded them. Don’t let your family stories go untold! Take a moment to reach out and together we will bring out your family’s story on a recorded journey. - Kenneth NguyenVisit https://www.vietnamstorybank.com/ today for more information!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | 58m 03s | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | 507 - Why Vietnamese Folklore Is Secretly A Gory Horror Story? - Kim Tran | In this episode, Ken sits down with Kim Tran, the brilliant bilingual founder of Coral Books (Vietnam) and Major Books (UK). Operating from London, Kim is executing a highly strategic literary mission: while Coral Books translates deep world literature into Vietnamese, Major Books does the opposite—introducing the fierce, complex, and unpolished soul of Vietnamese literature to the English-speaking world.Kim traces her profound internal evolution, moving from a self-described phase of corporate "Western-worship" as a teenager in 2000s Hanoi to a sharp awakening at University College London (UCL), where she realized that her own internalized bias contributed to the complete invisibility of Southeast Asian voices in global academia. She and Kenneth address the brutal economic realities of independent publishing in 2026, the toxic illusion of "perfect" translation, and why she explicitly refused to water down the gory, visceral horror elements of the June 2026 US release of Treasury of Vietnamese Folktales.Inside this deep dive into literary theory and cultural preservation:The Colonial Trickle-Down: Kenneth opens up about how his father's elite French education forced an inherited contempt for native Vietnamese literature—and how this podcast works to heal that scar.The 1-Percent Margin: A raw, transparent breakdown of the punishing financial mechanics behind independent publishing and why it remains a game of absolute scale.The Magic of Nguyễn Đổng Chi: Unpacking the legendary 1920s folklorist who spent his entire life manually tracking over 200 stories across regions, drawing comparative structural lines to Western tropes like Cinderella long before search engines existed.Censorship vs. Literary Merit: How prominent contemporary writers inside Vietnam navigate internal frameworks while continuing to produce bold, enigmatic prose.The Carnegie Edge: Highlighting the magnificent visual design of illustrator Duy Thanh, the first Vietnamese artist to win the prestigious Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration, utilizing lacquer painting and conch inlay styles.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Many of you still have the chance to record and preserve the legacies of your own families. I’ve sat with families now for interview sessions to record the rich histories of parents and explore the lives of the generations that preceded them. Don’t let your family stories go untold! Take a moment to reach out and together we will bring out your family’s story on a recorded journey. - Kenneth NguyenVisit https://www.vietnamstorybank.com/ today for more information!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | 1h 00m 34s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | 506 - How Did Autism Become His Superpower? - Julian Doan | In this episode of The Vietnamese Podcast, host Ken sits down for a conversation with Julian Doan, a high-impact life strategist, influencer, and top-tier business coach whose rapid-fire personal development clips have captured the attention of mainstream creators across Instagram.Julian shares his remarkable story of navigating a high-friction childhood in Riverside, California, where he faced intense isolation, severe bullying, and a late-in-life diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (Level 1) and ADD. He pulls back the curtain on the rigid, survival-based conditioning of the post-1975 immigrant household and details how his unique neurodivergent wiring allowed him to reverse-engineer human behavioral dynamics like an operating system. From stepping onto a Greyhound bus to Houston with just four outfits to generating $10,000 a month at age 24, Julian breaks down the raw mechanics of modern landmark transformations, the dark underside of corporate network circles, and why human beings must stop checking the scoreboard to focus entirely on who they are being.Inside this masterclass on identity engineering and structural healing:The CLIFF Notes of Humanity: How Julian leveraged severe autism-driven pattern recognition to study, unpack, and master social subtexts that most people execute subconsciously.The FUBU Incident of 2005: A raw, eye-opening story about localized urban trends, cultural misinterpretation, and the violent boundaries of childhood inclusion.The Landmark Form Grid: Kenneth and Julian find sudden, profound alignment over their shared, private history navigating elite, high-intensity transformational seminars like Lifespring, Est, and Landmark.The Christmas Ultimatum: The heartbreaking moment Julian chose to leave his family’s expectations behind to test his psychological frameworks 1,500 miles away in a completely blank market.The Inner Circle Heartbreak: Discovering the hyper-compromised moral architecture of prominent public speakers, and how that trauma forced Julian out of multi-level marketing into pure behavioral training.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Many of you still have the chance to record and preserve the legacies of your own families. I’ve sat with families now for interview sessions to record the rich histories of parents and explore the lives of the generations that preceded them. Don’t let your family stories go untold! Take a moment to reach out and together we will bring out your family’s story on a recorded journey. - Kenneth NguyenVisit https://www.vietnamstorybank.com/ today for more information!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | 48m 04s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | 505 - Is Gatekeeping Destroying The Vietnamese Community Right Now? - Jason Phuc Huu Nguyen | In this episode, Ken sits down with Jason, the creative storyteller and visionary architect behind the rising brand Nguyen Dynasty.Jason pulls back the curtain on the grueling reality of juggling a nine-to-five corporate life while editing modern video content. He shares the staggering narrative behind his recent viral video documenting the Bao Han and Tee wedding event (Saigon Bon Bon), which blindsided the community and thrust him into the spotlight of elite creators. From using backlog footage to cope with acute "post-trip depression" to tackling the deeply ingrained, competitive trauma of gatekeeping within minority spaces, this dialogue explores the raw mechanics of creative healing, the necessity of building an active story bank, and why true artists drop the gate to elevate their collective peers.Inside this high-vibrational conversation on legacy and community design:The Post-Trip Reset: How Jason strategicly recycles raw B-roll archives from Ninh Bình to process the emotional hangover of leaving Vietnam.The Saigon Bon Bon Phenomenon: The inside scoop on how a nervous invitation from Johnny at VietQ Media led to a piece of accidental, high-impact emotional journalism.The Legacy Comparison: Kenneth tracks the massive collaborative footprint left by foundational platforms like Thùy Minh’s Have a Sip and Ken Nguyen's Poison the Pond.The Ingredient Metaphor: A brilliant breakdown of why sharing raw connections doesn't matter, because two people with the same salt and pepper will never cook the same sauce.The Regal/AMC Confession: Kenneth opens up about a massive mistake he made fifteen years ago gatekeeping Hollywood theatrical distribution lines, and the long-term price he paid for it.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Many of you still have the chance to record and preserve the legacies of your own families. I’ve sat with families now for interview sessions to record the rich histories of parents and explore the lives of the generations that preceded them. Don’t let your family stories go untold! Take a moment to reach out and together we will bring out your family’s story on a recorded journey. - Kenneth NguyenVisit https://www.vietnamstorybank.com/ today for more information!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | 23m 11s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | 504 - Why Did Vietnam’s Billionaires Study In Europe, Not America? - Thuy Duong✨ | Vietnamese diasporamigration patterns+5 | Thuy Duong | VietcastVinGroup+1 | Czech RepublicVietnam+4 | VietnamCzech Republic+8 | — | 53m 06s | |
| 6/9/26 | 503 - Will AI Actually Erase Real Action Stars By The End Of This Decade? - Brian Le✨ | action cinemamartial arts+3 | Brian Le | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsEverything Everywhere All At Once+1 | — | action starsCGI+3 | — | 33m 28s | |
| 6/2/26 | 502 - Does Staying "Politically Correct" Ruin Your Relationship With Your Elders? - Van Tran Nguyen✨ | political correctnessintergenerational relationships+4 | Van Tran Nguyen | The Mother Lode | VietnamSaigon+2 | politically correctrelationship with elders+5 | — | 1h 00m 26s | |
| 5/29/26 | 501 - Why Did An Underground Vietnamese Rapper Leave Saigon To Start Over In California? - Cam✨ | Vietnamese underground rapimmigrant experience+4 | Cam | Wu-Tang ClanTrong Veo | SaigonCalifornia+3 | Vietnamese rapCam+7 | — | 52m 07s | |
| 5/26/26 | 500 - P2 AMA - Is Modern Vietnamese Writing the Colonizer’s Alphabet? Viet Origins w Prof. John Phan✨ | Vietnamese writingliteracy+4 | John Phan | Columbia UniversityQuốc Ngữ+2 | — | Quốc Ngữliteracy+6 | — | 54m 14s | |
| 5/23/26 | 499 - Who Is The First Vietnamese Woman Mayor of the United States? - Helena Tran✨ | politicslocal governance+4 | Helen Tran | — | San BernardinoCambodia+2 | Vietnamese Americanmayor+5 | — | 42m 42s | |
| 5/10/26 | 498 - What Happens To Your Mental Health When You Stop Chasing The Destination? - Thalia Tran✨ | mental healthchild acting+4 | Thalia Tran | NetflixAvatar: The Last Airbender | — | mental healthchild actor+8 | — | 49m 25s | |
| 5/8/26 | 497 - Can An Independent Vietnamese-American Actually Win A Seat In Congress? - Nina Linh✨ | politicsindependence+5 | Nina Linh | — | CaliforniaCalifornia’s 40th Congressional District+1 | Vietnamese-Americanindependent candidate+6 | — | 42m 55s | |
| 5/6/26 | 496 - How Can Vietnamese Accents Affect Beatboxing? - Trung Bao✨ | beatboxingVietnamese accents+4 | Trung Bao | Vietnam Story Bank | — | Vietnamese accentsbeatboxing+4 | — | 59m 30s | |
| 5/3/26 | 495 - Is The British-Vietnamese Creative Scene About To Explode? - Tuyen Do✨ | British-Vietnamese creative scenefamily stories+3 | Tuyen Do | Summer RoseThe Matriarch | UKGermany+1 | Vietnamesecreative scene+7 | — | 1h 03m 34s | |
| 5/1/26 | 494 - Is Vietnamese Food In The US Stuck In The 70’s? - Duyen Ha✨ | Vietnamese foodculinary evolution+4 | Duyen Ha | Top ChefChopped+1 | — | Vietnamese cuisinefood culture+5 | — | 1h 01m 37s | |
| 4/29/26 | 493 - What Is There To Hate About The Vietnamese Culture? - Kavi Vu✨ | Vietnamese cultureidentity+4 | Kavi Vu | TikTok | Buôn Ma ThuộtAtlanta | Vietnamese cultureKavi Vu+6 | — | 1h 05m 59s | |
| 4/25/26 | 492 - Who really took the "Napalm Girl" photo? - Carl Robinson✨ | photojournalismVietnam War+4 | Carl Robinson | Associated PressThe Stringer | VietnamSaigon | Napalm GirlCarl Robinson+7 | — | 1h 01m 33s | |
| 4/23/26 | 491 - How Much Of Yourself Can You Be In Music? - Bobo.Xx✨ | identity in musicartistic evolution+4 | Bobo | Haifi | Bay AreaLA+3 | Bobomusic identity+5 | — | 46m 02s | |
| 4/21/26 | 490 - Why Is A Ginger So Into The Vietnamese Culture? - Phúc Mập & @littlesaigon.official✨ | Vietnamese diasporalanguage learning+5 | Phúc MậpChris | Little Saigon Official | — | Vietnamese culturelanguage shame+5 | — | 52m 54s | |
| 4/16/26 | 489 - Why "Saigon Bonbon" Could Be Our Cultural Export of 2026? - Saigon Bonbon: Tee Tran, Bao Han, Michael Le✨ | cultural brandingVietnamese resilience+4 | Tee TranBao Han+1 | Saigon BonbonParis by Night | MontrealVietnamese | Saigon Bonboncultural export+5 | — | 54m 10s | |
| 4/14/26 | 488 - Is "Y Van" More Than Just a Movie? - Khoa Ha✨ | documentary filmmakingVietnamese music history+3 | Khoa Ha | YVAN: The Lost Sounds of SaigonInstagram | SaigonAtlanta+3 | Y VânKhoa Ha+5 | — | 47m 56s | |
| 4/11/26 | 487 - Can You Be Funny Without Being Bullied As A Kid? - Tree Vo✨ | Vietlish identitytrauma-to-comedy pipeline+4 | Tree Vo | ChatGPTSilicon Valley+1 | Huế | Vietnamese identitycomedy+6 | — | 47m 39s | |
| 4/6/26 | 486 - How Does Self Love and Patriarchy Work Together? Mia from Việt Boss Babe✨ | self lovepatriarchy+4 | — | Viet Boss BabeThe Vietnamese Podcast | — | self lovepatriarchy+5 | — | 48m 36s | |
| 4/1/26 | 485 - What Does It Take To Be A Good Comedian? - Will Pepper✨ | comedyintergenerational trauma+4 | Will Pepper | Cobb’s Comedy ClubUncle Roger | — | comedyWill Pepper+5 | — | 58m 06s | |
| 3/27/26 | 484 - How Is Space Travel Important? - Kevin Quach✨ | space travelaerospace engineering+5 | Kevin Quach | Blue OriginSikorsky+1 | Atlanta, GeorgiaOrlando, Florida+1 | space travelaerospace engineer+6 | — | 1h 22m 03s | |
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