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VietFive w/Tuan Huynh
April 22, 2023

VietFive w/Tuan Huynh

(S8 Finale) Check out my interview with Tuan Huynh, founder of VietFive Coffee which is the featured sponsor of the 8th season of the podcast. Bio: Tuan Huynh, founder of VietFive Coffee, is also an award-winning Creative Dir...

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Art to Serve Justice w/Ginger Leopoldo
April 16, 2023

Art to Serve Justice w/Ginger Leopoldo

(S8, EP 12) Meet Ginger Leopoldo, Executive Director of Circa Pintig, sponsor of the 8th season of The Banh Mi Chronicles, and learn about Circa Pintig's work in Chicago. Bio: Ginger Leopoldo is an educator, actor, director, ...

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Poetic Takes on Heroes and Villains w/guest host Dr. Joshua Nguyen and guest Susan Nguyen
April 9, 2023

Poetic Takes on Heroes and Villains w/guest host Dr. Joshua Nguyen an…

(S8, EP 11): On this week's episode, I invited past guest and poet Dr. Joshua Nguyen to be a special guest host. He interviewed Susan Nguyen, author of her poetry collection, "Dear Diaspora" about heroes and villains during t...

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Diving In w/ host Tony Ho Tran and guest Lan Samantha Chang
April 2, 2023

Diving In w/ host Tony Ho Tran and guest Lan Samantha Chang

(S8, EP 10): For this week's episode, former guest Tony Ho Tran takes my place as a special guest host, and interviews Lan Samantha Chang, author of her latest novel, "The Family Chao". Bio: Lan Samantha Chang’s new novel, Th...

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Recovery in Progress w/Ko Chandetka
March 26, 2023

Recovery in Progress w/Ko Chandetka

(S8, EP 9) For this week, I invited Ko Chandetka, an award-winning body builder to the show. We talked about his family’s resettlement in Elgin, IL after the Lao Civil War, his development as a body builder, and his recovery...

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Dust Child w/Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
March 19, 2023

Dust Child w/Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

(S8, EP 8) For this week's episode, I am honored to bring in critically-acclaimed and best-selling author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai as a guest. We discussed her latest book, "Dust Child", and the issues surrounding AmerAsians who ...

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The Veil Between Two Worlds w/ host Amy M Le & guest Christina Vo
March 12, 2023

The Veil Between Two Worlds w/ host Amy M Le & guest Christina Vo

(S8, EP 7) For this week's episode, my good friend Amy M. Le who has appeared in two of my episodes is back again on the podcast, this time as a guest host as she interviews our friend and writer, …

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Foreign Bodies w/guest Fiza Pirani & host Nisha Mody
March 5, 2023

Foreign Bodies w/guest Fiza Pirani & host Nisha Mody

(S8, EP 6) For this week's episode, Nisha Mody steps in as guest host, and chats with Fiza Pirani, the founder of Foreign Bodies, an award-winning newsletter on immigrant mental health. Hear them discuss the meaning of immig...

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Punk and Recovery w/ Darro
Feb. 26, 2023

Punk and Recovery w/ Darro

Trigger Warning: Medical Scare (S8, EP 5) Meet Darro Chea, a Khmer American emo pop-punk artist originally from Brooklyn, NY. Hear his story about what got him into music, and his survival from a threatening brain tumor a f...

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Dear White Women w/Misasha Suzuki Graham & Sara Blanchard
Feb. 18, 2023

Dear White Women w/Misasha Suzuki Graham & Sara Blanchard

S8, EP 4: Sara Blanchard and Misasha Suzuki Graham, co-hosts of the Dear White Women Podcast join me for this week's episode as we talk about the genesis of putting together their podcast, what unlearning white supremacy and...

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Somewhere Sisters by Erika Hayasaki
Feb. 11, 2023

Somewhere Sisters by Erika Hayasaki

(S8, EP3) Check out this episode w/author, journalist, and educator Erika Hayasaki who recently released her book, "Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family". We talked about the release of...

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Reclaiming Your Courage w/Leslie Lew
Jan. 29, 2023

Reclaiming Your Courage w/Leslie Lew

TW/CW: Mentions of Anti-Asian hate, sexual violence, and gaslighting (S8, EP 2) Leslie Lew joins me for this week's episode as she talks about her work as a trauma-informed self-defense coach and what it means to break down ...

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Dating, Nonprofits, and Oxford Commas w/Vu Le
Jan. 22, 2023

Dating, Nonprofits, and Oxford Commas w/Vu Le

On Season 8's first episode, I interviewed leading nonprofit commentator, Vu Le about the issues concerning philanthropy, and why it's deeply flawed and rooted in white supremacy. We chatted about what it's like to date a no...

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Season 8 Premiere
Jan. 15, 2023

Season 8 Premiere

Thank you for your patience as I am finally back from my months-long hiatus. Learn what's in store for Season 8. Enjoy the ride with new episodes each week! Sponsored by: VietFive Coffee: Start your day right with VietFive ...

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Bonus Episode: Podcast Roundtable w/ Kenneth Nguyen from The Vietnamese Podcast & Tracey Nguyen Mang w/Vietnamese Boat People Podcast
Oct. 29, 2022

Bonus Episode: Podcast Roundtable w/ Kenneth Nguyen from The Vietname…

BONUS EPISODE: So I'm back for a moment with a new shared episode w/ Kenneth Nguyen from The Vietnamese Podcast and Tracey Nguyen Mang from The Vietnamese Boat People Podcast. We discussed our experiences as podcasters from ...

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Season 7 Closing Remarks
July 30, 2022

Season 7 Closing Remarks

Season 7's "reClaim" is over and I'm here to share my closing remarks about the season. Many thanks to the following guests of Season 7: Michelle Li, Ju Hong, Noor Hindi, Sotheara Lim, Soultree Camba, Marpheen Chann, Consuel...

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Uniquely American w/ Nidhi Shastri
July 24, 2022

Uniquely American w/ Nidhi Shastri

As Season 7 is about to soon wrap up, Nidhi Shastri rounds up this Season 7 guest lineup. Nidhi is the founder and producer of her podcast, "Model Minority: Uniquely American". She is a South Asian American based in Chicago...

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Making People Matter: A Talk on Black and Asian Solidarity
July 10, 2022

Making People Matter: A Talk on Black and Asian Solidarity

(S7, EP 6): For this episode, I invited both Consuela Hendricks and Angela Lin, co-presidents of People Matter, a community-based organization whose mission is to uplift, unearth, and untether people in different communities ...

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Creating My Abundance w/ Marpheen Chann
June 26, 2022

Creating My Abundance w/ Marpheen Chann

TW: Discussions of intergenerational & adoptee trauma (S7, EP 5) Marpheen Chann joined me for this week's episode. He's a queer Khmer American community advocate and now an author of his new memoir. We spent time talking abou...

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Replenishing Ourselves w/ Soultree
June 12, 2022

Replenishing Ourselves w/ Soultree

(S7, EP 4) Soultree Camba (they/them), Filipinx Marshallese American artist, creator, and longtime friend joined me for this week's episode. They shared their experience transition from immigrant organizing to healing and art...

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Making Way for the Khmer Renaissance w/ Sotheara Lim
May 29, 2022

Making Way for the Khmer Renaissance w/ Sotheara Lim

(S7, EP 3) Sotheara Lim, founder of Khmer Renaissance which is a community-driven Instagram platform that celebrates the Khmer identity and experience, talked about what led him to create his digital platform. We discussed h...

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ReClaiming my Narrative w/ Noor Hindi
May 15, 2022

ReClaiming my Narrative w/ Noor Hindi

TW: Mentions of Palestinian & state-sanctioned violence / Covid Trauma regarding evictions -- (S7, E2) Noor Hindi (she/her/hers) stopped by for this week's episode back in April as she is preparing for the release of her debu...

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Whatever It Takes w/ Ju Hong
May 1, 2022

Whatever It Takes w/ Ju Hong

TW / CW: Discussions of Undocumented Immigrant Trauma (S7, EP 1) To kick things off, Ju Hong joined me for this season 7 official 1st episode as he shared his experiences in immigration activism as an undocumented Asian immig...

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Season 7 Opener: Unapologetically #VeryAsian w/ Michelle Li
April 24, 2022

Season 7 Opener: Unapologetically #VeryAsian w/ Michelle Li

(Season 7 Opener): After being (mostly) away for 6 months since my last season, I am back and set to kick off Season 7 with a new lineup, new stories, and a new theme called, "reClaim." reClaim. is about documenting …

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