Episodios

  • My family fled Vietnam, now I might go back

    My family fled Vietnam, now I might go back
    Nov 28 2017
    What would it take to pack up your life and move to a new country? It’s a question Thanh Tan’s parents didn’t have the luxury of asking when they fled...
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    22 m
  • My family escaped Vietnam. Others in their boat were not so lucky

    My family escaped Vietnam. Others in their boat were not so lucky
    Nov 14 2017
    I was 6 or 7 years old. And I didn’t want to go to swimming lessons at the YMCA. Like, I really didn’t want to go.
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    29 m
  • Why you'll see the South Vietnamese flag flying in Seattle

    Why you'll see the South Vietnamese flag flying in Seattle
    Oct 31 2017
    I grew up in the United States. Like any all-American kid, I said the Pledge of Allegiance, celebrated the Fourth of July and saluted the American flag....
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    24 m
  • Pho

    Pho
    Oct 17 2017
    When Thanh Tan was growing up, pho wasn’t cool. Now, it’s an “it” dish and taking on a life of its own as more Americans eat and serve it.
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    20 m
  • The Beauty Pageant

    The Beauty Pageant
    Oct 3 2017
    What makes the “ideal” Vietnamese-American woman? In the latest episode of our new podcast Second Wave, Thanh Tan finds herself confronting that question after she is invited to judge a local Vietnamese beauty pageant.
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    24 m
  • Good guys, bad guys

    Good guys, bad guys
    Sep 19 2017
    Ken Burns and Lynn Novick join Thanh Tan, host of our new podcast Second Wave , to discuss the new documentary, "The Vietnam War."
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    27 m
  • Viet kieu

    Viet kieu
    Sep 5 2017
    Ever realize there is more to your family's past than you've been told? Welcome to Second Wave, an American story that begins in Vietnam.
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    19 m
  • Preview: Second Wave

    Preview: Second Wave
    Sep 1 2017
    Hear what's in store for season one of Second Wave, an American story that begins in Vietnam. The new podcast from KUOW and PRX debuts September 5, 2017.
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    3 m