Podcast
Second Wave
Hosted by KUOW News and Information · ENGLISH
Second Wave, a new podcast from KUOW and PRX, explores the Vietnamese-American refugee experience.
8episodes
Episodes
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My family fled Vietnam, now I might go back
Nov 28, 201700:21:57Tap to summarizeWhat 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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My family escaped Vietnam. Others in their boat were not so lucky
Nov 14, 201700:29:24Tap to summarizeI 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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Why you'll see the South Vietnamese flag flying in Seattle
Oct 31, 201700:24:09Tap to summarizeI 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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Pho
Oct 17, 201700:18:54Tap to summarizeWhen 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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The Beauty Pageant
Oct 3, 201700:24:11Tap to summarizeWhat 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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Good guys, bad guys
Sep 19, 201700:27:10Tap to summarizeKen 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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Viet kieu
Sep 5, 201700:18:39Tap to summarizeEver 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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Preview: Second Wave
Sep 1, 201700:03:05Tap to summarizeHear 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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