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Growing Up Nguyen
by Growing Up Nguyễn
A story of 4 siblings holding onto our identity while fulfilling our parents' dreams: the blessings and challenges of being Nguyễn in America.
Episodes
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What We Carry: 50 Years After Saigon
Fifty years after the fall of Saigon , we reflect on what our family carries forward—stories, survival, silence, resilience, and love. In this special episode of Growing up Nguyen, we weave together sibling conversation with interviews from our mom, aunts, and uncles to explore how war and...
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Bonus Episode: Ngày Về Của Bố
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...
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Book 2, Chapter 4: Nguyễn It Comes To Speaking Vietnamese
Do you speak another language? Tune into Hương, Karin Hạnh, Hedda Hiếu, and Benjamin Hoàng as they discuss the blessings and challenges of a heritage language and whether it's worthwhile.
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Book 2, Chapter 3: Nguyễn It Comes To Race
Dissecting a term like racialization isn't easy but we get into it this episode! Hương, Karin Hạnh, Hedda Hiếu, and Benjamin Hoàng share how our Vietnamese-American identity affects what people believe about us and what it means for the stories we tell ourselves.
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Book 2, Chapter 2: Nguyễn It Comes To Love
How do you know you're loved? Hương, Karin Hạnh, Hedda Hiếu, and Benjamin Hoàng talk about what expressions and feelings of love mean and why this quiz can help you better connect with others.
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Book 2, Chapter 1: Nguyễn It Continues
While honoring the two year anniversary of their Bố's (father) passing, Hương, Hạnh, Hiếu, and Benjamin Hoàng have a discussion on grief and their different processes of moving forward.
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Chapter 8: Nguyễn it Ends
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 Bố, our dad.
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Chapter 7: Nguyễn in Việt Nam Pt 2
12 years later… Hiếu and Hoàng visited Vietnam! They traveled from North to South Việt Nam 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 Hương and Hạnh's trip, to come face to face with...
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Chapter 6: Nguyễn in Việt Nam
Our first trip to Việt Nam! 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 Hương and Hạnh's experiences on the other side of the Pacific Ocean and...
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Chapter 5: Nguyễn in America
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.
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Chapter 4: Nguyễn Enough
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 “Nguyễn” enough.
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Chapter 3: When Nguyễn Met Nguyễn
Tune in to learn more about what Hương, Karin Hạnh, Hedda Hiếu, and Benjamin Hoàng know and *still* don’t know about how our parents and grandparents came to the United States and how our parents met.
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Chapter 1: Nguyễn it Begins
For this first chapter of our book, Hương, Karin Hạnh, Hedda Hiếu, and Benjamin Hoàng sit down to talk a bit about what brought about our podcast and what it was like growing up in our Nguyễn household.
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Chapter 2: The N'Compass
Hương, Karin Hạnh, Hedda Hiếu, and Benjamin Hoàng delve into what our sibling relationship dynamic looks like and why we do (and don’t) work well together.
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How many episodes does Growing Up Nguyen have?
Growing Up Nguyen currently has 14 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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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.
How often does Growing Up Nguyen release new episodes?
Growing Up Nguyen has 14 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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Growing Up Nguyen is created and hosted by Growing Up Nguyễn.
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