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We are 4 Hmong women talking about things that matter such as EVERYTHING!!

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Episodes

  1. 017: The Validation of the Crazy, the Rich, and the Asians

    In episode #017, we elders talk all about Crazy Rich Asians - the movie and the book - and consider what it means to “make it.”

  2. 016: The New Patriarchy: You Hurt My Heart and My Lung Too

    In episode #016, we elders continue our conversation on Hmong women experiences in The New Patriarchy by unpacking the phrase “ua siab ntev.” We elders also share our thoughts about Mai Neng Moua’s book, “The Bride Price,” consider alternatives to a bride price to honor Hmong parents, and begin…

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  3. 015: The Hmong Elder Sisterhood

    In episode #015, we elders (minus Elder Paj) talk about Facebook groups specifically for Hmong women and our interactions with these groups and other online spaces; we elders ponder the use of the Lao word ບັນຫາ and Hmong word teeb meem; we elders share our thoughts on Kao Kalia Yang’s book The...

  4. 014: The Art of Moving Away/Running Away

    In this episode, we (minus Paj) talked about the gendered ways in which the words - “tsiv” (moving away) and “khiav” (running away) - are used within the Hmong community towards women deciding to move away/running away from their families. We also talked about our first time moving away from home...

  5. Special Ep 13: Clan Politics

    Episode #013 is a special recording. We know it has been a while since we recorded a full episode and we wanted to make sure, to our listeners, that we are still active and we are planning to record a new episode in August. This clip that you will hear is an unaired extended clip of episode 12…

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  6. 012: Happiness

    In episode #012, historian Kong Pha joins the co-hosts of #hoochim to talk about Choua Xiong, an elderly Hmong woman who was bitten by Coon Rapids’ police k9 and the community response to this incident; Hmong people, identity politics, and politics; Hmong LGBTQ and our narratives; and what Kong…

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  7. 011: It’s All Fucked Up

    Description: In this episode, we talk about the University of Minnesota’s football sexual assault case, the election results, and what is a Hmong fuckboy. Follow us on Twitter: @hashtag_hoochim; like us on Facebook: Hoochim; find us on iTunes, MixCloud, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Google Play.

  8. 010: First World Love

    In this episode we talk about #NoDAPL, the deportation of Cambodian refugees from the U.S., and our experiences navigating the intricacies of first world love.

  9. 009: Hmong People Love a Good Swindle

    Happy one year to us! In this episode we talk about Linda’s recent #wanderlust trip, the Community of Excellence charter school updates, the Secret War veterans memorial at the Minnesota State capitol grounds, Hmong leaders (and Mai Na Lee’s book, Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom) and how Hmong people...

  10. 008: Maws Maws Day

    In this episode we have a lot to catch up on! We talk about the death of Prince, the #starringjohncho phenomena and Sandy’s love for John Cho, movie rumors, Hmong American Day, lots of Hmong people getting caught returning to the U.S. with illegal drugs, the Dylan Yang case, the big Zaub Qaub...

  11. 007: VDay

    In this episode we talk about Valentine's Day a.k.a. vagina day; first crushes; relationship thoughts: the pros and cons of marrying an orphan and how norms fuck us up; Asian Prom; and read through listener submitted song dedications.

  12. 006: New Year New Me

    In this episode we talk about current events, Mai Na Lee’s book Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom, the missed opportunities of 2015 and in the last 40 years of the Hmong in the U.S., and what we’re looking forward to in 2016. Follow us on Twitter: @hashtag_hoochim; like us on Facebook: Hoochim; find us...

  13. 005: Hmong Lake

    In this episode we talk about and ask people about the Twin Cities’ Hmong people favorite hangout: Lake Phalen a.k.a. Hmong Lake; share our wanderlusting ways that have taken us to Norway, Laos, China, and across the Mississippi River from Saint Paul to Minneapolis--to name a few places; and…

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  14. 004: Hmong Model Minority Mutiny

    In this episode, we talked about our experience at the Black Fair and anti-blackness in the Hmong community, and mentioned social justice Hmong organizations and organizers for lack of support for Black Fair and Black Lives Matter.

  15. 003: First Hmong

    In this episode we talk about the feedback we’ve received for the podcast so far, the purpose of #hoochim and our intended audience, the sign in Hmong at Devils Lake, #firsthmong, and the nonprofit industrial complex.

  16. 002: The New Patriarchy

    In this episode our guest Chong Vang joins us for a conversation about the Doua Chialy Her videos, the different responses to these videos we’ve seen, the conversations about violence against women and girls we’d like to see and have going forward, and naming the new patriarchy.

  17. 001: Opium Baby

    In this episode we talk about the Freedom Festival, the We Are Hmong Minnesota exhibit, Hmong people fishing, outsiders saving us, human trafficking in SE Asia, and U.S. marriage equality.

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