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Vi & Alex Before Bed
by Vi Ly
These are conversations (in English and sometimes in Vietnamese) before bed of a couple from Vancouver, Canada. We are both very talkative and argumentative. We laugh, talk about life, and motivate each other every day. Before bed is not the best time for high-energy conversation though. However, it is the best time for emotional moment and vulnerable thinking about what happened during the day. These nice thoughts are worth sharing, we hope. Enjoy our stories? Do drop us a line at [email protected]
Episodes
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#25 - Goodbye
[ 50% English - 50% Vietnamese ] This is the last episode of this first season. Vi and Alex talked about their feeling and their expectation for the next season (if it is available). We want to thank you for all the support and encouragement for the last year. We had fun doing this project.
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#24 - Romance in language classes
What topic that you like the most in a language class/exchange? Relationship? Vi likes it, too. In this episode, Alex, a former ESL teacher, will discuss more how he thinks it is an exciting topic in his English classes. *Note: We are sorry for the bad quality of this recording... again. Vi did…
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#23 - What makes you happy in life
[ 100% English ] It was a hard week at work for both Vi and Alex. After listening to her favourite TEDtalk video: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness | Robert Waldinger, Vi decided to express how grateful she is to have good relationships in life. By the way, we…
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#22 - Language Shaming
[ 100% English ] Vi found a fascinating article researching language shaming. However, she did not like some of the explanations about "Vietlish," which was written by a Vietnamese. The incident became a topic to discuss in this episode. What do you think about language shaming, and why people do...
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#21 - Happy Valentine’s Day
This is a love story. As usual, it’s whimsical and off the point... and that’s how Alex and Vi spend time together every day. Happy Valentine’s Day!
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#20 - Bye-stander or Hi-stander
[ 90% English - 10% Vietnamese ] We make up the vocabulary for the title totally. We mean, in contrast with a bye-stander (who stands and says "bye"), a hi-stander reaches out to people who need help (and says "hi"). In today's episode, Vi and Alex discuss a scientific article about the bystander...
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#19 - Being with a Vietnamese girl
[ English 95% - Vietnamese 5% ] SPOILER ALERT: There is a big argument in this episode. We were about to delete this draft recording a month ago. Today, we listened to it again and we laughed. This must be a real normal bed time for Vi and Alex. You may see Vi as the emotional one and Alex as the...
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#18 - All I want for Christmas is recovery
[ English 100% ] We hope you are having a nice and cozy holiday with your loved ones. We hope the vacation time can help you recover and perform better at work after Christmas and New Year. In this episode, Alex and Vi explore an article about work and stress before and after the holidays. If you...
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#17 - Holiday check-in
[ 100% English ] How are you doing these days? Christmas is coming. We hope you are all safe and happy with your beloved ones. :D
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#16 - WFH
[ 100% English ] This audio was recorded in October. We did not like it as we argued about the disadvantages of working from home. Vi decided to edit the best parts of it because it was a good time to be grateful. We were safe and we had our jobs. We thought everything would soon be back to…
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#15 - Birthday parties
[ 99% English - 1% Vietnamese ] Today is Vi's birthday so let's talk about birthdays. We recorded this episode to review a discussion about celebrating birthdays for kids. How did your moms celebrate your birthdays when you were a kid? Do you wish to do the same for your future kids? References:...
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#14 - A book about Vietnam
[ 100% English ] Alex has just finished a book about Vietnam - Catfish and Mandala by Andrew X. Phạm. In this episode, Alex shares with us the Vietnamese cultural details that he found them interesting from the book. He is always curious about Vietnam :D
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#13 - Reddit and its battle to keep the internet a good place
[ 100% English ] Vi has planned to have an episode about Reddit for a long time. It is because Alex is a huge fan of Reddit. However, research articles and also stories about Reddit are not simple. Finally, it was a good time for Alex to speak his mind (heavy editing though). At least, we hope to...
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#12 - Who pays on the first date
[ 90% English - 10% Vietnamese ] On the first date, Alex paid for the meal and offered Vi to pay for the next time. That is not only cute but also straightforward trick to show his interest in Vi. However, do you think that men always need to pay for dates even though they don't feel they want…
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#11 - Pokémon GO or NO
[ 95% English - 5% Vietnamese] Have you ever felt that your relationship was being ruined by Pokémon GO?... Just kidding, we love Pokémon GO. However, in this episode, Alex thought that Vi wanted to confront him with his habit playing the game too much. It is just a conversation to explore some…
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#10 - I’m not the same person since I met you
[ 100% English ] Have you ever wondered if your partner changed since he/she met you? Is that change positive? Let's go through that thought with Vi and Alex. This may be a complicated and abnormal conversation about the concept of passion in romantic relationships. As usual, we have a dialogue...
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#09 - A podcast about podcasting, a topic about off-topic
[ 80% English - 20% Vietnamese ] We don't have any article for today. It's a free talk about our feeling of doing podcast and being off-topic. We also mention why we wanted to bring articles and research as a background theme of each episode. Enjoy! :)
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[Lost] #02 - Silly couple quiz
Alex had an idea that we should try couple quiz and we failed so hard. The questions were so serious and not so entertaining. We decided to make a silly quiz for ourselves. Everything in this lost episode is kinda ... silly.
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#08 - The freedom trap
[ 80% English - 20% Vietnamese ] Do you prefer being self-employed and traveling the world? Or do you prefer the security and comfort of being employed by a specific company? This time, Alex had the honor of hosting the episode with some insights about digital nomads who live abroad and use…
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#07 - Family / Gia đình
[ 80% English - 20% Vietnamese ] That night was an emotional night. Vi and Alex shared about their conflicts with their family in the past. Now, they are both grateful and happy that family is still their best support system.
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#06 - Online dating during the pandemic
[ 90% English - 10% Vietnamese ] Vi had an idea to talk about dating AGAIN after reading an article in The Economist. The article is about how online dating changed through the pandemic. AGAIN because intensive and sensitive topics about dating were the reason led to the Lost Episode before. This...
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#05 - Our years abroad
[ 90% English - 9.5% Vietnamese - 0.5% Korean ] In this episode, we talk about our years living and studying abroad. As a multi-cultural couple, we are always happy to expose to different languages and foreign experience. We think that we will continue to explore new countries in the near future...
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#04 - The spread of fake news and rumors
[ 100% English ] In this episode, we talked about a research article done by MIT. It’s about the spread of false news on Twitter. As always, we added some off-topic discussion like how Twitter got popular, using Twitter in school... The reason Vi and Alex tackled this topic was because Vi heard...
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#03 - Working with technology
[ 100% English ] In this episode, we talked about one of the most important elements of our lives: technology. We are both working in technology industry even though their original background was not related to IT. Let's start with what quality a teacher needs to apply technology in school…
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#02 - Baby tomatoes
[ 70% English - 30% Vietnamese ] In this episode, we have no articles or research to talk about. It's free-talk about our baby tomatoes.
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[Lost] #01
[ 60% English - 40% Vietnamese ] This is the first lost episode which we decided not to share its content. However, we want to save funny and heart touching moments of the process. In this lost episode, Alex tried to be the host when Vi went emotional.
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#01 - Embrace your accent
[ 70% English - 30% Vietnamese ] As a Vietnamese, Vi sometimes feels unconfident that her speaking English accent will get judged. She is practicing to accept her accent as a part of her true self. References: Norman, J. (2017). Student’s Self-perceived English Accent and Its Impact on Their...
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#00 - Hello world
The first hello from Vi and Alex. :)
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
These are conversations (in English and sometimes in Vietnamese) before bed of a couple from Vancouver, Canada. We are both very talkative and argumentative. We laugh, talk about life, and motivate each other every day. Before bed is not the best time for high-energy conversation though. However, it is the best time for emotional moment and vulnerable thinking about what happened during the day. These nice thoughts are worth sharing, we hope. Enjoy our stories? Do drop us a line at [email protected]
HOSTED BY
Vi Ly
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These are conversations (in English and sometimes in Vietnamese) before bed of a couple from Vancouver, Canada. We are both very talkative and argumentative. We laugh, talk about life, and motivate each other every day. Before bed is not the best time for high-energy conversation though. However,...
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