VietNOLA – Going for Gold – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
In her new book Dreaming of Money in Ho Chi Minh City, Allison Truitt covers everything from gold shops to temples. A Caucasian woman fluent in Vietnamese, Truitt spent...
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VietNOLA – Your Favorite Professor – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Anthropologist Hoang Nguyen digs into communities as far flung as Vietnamese hillside villages and our NOLA Viet community. Still living in Vietnam, in his spare time Hoang is a...
Let’s Talk Business – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
It’s all business talk with MQVN’s Business Development Counselor Khai Nguyen. From farmers co-ops in NOLA East to corner stores citywide, the Viets are everywhere in NOLA.
Wanderlusters Sing Hillbilly Soul in Saigon – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Nick Rivette and ex-New Orleanian Davis Zunk of the Saigon-based Americana band the Wanderlusters talk crooning country for Saigon teenagers and Aussie embassy types.
VietNOLA – Coming Out Vietnamese Style – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Timmy Vo goes where no man has gone before – openly gay in New Orleans East. Coming out in a traditional Vietnamese-American community has gotten people talking, notably the...
VietNOLA – Vietnamese Banquet Meets Fight Club – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Dinner Lab Head Chef Paco Robert talks about fine dining in a NOLA boxing gym and a secret 15 course Vietnamese meal in an undisclosed location.
VietNOLA – Bottoms Not Up – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Non-profit staff Daniel Nguyen talks teaching aquaponics to underemployed fishermen here and in Vietnam and teaches our listeners about Vietnamese karaoke-drinking etiquette in NOLA East.
VietNOLA – Easterner fo Life – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
Anh Gauthreaux shares what it’s like to grow up in New Orleans East, return, days after Katrina, for a Thanksgiving lunch amongst piles of trash, and eventually move her...
VietNOLA – Pastry Chef gets her Pie in the Sky – VietNOLA – It’s New Orleans
How does a Viet girl in the East break it to her parents that she’s not going to law school? Kieu Tran goes from amateur baker trained by youtube...
