The Vietnamese with Kenneth Nguyen

Brian Hoang is a Canadian fine artist. He discusses AI and how the technology is affecting artists like himself. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mic Nguyen (@nicepantsdude) is a writer and comedian living in Brooklyn. He's host of a podcast named Asian Not Asian. He’s appeared on Ronny Chieng’s “Chinatown Takeaway” and on NPR’s “Everyone and Their Mom.” He’s written for “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” and McSweeney’s.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Phan Quang Tue was the son of a Vietnamese politician, and he grew up in South Vietnam during Ngo Dinh Diem's dictatorship. He fled to the United States in 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War, and he went on to serve as an Immigration & Naturalization Service trial attorney from 1988 to 1993, as an administrative law judge from 1993 to 1995, and as a Republican judge on the San Francisco Immigration Court from 1995 to 31 December 2012. In 2014, he lost a bid for the US House of Representatives.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tuan Nguyen is a Managing Director at Rockefeller Capital Management.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Chris Ngo is a co-founder of The Leverage which began as a boutique mens’ streetwear agency and has now evolved to so much more, including wholesale and direct-to-consumer sales, in-house design, production, and distribution, while owning and creating more brands within the umbrella including - Embellish, Haus of JR, Crysp, Lifted Anchors, Diet Starts Monday and many others). Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sahra Nguyen is the founder of Nguyen Coffee Supply. Through Nguyen Coffee Supply, her mission is to build the most influential Vietnamese coffee brand in the world while promoting diversity, sustainability & cultural integrity.Sahra has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, VICE, Forbes, New York Times, Saveur, Imbibe Magazine, Vietcetera, CNN.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Wendy Lieu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Socola Chocolatier, an award-winning San Francisco chocolate company. Socola is the word for chocolate in Vietnamese, honoring her parents who fled Vietnam in 1981 as Boat People, landing in a Malaysian refugee camp where Wendy was later born. Her Vietnamese heritage is reflected in her product flavors and grit to pursue her dream.In 2001, Wendy, 19, taught herself how to make chocolate truffles and began selling them in front of her parent's nail salon in Northern California along with her sister Susan, 16, during the summer farmer's market. After college, Wendy became a management consultant, moonlighting as achocolatier after hours, juggling pastry school and spreadsheets at night.In 2011, Wendy began working on the company full-time and in 2014, opened her San Francisco storefront where she makes Asian-inspired truffles, chocolate bars, and other treats in small batches. She is known for her durian and phở truffles, chocolate mooncakes, and the Little Saigon Box. Socola has been featured in Forbes, NBC News, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Zagat, and has a client list that includes Google, Tiffany, Sephora, and American Express.Wendy is the recipient of the National Association of Women Business Owners Aspire Award, PAAWBAC Monarch Leadership Award, Renaissance Entrepreneur of the Year and Center for Asian American Media Rising Star. She is a graduate of UC Davis, Tante Marie Pastry School and the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center.In her free time she serves as a board member for the East Cut Community Benefit District and teaches other small business owners at Renaissance. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, two children, and collection of alpaca stuffed animals.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Frank Jao (Triệu Như Phát) is a prominent Vietnamese-American businessman, philanthropist, and educational consultant. He is the founding donor of the Harvard Global Vietnam Wars Studies Program at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.Jao was a presidential appointee to the Vietnam Education Foundation, which provides educational exchanges between the United States and Vietnam, and served as its Chairman in 2002. He was also served as a board trustee member for multiple universities and institutes including Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies.His Jao Foundation initiated and funded for building campus and developing major programs including the Vietnamese-American Oral History Project, English curriculum for international students, and Jao Sculpture Garden at UCI, Chapman University, and Coastline Community College.Jao’s family was from North Vietnam but moved to South Vietnam in 1955. He later worked as an interpreter for USAID and US Marines. He and his wife, Catherine Duyên Phạm, immigrated to the United States in 1975, and later founded Bridgecreek Group, Inc. that includes real estate development, realty services, investment, and international affiliate. Jao was the principal developer of the Little Saigon in Orange County, CA, the cultural, commercial, and tourist hub for Vietnamese overseas.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ashley Nguyen DeWitt has worked in voiceover for over a decade, starting as an intern for a commercial voice casting company. She then hopped around from commercials to animation, working in the casting/talent relations department at DreamWorks TV. From there, she worked her way into becoming an animation casting and voice director for studios like Netflix, Warner Bros, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney and others.Her casting and voice directing credits include Emmy Award Winning series "Ada Twist, Scientist" (Outstanding Preschool Animated Series), the Steven Universe Anti-Racism Initiative, YouTube Original Series "Behind The Beats".She's also provided voices for Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures, singing vocals for Tall Girl 2, as well as the vocals for the King Arthur Baking Company's 2020 Holiday Campaign, "The Power Of Baking".Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Thach Nguyen is the CEO & Founder of Thach Real Estate Group, a. Seattle-based real estate company, a seasoned investor, developer and popular content creator.As an inspirational leader Thach is a sought after speaker, philanthropist and author and co-founder of “The Gift”.Thach has been featured The Seattle Times, NW Asian Weekly, The Early Show, Puget Sound Business Journal, The International Examiner and many more.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy