Second Wave

KUOW

Hollywood has told us many stories of the Vietnam War, but these are some of the untold stories of the hundreds of thousands of refugees who settled in the U.S. in its wake.

  • 21 minutes 57 seconds
    My family fled Vietnam, now I might go back
    What would it take to pack up your life and move to a new country? It’s a question Thanh Tan’s parents didn’t have the luxury of asking when they fled...
    28 November 2017, 10:44 am
  • 29 minutes 24 seconds
    My family escaped Vietnam. Others in their boat were not so lucky
    I was 6 or 7 years old. And I didn’t want to go to swimming lessons at the YMCA. Like, I really didn’t want to go.
    14 November 2017, 1:08 pm
  • 24 minutes 9 seconds
    Why you'll see the South Vietnamese flag flying in Seattle
    I grew up in the United States. Like any all-American kid, I said the Pledge of Allegiance, celebrated the Fourth of July and saluted the American flag....
    31 October 2017, 10:00 am
  • 19 minutes 33 seconds
    Pho
    When Thanh Tan was growing up, pho wasn’t cool. Now, it’s an “it” dish and taking on a life of its own as more Americans eat and serve it.
    17 October 2017, 3:27 pm
  • 24 minutes 11 seconds
    The Beauty Pageant
    What makes the “ideal” Vietnamese-American woman? In the latest episode of our new podcast Second Wave, Thanh Tan finds herself confronting that question after she is invited to judge a local Vietnamese beauty pageant.
    3 October 2017, 7:00 am
  • 27 minutes 10 seconds
    Good guys, bad guys
    Ken Burns and Lynn Novick join Thanh Tan, host of our new podcast Second Wave , to discuss the new documentary, "The Vietnam War."
    19 September 2017, 11:00 am
  • 18 minutes 39 seconds
    Viet kieu
    Ever realize there is more to your family's past than you've been told? Welcome to Second Wave, an American story that begins in Vietnam.
    5 September 2017, 3:30 pm
  • 3 minutes 5 seconds
    Preview: Second Wave
    Hear what's in store for season one of Second Wave, an American story that begins in Vietnam. The new podcast from KUOW and PRX debuts September 5, 2017.
    1 September 2017, 7:00 am
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