Saigoneer Podcast

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Subscribers: 23
Reviews: 1
Episodes: 126

Y
 Jan 16, 2020
Excellent pod cast. very informative. good banter among hosts. good information. 5 stars.

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The Saigoneer Podcast allows listeners to take our reporting, insight and banter anywhere through in-depth discussions on Vietnamese society and culture, as well as interviews with special guests.

Episode Date
A Look Back
Apr 24, 2022
Rating 2021; Lunar New Year or Gregorian New Year?
Jan 10, 2022
Hannah Hà, Mark Gergis, Jan Hagenkoetter & the Making of 'Magical Nights'
Dec 23, 2021
The (Brief) History of 'Day of Phở;' and Weddings or Rooftop Bars?
Dec 20, 2021
Rating 'Hello Vietnam,' Plus Waterbus v. Metro
Dec 06, 2021
Riding on a Motorbike With Someone; Karaoke or Nightclub?
Nov 15, 2021
The Bitexco Tower Opens; Street Names v. Food Names
Nov 08, 2021
The Value of Bike Baskets; Should Saigon Go Under- or Above-Ground?
Nov 01, 2021
The Demise of the Saigon Tax Center; Old v. New Photos of Vietnam
Oct 24, 2021
Tourist Attractions & Who They're For; The Debate Over 'Essential' Goods
Aug 08, 2021
Vietnam's Massive Outbreak; Acts of Lockdown Kindness
Jul 25, 2021
Vietnamese Brands Abroad; TV Show Pitches
May 23, 2021
Recreation; Sustainable Trends in Hanoi & Saigon
May 09, 2021
'Things We Lost to the Water' Author Eric Nguyen
May 03, 2021
Vietnam's Contemporary Coffee Culture & A Street Food Update
Apr 25, 2021
Domestic Tourism Amid the Pandemic with Urbanist Travel's Chau Nguyen
Apr 19, 2021
Saigon's Modernist Architecture with Phạm Phú Vinh
Apr 04, 2021
Levi Oi on Her DJ Career & Saigon's War on Karaoke
Mar 22, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin; Vietnam's Most Controversial Dishes
Mar 15, 2021
100th Episode Roundtable!
Feb 28, 2021
Our Favorite Non-Pandemic Stories of 2020
Dec 20, 2020
Vietnamese Christmas Movies & Author Debby Nguyen
Dec 13, 2020
Saigon's COVID-19 Cluster; Video Games in Vietnam
Dec 07, 2020
Street Art in Vietnam; Puppetry Artist Linh Valerie Pham
Nov 15, 2020
The Central Vietnam Floods; Award-Winning Sustainable Fashion Designer Le Ngoc Ha Thu
Oct 26, 2020
Our Dream Pedestrian Areas; Chilling Stories for Halloween
Oct 18, 2020
That New Yorker Article; Smartphones in Public Schools
Sep 27, 2020
Urbanist Vietnam's Launch; the Áo Dài's Place in Modern Society
Sep 13, 2020
Using Diacritics in English Writing; the Da Nang COVID-19 Outbreak
Aug 16, 2020
Vietnam's Effort to Increase Fertility Rates; Visual Arts Curator Bill Nguyen
Jul 26, 2020
Wildlife Consumption in the COVID-19 Era; a Street Food Update
Jul 05, 2020
Life in Hanoi During & After the Pandemic; Modernist Architecture with Mel Schenck Returns
Jun 28, 2020
The Gender & Generational Divides of Saigon's Civic Spaces
Jun 14, 2020
The Evolution of Contemporary Vietnamese Cinema
Jun 01, 2020
The Snack Chat & Saigon Children Executive Director Damien Roberts
May 17, 2020
A View of Vietnam from World Cinema
May 10, 2020
The End of the National Social Distancing Order
Apr 26, 2020
Review Roulette
Apr 05, 2020
COVID-19 Dispatches from Saigon
Mar 29, 2020
Covid-19 Update, Quarantine What If? & Wildlife Conservationist Trang Nguyen
Mar 15, 2020
Vietnam's Unheralded Women & the Creators of Melon Bê Đê
Mar 08, 2020
Nhậu's Social Norms & the Impact of Ongoing School Closures
Feb 23, 2020
After the Success of 'Parasite,' a Look at Asian & Vietnamese Cinema
Feb 16, 2020
The Coronavirus Outbreak and the New Drunk Driving Laws
Feb 09, 2020
Tet Food Improvements and Writer Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Jan 19, 2020
Vietnam's Decade in Review
Jan 12, 2020
Some of our Favorite 2019 Segments
Dec 29, 2019
Korea's Presence in Saigon; the Darker Side of K-Pop
Dec 22, 2019
A SEA Games Deep Dive; Restaurateurs Phuong Ngo & Jerome Buzenet
Dec 15, 2019
The Air Pollution Problem; the Bubble Tea Bubble Bursts
Dec 01, 2019
Alternative Medicine in the Modern World; Can Netflix Dethrone YouTube?
Nov 24, 2019
Our Nguyen Hue Upgrades, We're Loud Fest Organizer Peter Menchetti
Nov 17, 2019
Traditional Vietnamese Culture's Role in Pop Culture; Dessert Fight
Nov 10, 2019
The Lure of the 'Promised Land' and the Collapse of Mon Hue
Nov 03, 2019
Instagram's Impact on Tourism; the Power of 'Made in Vietnam'
Oct 13, 2019
Victim-Blaming in 2019; the Rising Indie Music Scene
Oct 06, 2019
Convenience Stores Take Over Saigon; Social Media Literacy
Sep 22, 2019
Mid-Autumn Mooncakes & 'Rubber and the Making of Vietnam' Author Michitake Aso
Sep 15, 2019
'The Tale of Kieu', New Social Networks & Music Writer Thuc Dang
Aug 25, 2019
Historical 'What Ifs?' and a Street Food Update
Aug 18, 2019
The Evolution of Pets in Vietnam; the Significance of 'Ghost Month'
Aug 11, 2019
Deciding Where to Study Abroad; a Ride-Hailing App Update
Jul 28, 2019
The Food Authenticity Debate
Jul 21, 2019
Nhậu Roundtable Special & Laiday Refill Station Co-Founder Quyen Nguyen
Jul 14, 2019
Domestic Tourism's Rise & the Son Tung-Snoop Dogg Music Video
Jul 09, 2019
Preserving Architectural Heritage & the One Thing We Would Change About Saigon
Jun 23, 2019
The War on Plastic & Our Vietnam Superpowers
Jun 16, 2019
'The Third Wife' Controversy & Vietnam's Protein Consumption
Jun 02, 2019
The Laughing Gas Debate & Our Favorite Sauces
May 26, 2019
Vietnam's Reading Culture & Another Viewpoint on Folk Wisdom
May 13, 2019
Overseas Vietnamese Laborers & What if a Zombie Apocalypse Hit Saigon?
May 01, 2019
A Reckoning on Child Harassment; That Burger King Ad; & 'Startup Vietnam' Author Andrew Rowan
Apr 21, 2019
Listener Mailbag
Mar 31, 2019
Our Favorite Vietnamese Poems; Perceptions of Foreign Cuisine
Mar 24, 2019
The National Senses of Vietnam, Local Street Cred
Mar 17, 2019
Vietnamese in Reality TV Shows & the Domestic Tourism Boom
Mar 10, 2019
Vietnam's Many Lunar Calendar Festivals; Familial Pressure During Holidays
Feb 24, 2019
Redesigning Saigon's Parks; Recreation in the City
Feb 17, 2019
[Recast] Fruit Fight, Urbanist Hanoi Launch and Saigon Duo
Feb 10, 2019
[Recast] Writing in a Second Language, Saigon's Japan Town and Artist Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen
Feb 03, 2019
A Tết-Themed Nhậu Roundtable Special
Jan 27, 2019
Superstitions, Real or Fake?; and 'The Future is Asian' Author Parag Khanna
Jan 20, 2019
Food Delivery Apps and Where We Think Trump & Kim Should Meet
Jan 13, 2019
[Recast] Nhậu Culture, Street Food Update and a Chat with Radio 18+ Host Sam Hang Tran
Jan 06, 2019
[Recast] Fakes in Vietnam, Kick-ass Millenials and a Deep Dive on Thu Thiem
Dec 30, 2018
[Recast] The Nhậu Roundtable Special
Dec 23, 2018
Year in Review and a Look Ahead to 2019
Dec 16, 2018
English as a National Language, Vietnam Cliches in Foreign Media & Food Writer Soleil Ho
Dec 09, 2018
The Retro/Vintage Aesthetic Trend and a Street Food Update
Dec 02, 2018
[Recast] Contemporary Vietnamese Literature and the LGBTQ Community in Vietnam
Nov 25, 2018
Vietnam's Beauty Pageant Obsession; Bad Behavior by Vietnamese Abroad
Nov 18, 2018
VinFast's New Electric Motorbike; Adapting Foreign Dishes to Local Tastes
Nov 11, 2018
Our Take On 'The Bachelor Vietnam'; Western Holidays in Vietnam; Combatting Human Trafficking
Nov 04, 2018
Drunk Driving and Finding Phong's Depiction of Transgender Vietnamese
Oct 28, 2018
Co-working Spaces and Vietnam's Four Mythological Creatures
Oct 21, 2018
Nhậu Culture, Street Food Update and a Chat with Radio 18+ Host Sam Hang Tran
Sep 30, 2018
Saigon Traffic Plans, Mid-Autumn Festival and Saigonita Founder Tam Le
Sep 16, 2018
Fast Fashion, Bubble Tea Madness Returns and Urban Tales Cholon
Sep 09, 2018
The Asian Olympics, Saigon's Disappointing Museum Scene & Travelfish Co-founder Stuart McDonald
Sep 03, 2018
Gender Roles in Vietnam, Public Indecency and Human Geographer Michael Waibel
Aug 26, 2018
Seafood Fight, Traditional Medicine and L'Arrange Rhum
Aug 12, 2018
Exercise in Vietnam, Street Cred and Hanoi Zine Library
Aug 05, 2018
Decadent Vietnamese Dishes and Marriage in Modern Vietnam
Jul 29, 2018
Reflections from Hanoi, World Cup Madness and Cave Expert Howard Limbert
Jul 22, 2018
The Nhậu Roundtable Special
Jul 15, 2018
Transportation in Saigon, Women in Tech and a Singaporean Foodie
Jul 08, 2018
Forgotten Traditions, Making Vietnamese Food Even Healthier and Renaissance Woman Mai Nguyen
Jul 01, 2018
Queer Representation in Vietnamese Pop Culture, Street Food Update and Marou Chocolate
Jun 24, 2018
Writing in a Second Language, Saigon's Japan Town and Artist Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen
Jun 10, 2018
Fake News Euphemisms, Vegetable Fight and Stand-up Comedian Vu Minh Tu
Jun 03, 2018
Vietnamese Folk Tales and Artist Quynh Lam
May 27, 2018
Fakes in Vietnam, Kick-ass Millenials and a Deep Dive on Thu Thiem
May 20, 2018
An Argument for Vietnamese Movies; Unique Digital Sub-cultures; and One Journalist's View of Vietnam
May 13, 2018
Street Food Roundup, #MeToo in Vietnam and Dr. Phuong Mai Nguyen
May 06, 2018
Unique Hobbies, Mental Health and Nomadic Notes
Apr 22, 2018
Fruit Fight, Urbanist Hanoi Launch and Saigon Duo
Apr 15, 2018
Ghost Stories, Vietnam's Super-Rich and Cambodian Rock & Roll
Apr 08, 2018
Deadly Fires, Grab Beats Uber and Building 'Green' in Vietnam
Mar 30, 2018
Vietnamese Cuisine Abroad, Food Writer Andrea Nguyen and Saving Ancient Art Forms
Mar 23, 2018
Spotify Arrives and the Ties that Bind Vietnam & Japan
Mar 16, 2018
Contemporary Vietnamese Literature and the LGBTQ Community in Vietnam
Mar 09, 2018
U-23 Football Pride, Bubble Tea Madness and the Saigon Heat
Feb 09, 2018
Grab & Uber, Indie Music and Modernist Architecture
Feb 02, 2018
2017 Recap, a Record Tourism Year and Coffee
Jan 26, 2018
Street Food, Star Wars and Sidewalks
Jan 18, 2018
Saigoneer Podcast Preview Episode
Dec 19, 2017