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38 episodes

  1. Hẻm Gems | CCCP Anchors Fond Memories of Soviet Cuisine for Saigoneers, Young and Old 10:50
  2. Vignette | Learning to Ngồi Chồm Hổm Is a Simple Way for Anybody to Feel More Vietnamese 4:29
  3. Natural Selection | The Rise and Fall of Phượng Vĩ, the Summer Icon of Our Teenage Dreams 12:55
  4. Art & Culture | In the Mekong Delta, Đồ Bộ Is Everything, Everywhere, All at Once 9:49
  5. Eat & Drink | What Cooking Bún Chả for My Birthday Abroad Taught Me About Vietnameseness 11:10
  6. Natural Selection | Crickets Are More Than Just Chirpy Reminders of Our Childhood 7:29
  7. Vignette | Xe Trái Cây: If You Can't Find Lovingly Sliced Fruit at Home, Cart-Bought Is Fine 3:45
  8. Arts & Culture | An Homage to the Sounds of Saigon Past That Are Going Extinct 10:00
  9. Vignette | Are We Living in the Final Days of Cô Mía? 3:02
  10. Vignette | The Hunt for Vietnam's Dinosaurs Has Found Nothing Yet, but There Is Hope 3:48
  11. In Plain Sight | I Grew up With Print Newspapers and Magazines. Now, They're Disappearing. 15:37
  12. Hẻm Gems | A Humble Bún Riêu That Reminds a Child of the Mekong of Home 8:20
  13. Vignette | Charting the Flow of the Nhiêu Lộc Canal From Start to Historical Start 3:23
  14. Vignette | An Argument for Why Võng Should Be a Staple Amenity in Every Home 4:45
  15. Vignette | Pristine Blue Sky and Memorial Park: Ruminating on What the Covid-19 Pandemic Left Us 0:38
  16. Vignette | Unraveling the Mystery Behind the 'Mùi Việt Kiều' of My Childhood 0:53
  17. Vignette | On Grappling With Our Complicated Bond With Single-Use Raincoats 6:21
  18. Vignette | How Saigon's Free Water Coolers Quench Thirst and Spread Kindness 0:33
  19. Vignette | How Soy Milk Symbolizes an Imagined Vietnam of My Childhood in France 4:10
  20. Vignette | How Saigon's Free Water Coolers Quench Thirst and Spread Kindness 4:10
  21. Vignette | Pristine Blue Sky and Memorial Park: Ruminating on What the Covid-19 Pandemic Left Us 4:14
  22. Vignette | Welcome to the New Age of Mass-Produced, Enshittified Plastic Bánh Giò 6:31
  23. Vignette | Unraveling the Mystery Behind the 'Mùi Việt Kiều' of My Childhood 6:05
  24. Vignette | On Finding Packaged Existential Relief at Saigon's Convenience Stores 6:27
  25. Vignette | My Mom’s Care Packages Remind Me That Home Can Fit Inside a Box of Food 5:13
  26. Vignette | On Moving Posters and Saigon, the City of Constant Movements and Migration 3:49
  27. Vignette | Loneliness Too Waits for the Bus 3:40
  28. Heritage | A Brief History of Cung Văn Hóa Lao Động and Saigon's First Swimming Pool 8:09
  29. Vignette | In the Era of AI Slop, I've Learned to Embrace Saigon's Ugly Urban Clutters 5:00
  30. Hẻm Gems | In Huế, Cơm Hến Bé Liêm Is Breakfast With a Side of Warm Hospitality 7:26
  31. Vignette | No Family Trip Is Complete Without Banter, Bolero and Bánh Mì Chả Lụa 4:55
  32. Vignette | Did You Know That There's a Mummy on Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm Boulevard? 4:41
  33. Hẻm Gems | Cô Chi Creates a World of Northern Noodles Right in Her Living Room 8:36
  34. Society | Searching for the World's Largest Woodpecker Species in Yok Đôn National Park 6:27
  35. Vignette | How to Spot a Traveling Vietnamese at the Airport? Boxes With Sharpied Names. 3:46
  36. Vignette | When Lịch Bloc Is Gone, What Will Vietnam Use to Keep Discarded Fish Bones? 3:33
  37. Vignette | On Delving Into Vietnam's Eras of Tết Firecrackers via My Family History 4:35
  38. Vignette | It's Tết: The Liberating Magic of Using Tết as an Excuse for Everything 2:50