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Welcome to the Saigoneer Podcast! This weekly show allows listeners to take our reporting, insight and banter anywhere through in-depth discussions on Vietnamese society and culture, as well...
After a few months away, we take a look back at the podcast since it started; reminiscing on previous recording locations, co-hosts, and mem...
In our first episode of the new year, we begin with Bánh Mì Banter, before rating 2021 on the usual criteria of deliciousness, billability a...
This special episode builds on our recent article about the creation of 'Magical Nights - Saigon Surf Twist & Soul,' the recently released a...
We begin this week with Bánh Mì Banter, before exploring the Day of Phở in our latest 'That Time We...' segment. Created in 2018, this day c...
After a brief Covid-related break, we're back with a new episode beginning, as always with Bánh Mì Banter (0:59). Then (9:21), in 'We Rate S...
We begin this week with Bánh Mì Banter (1:04), including some banter about an actual bánh mì and the hilarious incompetence of the Saigo...
This week, we begin our first episode recorded in person in well over six months with Bánh Mì Banter (0:56). Then, we move into our latest...
Today, we begin with Bánh Mì Banter (1:17), which includes a mea culpa from Paul regarding a particularly egregious food take he shared in...
After a two-month break, we're back with a reformatted version of the podcast, meaning new segments and a revised structure. This episode be...
We begin this week (1:59) by looking at tourist attractions which have made headlines in recent years, such as the Zodiac animal statues wit...
After a much longer break than we expected, we are back with a new, remotely recorded episode discussing a topic that is impossible to escap...
We begin this week (1:12) by sharing our thoughts on the types of products Vietnamese companies should take to foreign markets. Domestic bra...
This week, we are joined by the new editor of Urbanist Hanoi (1:23) to chat about sports and outdoor activities available in the capital, as...
Eric Nguyen, editor-in-chief of DiaCritics and author of the new novel 'Things We Lost to the Water,' joins us today. 'Things We Lost to the...
In recent years, coffee producers in Vietnam have switched from focusing almost entirely on mass-market, low-quality products to more specia...
This week we're joined by Chau Nguyen (0:54), the founder of Urbanist Travel, to discuss how she shifted from a focus on international touri...
This week, we return to one of our favorite topics: Vietnamese modernist architecture. Phạm Phú Vinh, an architecture student and expert on...
On this week's show, Levi Doan, known as Levi Oi, joins us (1:00) to talk about her move from Berlin to Saigon, how she became a sought-afte...
On this week's show, we begin (1:12) by discussing Vietnam's COVID-19 vaccination campaign, which began last week with an initial focus on m...
We're back from a longer-than-anticipated break with our 100th episode! To celebrate, we did a roundtable chat (1:49) on questions such as:...
It's our last episode of the year, and we're taking the chance to share some stories that may have gotten overlooked during the last 12 mont...
With Christmas approaching, we had some fun this week and shared our ideas for festive movies that could take place in Vietnam (1:52). 'Home...
This week, we begin (1:14) by discussing Vietnam's first known community transmission of the novel coronavirus in 88 days. How has this smal...
On this week's show, we welcome our colleague Elise down from Hanoi for a wide-ranging discussion (1:10) about street/public art in Vietnam....
On this week's show, we look (1:11) at the ongoing historic flooding in central Vietnam, where five provinces have been hit by multiple trop...
We're back! We begin this week (1:08) by chatting about plans to expand pedestrian areas in Saigon and Hanoi. What do we like about existing...
On this week's show, we begin (0:53) by looking at the uproar over a New Yorker article titled 'The Public-Shaming Pandemic' that was publis...
We begin (1:13) this week by talking about the recent launch of Urbanist Vietnam, our Vietnamese-language sister site. How do we decide whic...
On this week's show, we begin (1:08) with a conversation about our recent decision to use diacritics in Vietnamese names on the Saigoneer we...
On this week's show, we begin (1:09) by discussing the Vietnamese government's effort to get women to marry by age 30 and have two children...
This week, we begin (1:00) with a discussion about wildlife consumption in Vietnam. A recently-published study found cornavirus strains in a...
On this week's show, our Urbanist Hanoi colleague shares what life in the capital was like during the peak of Vietnam's coronavirus outbreak...
On this week's single-topic show, we look (1:11) at how people of different genders and generations utilize different businesses and spaces...
A few weeks ago, we discussed depictions of Vietnam from foreign filmmakers and studios. Today (0:55), we dig into the themes and improving...
This week, we share our love of all things snackable (1:27), whether American classics like Cheez-Its and Fig Newtons or Vietnamese staples...
On this week's single-topic show, we discuss movies about Vietnam created by foreign production companies and directors (1:28). The country'...
We're back with a new episode recorded, believe it or not, in our office. This may sound shocking to many around the world, but Vietnam's co...
With no end in sight to working from home - and the coronavirus dominating daily life - we've had to think outside the box for this episode....
On this working-from-home episode, we each share a dispatch from our respective neighborhood of Saigon in the time of COVID-19 (1:16). What...
On this week's episode, our 80th (!), we begin (1:29) with the latest, as of March 12, on Vietnam's Covid-19 outbreak, which has entered a w...
In honor of International Women's Day, we begin this week (1:19) by sharing stories of Vietnamese women from throughout history who haven't...
This week, we begin (1:04) by discussing nhậu and some of the problems it presents for women or people who don't want to drink, as well as t...
Whatever you think of the Oscars, there is no denying that 'Parasite' winning Best Picture was a big deal. We begin this week (1:10) by brea...
We're back from the Tet holiday! This week, we begin (1:25) with the novel coronavirus outbreak: how has it impacted our daily lives, and wh...
On this week's show, our last before the Lunar New Year break, we discuss (1:26) potential ways to improve traditional Tet dishes. Specialti...
On this special single-segment episode, we look back at the last decade in Vietnam through the lens of four societal trends: digital conveni...
We're closing out the year with a special mega-episode, in which we chose a few of our favorite segments from the past 12 months. We begin (...
On this week's show, Saigoneer Korean's editor stops by to chat about the presence of South Korean culture in Saigon (1:32). What draws so m...
On this week's show, we dig deep (1:24) into the recently-concluded Southeast Asia Games. Vietnam's athletes had a stellar showing, winning...
On this week's show (1:05), we begin by discussing Saigon's rapidly worsening air quality. What can individual Saigoneers do about this seem...