A Long & Intense Conversation About What It Means to Be Hmong

Welcome back to Hmonglish!

This is our second season and things will be a bit different this time around, especially the structure of the show. You’ll notice that these episodes will be much more casual. We provide Yia and the guest a very, very rough outline of what to talk about and they usually don’t even look at the outline anyways.

We know a lot of you will miss our old format with Gia, but we’re excited nonetheless to bring you this new iteration.

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Before we begin, I want to set the context for today’s episode. Ironically, we began season 2 with a guest who is not Hmong, but still Asian American (specifically, Taiwanese American). His name is Ming-Jinn Tong and he has known Yia for almost a decade. They met at a church they used to attend and have been best buds ever since. 

The reason we brought on Ming-Jinn is that he’s an incredibly thoughtful speaker. He’s an expert on addressing cultural issues and we felt he would be the perfect person to bring on as Yia continues to reflect on his Hmong heritage.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy.

You’re with friends now.

Welcome to season 2.


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Produced by Gleam Tower Media

All music courtesy of Artlist