HeyJaredWalmak Podcast: Vietnamese-American Popular Culture
Welcome to the AlwaysWalmak.com Podcast, a Vietnamese-American pop culture podcast hosted by Ha Mai—a graphic designer who grew up in Texas in the ’90s and 2000s and is here to kick back, create, and talk about all the stuff he loves.
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EP 33: Gabriela Nguyen - The Founder of Appstinence.org on Fighting Addictive Tech (opens the original)
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For EP 33, I’m heading over to the tech capital of the world—Silicon Valley, California—to chill with Gen Z founder Gabriela Nguyen, the woman behind Appstinence.org , a movement helping people break free from the addictive grip of social media, smartphones, and other Big Tech brain hijackers. Listen as we get to know Gabriela beyond the mission—her life, her Vietnamese-American background, what made her start Appstinence, and the method she developed to help people take back control of their at
EP 32: Michelle Tran - The Content Creator on Family, Art, Music and Mosh Pits (opens the original)
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For episode 32, I'm heading over to Westminster, California to chill with content creator, artist, and overall cool human—Michelle Tran ( @helloimkttt) . In this episode, we talk about cats, art, content creation, concerts, freckles, growing up with Vietnamese parents, her relationship with her sister... and of course, MUSIC. Seriously, a lot of music. We also get into the big questions, like whether there's life after death, and somehow manage to fit in a whole lot of laughs along the way. If y
EP 31: Jonny Ngo aka Jonny Angel – Finding Identity Through AzN PrYdE (opens the original)
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For episode 31, I'm hanging with a living legend—Jonny Ngo, aka Jonny Angel. If you grew up Asian in the '90s and early 2000s, there's a good chance you've seen his work. Jonny helped define the look and vibe of the AzN Pryde movement through his iconic artwork, capturing an entire generation. In this episode, we talk about the Dallas nightclub scene, finding his Vietnamese identity, getting bullied as a kid, married-with-kids life, photography, comic books, video games, Vietnamese weddings, my
EP 30: Phở Da Culture - Building the Largest Vietnamese Social Account in the World and Tasting his Vietnamese Alcohol Label (opens the original)
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For my 30th episode, I'm taking my interview to an unknown location somewhere deep in the galaxy to hang out with one of the biggest mysteries in the Vietnamese community... the man behind the ultra popular social account, Phở Da Culture and founder of the Vietnamese spirit brand Mot-Hai-Ba-YO! We crack open some drinks, get a little loopy, and somehow still manage to have one of my fav conversations yet. We dive into how he built the largest Vietnamese social media community on Earth, why uplif
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