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 as interviews with special guests.Read more »
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 as interviews with special guests.Read Less
This week's show features an extended conversation about superstitions (1:10), both Vietnamese and western. We also play a game where we guess which ones are real, and which are not. Our interview guest (21:29) is Parag Khanna, the international relations analyst and author of the new book 'The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict and Culture in the 21st Century'. We talked about how Asian countries are reconnecting in the post-colonial era, and what this means for Vietnam, among other topics. As always, we close with Bánh Mì Banter (48:26).