Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩

Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩

A podcast on all things Hmong. Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩 explores the Hmong identity and how we navigate through society as Hmongs, Americans and global citizens.

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April 10, 2023 34 mins

In season 1, episode 9 of the Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩 podcast, Pachia and Shoun explain why Hmong people are refugees to the United States.

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The Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩 podcast is excited to close out season 1 with its first guest of the season: Susan Mai Lee Her, a distinguished master shaman with a Masters of Arts degree in education! Susan has been a practicing shaman for the past 14 years. She has traveled all over the United States and Southeast Asia healing and educating people about her gift. Susan founded Uplift the Human Spirit, a non-profit organization to empower and un...

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November 20, 2022 40 mins

In season 1, episode 8 of the Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩 podcast, Pachia and Shoun explore several stereotypes in the east that often portray Miao/Hmong women as exotic and dangerous.

Read more here:
How Sun Fo (Sun Ke) lost the election: https://www.laitimes.com/en/article/1u35q_21jtc.html

Mayor Investigated for Insulting Miao Minority: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1504/mayor-investigated-for-insulting-miao-minority
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In season 1, episode 6 of the Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩 podcast, Pachia and Shoun take a look at murder-suicide cases under the Hmong lens, explaining how culture and generational trauma may play a part in driving these tragedies that continue to run rampant in the Hmong community.

Sources:
Men Who Murder Their Families: What the Research Tells Us
https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/230...

HOPE Center Facebook Statistics...

November 20, 2022 29 mins

In season 1, episode 7 of the Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩 podcast, Pachia and Shoun discuss the phenomenon of sleep paralysis, understood in the Hmong culture as "raug dab tsog tsuam." 

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October 2, 2022 39 mins

In season 1, episode 5 of the Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩 podcast, Pachia and Shoun take us back to French Indochina as they examine the lasting impacts of colonialism and how it has shaped the Hmong people over time.

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In season 1, episode 4 of the Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩 podcast, Pachia and Shoun dive into the concept of "Toxic Masculinity," taking a look at how it has taken shape in the Hmong community over time.

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R&B artist Summer Walker was accused of appropriating and sexualizing Hmong culture after wearing "Hmong- inspired" jewelry to the 2022 BET Awards in June. The Hmong community online responded. Here's Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩's hot take.

Pachia shares more about what she thinks with the Laotian Times.

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https://laotiantimes.com/2022/07/16/hmong-inspired-ensembles-spark-discussion-on-approp...

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August 8, 2022 50 mins

In Season 1, Episode 3 of the Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩 podcast, Pachia and Shoun go beyond Laos, tracing our Hmong roots back to China. 

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July 20, 2022 37 mins

In Season 1, Episode 2 of the Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩 podcast, Pachia and Shoun share stories of their travels to Laos as they further explore the Hmong diaspora and what that looks like in Southeast Asia.

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Pachia Lucy Vang and Shoun Thao share personal stories on what it was like growing up Hmong in Sacramento, California, and raise the question, what does it really mean to be Hmong?

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