Lauren Nguyen is Laos/Vietnamese and lives in Melbourne’s west on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples.
We chat about:
- The Laos community in Melbourne
- Maria’s submission to a 90s TV show
- Soaking your hands in warm water for traditional Laos dancing
- Not having any white in your mix
- Returning to the ‘motherland’
- The 12 Nguyens in chemistry class
- Multiracial/multi-religion relationships
- Craving Laos food as you get older
- How a raw onion destroyed Kate’s lifelong vegetarianism
- Laying a hangi
- Pirated videos from Footscray Market
- Turning into your parents
Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
Guest: Lauren Nguyen
Edited by: Kate Robinson
Music by: Green Twins
Special thanks: Footscray Community Arts Centre
This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations.
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