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Xin Chao Homie!SS 02 | EP6: Boris MeshkovThis week, the Xin Chao Homie! Podcast talks to Russian-born and up-and-coming filmmaker Boris Meshkov. Joined by an extremely hilarious panel that includes Vu Minh Tu and Phuc, we discuss the state of the film industry in Vietnam, Boris's latest projects, as well as pitching original film ideas for a wide range of genres. All included in a cinematic episode. 00:36- Meet the Panel 01:53- Catch-up 05:56- From Hollywood to Saigon (via Shenzen) 17:43- Cường 7’s Music Video 27:43- State of Vietnam Film Industry 41:30- Saigon 3...2021-11-081h 28Xin Chao Homie!SS 02 | EP5: Improv Comedy with Haha Hanoi ComedyIn this high energy episode, we are joined by the triple threats of Thanh, Bex, and Sammy, veterans of improv comedy in Vietnam. With a panel that includes both stand-up and improv comics, we chat all things improv, the worst audience’s suggestions as well as play some improv games.All included in a mostly improvised and fun-filled episode. 0:22: Meet the Panel and Catch-up 04:10: An Idiot's Guide to Improv Comedy 09:06: Doing Improv in Vietnam 38:01: Doing Improv in Vietnamese 44:30: Improv Games Hashtag 50:45: Sex with Me 57:21: Plu2021-10-171h 00Xin Chao Homie!SS02 | EP4: Niall Mackay From Seven Million Bikes PodcastIn our first team-up episode, we catch up with Niall Mackay, showrunner and host of Seven Million Bikes- A Vietnam Podcast. With an all-new panel that includes the talented An Pham and Jack Nguyen, we discuss the state of comedy in Saigon, Niall's personal journey into performing stand-up and podcasting as well as brainstorming hilarious and groundbreaking ideas for new Vietnam-based podcasts.All included in an action-packed team-up episode. 00:20 - Meet the Panel 02:10 - Catch-up 03:40 - An Idiot’s Guide to Niall and Seven Million Bikes 03:55 - Niall’s Journey 07:05...2021-10-051h 13Xin Chao Homie!SS02 | EP3: Kelso DowingThis week is our Pride Special and joining us is our US-born, Saigon-based homie, queer comic Kelso Dowing.Along with our diverse panel, we chat about Kelso’s journey of self-discovery, moving from DC to Vietnam, zig-zagging between Hanoi and Saigon. Even more so, we talk all things LGBT in Vietnam like changing perceptions, Vietnamese slangs for queer people among other things.All included in a fun and fabulous episode! 0:00 - Meet the Panel/ Catch-Up 2:59 - Coming Out 4:16 - Moving to Vietnam 5:13 - Doing in comedy and Hanoi vs Sai...2021-09-171h 07
Xin Chao Homie!SS02 | EP2: Matthew TallonThis week, Xin Chao Homie! Podcast talks to one of Ireland’s hottest young comics and enchanting human being (his words, not ours), Matthew Tallon. Along with our host Nghia Mai and the returning of Leo Nguyen, we discuss super cool things like Matthew’s comedic journey in the States, as well as things that Leo and Matthew would show around if they were to visit Vietnam and Ireland, respectively. All included in a fun and totally awesome episode.2021-08-1752 minXin Chao Homie!SS02 | EP1: Sergej LopouchanskiIn our season 2 premiere, our team travels to the kingdom of the Belgians to catch up with our homie, the warm and cuddly Russo-Belgian comedian Sergei Lopouchanski. We talk Belgian beers, Tintin and being Russian. Plus, Huy Doan shares his own stories living and doing comedy in Belgian and how his name could make him big in Russia. All jammed into one action-packed episode. Come and chill with the homies. P/s: Hey guys, we were recording this episode using our old name @thehotpotcastvn. From now on we're gonna be Xin Chao Homie! Thanks again for sticking with us! Chec...2021-08-081h 22
Xin Chao Homie!SS 01 | EP 10: Going Down Under part 2Our journey Down Under continues in the season finale. This time with our good friend, Hanoi-based Aussie comic Paul Villanova. He shares with our panel the Australian racial politics, his personal stories and soap operas.
Introduction (0:00)
Why Manh Cuong decided to do comedy (02:00)
Comedy in Australia with Paul Villanova and Derek Nguyen (4:28)
Pauline Hanson (18:22)
Racism in Australia (27:02)
Neighbours (42:06)
2021-03-2854 min
Xin Chao Homie!SS 01 | EP 09: Going Down Under part 1The Hot Potcast travels Down Under and chats to Aussie comic and podcaster Fergus Neal. We talk about all things Australian, Derek's attempts at assimilating and Fergus's friendship with Joshua Wong, the Hong Kong protest leader.
Introduction (00:00)
Australian English? (02:05)
The most Australian thing I've ever heard (06:10)
Anh Do the comedian (11:55)
Derek Nguyen's Journey to Australia (15:50)
Derek Nguyen's first gig...2021-03-1738 min
Xin Chao Homie!SS 01 | EP 08: Comedy Club 101 with Monkey Barrel ComedyThis time, the Hot Potcast travels to Scotland and learns how to set up a comedy club with special guest Ben Verth, co-founder of Edinburgh’s award-winning Monkey Barrel comedy club. In addition, our panelist Minh Tu also shares her own experience doing English-language comedy nights in Vietnam.
Panel and guest introduction (0:00)
An Idiot’s Guide to Monkey Barrel Comedy (2:42)
Minh Tu's experience doing English comedy in Vietnam (12:06) ...2021-03-0652 min
Xin Chao Homie!SS 01 | EP 07: Li Xi Me SillyIn this special Tết episode, 2 teams of comedians, representing Hanoi and Saigon, test out each other’s wits in a fast-paced and action-packed round of games. Together, they discover some interesting trivia about the traditions of Tết. Most of all, plenty of jokes and shenanigans from both sides in another festive episode of the Hot Potcast.
Let's start the year of the Buffalo with a bang!
Catch-up (0:51)
Your Tet Story (4:35) ...2021-02-1348 min
Xin Chao Homie!SS 01 | EP 06: Triple Czechs Production with Dominik VuDominik Vu is a half Czech, half Vietnamese stand-up comic from Prague, who is currently based in Hanoi from January 2020 where he is discovering his Vietnamese roots. In the first episode of 2021, he joins our panel of Vietnamese comedians- Nghia Mai, Huy Doan and Phuc, to share his life story, how things are with the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic as well as teaches us some extremely useful phrases in Czech!
Catch-up (0:53)
Moving to Hanoi (3:40)
2021-01-2828 min
Xin Chao Homie!SS 01 | EP 05: COMEDY OI! Festival 2020: The Very First Comedy Festival in VietnamIn the year where festivals of any kind are a no-no, a group of Hanoi-based comedians did the impossible and held Vietnam’s 1st ever comedy festival. This week, the Hot Potcast catches up with haha Hanoi, the team behind this impressive feat, to find out what went out during Comedy Oi! 2020. All the highlights wrapped up in a very festive episode with our funny panelists: Nghia Mai, Manh Cuong, Le Kim Thanh, Erick Garcia, Bex and Huy Doan.
The Panel and their Christmas plans (1:09) &nb...2020-12-271h 00
Xin Chao Homie!SS01 | EP 04: Sam Thomas - Our Phnom Penh PalAmerican Sam may just be a local English teacher with stars in his eyes and a dream in his heart, but he appears destined for greatness having been a stalwart of the Phnom Penh comedy scene for the past eight years. He has gigged extensively across Cambodia and other Asian regions, as well as in the United States. With his fellow Vietnamese comedian friends: Nghia Mai, Phuc and Huy Doan, Sam shares the stories of how things have been changing in Cambodia.
How Covid’s be...2020-12-1355 min
Xin Chao Homie!SS 01 | EP 03: Too Schooled for Coolness with Erick GarciaHanoi-based, Mexican-American and the runner up of the 2019 Vietnam Comedy Competition, Erick Garcia has been a veteran in the Hanoi comedy scene with his spot on observational humor. This time, he will share his school day memories with his fellow Vietnamese comedians: Nghia Mai, Huy Doan and Leo Nguyen.
What Erick encountered the other day in Hanoi (2:24)
A little game (3:40)
School fooleries (6:36) ...2020-12-0534 min
Xin Chao Homie!SS01 | EP 02: Mid-Autumn Festival with JK HobsonAmerican-born, Saigon-based and a metalhead, JK Hobson has been an active member in Saigon's comedy scene. Now he gets to learn more of Trung Thu, the Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival with his Vietnamese comic colleagues: Nghia Mai, Vu Minh Tu and Phuc.
Rammstein did that to you! (1:40)
Jk Hobson's first mooncake (4:48)
"Chu Cuoi; the Moon Man Folktale" (the Vietnamese origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival) (7:08)
Old-school mid-autumn festival (13:05...2020-11-0925 min
Xin Chao Homie!SS01 | EP 01: Ireland 101 with Brian GallagherOnce visited Vietnam, Brian Gallagher, the rising star of the Irish comedy scene, catches up with Vietnam's finest comedians: Nghia Mai, Leo Nguyen and Phuc.
Coping with lockdown and the only rule of the podcast (01:00)
Brian Gallagher's favorite Vietnamese dish (04:35)
How Leo Nguyen learned English from his nomadic teachers (05:51) and how to cross the street in Vietnam (07:22)
Ireland 101 and Phuc's most intimate secrets (12:20) ...2020-11-0934 min
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