A podcast about nothing. And everything Vietnamese.
Where diaspora dreams collide with reality. Where Viet-ish means living between cultures, finding joy in contradictions, and laughing at the beautiful chaos of translation.
It's straddling two worlds without fully fitting into either. It's your mom's expectations and your own dreams. It's speaking broken Vietnamese and perfect English, neither feeling quite authentic. Viet-ish is the lived experience of diaspora—messy, funny, deeply human.
Finding Our People
Roy and Steve created Viet-ish to capture these moments. The podcast celebrates contradiction: honoring heritage while embracing global identity. It's for anyone who's ever felt caught between cultures, laughed at a language mix-up, or wondered if their family's quirks were universal.
Meet Your Hosts
Roy Tran
The storyteller. Roy brings observational humor and emotional depth, navigating identity with wit and vulnerability. His perspective bridges diaspora and local experience.
Steve Vu
The questioner. Steve asks the hard-hitting yet hilarious questions about culture, belonging, and what it means to be Viet-ish. Curiosity and cultural nuance are his superpowers.
Season 1: The Viet-ish Chronicles
Light, funny, relatable. Season 1 dives into the comedy of cultural contradiction: dating across cultures, language disasters, family expectations, and the universal awkwardness of being caught between two worlds.
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Dating While Viet-ish
Why your mom's "suggestions" for partners never match reality. Cross-cultural romance fails and wins.
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Lost in Translation
The hilarious gaps between what you meant to say and what actually came out. Pho becomes faux, and nothing makes sense anymore.
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Family Expectations vs. Reality
Mom wants a doctor. Dad wants grandkids. You want to figure out who you are first. The eternal Viet-ish struggle.
Viet-ish: Season 2: Identity & Belonging
Deeper conversations about what it means to belong. Season 2 explores identity, heritage, privilege, and the search for home—whether that's a place, a person, or within yourself.
What Does Home Really Mean?
Is home where you're from, where you live now, or somewhere in between? A deep dive into belonging and displacement.
Privilege & Perspective
The tension between diaspora experience and local reality. Understanding complexity and nuance across the Vietnamese experience.
Building Your Own Identity
Breaking free from inherited expectations. Creating your own definition of success, culture, and authenticity.
Signature Segments
Every episode features recurring segments that dig deeper into Viet-ish life with humor, heart, and cultural insight.
What the Pho?
Hilarious misunderstandings and cultural confusions unpacked with laughs and learning.
Street Smart
Real stories from real streets. Uncovering wisdom in everyday Saigon moments and unexpected encounters.
Motorbike Philosophy
Deep thoughts inspired by the chaos of motorbikes. Finding zen in traffic, metaphors in motion.
Same Same, But Different
Comparing Vietnamese and global perspectives. Where cultures intersect, diverge, and surprise us.
Listen Everywhere
Viet-ish is available on all major platforms. Subscribe now to never miss an episode of Viet-ish wisdom, laughter, and cultural connection.
Spotify Full episodes, weekly releases
YouTube Video episodes with visuals
TikTok Short clips and behind-the-scenes
Instagram Community stories and updates
The Dream Roadmap
From pilot launch to a global Viet-ish community. Here's where we're headed:
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Phase 1: Podcast Launch
Season 1 episodes, platform setup, initial community building.
Submit your own Viet-ish moment, ask questions, or just say hello. We're building something special—a space where diaspora stories matter, cultural contradictions make sense, and everyone belongs.
📧Email hello@vietish.com
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Viet-ish: Where your contradictions are features, not bugs. Where being caught between worlds is exactly where you belong.