Better Than Seven Sons

In this episode, Ashley asks Kathy and La about their thoughts on singleness.

We may or may not have some good dating advice. In this mini-episode, we discuss the dating advice we've received and offer our thoughts on dating.

In between regular episodes, we are releasing mini-episodes where we share more stories and reflections from our experiences. Light-hearted and sometimes deep, we discuss a variety of topics that have come up in our conversations together.

2021 is a tough year. We never planned to do an episode on grief, but with everything that happened this year, we've been thinking a lot about it. In this episode, we discuss what we understand about grief and share how we are grieving this season.

We're back with another episode on biblical women we should know about. Lately the three of us have been discussing the ways we were taught about women in church. We decided that we needed a part two of our Better Than Proverbs 31 episode. In this episode, we share about three more women from scripture that we admire. Though they are all named, they only take up a few verses and are often forgotten. We hope this will encourage you to seek more information on all the women in the Bible.

This season, we have been focusing on sharing our story. In this episode, we talk about what that means for us and why we believe centering our story is important, especially when we are calling for more awareness of the diverse experiences of Asian Americans.  

Ashley mentions a book called Mixed Blessing written by our friend, Chandra Crane.

Read Ashley's review for the book here.

Do you speak HMoob? In this mini episode, we discuss what our language means to our identity. 

In between regular episodes, we are releasing mini-episodes where we share more stories and reflections from our experiences. Light-hearted and sometimes deep, we discuss a variety of topics that have come up in our conversations together.

Besides recording podcast episodes, we had a couple of virtual watch parties together since the pandemic started. We watched some Hmong movies and we noticed some things. In this mini-episode, we discussed the tropes and overused storylines we continue to see in Hmong movies. We also offer some average to slightly above average story ideas we would like to see in future Hmong movies.

In between regular episodes, we are releasing mini-episodes where we share more stories and reflections from our experiences. Light-hearted and sometimes deep, we discuss a variety of topics that have come up in our conversations together.

Knowing our story is so important to us as we grow in understanding who we are as Hmong American women. This week, we discuss Hmong history and the lack of information to form a narrative that goes beyond being refugees from the Secret War. We ask questions and wonder about our ancestors as we cope with what is lost to history. Where do we come from and why does that matter to us?

In this mini-episode, Kathy, La, and Ashely share stories of their parents' and grandparents' resourcefulness. 

In between regular episodes, we are releasing mini-episodes where we share more stories and reflections from our experiences. Light-hearted and sometimes deep, we discuss a variety of topics that have come up in our conversations together. 

In this episode, we process how the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, impacted us. As Hmong American and Christian women, where is our place in the ongoing conversations about the social, political, and racial realities revealed from this event? We discuss where we are as a Christian community and how we hope to see the Hmong American church speak up on these issues.

We reference some articles we each wrote last summer. You can find them here, here, and here.