#hoochim

In this episode we talk about Valentine's Day a.k.a. vagina day; first crushes; relationship thoughts: the pros and cons of marrying an orphan and how norms fuck us up; Asian Prom; and read through listener submitted song dedications.

In this episode we talk about current events, Mai Na Lee’s book Dreams of the Hmong Kingdom, the missed opportunities of 2015 and in the last 40 years of the Hmong in the U.S., and what we’re looking forward to in 2016.

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In this episode we talk about and ask people about the Twin Cities’ Hmong people favorite hangout: Lake Phalen a.k.a. Hmong Lake; share our wanderlusting ways that have taken us to Norway, Laos, China, and across the Mississippi River from Saint Paul to Minneapolis--to name a few places; and ponder the field research of zaj in different countries and the history of zaj slayers and/or zaj trainers.

In this episode, we talked about our experience at the Black Fair and anti-blackness in the Hmong community, and mentioned social justice Hmong organizations and organizers for lack of support for Black Fair and Black Lives Matter.

In this episode we talk about the feedback we’ve received for the podcast so far, the purpose of #hoochim and our intended audience, the sign in Hmong at Devils Lake, #firsthmong, and the nonprofit industrial complex.

In this episode our guest Chong Vang joins us for a conversation about the Doua Chialy Her videos, the different responses to these videos we’ve seen, the conversations about violence against women and girls we’d like to see and have going forward, and naming the new patriarchy.

In this episode we talk about the Freedom Festival, the We Are Hmong Minnesota exhibit, Hmong people fishing, outsiders saving us, human trafficking in SE Asia, and U.S. marriage equality.