Noy and Nisa sit down with Lao Punjabi sis, Victoria, for The Hee’s very first interview! You may remember her work from Season 1 Episode 2 where Noy and Nisa stumbled their way thru her poem!

Quotables:

• “It's ‘mo’ when you're younger and then it was ‘hee’ and then apparently there's a whole nother level.”
• “…More a representation of the hee, not a literal thaet.”

Intro/Outro music: Ling L-zone X Ma Lai X Lae Laostha

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Noy and Nisa meet to reflect on Season 1 and start heestorming for Season 2. What will they get into this summer?!

Quotables:

• “You just need to let the hee breathe”
• “I didn't ask her about the hee stuff... I just acted like I knew. Like you.”
• “Heespansion”

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Noy and Nisa conduct #heesearch (hee-related research) on Lao nicknames. They start by calling Noy’s mom (who is from Pakse) and annoy her with their over-analytical questions about Laoness and gender.

• “Hum ni, man pen, man normal”
• “You heard that? Hum is normal”
• “No, bor normal pan dai…”

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"She says, one of my friends tells her five year old daughter that her genitals are full of wonder and power. She found herself in the midst of controversy when her daughter shared this information with other girl children."

-bell hooks

Communion: The Female Search for Love

Noy shares her big 'heecret' with Nisa and our listeners! Can you guess what it is?

• "Technically I'm still not even eating as much as I would if I went to a Lao food festival"
• "It's good to hear these stories for other people, right? women like want to box ourselves in this biological clock and tie our, our self worth to it"

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Noy and Nisa talk about the egg-freezing process and Noy shares her advice for others doing #HeeSearch on fertility.

• “Get the info, hear it from multiple sources, and have some HeeTalk with your therapist.”
• "We can want career, love, family, adventures. As long as we talk from our hee and then work towards it.”

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Noy and Nisa talk about fertility after 35 and the #heesearch Noy did to make her decision.

• “And like, how invasive is this process? Are they all up in your hee? ”
• “That was a really good number for me, so I was pretty happy with it. ”

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Noy and Nisa read a poem by Lao Punjabi sis and scholar, Victoria Gill, and talk about growing up as Luk Lao.

• “Basically using your hee to talk about your children's culture, like their motherland…”
• “You know, when she said she, “mung ock jak hee Lao”…I stopped right there!”

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Noy and Nisa decide on the name(s) for their show with a little help from Missy Elliot and Baipor Rattiya/ใบปอ รัตติยา!

• “Everybody was responding but you know what it is? Cause people respond to the hee.”
• “It is time for us to free the hee!”

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