EP 3 – Trading Noodle Packets For Sandwiches

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Lauren Nguyen is Laos/Vietnamese and lives in Melbourne’s west on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples.

We chat about:

  • The Laos community in Melbourne

  • Maria’s submission to a 90s TV show

  • Soaking your hands in warm water for traditional Laos dancing

  • Not having any white in your mix

  • Returning to the ‘motherland’

  • The 12 Nguyens in chemistry class

  • Multiracial/multi-religion relationships

  • Craving Laos food as you get older

  • How a raw onion destroyed Kate’s lifelong vegetarianism

  • Laying a hangi

  • Pirated videos from Footscray Market

  • Turning into your parents

Guest: Lauren Nguyen

Edited by: Kate Robinson

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