The Duke podcast: Recent Episodes
Duc Nguyen
A long-form conversation hosted by me and guests who are friends or interesting young adults talking across their experiences/expertise, mindset, cultural aspects, mentality.
Jane is South Korean American who moved to the States at the age of 4. Me and Jane are friends when she travelled to Vietnam for 2 years and lived there as an Expat English teacher. Jane and me talked about travelling experiences, imposter syndrome with life milestones, friendships, struggles,...
Below is the timeline for you guys:
00-10:29: travelling experiences, feeling out of place, from cocktails vegas girl to a more conscious person
10:29: reflecting on our friendship
18:08: debunking the expectation of must doing certain things at a certain ages
26:25: how travelling affects the ego
31:00: reflecting on the younger Jane
40:00: what does a “successful life” mean to you?
44:30: advice for your younger-self
49:00: the reason I do this podcast
52:00: how to trust yourself & deal with the unknown
1:00:00: Jane’s views on discipline, laziness, struggles
1:14:30 : how to keep yourself grounded
1:17:00: what is the most important thing in a person
1:21:00: Jane’s views on social media
Ben is an English teacher living in Vietnam for the past 5 years. He is an Asian American who was born in Hawaii. He tells stories of his first time living in Asia (specifically Japan); how he first encountered a different culture at the age of 19; the Japanese culture and how it affects his personality; coming out to teach English and his current life in Vietnam. Here is the timeline so it's easier for you to listen:
00: intro
20:15: how Japanese culture affects Ben’s personality
34:00 Being an expat: loneliness or independence
38:00 Missing home is a part of human beings
47:00 We are supposed to be independent?
57:00 How you feel in your 30s compared to the society’s stereotype 1:09:00 how does travel affect your ego
1:21:00 Advice for your younger self
My take on how you are not your thoughts; how mediation can help; and what if you are in charge!?
I'm ranting about the psychology of jealousy and everyone's way of expression is different.
My thoughts on starting out something that you're not good at, being shy, procrastination, and insecurity.
Hello friends, thanks for tuning in with the new self-journal podcast series. I hope you can relate to all the crazy things that I talk about and find it useful. Enjoy!!
This is the last episode of the first series. Thank you so much for the support!
In this episode, Oliver and I discuss over the longest & strictest lockdown in Vietnam so far; alien; where curiosity leads him to who he is now and Oliver's fasting journey.
Hamzah is an English Muslim guy. Hamzah talks about how Islam affects him as a person, his religion views and how he changed in 2020's corona lockdown.
It has been 4 years since Ha moved to Netherlands for her bachelor and around the end of 2020, she started her first business with Vietnamese vegan food truck. It's fascinating to hear about what Ha has been through since day 1. I hope you feel the same when listening to her story.
Living in Vietnam since 2017, Nurjona worked as an English teacher and tried Vietnamese coffee everywhere in Saigon. After living here for a while, she decided to start a coffee business back home in Albania and bring Vietnamese coffee there. Listen more to her story.
About haft of marriages in the US didn't work out. In Vietnam, so many marriages come to an end but they don't know how to let go. However, not always marriage end up that way. Let's talk about that controversial topic!
Sam is one of my closest friends in Saigon since day one, he could be the next Bill Burr but decided to become an English teacher instead. During this long lockdown period in Saigon, we decide to do an episode to discuss about current events and his life in Vietnam for the past 4 years.
Yoon comes from Myanmar, and now she's living in an unstable time with the civil war happening at home. Yoon opens up about what it is like for her during Myanmar's civil war, her mentality, thoughts, and what she's doing now during this period.
Zafrina Sung is one of the coolest kids I've known in Groningen. Zafrina talks about embracing the inner child, especially during this pandemic, an adventurous person, what it is like to stay in no-window hotel room for 14 days.
Ling was a journalist for 6 years and now she's doing her Master in Energy Sustainability in The Netherlands. She talks about what it is like to be a journalist, changing career at 30, her life in the Netherlands and personal thoughts.
Mình biết chị Thiên Nhi khi du học ở Halan năm 2019. Chị Thiên Nhi là sinh viên Master International Business, bên cạnh đó chị cũng hiểu nhiều về tâm lý học. Thiên Nhi kể về chuyện bay về Việt Nam từ Anh năm 2020 khi đợt Corona thứ nhất xảy ra, chuyện ở khu cách ly, việc du học gặp và làm việc với nhiều nền văn hoá khác nhau, chuyện tại sao là người thích bày tỏ bản thân qua việc viết, định nghĩa bản thân và suy nghĩ cá nhân.
Stuart McPherson is hand down among the best lads I've ever come across in my entire life. A super friendly, honest, smart, down-to-earth, funny guy. It could not be more fun to have a chance to sit down and talk to him. Stu talks on his crazy 6 years as an expat, his stories on experiences, friendships, thoughts, up and down moments during this period.
Myrthe is the kind of person who exhausts me, makes me feel like a lazy bastard when looking at all the things she does and knows. She wrote her thesis about feminism for Shedecides. I'm just so curious and want to learn more about the topic, so I tried to get her on the podcast. Myrthe and I discuss feminism and its relationship with social media, social justice events, and her thesis goals.
Lisalot (Lilo) is one of my favourite people in The Netherlands. Lilo is just straight up a different species. She’s so kind, energetic, loving, funny, and her stories touch me. I couldn’t be happier to get her on the podcast and promise you guys will enjoy her stories as much as I do. Lilo and I discuss Dutch drinking culture, our master program, getting bullied in high school, her A.D.D story, having guy friends, and personal thoughts.
It is just purely calm, relax, and easy to talk to Marnie. Marnie is a Scottish expat who lived in Asia for 6 years as an English teacher. Marnie and I discuss Expat's life, teaching English, Vegetarian, and running.
Yorgo and Oliver are some of the kindest, wisest, most thoughtful people I have met. Yorgo is a former musician who spent 30 years living abroad in The US, while Oliver has lived in Asia for more than 3 years. These two are so easy to talk to, and I couldn't be happier to get them on this podcast.
Trong tập 9 này, mình nói chuyện với chị Tú – Master International Communication tại Hanze và Nhàn - Interior Design student tại Academy Minerva. Chị Tú, Nhàn và mình nói về sự thay đổi sau 1.5 năm du học của chị Tú, về việc yêu bản thân, phát triển về quản lý công việc và thời gian, góc nhìn sau khoá khi hoàn thành khoá Master, tuổi tác có phải là rào cản lớn?, các mối quan hệ từ nhiều văn hoá khác nhau, và suy nghĩ cá nhân của Nhàn và chị Tú.
Nathan Vries is a young Dutch Climate Ambassador in Groningen. Nathan and I discuss his traveling experiences in Peru before Corona happened, personal development, the nature of human beings, living in the moment, the sciences of happiness, his climate ambassador story, our thoughts on living in harmony, and the meaning of life.
Here we are, sitting down again with the great and powerful ARIEL. Properly you knew her through episode 2. For this episode, we will discuss self-reflection, self-love, the importance of being kind, relationships with people, young people's ideology, and more of her personal thoughts.
Trong tập này, mình nói chuyện với Nhàn.Nhàn là sinh viên năm cuối interior design Minerva Academy - Hanze University of Applied Sciences. Nhàn ở Groningen (Hà Lan) được 3 năm nên có nhiều thời gian để thấy nhiều cái khác trong xã hội phương Tây so với xã hội Châu Á. Nhàn và mình nói chuyện về khác biệt văn hoá, mặt tích cực và tiêu cực của việc du học, khác biệt trong giáo dục, việc dành nhiều thời gian một mình, chăm sóc bản thân, làm sao để tập trung vào bản thân, tầm quan trọng của việc tò mò, tử tế, thoát khỏi những gì mình biết ở Việt Nam, và suy nghĩ cá nhân của Nhàn.
Hikaru is one of my closest friends here in The Netherlands. He is such an interesting person who is a really dedicated, hard-working person. I learned a lot from talking with him. Hikaru and I discuss Japanese society's perspective, Karoshi (Dead from overworking), the dark side of Japanese hard-working culture, corporation expectations on employees, the Japanese drinking culture, how he changed for the past 1.5 years living abroad, and his personal thoughts.
Oliver is a British expat in Vietnam for the past 2 years. He's an incredible person, looking at life in deep, profound ways. In the second part of this episode, Oliver and I discuss consciousness, human mechanism, climate change, psychedelic experiences, and personal thoughts.
Oliver is a British expat in Vietnam for the past 2 years. He's an incredible person, looking at life in deep, profound ways. In the first part of this episode, Oliver and I discuss expat life, leaving Europe for Vietnam, Vietnamese language, cultural differences, society, mentality.
Ekaterina or Kate, one of my favorite people in the friend groups, I picked up a lot on her mentality. Kate and I discuss the perspective of self-improving, spirituality, mental journey, positive mindset, life obstacles, and how she deals with them.
Featuring this week's episode are Ariel and Inka. Both of them are from Taiwan, and we met each other through the master's program. Inka, Ariel, and I talk over cultural differences, culture shocks we all encountered as Asians coming to Europe, life here in the Netherlands, how living abroad changed their perspectives, ways of thinking, and future directions.
In this first episode, I talk to Myrthe, who is one of my closest friends during the time I'm studying here in the Netherlands. She's a talented & creative freelance photographer. I and Myrthe talk over her work, lifestyle, working mentality, university life, thoughts, and what we have learnt through the past year.