Kai Risdahl
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
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We're in Little Saigon in Orange County, California today, telling three stories of generational change in one neighborhood in this economy, home to the biggest Vietnamese population outside Vietnam.
I'm Kai, nice to meet you.
Tommy Nguyen there, all of 25 years old.
Tell me where we are, what's going on?
You, however, have not even been here for 30 years, just looking at you.
Your parents' first child, that's right.
But you're running it now, right?
This lunch spot has a deli counter to order sandwiches up front, a fridge with Vietnamese desserts off to one side, and a line of cooks you can see working in the kitchen.
For those who don't know, what are what is a banh mi?
I'm actually going to buy one so I can eat it on the way home.