Brandon Hoang & Elizabeth Ai

Screenwriter and novelist Brandon Hoang and filmmaker Elizabeth Ai speak with hosts Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen. ABOUT THE GUESTS Brandon Hoàng is the author of the young adult novel Gloria Buenrostro Is Not My Girlfriend and the middle grade The Crossbow of Destiny. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Brandon grew up coveting the Baby-Sitters Club books and slurping noodles. Before he was a writer, Brandon was an animation executive. Now a screenwriter by day and novelist by night, he currently resides in Portland, OR with his wife and two daughters. Elizabeth Ai is an award-winning Chinese Vietnamese American storyteller and filmmaker. Her directorial debut, New Wave, premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Festival and was awarded a Special Jury Mention for Best New Documentary Director. Ai writes and produces independent feature films and branded content for companies including ESPN, VICE, and National Geographic, for which she won an Emmy. She produced the documentary features Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe (2008), and A Woman’s Work: The NFL’S Cheerleader Problem (2019). Her narrative features include Saigon Electric (2011) and Ba (2024). She’s an alumnus of Berlinale, Center for Asian American Media, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Film Independent, Firelight Media, Sundance, and Tribeca. Her work is supported by Adobe, California Humanities, Cinereach, Ford Foundation, Independent Television Service, Knight Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Sundance. This episode is sponsored by AppLovin. AppLovin’s leading marketing platform provides developers a powerful set of solutions to grow their mobile apps. AppLovin’s technology platform enables developers to market, monetize, analyze and publish their apps. The company’s first-party content includes over 200+ popular, engaging apps and its technology brings that content to millions of users around the world. AppLovin is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with several offices globally. Learn more at ⁠⁠applovin.com⁠⁠.

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