Episodes — Loa

Episode 13 - Zombie Movement; Government-Sponsored Trolls

In this week’s episode, we take "A Look Inside" the nascent Zombie “uprising” in Việt Nam and the recent arrest of one of its members, rapper Nguyễn Phi. 

Loa’s resident troll expert Tiến Nguyễn explains how the Vietnamese government is raising an army of trolls to stifle information on the internet in this week’s "Things to Know."

Warning: this episode contains profanity.

Episode 12 - Bitcoin, Part 2; Numbered Phở Restaurants

We bring you Part 2 of our series on Bitcoin in Việt Nam, "A Look Inside" at how the digital currency is disrupting traditional methods to transfer money and the potential at helping Việt Nam’s unbanked get access to cash.

In this week's "Vietnamism," we sent our reporter out to eat phở to solve the mystery of why so many phở restaurants are named after a given number.

Ending music, "The Phở Song" courtesy of Richie Lê: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0rWLeBDG7s

Episode 11 - Lê Quốc Quân Freed; A Song from Prison

In this week’s episode, Lê Quốc Quân, a prominent human rights lawyer recently freed after 30 months of arbitrary detention goes "On the Record" with Loa's Lilly Nguyễn.

In "Solitary Envoi," we return to works of art by the politically repressed. Mây Trần brings us the story behind a song written from within Việt Nam’s prison jail cells – Trả Lại Cho Dân (Return to the People).