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  • caption: Pho with cilantro, onion, green onion, prawns, noodles, fried shallots and beef broth. Tap to see more photos.

    Pho

    When Thanh Tan was growing up, pho wasn’t cool. Now, it’s an “it” dish and taking on a life of its own as more Americans eat and serve it.
  • caption: Contestants wait to hear results of the Miss Hoa Khoi Lien Truong 2015 contest.

    The Beauty Pageant

    What makes the “ideal” Vietnamese-American woman? In the latest episode of our new podcast Second Wave, Thanh Tan finds herself confronting that question after she is invited to judge a local Vietnamese beauty pageant.

  • caption: Marines marching in Danang. March 15, 1965.

    Good guys, bad guys

    Ken Burns and Lynn Novick join Thanh Tan, host of our new podcast Second Wave , to discuss the new documentary, "The Vietnam War."
  • caption: Duc Tan, left, and his daughter, Thanh Tan, laugh while eating at Ramblin Jack's Restaurant on Friday, September 29, 2017, in Olympia. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

    Preview: Second Wave

    Hear what's in store for season one of Second Wave, an American story that begins in Vietnam. The new podcast from KUOW and PRX debuts September 5, 2017.

  • Second Wave

    An American story that begins in Vietnam.