Hmong men talk is a podcast we are seeking for Hmong men that has compelling stories/experience! We would love for you to be on our show and share you’re story. To get in contact click above or below via facebook messenger.
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Sheeso Moua
Mai Thao
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Episode 70: A second chance
Fritz Moua. I'm 39 years of age, single father of 4 beautiful girls. My oldest 18, 16, 14 and my baby, 7 years old. I was born in Moline, Illinois but moved to Fresno, California and lived there until my[...]
Episode 69: 45 thousand miles and walking
Lo Phong La "Lil' Buddha" Kiatoukaysy is an accomplished Hmong American backpacking adventurer, speaker, writer, and outdoor diversity & equity advocate. He has hiked over 45,000 trail miles since 1995. He is best known for his calendar year 2010 6,000[...]
Episode 68: In a mental state
My name is Joshua (“Joanna”) Xiong and I am a 25 year-old Hmong professional living in Los Angeles. I am the second child of eight children whom three were adopted. My parents did not have the privilege to attain higher[...]
Episode 67: Finding spiritual awakening
John B Yang is a Shaman and Qi energy healer. He is a meditation and spiritual mentor. He provides spiritual guidance, mental and emotional support for those who seek holistic healing. John's spiritual awakening, lead him to find his higher[...]
Episode 66: Self-Defense with Instructor Khang
My name is Christian Khang and I've been a certified firearms instructor for the past 4 years. My goal is to provide low cost classes to my community but to provide the highest level of real world training I can.[...]
Episode 65: Life as a Pro-Motorcycle racer #55
Aden Thao 17 year old has been to many races but dad and his older brother are both car nuts, and the family business—Calishine Import Productions—involves putting on car shows. Young Aden Thao spent the days leading up to his[...]
Episode 64: Life as a Pro-Gamer
Started at a very young age and was introduce to gaming from his dad. It lead him to be North America 2018 rank #1 League of Legend player.
Episode 63: How I met you pt 3
Happily married for 18 years, 3 beautiful kids and knowing from day 1 she was the one. Also make sure to listen to the very end. John share a romantic story about his 10th anniversary and making her go on[...]
Episode 62: How I met you pt 2
A young couple dating for 6 years and giving you all a love story on how we met. "I met her in college and ...." -Ju Xiong
Episode 61: How I met you
Married for about a decade, if she would of walk away I would of lost my chance. A beautiful episode that is a much listen too.
Episode 60: Story of life
The Martial Step is about taking greater lengths beyond the unimaginable; making it a reality.
Episode 59: Finding inner peace
The Martial Step is about taking greater lengths beyond the unimaginable; making it a reality.
Episode 58: language the gateway to culture
Language the gateway to culture Lor Lee have over 18 years of experience in leadership positions with responsiblities for the development and implementation of diversity, inclusion and cultural competence initiatives within both education and health care institutions. He bring any[...]
Episode 57: Dj to corporate
After 20 years of deep hands-on technical and consulting experience, developing solutions that impact millions of dollars of license and service revenues.
Episode 56: Climbing corporate ladder
A passionate, driven, and genuine individual, I believe that the most successful businesses have the strong ability to maximize their greatest assets; that starts with their human capital. This can be accomplished by creating a culture that is operationally nimble;[...]
Episode 55: Coach for high performance
Coach for high performance I will not only challenge you to show up as your best self but I'll also be your cheerleader. I'll guide you through a series of tools and concepts to help you gain new beliefs and[...]
Episode 54: On the other side
We've all felt blue here and there. Faced with moments that has deeply scarred us. Few people have not felt the pain of a job loss, relationship that's going downhill, or the death of a loved one. Heartache and grief[...]
Episode 53: Toom Stunt Team
I believe that diversity should be represented in the film industry and television, not just through their films but their castings as well. I believe that in today’s age and time, having a different ethnicity playing a lead role would[...]
Episode 52: Bert Lee Speak
Hi, I’m Bert Lee, a college speaker, graphic designer and dancer. I understand how confusing and scary it can be for College students to meet expectations and set themselves for success. As a Hmong American growing up in Saint Paul,[...]
Episode 51: Good cop bad cop
Efen is the Co-Founder of EnVision Growth. Efen is an Independent Agent with First Financial Security and a Certified National Financial Educators Council. He graduated from the University of Fairbanks, Alaska. Efen is married and has one child. In his[...]
Episode 50: Yu so FAT
Rocky Her is an actor, producer, director, fight choreographer and stunt coordinator most known in The Legendary Script (2006), Opposite Blood (2012)), and The Saving (2019). With years of experience in front and behind the camera since 2006, Rocky Her,[...]
Episode 49: ChillingWok
My name is William Moua, I am a former freelance League of Legends Head Coach who has done work with multiple Challenger/Master Tier rosters. I am now a variety streamer and commentator for LoL, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Tekken[...]
Episode 48: Power lifter
Thinking back to all these times gave me a sense of strength, or at least, that was what I told myself to feel better about what was going on…but I mean, I just didn’t know how to feel back then.[...]
Episode 47: Master Hypnosis
I worked as a neuroscience research lab assistant for three years and I just realized that, you know, that's not the life I wanted to live, because at that point, a lot of the, the researchers were telling me that[...]
Episode 46: TFL
The mission of this is to provide insightful, impactful, spiritual, and educational information to individuals. The first hand experiences of what it means to be a Hmong shaman. These experiences are personal and I hope to shed light on our[...]
Episode 45: ChiaTalk
ChiaTalks was created by Chia Vang, an expert Realtor in the Sacramento area. It was created to be an educational resource for anyone in the Hmong community who has ever dreamed of buying or selling a home. Have you ever[...]
Episode 44: Sudden Rush
If you are starving to get up there my answer is, "commiment!" You can't get there working one day out of 7 days, expecting you are gonna make it. You gotta put sweat, blood, tears into it. The band that[...]
Episode 43: KBL
Fishing has always been a part of my family growing up my grandparents to my uncles and dad however my dad wasn't a huge fisherman. But my grandpa was he used to always take us out locally here such as[...]
Episode 42: HAIB
My name is Kevin Phoojywg Xiong. I am an artist, content creator, and 1/4 of HAIB. 2020 is here and my YouTube channel is well overdue for a channel intro. My main focuses for this channel are music (covers &[...]
Episode 41: The Finisher
Yeah a lot of them were really excited I know really appreciated like one of them came to me and said like. "Did you know you are my idol, I've never seen a actual Hmong dancer and teachers. I'm happy[...]
Episode 40: Sneaker Giveaway Project
Mr. Hill I wanted to write to you about the shoe giveaway. I'm not going to say that I deserves them. But I wanted to say, I only have one pair of shoes and they won't last that long because[...]
Episode 39: YRD
If I can give a advice to the 21 yr old Tre. I would definitely would of say, work harder. People are remember you by what you did today and working harder will put your career in a longevity. If[...]
Episode 38: 18 and alone
Opening up is gonna be the biggest relief you will ever do. Once you tell someone else you need help, people will come help you. There are people out there that want to help you and there people who don't[...]
Episode 37: Dream giver
Be proud of being Hmong, cause there was time when I was hesitant of not being Hmong. Lastly know yourself worth and know that you have value because kids these days see what other people have and wants to look[...]
Episode 36: Is this paradise
I never knew it would become Paradise, it didn't start as a band. It started as 2 individuals just messing around with their guitar and cords. Trying to kill time. -phong yang paradise band
Episode 35: Hmong tuag nthi
Have fun live life don't take thing over the top, nothing gets accomplish if you are not enjoying yourself. I use to take my artistry so seriously, that it took the fun out of it! -elvis thao
Episode 34: Cross stitch
Dan Yang, 27, is a proud alum of Columbia College in Chicago. There he majored in Cinema Science graduating with Cum Laude Honors. He also has close ties with Hmong FIlmmaking community, Dan has been on the committee board of[...]
Episode 33: Coach for growth
Tou Ger's mission is to use art and ontological coaching to become a part of the cycle of inspiration; passing it on so that it can be added to by someone else's Being and forwarded until the cycle completes itself[...]
Episode 31: Lights, camera, action
At one point I wanted to give up film making, I came so close because my parent both said "it's time to give up this foolishness, you been playing around for to long it's time to give it up." One[...]
Episode 30: Cooking up a storm
“Cooking outside is a big part of being Hmong. It’s how we’ve always come together. Cooking outdoors is something we’ve done for generations. It’s part of our shared experience, and that’s why we want to offer it at Vinai.” —Chef[...]
Episode 29: Race Track
"They are really good about teaching leadership, they instill it into you. Number, finance, management, cultivating, integrity, how to take care of your people and have a a can do attitude. It establish how to have your own vision, philosophy,[...]
Episode 32: Drop the anchor
He came to Atlanta from Norfolk-Virginia Beach, where he was a reporter/fill-in anchor. While in Virginia, Chenue was well-sourced in local and state government, breaking stories for WVEC. He also was on the front line of hurricane coverage, covered the[...]
Episode 28: How I met your mom pt4
"For me I don't like drama in my life because when I was younger, we had friends. I prefer to be drama free, or maybe it just doing what I'm doing, you worry about what you can control. You worry[...]
Episode 27: How I met your mom pt3
For the single guys out there, "ya'll don't ever give up, if someone like me can do it you can do it too." - dale
Episode 26: How I met your mom pt2
Born and raised in Laos, my dad was the youngest of 5 boys. He has 4 older sisters and he currently lives in Milwaukee with his wife (my mom) and 7 children. My dad was a hard working man, gaining[...]
Episode 25: How I met your mom
I met her at the Hmong new year and now that women we speak of is my wife. She enjoy talking to me and she happy to talk to me. But we both we talking to each other for about[...]
Episode 24: To actor or not to actor
I was sleeping on park bench, friends couches and theater. There was theater that I acted at and I slept there because it was a trade off by moping and sweeping. It was a life learning lesson thru survival knowing[...]
Episode 23: The day I quit my job to travel
I decided one day I'm gonna quit my corporate job and I approach my parents. My mom said "you know what go ahead travel, get all this life and experience out of your system. Right now you are 23, you[...]
Episode 22: In a relationship with the credit score
How important is a persons credit score to you before dating them? Listen on as we share our opinions on this new and trending quality.
Episode 21: If there well there a way
A little frog was born and grew up in a deep well. He had never gotten a chance to explore the world outside of the place where he lived. The inside of the well was the only place he had[...]
Episode 20: Thrive Forward Together
"The last name culture is very close however we divide each other because of it. For example: Hmong Yang can't eat heart base on myth. If you unify the whole Hmong thru culture, religion and love. I think it's the[...]
Episode 19: Hmong Tinduh
When I see a pretty girl, I get nervous just as much as anyone else. I still get the butterfly, no one really believe that. I hardly approach girls at all or anywhere, unless we have some sort of connection[...]
Episode 18: Dictumdose
Luas tsaaj yug tsi rug luas tsaaj, luas tsaaj taag yug le ua dlev nuam yaaj (People are busy yet you remain still, like a curious dog you are later triggered by people's stillness)
Episode 17: Yearning for HOPE
"I was looking for hope." He needed to understand his purpose in life. At almost rock bottom, he deviated from what he knew and found his OWN path.
Episode 16 Understanding Hmong traditional wedding proceeding
Folktale says, bride price and where it came about. It said that you are not gonna love, cheerish our daughter well. So with that being said you must pay. In some conclusion it is possible she probably gonna get mis[...]
Episode 15: My Disease Did Not Stop Me
If you never take a shoot, you will never score! It can be dangerous, it can be scary, for me? However it's a no brainer I'm gonna do it because it's something I want to conquer in life.
Episode 14: My daughter & I
I only stayed for my daughter! To this day my daughter ask me "why can't we be family?" My answer to my daughter "I'm in tears but mommy didn't see daddy like that."
Episode 13: Balance In (My) Life
"I was seeking meaning and purpose....everyday I wake up, I want to give balance, joy, happiness and meaning to the world."
Episode 12: The Good Man – Flipped
It was hard for me to deviate away from being a good son.....there was alot of pressure....there were many times I wanted to run away.
Episode 11: Saving Myself from Him
"My son said softly, "Mom, hurry before dad comes into the room." She took her kids, left, and never looked back.
Episode 10: Understanding Hmong Marriage Tradition
Trying to understand tradition; especially with marriage and weddings, can be overwhelming. What is right and wrong and what needs to change? There is a saying, "Qhov zoo yuav, mam le yuav. Qhov tsi zoo yuav , muab pov tseg."
Episode 09: Older Men Dating
LOVE is wanted at any age! But what kind of love and with whom? As he age and have more experience, what is his desire?
Episode 08: Raw Truth About Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence and hurts and affects everyone around especially the victim and children, if any. Let's understand the raw truth about domestic violence and what it looks like and what a support system should be like and bust the mythbusters[...]
Episode 07: Remove the stigma on suicide
We must work together to lift the stigma on suicide. With the rising numbers of suicide...the time is NOW. Tune in, listen, and lets heal together through asking the right questions for the answers, so that we can help each[...]
Episode 06: Man In The Mirrors
Who is a Hmong man? There is no one answer. When you look in the mirror...who do you see looking back at you? That should be the only person defining you. What defines you?
Episode 05: Many Faces of Mental Health
Mental health, mental illness. Either we are one or we know of one. How can we as a community...specifically our Hmong community...encourage a safe and healthy discussion about mental health? Listen as we take a deep dive into the sea[...]
Episode 04: Dear Men,
Do you see her? Your potential wife. Go ahead and approach her. You are enough.
Episode 03: The Better Half
Do you believe in second chances? Close to death, a Hmong gangster was given another chance to live and make a change.
Episode 01: Cultivating Healthy Relationships
How do we build a healthy relationship on solid foundation, so we can be great role models for our children? In this episode, we dive deep into the 'HOW?"
Episode 02: Erectile dysfunction
Erectile Dysfunction (ED) affects a vast majority of men. It is a topic...it seems too much...to talk about. Our guest shares with us his journey dealing with ED and how it affected him as a man and a husband.
Intro: All action but with talk
As a child picking up strawberries, it taught me hard work and unconsciously to become an entrepreneur at 16 yrs old. I quickly learned from my dad that hard work surpassed talent. So I decided one summer to mow my[...]
Sheeso Moua
Sheeso Moua life has been a tale of excess and indulgence. Sheeso dominated the small business automotive but has left the scene since 2018 in pursuing to make a impact on new era of listeners. Despite his hardships, Mr. Moua had one of the most prolific runs in his automotive car shop, and he belongs in the conversation with the all time greats. Today he is your host and create a place for all Hmong men to voice there heart.