Giving Narration Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/tbd-b7e54df1-32ed-40aa-bb9d-e1e98bba3004 Giving Narration is a reflective podcast with personal narrations to lived experiences. Jim Vue and Sai Thao are husband and wife. They both are first born Hmong Americans. Jim was raised in Tulsa, OK in a smaller family with 4 children while Sai was raised in St. Paul, MN in a large family with 11 children. Jim and Sai have been married for 21 years and they are parents to five children, three girls and two boys ranging from the ages of six to eighteen years old, and all with special needs. ©Sai&Jim 2023 1f86e76d-e9d5-5f91-9186-7aee7caecc95 yes en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:20:11 -0500 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:21:03 -0500 https://img.transistorcdn.com/nbns8CMEeZHCUHVigbsMmB2yVdXY8Pd9gP8Z3tBmgfo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQwNjI1LzE2ODEx/NzY3MTAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Giving Narration episodic Sai Thao and Jim Vue Giving Narration is a reflective podcast with personal narrations to lived experiences. Jim Vue and Sai Thao are husband and wife. They both are first born Hmong Americans. Jim was raised in Tulsa, OK in a smaller family with 4 children while Sai was raised in St. Paul, MN in a large family with 11 children. Jim and Sai have been married for 21 years and they are parents to five children, three girls and two boys ranging from the ages of six to eighteen years old, and all with special needs. Giving Narration is a reflective podcast with personal narrations to lived experiences. #Marriage #Culture #Identity #Relationship Sai Thao saithaovue@gmail.com No Yes How We Belong: Roles and Responsibility 7 7 How We Belong: Roles and Responsibility full f843498e-e017-4713-8cc9-23c48f0e0c73 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fa641934 Jim and Sai talk about how they begin life rooted in family, as sons and a daughters, brothers and sisters.

In those early years, belonging feels certain, defined by the people around them and the roles they naturally step into.

But over time, those roles shift, and the people who once defined that sense of belonging are no longer around.

What remains is the question of what it means to belong when those connections change, and how they continue to carry that sense of responsibility, care, and identity forward.

]]> Jim and Sai talk about how they begin life rooted in family, as sons and a daughters, brothers and sisters.

In those early years, belonging feels certain, defined by the people around them and the roles they naturally step into.

But over time, those roles shift, and the people who once defined that sense of belonging are no longer around.

What remains is the question of what it means to belong when those connections change, and how they continue to carry that sense of responsibility, care, and identity forward.

]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:00:28 -0500 Sai Thao and Jim Vue Sai Thao and Jim Vue 2664 Jim and Sai talk about how they begin life rooted in family, as sons and a daughters, brothers and sisters.

In those early years, belonging feels certain, defined by the people around them and the roles they naturally step into.

But over time, those roles shift, and the people who once defined that sense of belonging are no longer around.

What remains is the question of what it means to belong when those connections change, and how they continue to carry that sense of responsibility, care, and identity forward.

]]> #Marriage #Culture #Identity #Relationship No Where Our Heart Is: A Conversation On Grief 6 6 Where Our Heart Is: A Conversation On Grief full 1d6e3afe-82e8-40eb-9708-92b885d15bff https://share.transistor.fm/s/12b0098b Sai and Jim sits down to discuss what grief means to each of them. They share their personal perspectives and experiences, exploring how grief is carried and how it can be seen and understood in different ways.

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]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:07:36 -0500 Sai Thao and Jim Vue Sai Thao and Jim Vue 1933 Sai and Jim sits down to discuss what grief means to each of them. They share their personal perspectives and experiences, exploring how grief is carried and how it can be seen and understood in different ways.

]]> #Marriage #Culture #Identity #Relationship No Why Love (Final and Complete Version) 5 5 Why Love (Final and Complete Version) full a092e769-7194-4f55-9eec-57bbb52cbc86 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5529b234 Sai and Jim shares Why Love is important to the both of them.  Through the making of Why Love, they find that their love is more complex than simple.

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]]> Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:22:58 -0600 Sai Thao and Jim Vue Sai Thao and Jim Vue 2351 Sai and Jim shares Why Love is important to the both of them.  Through the making of Why Love, they find that their love is more complex than simple.

]]> #Marriage #Culture #Identity #Relationship No Hmongcoming 4 4 Hmongcoming full 2f30616d-5e81-477a-839f-ee188c6a7c02 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5b1f133a Hmongcoming is a podcast about the Hmong community’s ability to envision a future. Jim provides a thoughtful rumination about where the Hmong community is in the present and a courageous outlook on where they can be in the future.

]]> Hmongcoming is a podcast about the Hmong community’s ability to envision a future. Jim provides a thoughtful rumination about where the Hmong community is in the present and a courageous outlook on where they can be in the future.

]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:39:48 -0500 Sai Thao and Jim Vue Sai Thao and Jim Vue 822 Hmongcoming is a podcast about the Hmong community’s ability to envision a future. Jim provides a thoughtful rumination about where the Hmong community is in the present and a courageous outlook on where they can be in the future.

]]> #Marriage #Culture #Identity #Relationship No Autism 3 3 Autism full 7be5485e-d1c5-42fc-85ca-48819d9ebbb1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5093e713 A podcast on living with Autism from parent perspectives.

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]]> Thu, 04 May 2023 10:36:26 -0500 Sai Thao and Jim Vue Sai Thao and Jim Vue 1141 A podcast on living with Autism from parent perspectives.

]]> #Autism #Hmongparents #SonswithAutism #ECSE #Specialeducation No Patriarchy 2 2 Patriarchy full 4e97ebc4-e61d-438f-a762-a5ace7b9a45e https://share.transistor.fm/s/023476ec A podcast on our experiences living under a social system that no longer serves us as Hmong Americans.

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]]> Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:51:37 -0500 Sai Thao and Jim Vue Sai Thao and Jim Vue 1414 A podcast on our experiences living under a social system that no longer serves us as Hmong Americans.

]]> #Patriarchy #Hmongmen #Gender #Role #Socialsystem #HmongAmericans No Unpacked 1 1 Unpacked full 5b1e7ac9-59ab-4845-a419-b881d325c1fd https://share.transistor.fm/s/08837e13 A podcast on marriage through a cultural and racial lens where Sai and Jim unpacks cultural expectations, choices, parenting, grief and trauma experiences, and marriage. 


Podcast Timeline:

Cultural expectations 1:44

Choices 17:12

Parenting 32:48

Grief and Trauma 40:30

Mariage 1:14:03

]]> A podcast on marriage through a cultural and racial lens where Sai and Jim unpacks cultural expectations, choices, parenting, grief and trauma experiences, and marriage. 


Podcast Timeline:

Cultural expectations 1:44

Choices 17:12

Parenting 32:48

Grief and Trauma 40:30

Mariage 1:14:03

]]> Mon, 10 Apr 2023 20:08:10 -0500 Sai Thao & Jim Vue Sai Thao & Jim Vue 4937 A podcast on marriage through a cultural and racial lens where Sai and Jim unpacks cultural expectations, choices, parenting, grief and trauma experiences, and marriage. 


Podcast Timeline:

Cultural expectations 1:44

Choices 17:12

Parenting 32:48

Grief and Trauma 40:30

Mariage 1:14:03

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