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Podcast: Vulgar Geniuses
Episode: Young Vo
Description: Drawing from his own experiences as a refugee from Vietnam, Young Vo brilliantly weaves a tale that has resonated with children of all backgrounds in his book Gibberish. We are introduced to Dat, a young boy who has traveled to a new country to start a new life and is met with a new and very confusing language that sounds a lot like gibberish. But when he meets a peculiar character named Julie, Dat's world begins to unfold. In this episode, Young discusses the desire for children to recognize the power that comes when one can make genuine connections...