Not Really Strangers
Not Really Strangers
USA for UNHCR
How Lien Ta Used Her Restaurants to Turn Strangers into Community
55 minutes Posted Oct 2, 2025 at 4:00 am.
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I’m deeply honored to have restaurateur and writer Lien Ta on the show today. I found her Instagram during the pandemic and I’m grateful to say that she’s now a friend. In our conversation, Lien shares what it means to her to belong and how we build spaces that help others feel they belong too. We talk about her parents' harrowing journey as Vietnamese refugees and how this has impacted their family through generations. Lien shares how connection emerged as her most essential value, one that ...