Ava Doe

What was the first magic you learned? Probably how to tell someone's credit card number without seeing it.

What was the first magic you learned? Probably how to tell someone's credit card number without seeing it.

Well, not on radio. That would be illegal. But you could? Yes.

Well, not on radio. That would be illegal. But you could? Yes.

I had stolen a guy's watch on the Vegas Strip. And it was a good three, four minutes after I had stolen it. And he realized that his watch was missing. And he was shocked. So you were practicing on the Las Vegas Strip? Sometimes, but not all the time. It's very dangerous to do so. I wouldn't recommend it.

I had stolen a guy's watch on the Vegas Strip. And it was a good three, four minutes after I had stolen it. And he realized that his watch was missing. And he was shocked. So you were practicing on the Las Vegas Strip? Sometimes, but not all the time. It's very dangerous to do so. I wouldn't recommend it.

My parents wanted me to be a doctor, obviously. They eventually found out what I do, but not after I ensured that I could make a really good living. You know, immigrant parents and all.

My parents wanted me to be a doctor, obviously. They eventually found out what I do, but not after I ensured that I could make a really good living. You know, immigrant parents and all.

Yeah, but look, I bought a house.

Yeah, but look, I bought a house.

I should say there's no Vietnamese word for magic. There's only a Vietnamese word for illusion, and there's a Vietnamese word for miracle.

I should say there's no Vietnamese word for magic. There's only a Vietnamese word for illusion, and there's a Vietnamese word for miracle.

I grew up with staunchly anti-communist parents, but I went to school under communist regime, which means that I was exposed to my teachers who would teach me propaganda, and I would go home and my parents would say everything I've just learned was wrong.

I grew up with staunchly anti-communist parents, but I went to school under communist regime, which means that I was exposed to my teachers who would teach me propaganda, and I would go home and my parents would say everything I've just learned was wrong.

You know, we were asked to call him Uncle Ho and there were all these things that Uncle Ho did for the country. And we sang songs to him and I would go home. My parents would say he was a mass murderer and he had committed all these war crimes. And so I was exposed to these different perspectives on the same set of reality very early. Which was confusing for a child.

You know, we were asked to call him Uncle Ho and there were all these things that Uncle Ho did for the country. And we sang songs to him and I would go home. My parents would say he was a mass murderer and he had committed all these war crimes. And so I was exposed to these different perspectives on the same set of reality very early. Which was confusing for a child.

Absolutely, yes. And it was emotionally confusing as well because I liked my teachers, I liked my parents, I liked everyone, you know.

Absolutely, yes. And it was emotionally confusing as well because I liked my teachers, I liked my parents, I liked everyone, you know.

There was this stretch after the war where a lot of Vietnamese people were escaping by boat, the boat people. And my father was part of those people who would smuggle people out of Vietnam.

There was this stretch after the war where a lot of Vietnamese people were escaping by boat, the boat people. And my father was part of those people who would smuggle people out of Vietnam.