20 episodes

An award-winning podcast about modern-day artifacts of Asian American life, hosted by poet and museologist Shin Yu Pai.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.5 • 81 Ratings

An award-winning podcast about modern-day artifacts of Asian American life, hosted by poet and museologist Shin Yu Pai.

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    • 56 min
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    • 43 min
    Voice

    Voice

    This is a story about the way we make a statement.

    • 17 min
    Bike

    Bike

    Anti-Asian hate crimes spiked during the Covid-19 pandemic. And then the Atlanta spa shooting scarred a community already suffering.

    • 22 min
    Book

    Book

    Shawn Wong discovered the first Japanese American novel, No-No Boy, at a used bookstore for 50 cents, after being told by his English professors that Asian American literature didn’t exist.

    • 23 min
    Jizo Bodhisattva

    Jizo Bodhisattva

    During the mizu kuyo ritual for pregnancy loss, a small Jizo Bodhisattva statue enshrines ceremonial remains of a lost child. Following Shin Yu’s miscarriage in 2012, she had a mizu kuyo ceremony to process her grief.

    • 14 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
81 Ratings

81 Ratings

sahasahas ,

Beautiful, Necessary Storytelling

After discovering this podcast earlier this year, I eagerly made my way through each episode. As a longtime Seattleite and Asian-American, this is the podcast I’ve been waiting for. My only note is that the seasons are too short, while the stories to tell are vast & inexhaustible. I’m excited for Season 3, and I hope KUOW will expand this award-winning podcast to offer many, many more episodes throughout the entire calendar year!

Tracy S Lee ,

Wonderful, Beautiful Work!

I was deeply moved by the episode on Voice. I found the guest, Alice Wong, to be inspiring, and I loved how thoughtful and nuanced the episode was - how it explored, not only the physical voice, but the evolution of, and the notion of voice itself. I especially appreciated Shin Yu’s insights at the end where she shared the journey of her voice from the written word to embodied expression. After the episode, I kept thinking about it — it led me to think about the mind-body connection, and how it is a channel that connects us to ourselves, and also connects us to others. I appreciate this podcast very much!

FrankieDear ,

New Favorite

I fall in love with every person featured, every story. The soundtrack matches the vibe so well, and I feel connected to people I’ll likely never even meet. I’ve relistened to episodes on days I feel alone or detached from my own communities.

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