Ten Thousand Things with Shin Yu Pai A podcast about modern-day artifacts of Asian American life, hosted by award-winning poet and museologist Shin Yu Pai.

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Ten Thousand Things with Shin Yu Pai

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

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July 10, 2023

TTT Recommends: Books and Boba

July 10, 2023 • Fans of "Ten Thousand Things" might enjoy "Books and Boba" from the Potluck Podcast Collective. "Books and Boba" is a book club podcast all about books written by Asian and Asian diaspora authors.

TTT Recommends: Books and Boba

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June 26, 2023

TTT Recommends: Shoes Off

June 26, 2023 • We want to introduce you to a new podcast you may like, "Shoes Off." Join hosts Susie An and Esther Yoon-Ji Kang as they hang out with badass Asians and ask them to redefine "sexy" on their own terms.

TTT Recommends: Shoes Off

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June 19, 2023

Voice

June 19, 2023 • This is a story about the way we make a statement.

Voice

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June 12, 2023

Bike

June 12, 2023 • Anti-Asian hate crimes spiked during the Covid-19 pandemic. And then the Atlanta spa shooting scarred a community already suffering.

Bike

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June 5, 2023

Book

June 5, 2023 • 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.

Book

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May 29, 2023

Jizo Bodhisattva

May 29, 2023 • 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.

Jizo Bodhisattva

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May 22, 2023

Steelhead

May 22, 2023 • Dylan Tomine has a passion for steelhead trout. Or an obsession. Or an addiction.

Steelhead

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May 15, 2023

Time Capsule

May 15, 2023 • On the eve of selling her family's house, Donna Miscolta's daughter had a special request: Go to the stairwell and pull back the loose board on the bottom step.