Ten Thousand Things with Shin Yu Pai

Meal Card

Putsata Reang was 11 months old when her family escaped Cambodia on a boat in 1975. When they arrived in San Diego after 23 days at sea, each member of her family was given a meal card at Camp Pendleton. More than a ticket to three free meals a day, it was a ticket to prosperity in America. But the American dream has a downside, where accepting help can be seen as an accrual of debt. Now as an adult, Putsata is reckoning with this sense of indebtedness, and finding a sense of agency after years of shaving off pieces of herself in order to assimilate.  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Magic Mushroom

As a child growing up on Cape Cod, Amy Wong Hope learned to assimilate, stay useful, and avoid being seen. Years later after grief, burnout, and a major career shift, a single chocolate mushroom becomes the catalyst for an unexpected journey into ancestry, identity, and psychedelic education. But in a moment where Asian culture has become trendy and consumable online, Amy confronts what assimilation buried and asks what it truly means to reclaim her heritage. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A Gourd

After years of experimenting with all kinds of mediums and materials, Korean-American artist Rob Rhee found his calling in bricolage—a practice of artmaking that uses whatever's at hand. And what proved to be at hand… were gourds. In working with gourds, Rob trains his living plants with new routines, giving birth to fantastic new forms never before imagined—just as so many children of immigrants, faced with narrative scarcity, shape their own ways of being from otherwise incoherent fragments. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Coming Soon: Season 5 of Ten Thousand Things

Ten Thousand Things is back for its fifth and final season. Shin Yu talks to artists, authors, a magician, and a psychedelic educator about the objects that help them reclaim and redefine identity, in all its complexities. New episodes start May 6.  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Bonus: The Musical Castle

The season one finale of Field Notes explores the life and legacy of Seattle music producer Gary Mula and the musical castle he built at The Dutchman Studios. The podcast features archival interview recordings with Mula where he recalls how The Dutchman became a diverse, welcoming mecca for various genres, from grunge to early hip-hop. Ultimately, this episode celebrates Mula's unwavering, community-driven spirit as reflected in his final project, The Rabbit Box, which continues his commitment to providing uncompromising artistic space. This episode is hosted by Tony Williams and features guest Shin Yu Pai. Curated HistoryLInk article set for this episode includes: * The Dutchman (Seattle)  [https://www.historylink.org/File/22889]by Shin Yu Pai * Rock Music - Seattle [https://www.historylink.org/file/2374] by Clark Humphrey * Women of Northwest Rock: The First 50 Years (1957-2007) [https://www.historylink.org/file/8935] by Peter Blecha Additional HistoryLink resources for this episode: * Crocodile Cafe: Seattle's Icon of the Grunge Rock Era [https://www.historylink.org/File/8448] by Peter Blecha * Cobain, Kurt (1967-1994) [https://www.historylink.org/file/20421] by Peter Blecha * Kurt Cobain posts a "Drummer Wanted" classified advertisement in Seattle's The Rocket on May 1, 1988. [https://www.historylink.org/file/10378] by Peter Blecha * Nirvana debuts brand-new grunge-rock anthem "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at Seattle's OK Hotel all-ages club on April 17, 1991  [https://www.historylink.org/file/11002]by Peter Blecha * Central Tavern and Saloon (Seattle) [https://www.historylink.org/file/22524] by Peter Blecha * Seattle's "underground" hip-hop scene breaks out with big Exhibition Hall gig on August 17, 1984 [https://www.historylink.org/File/9778] by Peter Blecha * KJR Radio (Seattle) [https://www.historylink.org/file/22444] by Peter Blecha For more from Shin Yu Pai check out: * https://shinyupai.com/ [https://shinyupai.com/] * Ten Thousand Things Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ten-thousand-things-with-shin-yu-pai/id1632530945] Track List for This Episode * Gary Mula – Maraca’s CL [https://soundcloud.com/gary-mula/maracas-cl] (2002?) * Gary Mula – Don’t Mind [https://soundcloud.com/gary-mula/dont-mind?in=gary-mula/sets/mula-2001-cd] (2002) * Thrust – What Do I Have To Do [https://soundcloud.com/gary-mula/what-do-i-have-to-do] (1978) * Thrust –  Bombs Away [https://soundcloud.com/gary-mula/bombs-away] (1978) * Dumb Thumbs – Nothing Ever Lasts [https://dumbthumbs.bandcamp.com/track/nothing-ever-lasts] (2020) * Nirvana – Blew [https://music.apple.com/us/song/blew-remastered/336378011] (1989) * Common Language – Cover Me [https://commonlanguagemusic.bandcamp.com/track/cover-me] (1989) * Playerz on Wax – Down with P.O.W. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWFdAE6nG3E] (1991) * Amateur Boyfriend – Deceiving [https://music.apple.com/us/album/deceiving/77964189?i=77964084] (2004) * Gary Mula – She’s The One [https://soundcloud.com/gary-mula/shes-the-one-p] (1998) * Muckner – You Think You Know [https://music.apple.com/kz/album/you-think-you-know/40810886?i=40810866] (2004) * Gary Mula – Smoke Stack [https://soundcloud.com/gary-mula/smoke-stack] (2002) To visit The Rabbit Box * The Rabbit Box [https://www.therabbitboxseattle.com/] For more Field Notes episodes and other HistoryLink podcasts visit the: * HistoryLink.org Podcast Page [https://historylink.org/File/22657] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.