Ten Thousand Things with Shin Yu Pai

About Ten Thousand Things with Shin Yu Pai

An award-winning podcast about modern-day artifacts of Asian American life, hosted by poet and museologist Shin Yu Pai. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Shin Yu Pai and Acast Creative Studios

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Jun 2022

Latest episode

3 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 47 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Jun 2026

   Deck of Cards

   As a Filipina American woman, Maritess Zurbano didn’t have it easy making her way through the Las Vegas magic circuit. For decades, as she honed her skills, she endured the racism and sexism that were often treated as normal facets of the magic scene. At first, she stomached it. But now, she’s breaking free. She may be a master at sleight of hand, but mastering assimilation? That’s a magic trick she’s no longer interested in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   27 May 2026

   A Translation

   Poet and translator Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma first picked up Juan Rulfo’s book, Pedro Páramo, while learning Spanish in Oaxaca, Mexico. The novel–which tells the story of the living and the dead speaking across time–became something he turned to again and again. But when he searched for an English translation, he discovered that while the plot remained, the spirit of the language felt lost. Through memories of his great-grandmother, the mentors that shaped him, and more than 20 years spent translating the novel, Thomas reflects on what it means to carry another person’s voice without distorting it. Even if the work itself may never be published. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   20 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Meal Card

   Host Shin Yu Pai interviews Putsata Reang about her journey from refugee to reckoning with the complex legacy of accepting help and finding agency in America.

Inside a recent episode

Meal Card

Published 20 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And the silence that Putsada felt steeped in throughout her family life has also pervaded Cambodian history as well. When the Khmer Rouge entered Cambodia and took over my country and plunged Cambodia into a genocide, the Khmer Rouge leaders were very meticulous in how they strategically oppressed the people. What I mean to say is that no news about Cambodia and what was happening between 1975 and 1979 got out of Cambodia. No news got in. Keep the people dumb with no information and no knowledge. Don't let the world know of the atrocities happening. so that you can continue to hold power. The entire country was locked in silence. […]

Who has been a guest on Ten Thousand Things with Shin Yu Pai

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Putsata Reang
• Amy Wong Hope
• Amy Tan
• Stephanie Foo
• Serena Chopra

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

974,705

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

105 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

20 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

29

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

66

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