An old faded rice cooker. A blue two piece suit. A vial of water from the Ganges River.

For the past four years, Poet Shin Yu Pai’s podcast, Ten Thousand Things, has explored how objects – from the extraordinary to the mundane, the literal to the figurative – communicate stories of Asian American meaning, identity, and culture.

As of last month, the stories in the series have broken out of podcast players and become a new exhibit in Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum.

The exhibit includes objects that will be familiar to listeners of the series – as well as some new items that will be featured in upcoming episodes.

Soundside’s Alec Cowan joined Shin Yu Pai at the Wing Luke Museum to talk about the exhibit.

Guests:
Shin Yu Pai, writer, curator, and host of Ten Thousand Things.

Related Links:
EXHIBIT: Ten Thousand Things — Wing Luke Museum
KUOW - Ten Thousand Things with Shin Yu Pai

Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes

Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

An old faded rice cooker. A blue two piece suit. A vial of water from the Ganges River.
For the past four years, Poet Shin Yu Pai&rsquo;s podcast, Ten Thousand Things, has explored how objects &ndash; from the extraordinary to the mundane, the literal to the figurative &ndash; communicate stories of Asian American meaning, identity, and culture.
As of last month, the stories in the series have broken out of podcast players and become a new exhibit in Seattle&rsquo;s Wing Luke Museum.
The exhibit includes objects that will be familiar to listeners of the series &ndash; as well as some new items that will be featured in upcoming episodes.
Soundside&rsquo;s Alec Cowan joined Shin Yu Pai at the Wing Luke Museum to talk about the exhibit.
Guests:
<ul>
<li>Shin Yu Pai, writer, curator, and host of Ten Thousand Things.</li>
</ul>
Related Links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wingluke.org/ten-thousand-things">EXHIBIT: Ten Thousand Things &mdash; Wing Luke Museum</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.kuow.org/podcasts/bluesuit">KUOW - Ten Thousand Things with Shin Yu Pai</a></li>
</ul>
Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to&nbsp;<a href="http://kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes">kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes</a>
Soundside&nbsp;is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

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For the past four years, Poet Shin Yu Pai’s podcast Ten Things has explored how objects – from the extraordinary to the mundane, the literal to the figurative – communicate stories of Asian American meaning, identity, and culture.

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