Bonus Episode: Jon M. Chu

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Technology

4.3 • 21.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Ever since he started shooting home movies with his family's bulky video camera, Jon M. Chu knew he wanted to be a filmmaker. But after directing several Hollywood blockbuster films like G.I. Joe: Retaliation and Now You See Me 2, Jon felt uninspired by the stories he was bringing to the silver screen. In 2018, he directed Crazy Rich Asians — the first Hollywood film with a majority Asian cast in 25 years — and in 2021, Lin Manuel Miranda's In the Heights. We featured Jon M. Chu in TED Radio Hour's recent episode The Artist's Voice.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Manoucheer and we've got a little something extra for you today.
0:04.3	But first, I want to give a big shout out to NPR.
0:07.9	It's our 50th birthday!
0:09.7	For the past year, NPR staff have been coming through 50 years of audio, 50 years of interviews
0:16.3	and music, 50 years of doggy journalism.
0:20.4	And they've pulled together an absolute treasure trove of NPR's best moments.
0:26.2	Like I just listened to the story behind the Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers, which
0:30.9	was released five decades ago.
0:33.7	So just go online, search for 50 years of NPR and dive in.
0:39.8	But before you do, listen to what we've got for you right here right now.
0:47.2	We recently did an episode called The Artist's Voice, featuring Ted Speakers who discovered
0:53.2	how an art form from poetry to dance could help them find their voice.
1:00.1	And one of the people I spoke to was director John M. Chu.
1:04.6	Hey John!
1:05.6	Hey!
1:06.6	Nice to meet you online.
1:09.1	How do I sound?
1:11.1	How do I sound?
1:12.1	You sound good to me.
1:13.4	John's latest movie in the Heights is out this week, but he's probably best known for
1:18.8	crazy rich Asians.
1:21.0	That movie was the most successful romcom of the 2010s.
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