Hey, it's NPR's Book of the Day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. So the show, fresh off the boat,

wasn't for me, but my wife watches it sometimes. So it might be on in the house and I'll

half watch it while looking at my phone or playing on my switch or something. And it'll hit me

how oddly normal it is to sort of kind of watch a middle of the road broadcast network TV sitcom starring Asian people.

And that's why it was so important to so many Asian folks.

Like how many mediocre sitcoms do white people get?

And now we finally get one too.

Of course, with that significance comes a lot of baggage too. One of the show

stars, Constance Wu, is on the pod today talking about her new memoir, making a scene. In it,

she opens up about the sexual harassment she says she faced on that show and why she hesitated

to speak out and how when she tweeted her raw and honest feelings about the show coming back for

another season, she got a wave of online hate and harassment that ultimately led to a suicide attempt.

In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life.

Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors. On our new show,

Sources and Methods. NPR reporters on the ground bring you stories of real people,

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Actor Constance Wu has starred in groundbreaking roles for Asian Americans.

In the film Crazy Rich Asians, she is a college prof who teaches game theory through poker.

How did I beat T.A. Curtis so very, very badly.

Well, I know for a fact that Curtis is cheap.

So he's not playing using logic or math, but using his psychology.

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