Pachinko And What's Making Us Happy
Pop Culture Happy Hour
NPR
4.5 • 10.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Pachinko is a deeply intimate, yet hugely expansive, multi-generational historical saga on Apple |
| 0:10.9 | TV+. |
| 0:11.9 | The series features several intersecting characters and storylines, but focuses mainly on |
| 0:16.9 | Sunja, a Korean woman whose family suffers under Japanese imperial rule amid conditions |
| 0:22.0 | of poverty, bigotry, and institutionalized injustice against Koreans. |
| 0:26.6 | I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about Pachinko on pop culture happy hour from NPR. |
| 0:31.8 | Joining us today is Kristen Meinser. |
| 0:33.4 | She is the co-host of the podcast movie therapy with Rayfer and Kristen. |
| 0:37.2 | She's also the author of How to Be Fine. |
| 0:39.6 | Welcome back, Kristen. |
| 0:40.6 | So glad to be back, Glenn. |
| 0:41.9 | Glad to have you. |
| 0:42.9 | Also, joining us is Ingo Kang. |
| 0:44.4 | She's the TV critic at the Washington Post. |
| 0:46.0 | Welcome back, Ingo. |
| 0:47.0 | Hi. |
| 0:48.0 | Hi. |
| 0:49.0 | And routing at our fantastic Murderer's Row panel is writer and film critic Laura Siricool. |
| 0:53.2 | Welcome back, Laura. |
| 0:54.2 | Hi. |
| 0:55.2 | Thank you for having me. |
| 0:56.2 | Of course, let's get into this. |
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