The Moth Podcast: AAPI Voices

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’ll be sharing three stories from AAPI storytellers - which take place everywhere from a Korean Spa to a crisis hotline. This episode was hosted by Chloe Salmon. Storytellers: Helen Langlee Wyss finds confidence at a jimjilbang. Hari Sanghvi resents the sound of his own voice, until he’s able to help someone in crisis. Wendy Suzuki studies memory as a doctor, and finds a new way of looking at her work when she’s confronted with her own father's memory loss. Podcast # 920 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Summer is coming and the Moss Education Program is offering workshops for high school students,
0:05.3	college students, and teachers to learn the art and craft of true personal storytelling.
0:10.7	As part of our mission to spread empathy through stories, students and teachers will learn
0:14.4	to use moth-style storytelling techniques to build personal narratives, with benefits in and out
0:19.4	of the classroom.
0:21.3	Applications for student and teacher workshops are open, and the deadline for all applications
0:25.8	is June 8th. Apply on our website at the moth.org slash edu.
0:31.9	Every runner knows the moment when everything clicks. When your legs lock into a rhythm,
0:37.3	the aches float away and doubts fade.
0:39.3	Replaced by a feeling of euphoria.
0:42.3	It's why you lace up at dawn.
0:45.3	Why little rain doesn't stop you.
0:48.3	Why one run turns into a habit.
0:51.3	So next time you go for a run, chase that runs high. Learn more about running
0:57.0	and go wild at puma.com. Welcome to The Moth. I'm Chloe Salmon and on this episode, in honor of Asian
1:08.7	American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month,
1:11.2	we'll be sharing three stories from AAPI storytellers.
1:14.6	We'll take us everywhere from a Korean spa to a crisis hotline.
1:18.5	First up, we've got Helen Langley-Wiss, who told this story at a story slam in Asheville, North Carolina,
1:25.2	where the theme of the night was home.
1:27.2	Here's Helen, live at the moth.
1:34.0	I should have known something was up when my mom opted out.
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