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Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

Wicked Words - Paula Yoo: From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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True Crime

4.8 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Award-winning author Paula Yoo investigates the murder of Vincent Chin in Detroit in the 1980s and the outrage that was sparked over an unjust verdict. Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/mixer Ryo Baum/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink Buy my books: katewinklerdawson.com If you have suggestions for historical crimes that could use some attention, email me: [email protected] Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Facebook and Instagram) 2022 All Rights Reserved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is

0:02.0

this is exactly right.

0:06.0

This story contains adult content and language.

0:09.0

listener discretion is advised. This is a story about a mother's deep love for her son, her heartbreak when he's brutally killed, and her

0:26.1

transformation from a quiet mother who just wanted grandkids and was looking forward to her only

0:32.1

son's wedding and becoming overnight an activist.

0:36.5

I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a non-fiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas.

0:47.4

I'm also the host of the historical True Crime Podcast, Tenfold War Wicked on Exactly Right.

0:52.6

I've traveled around the world interviewing people for the show.

0:55.6

I've interviewed some people in person and some from my home studio over Zoom,

1:00.0

and they are all excellent writers.

1:02.0

They've had so many great true crime stories,

1:04.8

and now we want to tell you those stories

1:07.0

with details that have never been published.

1:09.5

Tenfold More Wicked Presents Wicked Words

1:12.3

is about the choices that writers make good and bad.

1:15.8

It's a deep dive into the stories behind the stories.

1:20.4

Author Paula Yu's book, From a Whisper to a Rally and Cry has a huge list of awards including being long listed for a 2021 national book award.

1:30.6

It's about the 1982 murder of Asian American Vincent Chin in Detroit, but it's really

1:37.1

about the civil rights movement started by his death and how it galvanized so many people.

1:44.0

Let's start with where we are in time and where we are in the country

1:48.0

and then we'll talk about Vincent.

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