Episode 181: Wesley Yang

Published: Feb. 24, 2016, 6:06 p.m.

b'Wesley Yang writes for New York and other publications.\\n\\n\\u201cIf a person remains true to some part of their experience, no matter what it is, and they present it in full candor, there\\u2019s value to that. People will recognize it. Once I knew that was true, I knew I could do this.\\u201d\\n\\nThanks to MailChimp,\\xa0Home Chef, and Trunk Club for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n\\nShow Notes:\\n@wesyang\\nYang on Longform\\n[02:00] "Paper Tigers" (New York \\u2022 May 2011)\\n[10:00] "The Snakehead" (Patrick Radden Keefe \\u2022 New Yorker \\u2022 Apr 2006)\\n[24:00] "Eddie Huang Against the World" (New York Times Magazine \\u2022 Feb 2015)\\n[24:00] "The Face of Seung-Hui Cho" (n+1 \\u2022 Jun 2011)\\n[27:00] "The Life and Afterlife of Aaron Swartz" (New York \\u2022 Feb 2013)\\n[32:00] "The True Import of Present Dialogue, Black vs. Negro (For Peppe, Who Will Ultimately Judge Our Efforts)" (Nikki Giovanni)\\n[42:00] "Longform Podcast #168: Ta-Nehisi Coates" (Nov 2015)\\n[47:00] "We Out Here" (Harper\\u2019s Magazine \\u2022 Mar 2016)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'