Class of: 1997

Shin Yu Pai

Shin Yu Pai (CAS’97) of Seattle, Wash., is the creator of Ten Thousand Things, an award-winning podcast produced with KUOW, Seattle’s NPR affiliate station. In the summer of 2023, the podcast received two Golden Crane awards from the Asian American Podcasters Association, and was named one of the best podcasts of 2023 by Mashable. Ten Thousand Things also netted a 2023 silver Signal Award for podcasting. “We exceeded more than 200,000 downloads and listeners in July 2023, putting us in the top one percent of all podcasts published,” Shin Yu writes. “I make the show with producer Whitney Henry-Lester (COM’04).”

From the Winter-Spring 2024 issue.