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Heidi Shin

The World
Heidi Shin is a public radio + podcast producer based in Boston, who is especially interested in the stories of immigrant communities and the inevitable connections between stories from abroad and our lives here in the US.Among many adventures, she’s been diving with elderly mermaids on Jeju Island, trailed a group of Catholic nuns that reunites families separated at the US Mexico border, and interviewed a North Korean film director with his leading lady.  Her work has appeared in National Geographic, The Washington Post, California Sunday Magazine, Snap Judgment, 70 Million, the BBC, and PRX The World.  She also co-created and produced WGBH/The Ground Truth Project's "The New American Songbook," a podcast about immigrant musicians whose awards include an ONA, a Webby, and an Edward R. Murrow Award.  Heidi also teaches at the PRX Podcast Garage and Harvard University’s Sound Lab and organizes Boston’s Sonic Soiree.
Vietnamese American memorial sparks intergenerational conversations
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A group of young people standing around a flip chart discussing mental health stigma in AANHPI communities. The chart is covered with colorful heart-shaped notes with handwritten messages. They are in an indoor setting, possibly a workshop or seminar.
Mental Health
A new way to help Asian American teens handle college admissions stresses
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Asian American teens help each other cope with stress
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Lifestyle & Belief
Shinto forest bathing as an antidote to global crises
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Global leaders manage crises with a little help from Japanese Shinto traditions
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Sacred Spaces
The ‘1975’ project helps Vietnamese refugee families open up about their past
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Vietnamese American memorial planned for Dorchester sparks intergenerational conversations
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International students in the US face many challenges as they adjust to new cultural norms.
Sacred Nation
Chaplains open doors for international students on campus
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Chinese immigrant parents begin advocating for children’s needs
Boston Chinatown preschool addresses socio-emotional learning
Oakland’s Chinatown community ambassadors look out for elders
The Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center has amplified its social emotional learning curriculum for preschoolers facing pandemic-related challenges.
Education
Chinatown preschool helps families name pandemic-related feelings
A man in a yellow shirt helps fix the bike of an elder leaning over bike wearing casual clothes and cap
Community
Oakland’s Chinatown finds solutions to hate crimes
Maddox and his brother in their apartment in Lowell, MA.
Arts
This 9-year-old brings hope to his grandmother, a genocide survivor, by dancing
Students from the Daum School on a field trip with their teacher. Their faces are blurred to protect their privacy. Many North Korean refugees have trouble adjusting to life in fast-paced South Korea, especially at school.
Conflict
North Korean students learn to deal with trauma at this Seoul school
A pregnant woman in the obstetrics and gynecology ward at Severance Hospital in Seoul
Development
In South Korea, parents are increasingly saying, ‘we hope for a girl’
Border
Justice
A day in the life of immigration limbo
Jefferson Krua fled Liberia as a refugee at age 5, and eventually settled in Boston, MA. Recently, he's moved back to Liberia to help with re-building the country's infrastructure.
Culture
A young Liberian refugee, educated in America, chooses to move back ‘home’
Class instructor Chioma Woko preparing braised cabbage.
Culture
Forget the latest diet fad — here’s a class that teaches how to eat better with traditional African dishes
Cambodian women meditating in the Metta Center's meditation lounge, sitting cross-legged with palms pressed together
Health
Why a US health clinic suggests Cambodian treatments for everyday maladies
The Durano Father School teaches stoic Korean dads how to be more involved and loving parents. The program includes a literal lesson on how to hug.
Culture
This school teaches Korean dads ‘how to hug’
24-year old North Korean refugee Danbi was a smuggler in North Korea's black markets. Here she gives us a tour of a market in South Korea, which reminds her of the markets in the North.
Culture
Why young North Koreans are daring to wear skinny jeans
Actor Song Il Kook with his triplets, Daehan, Minguk, and Manse. They're featured on the Korean reality show, "Superman is Back."
Culture
Could a Korean reality show make men better fathers — and husbands?
Stay-at-home dad Wonhoe Bae with his two boys in their apartment in South Korea. He does all the childcare, meal planning, and manages the home.
Culture
What’s this Korean man doing in the kitchen?
Mermaid1
Culture
Why can’t men be mermaids in South Korea? Reporter Heidi Shin explains
A haeynyo woman climbs aboard the boat. They wear orange diving suits so commercial ships can spot them more easily and steer clear.
Culture
Diving with the last generation of Korea’s Mermaids