{"podcast":{"title":"ASIAN AMERICA: THE KEN FONG PODCAST","slug":"asian-america-the-ken-fong-podcast-1051279","podcast_index_feed_id":1051279,"rss_url":"https://asianamerica.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://AsianAmericapodcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/6/6/5/56651b091813b317/AA_KenFong_Logo.png","author":"Ken Fong","episode_count":100,"summary":"Ken Fong gets to the heart of Asian American culture, history, and spirituality. Through interviews with culture-makers and -shapers in the Asian American community -- some you know, others you've never heard of before -- prepare to laugh, cry, and be amazed.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-06T16:17:19.044252+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/asian-america-the-ken-fong-podcast-1051279"},"episode":{"title":"EP 604: Abigail Hing Wen On Writing \"The Vale\" and Directing \"The Vale-Origins\"","slug":"ep-604-abigail-hing-wen-on-writing-the-vale-and-directing-the-vale-origins","published_at":"2026-07-24T21:31:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/asian-america-the-ken-fong-podcast-1051279/ep-604-abigail-hing-wen-on-writing-the-vale-and-directing-the-vale-origins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/asian-america-the-ken-fong-podcast-1051279","url":"https://asianamerica.libsyn.com/ep-604-abigail-hing-wen-on-writing-the-vale-and-direction-the-vale-oirigns","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/asianamerica/Abigail_Hing_Wen_TheVale.mp3?dest-id=257675","summary":"In this episode, host Ken Fong sits down with New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, and Silicon Valley tech leader Abigail Hing Wen . Famous for her hit Loveboat, Taipei trilogy (and the feature film adaptation Love in Taipei ), Abigail expands her storytelling universe into artificial intelligence and virtual reality with her novel The Vale and its short film prequel The Vale — Origins . Amazon: Purchase The Vale Barnes & Noble: Purchase The Vale And here is the Ambassador Book Club Link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pHmm56EPG-re4EoWa42sRHtQDvT8zvmHnl2v29izxVk/edit?usp=drivesdk","meta_description":"In this episode, host Ken Fong sits down with New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, and Silicon Valley tech leader Abigail Hing Wen . Famous for h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1809,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/asian-america-the-ken-fong-podcast-1051279/episodes/ep-604-abigail-hing-wen-on-writing-the-vale-and-directing-the-vale-origins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/asian-america-the-ken-fong-podcast-1051279/ep-604-abigail-hing-wen-on-writing-the-vale-and-directing-the-vale-origins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}