{"podcast":{"title":"Embodied","slug":"embodied-477109","podcast_index_feed_id":477109,"rss_url":"https://embodied.feed.wunc.org/","website_url":"https://www.wunc.org/podcast/embodied-podcast","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/1580/images/8503386c-8229-4999-8965-3d6ae1602cbd/__wunc_embodied_2000x2000.png","author":"WUNC (podcasts@wunc.org)","episode_count":276,"summary":"Sex and relationships are intimate — and sometimes intimidating to talk about. In WUNC’s award-winning podcast, host Anita Rao guides us on an exploration of our brains and bodies that touches down in taboo territory. Follow the show on Instagram at @embodiedwunc and on Bluesky at embodiedwunc.bsky.social. You can find Anita on Bluesky at asrao.bsky.social.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109"},"episode":{"title":"Reckoning With The Asian Fetish","slug":"reckoning-with-the-asian-fetish","published_at":"2026-04-16T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109/reckoning-with-the-asian-fetish","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_1580_d56ad9d8-6232-4e16-91e4-f4f817461a58&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fembodied.feed.wunc.org%2F","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/https://mgln.ai/e/1331/dovetail.prxu.org/1580/d56ad9d8-6232-4e16-91e4-f4f817461a58/20260417_E_Fetishized_PodPt1.mp3","summary":"Kaila Yu spent years as an Asian American pinup model, singer and actress, leaning into a hypersexualized image of Asian femininity and burying her doubts about it. But after the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings, she started reckoning with how fetishization can lead to violence — and interrogating her own role in perpetuating harmful stereotypes. She talks with Anita about her new memoir. Plus, a sociologist breaks down how history and Hollywood built the stereotypes in the first place and what we can do to break free. Meet the guests: - Kaila Yu is a culture writer and the author of \" Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism and Beauty \" - Nancy Wang Yuen is a sociologist and a professor in the department of ethnic studies at Crafton Hills College and the author of “ Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism ” Read the transcript | Review the podcast on your preferred platform Follow Embodied on Instagram Leave a message for Embodied","meta_description":"Kaila Yu spent years as an Asian American pinup model, singer and actress, leaning into a hypersexualized image of Asian femininity and burying her doubts…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3013,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/embodied-477109/episodes/reckoning-with-the-asian-fetish/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embodied-477109/reckoning-with-the-asian-fetish.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}