Sunday Pick: Min Jin Lee | from Design Matters

Elise Hu· Host0:00

[gentle music] Hey, y'all. Happy Sunday. Elise Hu here. And as we often do on Sundays, today we are sharing an episode of another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, handpicked by us for you. In honor of World Book Day, which was just a few days ago, we reached into our archives for one of our favorite interviews with an author. So in this Design Matters conversation from 2022, host Debbie Millman speaks with Min Jin Lee, the author of award-winning novels Pachinko and Free Food for Millionaires. They discuss Min Jin's remarkable career, and the long and intentional journey behind her Korean diaspora novels. You can find episodes of Design Matters wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about the TED Audio Collective at audiocollective.ted.com.

Min Jin Lee· Soundbite0:48

I think being admirable and being competent is very different than being an artist. It's almost like the difference between being pretty and being beautiful. It's like a really [laughs] different level of vulnerability and exposure.

Debbie Millman· Soundbite1:11

[upbeat music] From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Millman. For 18 years, Debbie Millman has been talking with designers and other creative people about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about