"Interior Chinatown" Just Became a Very Weird TV Show (with Charles Yu)

In his award-winning novel Interior Chinatown, Charles Yu took a scalpel to television's tropes and stereotypes. Now he explains to us how he managed to turn that book into a brilliant, challenging TV show. Also, contributing host Nivair Gabriel tells us about science in children's books, and what it's like to push for accurate depictions of space in children's publishing. Plus she recommends great books to share with the kids in your life!

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"Interior Chinatown" Just Became a Very Weird TV Show (with Charles Yu) is an episode from Our Opinions Are Correct by Annalee Newitz.

This episode is 45:18 long.

This episode was published on Mar 6, 2025.

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