To Be Seen

Pei Yuan (Peipei) Zhang
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Each episode centers on one person and the quiet turning points that shape who they become. The conversation creates a small island of listening, where words are allowed to arrive slowly and honestly. Through intimate interviews and reflective storytelling, the podcast explores identity, change, and human connection with depth and care. It invites thoughtful attention to what it means to truly see—and be seen. Episode 1: Choosing What's Inappropriate—A conversation with Catherine Blair Carlson Episode 2: Building a Life From the Ground Up—A conversation with Charlie

Episodes

  1. Mar 2

    Not Someone’s Kingdom—A conversation with Summer

    On my flight to the Mars College community in Bombay Beach, I was reading Educated, a nonfiction memoir about growing up in a strict Mormon household and fighting toward education and self-definition. Before that flight, I knew almost nothing about Mormonism and even less about Nevada; the landscapes in the book felt distant, almost fictional. Then one night at Mars College, Summer came up to me and asked, “Do you know Mormonism? ” I said yes—only through that book. She said she had a story to share—about escaping Mormonism. And suddenly, the kind of story I had just been reading was no longer on the page. It was standing right beside me.

    45 min

  2. Feb 19

    Building a Life from the Ground Up—A conversation with Charlie

    As I shared with our community the story of my mother raising chickens on an apartment terrace in China—where they had to choose between staying safe or taking a risky leap into the unknown—Charlie told me that he had a similar “chicken moment.”

    52 min

  3. Feb 6

    Choosing What’s Inappropriate—A conversation with Catherine

    I’ve lived in New York City for over ten years, so I’ve always seen the East Hampton world as this... rigid, almost unreachable fortress for the elite. But that stereotype totally vanished when I met 'Chef Catherine' at Mars College. She was always in the kitchen—professional, focused—just making sure everyone was fed. To me, she felt like the adult version of the kids I’d read about in the book, I Left My Homework in the Hamptons—like someone who had finally decided to break her pre-written script. We really bonded over a story I shared with our community about my mother raising chickens on a 32nd-floor terrace in China. See, those chickens had to choose: they could stay in the safety of their cage—the limited space of the terrace—or take a risky leap into the unknown for a chance at something open and new. Catherine told me she was facing her own 'chicken moment. 'So today, we explore what happens when you’re already at the top... and you decide that the only way to truly find yourself is to jump.

    1h 16m
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Each episode centers on one person and the quiet turning points that shape who they become. The conversation creates a small island of listening, where words are allowed to arrive slowly and honestly. Through intimate interviews and reflective storytelling, the podcast explores identity, change, and human connection with depth and care. It invites thoughtful attention to what it means to truly see—and be seen. Episode 1: Choosing What's Inappropriate—A conversation with Catherine Blair Carlson Episode 2: Building a Life From the Ground Up—A conversation with Charlie

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  • Creator
    Pei Yuan (Peipei) Zhang
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Pei Yuan (Peipei) Zhang
  • Show Website
    To Be Seen