Proxy with Yowei Shaw

By Y3 Productions

It's the knot you can't untangle - the problem so unique, it makes you feel alone. But what if you could talk to someone who gets it? On Proxy, we find that person. The perfect stranger to offer th

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The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.

Proxy with Yowei Shaw episodes:

March 19, 2025The Utility of Self-Delusion (and Big Show Update)
Yowei shares exciting show news and goes on a self-delusion bender with the team at Proxy HQ. Is she being delusional? Or is delusion just necessary for starting any new project?

From the episode:
Useful Delusions: The Power & Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain, by Shankar Vedantam: www.hiddenbrain.org/books
Radiotopia from PRX: www.radiotopia.fm

Proxy is an independent podcast that relies on listeners. To support emotional investigative journalism™️ and help the show keep going, consider joining our Patreon: patreon.com/proxypodcast. You’ll get our newsletter and exclusive bonus episodes.

Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw

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18min
March 06, 2025Presenting: Alternate Realities (from NPR's Embedded)
Conspiracy theories have been gaining traction all the way to the highest seats of power. So, are there emotional dynamics at play that we could understand to be able to do something about it?
Last year, Zach Mack’s dad sent him a strange email, asking to bet $10,000 to settle once and for all who was correct and who was the brainwashed one.
From NPR’s Embedded podcast, this is episode 2 of the Alternate Realities series: Down the Rabbit Hole.

From the episode:
Listen to the rest of the Alternate Realities series from NPR's Embedded here: www.npr.org/podcasts/510311/embedded
Follow Zach Mack's work: www.zachmack.org

Proxy is an independent podcast that relies on listeners. To support emotional investigative journalism™️ and help the show keep going, consider joining our Patreon: patreon.com/proxypodcast. You’ll get our newsletter and exclusive bonus episodes.

Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw

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36min
February 26, 2025Presenting: "Stings for Our Enemies. Honey for Our Friends." (from Our Ancestors Were Messy)
For as long as she can remember, Nichole Hill has had a complicated relationship with Black history. Then in 2020, she stumbled on a digital archive of pre Civil Rights era Black newspapers and got obsessed with the scandalous stories she found. Our Ancestors Were Messy is her new podcast that explores Black history through the lens of gossip and drama. In this episode, Nichole tells the story of a Victorian era love triangle that rocked the elites of DC.

From the episode:
Nichole Hill is an audio show-runner, writer, and the host and creator of Our Ancestors Were Messy and The Secret Adventures of Black People. Find out more about Nichole here: www.nicholelhill.com
Listen to Our Ancestors Were Messy wherever you get your podcasts
You can support the show by becoming a member: ourancestorsweremessy.supercast.com
Follow Nichole Hill on Instagram @nicholewthanh

Proxy is an independent podcast that relies on listeners. To support emotional investigative journalism™️ and help the show keep going, consider joining our Patreon: patreon.com/proxypodcast. You’ll get our newsletter and exclusive bonus episodes.

Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw

Get in touch at [email protected]
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February 06, 2025Presenting: I felt too seen. Um, dragged. (from Basket Case), Plus an Update
Basket Case is a new show about mental health. In this episode, host Nicole Kelly (NK) takes on perfectionism, an issue that Yowei has personally struggled with. Plus, some breaking news about Proxy.

From the episode:
Basket Case is a show from Molten Heart and iHeart Podcasts, created and executive produced by Jasmine (JT) Green, and hosted by Nicole Kelly (NK)
You can listen to Basket Case on all podcast platforms: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-basket-case-217055280/

Proxy is an independent podcast that relies on listeners. To support emotional investigative journalism™️ and help the show keep going, consider joining our Patreon: patreon.com/proxypodcast. You’ll get our newsletter and exclusive bonus episodes.

Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw

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40min
December 30, 2024Presenting: An Evil Man (from Little Devils), Plus a Year-End Recap
When Yowei heard about the new podcast Little Devils, she was like: finally, someone being honest about a thing we all do. On Little Devils, Jasmin Bauomy interrogates the snap judgments she makes of other people, to find the story behind that annoying thing they do. In this episode, we share a story from Little Devils and we toast 2024 with a year-end recap.

From the episode:
Listen to the full season of Little Devils on all platforms: https://pod.link/1783097137
Support their Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/littledevils
Follow @littledevilsshow and @jasminbauomy on Instagram and BlueSky

Proxy is an independent podcast that relies on listeners. To support emotional investigative journalism™️ and help the show keep going, consider joining our Patreon: patreon.com/proxypodcast. You’ll get our newsletter and exclusive bonus episodes.

Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw

Get in touch at [email protected]
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46min
December 03, 2024The Group That Gets It
The story of someone who suffered alone in secret for 8 years with a problem he was too afraid to Google - and then he stumbled into a support group. In this episode, we dive into the emotional dynamics of support groups with Jason Yu. Why did support groups help him, when nothing else did?

From the episode:
Fidget Podcast - Jason Yu's support group in podcast form for people who compulsively pick their skin, pull their hair, bite their nails
Follow the Fidget Podcast on Instagram
The TLC Foundation - an organization for body-focused repetitive behaviors
The Art of Gathering and How We Show Up: Jason’s book recs for learning how to build community and gather

Proxy is an independent podcast that relies on listeners. To support emotional investigative journalism™️ and help the show keep going, consider joining our Patreon: patreon.com/proxypodcast. You’ll get our newsletter and exclusive bonus episodes.

Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw

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53min
October 29, 2024Is there anything we can actually do about polarization?
Whoever wins the election, Americans will still want to rip each other's heads off. Social psychologist Jay Van Bavel helps us understand why we should care about polarization, how we got here, and what, if anything, we can do about it.

From the episode:
Jay Van Bavel is a social psychologist at New York University and the author of The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony: https://www.powerofus.online/
The paper on political sectarianism Jay co-wrote: https://www.jayvanbavel.com/_files/ugd/9c6579_b289e58eb65b461aa67c03f4cc5d4804.pdf
Follow Jay on X and Instagram: @jayvanbavel

Proxy is an independent podcast that relies on listeners. To support emotional investigative journalism™️ and help the show keep going, consider joining our Patreon: patreon.com/proxypodcast. You’ll get our newsletter and exclusive bonus episodes.

Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw

Get in touch at [email protected]
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42min
September 26, 2024So many tears but what do they say?
We all know that moment - when you feel like you need to cry in front of other people, but don't want to cry. In this episode, Yowei talks to Heather Christle, the author of The Crying Book, to parse what’s happening in that moment, what tears are saying and how we should respond to them.

From the episode:
Heather Christle is a poet and professor at Emory University. She has a new book coming out in March called In the Rhododendrums: A Memoir with Appearances by Virginia Wolf. It's available for preorder in all the usual places. You can follow Heather on Twitter and Instagram @heatherchristle.
The Thai Life insurance commerical from our crying experiment

Proxy is an independent podcast that relies on listeners. To support emotional investigative journalism™️ and help the show keep going, consider joining our Patreon: patreon.com/proxypodcast. You’ll get our newsletter and exclusive bonus episodes.

Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw

Get in touch at [email protected]
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25min
September 20, 2024 Presenting: The Art of Vulnerability and Connection with Mae Martin (from ReThinking)
Recently, Yowei noticed a pattern among new friends she's making. These friends all make her feel lighter, more playful, and listened to... and they all have a background in improv comedy. Today, we're sharing an interview that gets inside the head of an improv comedian to see how they connect with other people.

This episode comes from ReThinking, a podcast where organizational psychologist Adam Grant has lively discussions and debates with people about new thoughts and new ways of thinking. In the interview, Adam talks to comedian Mae Martin about the value of vulnerability in connection and life lessons from the art of improvisation.

Listen to more episodes of ReThinking, here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rethinking/id1554567118
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38min
September 05, 2024 Did we make our goal???
Finally, a campaign reveal. Did we get additional funding to hire Kim for more hours? Plus, some updates for what’s in store for Proxy.

Proxy is an independent podcast that relies on listeners. To support emotional investigative journalism™️ and help the show keep going, consider joining our Patreon: patreon.com/proxypodcast. You’ll get our newsletter and exclusive bonus episodes.

Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw

Get in touch at [email protected]
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