Dee Tsai

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83 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 14 Jul

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The Moth · Choose Your Own Theme: The Moth Radio Hour · 14 Jul 2026 podcast

I grew up in China, went to college at a coastal city called Tianjin.

Never heard of it?

It's okay.

Small town, 14 million population.

I majored in pharmacy, minored in English.

And when I was a senior, I was on track to come to the United States for a biochemistry PhD.

A few weeks before graduation, I saw posters all over campus about an English talent competition hosted by a local TV station.

Now, Tianjin TV Network is the fourth largest network in China, and being on TV has been my dream since I was a little kid.

My first stage was my crib at daycare.

Storytelling during nap time, captive audience.

Ever since I was five, every night during National Weather Channel, I would be standing by the TV, and I would do the weather report to my entire family.

I could recite all the cities.

My grandpa was very proud.

And this was May 2005.

I was 21 years old.

I knew in about three months I was going to leave my home country, join an intense research program at America's most exciting city, Dallas, Texas.

And I've heard the misery of a PhD scientist's lifestyle.

You spend days and nights working in the lab, you're lonely, you're dedicated, and your life is filled with failures and frustrations until that one breakthrough, if ever.

So I'm staring at these posters thinking, this is my last chance becoming a TV star.

So I applied.

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