Emily Kwong

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This episode was produced by Hannah Chin and edited by Viet Le and Sarah Robbins.

It was fact-checked by Tyler Jones.

The audio engineer was Robert Rodriguez.

I'm Emily Kwong.

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Emily Kwong here with someone very special to our team, shortwave intern Aru Nair.

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You and I are at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., and it's your first time living in the district.

You can't escape it.

This time of year, the cherry blossom marketing is everywhere.