Mike Paterniti

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232 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 28 Jun

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This American Life · 628: In the Shadow of the City · 15 Mar 2026 podcast

I just let go and stepped away.

And then he said, I want to take your picture, which seemed like, you know, I didn't even understand what that was about.

He's taking a picture of the guy.

Yeah.

So he pulls out his cell phone or the camera, takes a picture, and then he says, and now I think I should punch you in the face.

Holy.

Then he said, you call yourself Chinese.

How dare you?

How dare you call yourself Chinese?

Come up on this bridge with the intention of killing yourself today.

You know, you are somebody's son.

You know, how dare you?

I am going to punch you in the face.

I'm going to punch you right now.

And the crowd, of course, is like crushing in because they think there's going to, he's going to punch him.

So he kind of takes another step in closer.

And Fan Ping says, look, I'm only doing this because my father was in the Red Army and he's lost all of his disability insurance and there's no way for him to live anymore.

And I'm a lousy son because I can't provide for him.

And all of our documents burned in a fire.

And without those documents, we can't get any help.

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