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Pachinko

Min Jin Lee · 2017
Mentioned 12 times across 4 podcasts · 2023–2026
Mention timeline12 mentions
20232026
Where it's mentioned
2026
Novelist Min Jin Lee on the promise and perils of Western education
Fresh Air · Nov 2026 · 0:07
“best known for the novel pachinko ”
Jordan Firstman captures the highs and lows of being a ‘Club Kid’
Fresh Air · Nov 2026 · 46:59
“novelist min jin lee's last book pachinko sold more than five million copies ”
Best Of: Kyle MacLachlan / Inside the ‘romance scam’
Fresh Air · Oct 2026 · 24:07
“pachenko the second in the series was a finalist for the national book award ”
Min Jin Lee on “American Hagwon,” Her First Novel After the Phenomenon of “Pachinko”
The New Yorker Radio Hour · Sep 2026 · 0:41
“and a decade went by before we read pachenko a historical epic and truly a phenomenon that was translated into some 35 languages ”
Kyle MacLachlan was David Lynch’s ‘submersible’ into dark places
Fresh Air · Sep 2026 · 42:09
“pachinko the second in the series was a finalist for the national book award ”
The art of influence: The single most important skill that AI can’t replace | Jessica Fain (Webflow, ex-Slack)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Mar 2026 · 85:11
“i love historical fiction because it really gives me access ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
2025
Why AI evals are the hottest new skill for product builders | Hamel Husain & Shreya Shankar (creators of the #1 eval course)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Sep 2025 · 98:24
“pachenko by uh then jen lee ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s
How to build your product team from scratch, attract top product talent, go multi-product, and more | Rohini Pandhi (Mercury, Square)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jan 2025 · 70:49
“other books that i think that i've read recently are have all been fictions so ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
2024
Vision, conviction, and hype: How to build 0 to 1 inside a company | Mihika Kapoor (Product at Figma)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Apr 2024 · 92:57
“from a fiction perspective um i think pachinco by min jin lee is incredibly beautiful and powerful ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 7s
2023
The hierarchy of engagement | Sarah Tavel (Benchmark, Greylock, Pinterest)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Dec 2023 · 105:22
“pachinko is one of the best fictional books i've read in a while ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s
#707: Live from South Korea — Steve Jang on Korea’s Exploding “Soft Power,” The Poverty-to-Power Playbook, K-Pop, “Han” Energy, Must-See Movies, Export Economies, and Much More
The Tim Ferriss Show · Nov 2023 · 25:49
“i have a friend min jin lee who's the author of pachinco which is an incredible book ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
#671: Bobby Hundreds — Building an Iconic Streetwear Brand, Making $7 Million in 40 Minutes, The Power of Garfield, Why Korean Entertainment is Taking Over the World, Maintaining the Mystery, The Fickleness of Fortune, and Developing “Nunchi”
The Tim Ferriss Show · May 2023 · 83:50
“if you read pachinko by minjin lee this is supposed to be an amazing book ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s