<div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0"><strong class="css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10">On This Week’s Episode:</strong></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Boen Wang goes back to a day before he was born, a day that changed the course of his family’s story.</p></div>

<div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure class="img-sz-medium css-mqw7kw e1g7ppur0" aria-label="media" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Image</span><picture><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/06/28/podcasts/28tal-children-of-dave/28tal-children-of-dave-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600"><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/06/28/podcasts/28tal-children-of-dave/28tal-children-of-dave-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200"><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/06/28/podcasts/28tal-children-of-dave/28tal-children-of-dave-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800"><img alt="Two people stand together in front of a red brick and white building. " class="css-r3fift" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/06/28/podcasts/28tal-children-of-dave/28tal-children-of-dave-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale" srcset="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/06/28/podcasts/28tal-children-of-dave/28tal-children-of-dave-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/06/28/podcasts/28tal-children-of-dave/28tal-children-of-dave-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/06/28/podcasts/28tal-children-of-dave/28tal-children-of-dave-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1320w" sizes="((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw" decoding="async" width="100%" height="auto"></picture></div><figcaption data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption" class="css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0"><span class="css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Courtesy Boen Wang</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div>

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Boen Wang goes back to a day that changed the course of his family’s story.{ai:summary}<p>Boen Wang unravels a family secret tied to a momentous event before his birth, altering his family's trajectory. #family #history</p>

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