Ep. 161 | Zhou Enlai (Part 1)
In today's Part 1 episode Laszlo explores the early life of Zhou Enlai, growing up in a traditional scholar-officials family that had seen better days. Zhou gets passed from relative to relative. But ...
5 Nov 201544min
Ep. 160 | Jack Jones and the FAU China Convoy 1945-1951
Jack Jones' story is told today in this little snapshot of a little-known organization that operated in 1940's China known as The Friends Ambulance Unit later renamed the Friends Service Unit. It was ...
4 Okt 201546min
Ep. 159 | Chinese American Stars and Entertainers of Old Hollywood
In this episode, Laszlo focuses on the history of Chinese Americans in the early years of Hollywood. The period will focus on the 1920s to the 1950s. During those years Asian Americans had a rough tim...
31 Aug 201545min
Ep. 158B | The Rise and Fall of the Qin (Part 3)
In this final Part 3 episode we finally get around to Qin Shihuang and the dynasty he founded. He didn't reign a long time but the First Qin Emperor's impact on all the dynasties that followed was ver...
20 Aug 201542min
Ep. 158 | The Rise and Fall of the Qin (Part 2)
In this Part 2 of a 3 part series, we'll look at Duke Xiao's secret weapon: Shang Yang. Shang Yang introduced Legalism to the Qin ruler and all kinds of reforms that took the Qin to the next level. We...
15 Aug 201537min
Ep. 157 | The Rise and Fall of the Qin (Part 1)
In this first of three episodes, Laszlo offers up a nice easy overview of Qin Shihuang and the Qin State. In Part 1 we'll look at the ancient beginnings of the Qin and how they caught a few lucky brea...
2 Aug 201538min
Ep. 156 | Joseph Needham (Part 2)
In this Part 2 episode, Laszlo continues his intro of Joseph Needham in 1943 right after Needham returned from his perilous adventure to the northwest of China to visit the sights of Dunhuang. We'll c...
8 Juli 201549min
Ep. 155 | Joseph Needham (Part 1)
In this long-awaited topic, Laszlo introduces "The Man Who Loved China", Dr. Joseph Needham. A true friend of China for most of his adult life, Needham's contribution was the epic work "Science and Ci...
23 Juni 201545min
