Barbarians at the Gate

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From Vienna to Shanghai: A Memoir of Escape, Survival and Resistance

Posted January 13, 202200:38:03

In this week’s episode, we talk with Jean Hoffmann Lewanda about her father Paul Hoffmann’s memoir, 

Mandarin Mayhem III: The Cantonese Conundrum

Posted December 30, 202100:47:13

In this episode, Jeremiah and David talk with James Griffiths, Asia Correspondent for the Globe and Mail, about his new book 

Studying China in the 21st Century (What Everybody Needs to Know) with special guest Maura Cunningham

Posted November 19, 202100:45:03

In this episode, Jeremiah and David have a long-overdue discussion with historian and writer Maura Cunningham. Maura was Editor-in-Chief of the classic...

"Yellow Jazz, Black Music" with Marketus Presswood

Posted September 17, 202100:49:08

This week Jeremiah and David catch up with an old friend, China history scholar Marketus Presswood., who has just released a documentary on jazz in...

China Tripping

Posted July 29, 202100:47:43

In this episode, Jeremiah and David talk about the foreign experience of travel in China, drawing upon their personal experiences over the years as...