Ep. 259 | The History of the Thai Chinese (Part 1)

Ep. 259 | The History of the Thai Chinese (Pa...

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I had the idea for this episode sometime during mid-summer 2025. Then I became distracted by the big project I'm working on now, then the holidays, sick cats, and the random hassles of life. This one's only 34 minutes long. My deepest apologies for all the mispronunciations of Ma ...  Show more

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Ep. 370 | The Looting of the Eastern Tombs

This one is more entertaining than anything. Mr. Andrew Shaw mentioned this looting of the eastern Qing Tombs event when I interviewed him earlier in the year. If you recall, he wrote that book called "Spoil." This time, I'm focusing on the events that went down in July 1928 at t ...  Show more

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