Silk And Steel Podcast

We discuss NBA China Controversy on Silk and Steel Podcast with returning guest Sun Feiyang

I interviewed Canadian Youtuber Toby Guu who faced online death threats for filming Hong Kong protesters' violence. Toby's footage on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Jgp7-tXfc

I interviewed Lap Gong Leong a Hong Konger and passionate supporter of the Hong Kong protest. He explains aspirations and motivations of Hong Konger in support of the protest and lays out the argument for the protest. Silk and Steel Podcast always welcome different political opinions and open to voices from other side of political spectrum because it's important to listen and understand

By popular demand from our subscribers, we're reposting free for the public our episode on Hong Kong Protest because I feel much we discussed stood test of time even tho more than a month has passed since our recording. This open free repost of Silk and Steel Episode 29 comes to you courtesy of our Silk and Steel subscribers, who make our weekly podcast possible. Freedom isn't free, and neither is Silk and Steel...Sign up here on the patreon page for the Silk and Steel podcast, the newsletter, the RSS feed, and more...

We continue our interview with Taiwanese American Marxist Rapper Xiangyu about his trip to DPRK, his family tie in Korea, disillusionment with American Dream. US Imperialism in East Asia and his latest Marxist Rap Album "A Single Spark" Xiangyu's Youtube Channel and Twitter

I appeared as guest on the Around The Empire Podcast with Joanne Leon where we have a wide-ranging discussion on Hong Kong, transition back to China, social & economic changes, protests, prospects for military crackdown or peaceful resolution

I interview Taiwanese Chinese American Marxist Rapper Zhong Xiangyu about his unique Diaspora experience, his path to Marxism and his new Marxist Rap album "A Single Spark"Xiangyu's Youtube Channel and Twitter

We discuss the latest development in Hong Kong Protest, what future holds for Hong Kong with Sun Feiyang who returns to guest host after Tianamen podcast series. This is part 1 of the interview. Full 2hr interveiw have been released to the Silk and Steel Podcast patreon subscribers

For non-subscribers, here is a 30+ minute preview of EP#28-Hong Kong Protest-Background. I talk with Independent Journalist and filmmaker Dan Cohen about latest Hong Kong protest and its background Would you like to know more? Subscribe to Silk and Steel Podcast on our Patreon page, to listen to the full interview and all previous locked episodes. You can also get our downloadable RSS feed for your podcast app from our patreon page on PC browser and more

I appeared as a guest on Uproar in the Studio, a Chinese Blockbuster Podcast with Andrew, Reza and Noah to talk about the biggest Chinese Blockbuster of all time: Wolf Warriors 2, or what I called the Chinese Rambo!

I inteviewed fellow War Nerd Francis Terpening who recently became a Fresh Off the Boat American Expat in China about his China experience

We continue our chronological retelling of Chinese history from very beginning. Our story begins with monumental work on ancient Chinese history, The Records of the Grand Historian. The Record begins with stories of 5 Emperors, a lost Golden Age of Ideal sage rulers according Confucian canonical history. I will tell the tale and deconstruct it...

I interviewed gifted geneticist and ploymath Razib Khan who runs blog Gene Expression and Brown Pundits Podcast about latest studies on Chinese population genetics. We geeked out on everything from ancient and modern DNA to early human migration out of Africa, Bronze Age East-West contact, Indian DNA impact on Southeast Asia. Spread of Chariot technology, the complex relatedness of different human populations from Africa to Europe to China to Americas This is a nice supplement to the new Chinese history podcast series that I just started.

I am starting a chronological retelling of Chinese history from the very beginning

I appeared as guest on Plan A Podcast to talk about my travels in China, Western media reporting on China amid current US-China tensions

We continue our discussion on traveling in China with returning guest Davide Melia

We continue to revisit the events of Chinese students protest in 1989 in the final part of the series

We continue to recount the events of 1989 Chinese student protest up to the deadly night of June 3rd

For non-subscribers, here is a 40+ minute preview of EP#18-My Tiananmen Memories where I talked about my own Tiananmen Student Protest memories as a 13 year old in China 1989 Would you like to know more? Subscribe to Silk and Steel Podcast here on our patreon page, to listen to the full interview and all previous locked episodes. You can also get our downloadable RSS feed for your podcast app from our patreon page on PC browser and more

I talk to Razib Khan and Zachary Latif from Brownpundits podcast on report of abuse of Pakistani Bride in China and intimate geopolitics of Belt and Road Initiative

I talk with returning guest Davide Melia on our travel together in Southwest China province of Yunnan, with an excursion into Yunnan history and Qianlong Emperor's Expedition against Myanmar.

I get personal by discussing Zha family history from collapse of Tang Dynasty

I appeared as guest on Uproar in the Studio podcast to talk Chinese movies, in particular Chinese blockbuster Monster Hunt

Exciting conclusion of epic Rome vs Parthia battle of Carrhae with Amir Askari of Eran un Turan, living history re-enactment group , For the Part 1 see our previous episode with Amir EP11 Rome vs Parthia Battle of Carrhae with Amir Askari Part 1

We revisit the epic battle between Rome and Parthian Empire with Amir Askari of Eran un Turan, living history re-enactment group. For the prelude leading to the battle see our previous episodes with Amir

We continue our conversation with English translator of Chinese Karl Marx Anime, on Karl Marx anime, Marxism and Chinese politics Karl Marx anime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T0a_jXHiDo

China made Karl Marx Anime has gained a cult following since its debut on Youtube. I interviewed the man who was responsible for introducing the show to non-Chinese speaking audience by translating it into English, Sun Feiyang. Check out his very funny Facebook meme page President Xi, Delete This Account subscribe at my Patreon: Silk and Steel Podcast for the full interview

British Chinese YPG Volunteer Huang Lei talk about Battle of Manbij against ISIS, and the most intense firefight he found himself took part on the streets of Manbij. This is his story... Please support my podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/silknsteel Intro and Outro: Kobani by Mansour Izadpanah in Kurdish Sorani language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ahsfdqmUL8 intermission music: NUARİN GERİLLA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGeGIKOTlAU

British Chinese YPG Volunteer Huang Lei had been fighting ISIS in Northern Syria for 3 and 1/2 years. This is his story, part 2...

I interviewed British Chinese YPG Volunteer Huang Lei who had been fighting ISIS in Northern Syria on and off for three and half years. This is his story Part 1

Amir Askari takes us closer to the epic showdown between Rome and Parthia, the Battle of Carrhae, the most important battles between the Roman Republic and Parthian empire and one of the most crushing defeats in Roman history.

We revisit the epic battle between Roman Republic and Parthian Empire with expert Amir Askari from the Eran un Turan, living history re-enactment group Battle of Carrhae, the most important battles between the Roman and Parthian empiresand one of the most crushing defeats in Roman history. In this episode, we examine the background and prelude to war.

We interview Nadeem Ahmad of "Eran ud Turan" on the little told story of a major world civilizational power, Sassanian Persian Empire. Persian Empires often get bad press`in the current West-centric narrative. We at Silk and Steel seek to readdress this imbalance and bring to you, our listeners the real deal unfiltered by lens of Western comic books and Hollywood. Yes, I am talking about undo the damage of 300!

We continue our time travel to ancient Silk Road on a guided tour by Nadeem Ahmad of Eran und Turan Living History Group. From Arab conquest to Arab-Chinese battle of Talas and An Lushan Rebellion in Tang China, Arrival of Islam, Rise and Fall of Tibetan, Turkic/Uighur Empires. Check out our patreon for amazing images and descriptions

We time travel to ancient Silk Road on a guided tour by Nadeem Ahmad of Eran und Turan Living History Group. From Alexander The Great to Arab-Chinese battle of Talas and An Lushan Rebellion in Tang China, Arrival of Islam, Rise and Fall of Tibetan, Turkic/Uighur Empires. Check out our patreon for amazing images and descriptions

I talked to Razib Khan of the Brown Pundits Podcast about China, my family history, demographic conundrum, Christianity and Islam, racism and geopolitics. Have a listen!