May 29, 2023
Welcome to Season 3, Episode
20. With the first Tong War over, the events in New York’s
Chinatown were influenced by tong conflicts across the country. It
didn’t help that New York tong members were often loaned out to the
different local branches across the nation to act as “hatchet men”
to assassinate various...
May 22, 2023
Welcome to Season 3, Episode
19. Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that is celebrated on the last
Monday of May. It is focused on honoring the service members who
have fallen in combat. So today we’re talking about the USS Rizal,
the first U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name of a Filipino hero.
Who was Jose Rizal and why...
May 15, 2023
Welcome to
Season 3, Episode 18. We’ve all seen them. Typefaces that signal an
ethnic establishment. For businesses, especially restaurants that
sell Asian food, it’s not unusual to see the use of a “Chop Suey
Font”. These fonts have also been used for politics, advertising,
media, and other businesses. Whether...
May 1, 2023
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 17. In
this episode we continue focusing on the Tong Wars in New York by
discussing more of the people, events, and attitudes that escalated
tension between the On Leong Tong and the Hip Sing Tong… and we
finally talk about the First Tong War! Covering six bloody years,
the first Tong War...
Apr 24, 2023
Welcome to Season 3, Episode 16. The New York Tong Wars were
a series of four violent conflicts that happened in New York
between the two most influential tongs there… the On Leong Tong and
the Hip Sing Tong. In this episode, we talk about the events and
environment that led to the Tong Wars, focusing on Tom Lee
of...