Taekwondo and Korean History Explains Everything w/ Jay

Using Taekwondo and Korean History to Explore Mythmaking and Historical Fabrication

Sam speaks to Jay from Red Star Over Asia about his article "When Taekwondo Ruled the World." This three-part interview originally aired in February of 2022.

Part 1

• A Killing Art by Alex Gillis

• "Cobra Kai, the Twilight of American Empire, and the Allure of Paramilitary Violence"

• "Squid Game and the Long Shadow of American Empire"

Part 2

• "Yoga's Colonial Past and Present"

• "Settler Colonialism and Decolonization" w/ Mylan Tootoosis

• "Racism, Capitalism, and Boxing" w/ Dr. Gerald Horne

Part 3

(Part three features an excerpt from Jacobin's The Dig: "Financial Empire" w/ Daniela Gabor & Ndongo Samba Sylla.)

• "If the World Hated Nazis, Why Did We Do Their Olympics?" w/ Gabriel Kuhn

• "History of Eugenics & Fascism in Health, Wellness, and Music" w/ Antonio Valladares

• "Masculinizing the Nation: Gender Ideologies in Traditional Korea and in the 1890s–1900s Korean Enlightenment Discourse"

• "Colonial Korea and the Olympic Games, 1910–1945"

• "Nationalism in the Age of Extremes: Taking Danish Gymnastics to the World"

• "Financial Education: How the Sausage Is Made"

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