Blood on Gold Mountain: A Story from the 1871 LA Chinatown Massacre Podcast
1) Beasts of Prey
Sam YuenSam Yuen is one of the larger-than-life characters that drive the historical narrative of the LA Chinatown massacre. Historical sources paint a picture of a laconic, stoic-minded business lead...Show More
2) Iron Horse Road: a Tale from Gold Mountain
Iron Horse Road: a Tale from Gold Mountain recounts one of the great untold epics of American history: The story of the Chinese laborers–neither truly enslaved nor truly free–who built the most r...Show More
3) Jianchi/ Perseverance
Act One of the play Jianchi/Perseverance is based on the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 in San Francisco Chinatown, which led to suspicion and demonization of Chinese who were identified with the ...Show More
4) Special Announcement!
Hi Everyone, Thank you for sharing the journey of Blood on Gold Mountain with us. This month, October, marks the 150th anniversary of the LA Chinatown Massacre. We couldn’t let this historic momen...Show More
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The Massacre
6) Heathens
In this episode, we are introduced to Christianity through the eyes of Yut-Ho’s Gwailo marriage to Lee Yong in a Christian church. Can you imagine being married in the holy place of a foreign religion...Show More
7) The Underworld
Yut Ho and Lee Yong devise a plan to run away together, assisted by Chinatown’s most notorious gangster: Yo Hing.
8) Empire of Orphans
No one knows just how the historical Yut Ho and Lee Yong met. Perhaps, as in our story, it was in the course of their daily routines. Yut Ho would almost certainly have lived a secluded life with her ...Show More
9) Bride Price
Life in California’s early Chinese communities was challenging and dangerous, particularly for women. Discriminatory laws made it harder for women to emigrate, leading to a severe gender imbalance in ...Show More
10) The Widow
This episode addresses one of the most important and neglected aspects of early Chinese immigrants’ experience in California. Relations between Chinese immigrants and their Anglo counterparts wer...Show More