Jesse Appell is a Fulbright scholar, bilingual comedian and tea guy who has found that the best conversations happen over tea with interesting people.
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Jesse Appell is a Fulbright scholar, bilingual comedian and tea guy who has found that the best conversations happen over tea with interesting people.
By sharing tea from his own tea shop with guests of diverse cultural and experiential backgrounds, Teatime With Jesse lets you be a fly on the wall of Jesse's Teahouse when interesting friends come by to visit!
China's History of Tea (and Trade) with Laszlo Montgomery
Teatime With Jesse
1 hour 15 minutes
1 year ago
China's History of Tea (and Trade) with Laszlo Montgomery
On this Tea Time with Jesse, Jesse is joined by Teacup Media founder, business consultant, and podcast host Laszlo Montgomery.
Laszlo Montgomery spent 25 years growing US market shares for Chinese consumer product manufacturers. During that time, he worked abroad, learning about China's history and the value of intercultural connections. In this episode, Laszlo shares how he chooses research topics for the China History podcast and his motivations for starting Teacup Media.
Check out the China History Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCim2V_PqtJ6_W2fDESGzJHA
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0:00:27 Meet Laszlo
0:02:50 Laszlo’s everyday tea
0:03:32 Ancient tree tea
0:05:18 Starting the Chinese history podcast
0:07:48 How to prioritize topics on a history podcast
0:09:20 The Chinese exclusion act 0:10:34
Chinese immigration to the US
0:20:29 Living in Hong Kong during the Handover
0:27:38 The history of China-US trade relations
0:29:00 Nixon and The Cultural Revolution
0:41:18 Working with the London Science Museum to display palace artifacts from Beijing
0:51:44 The importance of understanding history in the present
0:53:30 Independent podcast research vs. museum curation
1:10:00 Tea pets and the Zodiac
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Teatime With Jesse
Jesse Appell is a Fulbright scholar, bilingual comedian and tea guy who has found that the best conversations happen over tea with interesting people.
By sharing tea from his own tea shop with guests of diverse cultural and experiential backgrounds, Teatime With Jesse lets you be a fly on the wall of Jesse's Teahouse when interesting friends come by to visit!
