About this episode

The episode explores Bruce Lee's impact on American pop culture and features a discussion with Jeff Chang about his legacy and a new book.

Bruce Lee changed American pop culture forever, and his incredible legacy is more relevant than ever. But how did he go from child actor in Hong Kong to one of the most important action-movie stars of all time? To find out more, we talk to Jeff Chang, author of a new book called Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America. Plus contributing host Naseem Jamnia tells us everything science has learned about fungi recenlty — and explains why science fiction has a lot of catching up to do. Show notes: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes

People in this episode

Host: Naseem Jamnia

Guest: Jeff Chang

Topics covered

• Bruce Lee
• pop culture
• Asian American identity
• action movies
• fungi
• science fiction

Keywords

• Bruce Lee
• pop culture
• action movies
• Asian America
• fungi
• science fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America

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