128: Cultural Pollination, Popular vs. Visible, Rank Relativity w/ Travis (All Things Go)

About this episode

Travis from the All Things Go podcast joins Justin to discuss various topics related to the game of Go.

Go podcasters unite! Travis from the All Things Go podcast is here! We meander through a lot of interesting topics in this one. Why are all the North American Go pros Asian-American? Do we want Go to be popular? Is your Go rank arbitrary? This episode was a blast, so thank you Travis for coming on the show! Go check out All Things Go! All Things Go Podcast IGOSIL Join the Discord ⁠Support Star Point⁠ The Star Point Store

People in this episode

Host: Justin Oh

Guest: Travis

Topics covered

• Go
• Cultural Pollination
• Popularity
• Rank Relativity
• Asian-American Go pros

Keywords

• Go
• Cultural Pollination
• Popularity
• Rank Relativity
• Asian-American
• podcasting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: All Things Go

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