This Was Funnier in China Laszlo and Jesse Appell

The China History Podcast by Laszlo Montgomery

Feb 4, 202601:10:40Society & Culture

I drove downtown not too long ago to meet with Jesse Appell to talk about his first book, "This was funnier in China" Jesse's been performing stand-up comedy and Xiangsheng 相声 for years now. When he isn't engaging in thi...

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