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 rugged stretches of the Transcontinental Railroad.

Jianchi/ Perseverance

May 15th, 2022 29m 21s

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 “China plague,” a term used to describe the

Bonus

Special Announcement!

Oct 16th, 2021 5m 5s

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 moment pass by quietly, so we’ve partnered with UCL

Blood on Gold Mountain

Jul 14th, 2021 1h 7m

By some lights, this episode is what Blood on Gold Mountain is all about. The Massacre. This episode has been very difficult in every way. How do you make something good or beautiful out of a mass murder? How do you take the experience of being

Heathens

Jun 30th, 2021 51m 16s

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 without having any context for the iconogra

The Underworld

Jun 16th, 2021 40m 33s

If there’s one person who could be said to truly be at the center of the 1871 LA Chinatown drama, it might be Yo Hing. While Yut Ho’s love intrigue was nominally the reason for the conflagration of Chinatown’s ongoing gang conflict, it would ne

Beasts of Prey

Jun 2nd, 2021 27m 52s

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 leader whose traditional methods and lack of ada

Empire of Orphans

May 19th, 2021 32m 38s

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 new husband. In Chinese immigrant society, m

Bride Price

May 5th, 2021 38m 47s

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 California’s Chinatowns. Eve of ExclusionIni

The Widow

Apr 21st, 2021 33m 55s

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 were not always hostile. Despite the fact that there

Rebels

Apr 7th, 2021 20m 41s

In some ways, one might think of this episode as containing our version of a land acknowledgement. Immigrants are always trying to listen to natives and learn from them, and I thought Yut Ho and Ah Choy deserved a chance to do so.Indian Camp is

Outlaws

2 Mar 24th, 2021 27m 7s

This episode introduces some key players in the story of the Chinatown Massacre, and gives some background about the social and political conditions for Chinese Immigrants in Wild-West California.Yut Ho and Ah Choy are based on historical figur

Trailer

Now Releasing: Blood on Gold Mountain

Mar 8th, 2021 1m 10s

Los Angeles, 1871, was the murder capital of the Wild West, and nowhere was wilder or more dangerous than Chinatown. Blood on Gold Mountain is an original storytelling podcast, which follows the journey of Yut-Ho, a young woman who arrives in L