Today Ken welcomes old friend and big star Joe Wong to the show. Ken and Joe discuss how Boston has changed, how long it's been since Ken has seen Joe, doing comedy in English in China, public loud speaker TV, cross talk, pirate radio, Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Cow, Hong Kong vs. Mainland China, The Comedy Studio, moving to Texas for college, Growing Pains in China, All American Girl, Margaret Cho, Joe's TV show in China, State Run Media, how people access media in China, investigative reporting, how the internet is replacing TV, Korean Soaps, sitcoms, Mary Tyler Moore, Joe's past as a Chemist, Breaking Bad, mailing drugs, skipping school to go to video parlors, Hong Kong comedy, the working middle class of China, Joan Chen, Off the Boat, Crouching Tiger, David Letterman, Joe's status as a big deal in China, working the red carpet, product endorsement, political ads, performing at the White House Corespondents Dinner, meeting Joe Biden, making 50 Cent made, violent Chinese kids' cartoons, Sex vs. Violence on TV, and being watched by a hundred million people on television.

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