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Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer

Dispatch from Xi’an--former Little Red Guard recalls growing up under rule of Mao Zedong

By Tom Wilmer
Published February 22, 2022 at 9:49 PM PST
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Mao soldier reenactors at conference in Xi-an, China 2018 with correspondent Tom Wilmer (center)
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Mao soldier reenactors, representing participants in the Long March 1934-35 at conference in Xi-an, China 2018 with correspondent Tom Wilmer (center)

Back in 2008 Tom Wilmer became friends with Leo, a young resident in Xi’an, China. We have reposted Leo’s insightful conversation as a Best-of-the-Best feature from the archives of Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer.

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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