Welcome to Season 5, Episode 2! Most people are familiar with the game of Mahjong. Maybe their family or community plays it or maybe they’ve just seen it in the movies or TV. But most people have seen the tiles and heard the clacking. 

This is part 1 of a 2 part series on The History of Mahjong. In this episode, we talk about the origin of Mahjong, how its popularity went up and down over the years, how it came to the U.S., and how it was received. We talk a little about the gameplay and how to win.

In our intro, we talk about some current events including passing of President Jimmy Carter and how you can help people recover from the Los Angeles fires. Some of the groups helping people include:

• GoFundMe has created their own official fund to help those affected by California Wildfires
• Red Cross
• United Way of Greater Los Angeles
• Emergency Network Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
• California Community Foundation
• World Central Kitchen 
• Community Organized Relief Effort or CORE

We end this episode by bringing back another installment of Obscure Asian Pacific Comic Book Characters where we talk about Bengal, the Vietnamese vigilante by Marvel comics.

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Segments

• 00:25 Intro and Talking about the LA Fires, Jimmy Carter, and the Golden Globes
• 04:56 The History of Mahjong, Part 1
• 15:02 Obscure Asian Pacific Comic Book Characters: Bengal