Culture Chat Episode: 69 Has anyone ever heard of Bruce Lee?  I’m guessing… yes.  Today I chat with Matthew Polly […]


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Culture Chat Episode: 69


Has anyone ever heard of Bruce Lee?  I’m guessing… yes.  Today I chat with Matthew Polly on his new book, Bruce Lee, a life.  This is the first authoritative biography on Bruce’s life which Matthew took over 6 years researching and interviewing those closest to Bruce.  We chat about his discoveries and the process of writing the book.  Matthew is also a fellow martial artist who has chronicled his experiences in his other works: American Shaolin, where he studied for 2 years at the Shaolin Temple and Tapped Out, where he trained for and fought in an MMA fight.


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Discussed in this episode:


Betty Ting Pei


The Kid – Hong Kong Film


The Orphan – Child Actor Bruce Lee


Enter the Dragon


Clint Eastwood


Fred Weintraub


Roman Polanski


Sharon Tate


Manson Murders


Kung Fu, TV Series


Wong Jak Man Fight


Raymond Chow


Golden Harvest


David Chin


Drunken Master II


Dan Inosanto


American Shaolin


MMA




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