Browse every All Things Go episode, including interviews, commentary, practical lessons, and full searchable transcripts.
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S1.9 – Four-Year-Old Go, Chris Garlock & Go and Buddhism
American Go journalist and broadcaster Chris Garlock recounts his path into the game, decades of community work, and his role in the historic AlphaGo broadcasts with Michael Redmond. The episode also explores connections between Go, Buddhism, attention, and the experience of learning the game.
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S1.7 – An Ode to Go, Devin Fraze Interview Part II, Key Learning Insights & Professional Go Time Controls
Devin Fraze explains why Go growth depends less on short-lived publicity spikes than on welcoming communities that retain players. Travis shares practical lessons from his own study, and Gazza White compares professional time controls across major Go systems.
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S2.6 – Hajin Lee Interview Part II, Go vs. Chess, Searching for Bobby Fischer & Teaching Go in School
Hajin Lee discusses friendship among professionals, tournament reviews, simultaneous games, the North American Go Federation, AlphaGo, and BadukPop. BenKyo compares Go and chess media, and Devin Fraze examines how school programs can lead children into lasting Go communities.
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S1.8 – Being Observed, Go Magic Co-Founder Vadim Efimenko, Bridging the East-West Professional Gap & Confessions of an OGS Moderator
Go Magic co-founder Vadim Efimenko explains how the platform grew from an experimental video project into a polished learning system. Gazza White examines the gap between Asian and Western professional Go, while OGS moderator KoBa describes the hidden work of maintaining an online community.
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S2.5 – Go & Television, Rui Naiwei, Go in Everyday Life, Sandbagging & Hajin Lee Interview Part I
Gazza White and Xiao Dai trace Rui Naiwei’s extraordinary international career. Travis explores Go-like tipping points in everyday life, BenKyo considers the ethics of sandbagging for instruction, and Hajin Lee begins recounting her path from childhood training to Korean professional Go.
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S2.4 – Getting Outplayed, Jonathan Hop Interview, Go vs. Chess & Club Traditions
Jonathan Hop reflects on studying in a Korean dojang, writing the So You Want to Play Go? books, teaching, and the value of problems over passive study. BenKyo compares Go and chess, while Devin Fraze discusses the traditions and physical spaces that help clubs thrive.
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S2.2 – ChatGPT & Go, Strugglebus Go Interview, Tournament Play Part II, Correspondence Go & Why Local Clubs Matter
Gabe of Strugglebus Go traces a lifetime through chess, competitive Magic, climbing, and Go before explaining his teaching-focused channel. BenKyo discusses tournament pressure, Travis tries correspondence Go, and Devin Fraze explains why local clubs remain essential.
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S2.1 – A Go Origin Story, Michael Chen Interview, World No. 1 Shin Jin-seo & In-Person Tournaments
North American professional Michael Chen discusses childhood training, online play, professional qualification, aggressive style, and teaching. Gazza White and Xiao Dai examine Shin Jin-seo’s place among Korean greats, while BenKyo reflects on the value of in-person tournaments.
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S4.3 – Being a Beginner Again with Dan-Level Chess GM Tiger Hillarp Persson
Chess grandmaster and EGF 2-dan Tiger Hillarp Persson compares learning Go with a lifetime in professional chess, including creativity, opening theory, AI, competition, and the freedom of being a beginner again. Nathan Harwit then explains why strengthening weak groups often begins by attacking the opponent rather than defending passively.
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S4.1 – 3d Jake Kim’s Go for a Better World & Lesson Takeaways on Liberty Counting & Endgame
Jake Kim explains how Go for a Better World uses the game to support healthy aging, intergenerational connection, and dementia-prevention education. The episode closes with Nathan Harwit reviewing liberty counting, forcing moves, and endgame decisions that can prevent avoidable late-game collapses.