David Chang Imagines His Great-Grandfather’s Life in America
Season 8
Episode 3
About the Episode
David Chang reacts to reading his great-grandfather, Woo Sang Yong’s application to Yale Divinity School. Yong left his wife and his 7-year-old son behind in Korea to study in the U.S.
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