Huh, have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?

Not much to it, is there?

Unless, of course, it's a Walker's sandwich.

Mmm, that is good.

Now that's what Asani should sound like.

Go all crisp in with walkers.

Delicious.

Hi there, I'm Jason Gatz and you're listening to Think Again, a Big Think podcast.

Let's start with a very old poem.

On the bank of Tai Shutt, River is Liby's grave, surrounded by wild grass that stretches to clouds.

How sad that the bones buried deep in here used to have writings that startled heaven and

moved earth.

Of course, poets are born unlucky souls, but no one has been as desolate as you.

When you think of an ancient poet, what do you picture? Wandering, drinking,

a lot of ups and downs? That certainly describes the life of Li Bai, one of the most brilliant

and beloved poets in Chinese history, a man of whom it is said that he drowned jumping into a river,

drunkenly chasing the reflection of the moon. In his beautiful new biography, banished immortal, the poet and author Ha Jin paints a vivid

picture of this extra vivid man who suffered the double misfortune of living in interesting

times and of being very interesting himself.

Ha Jin is very interesting too.

A young soldier in China's Cultural Revolution, he came to America as a grad student.

Watching the Tiananmen Square Massacre on TV, he decided to stay in America for good.

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