All Things Go

Travis
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All Things Go is a podcast about the endlessly fascinating board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China, featuring interviews, personal commentary, reviews, and more.

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  1. Episode 1

    S5.1 - Unscripted: IRL Play with Adam & Updates on using YouTube | Go / Baduk / Weiqi

    This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Travis introduces the more sustainable All Things Go Unscripted format and recounts an in-person café game with his friend Adam. He reflects on live versus correspondence Go, recording a game on OGS, playing publicly, and why the podcast will remain primarily audio-first rather than moving fully to YouTube. Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources: https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/all-things-go-unscripted-in-person-go-youtube/ Join the All Things Go Discord community: https://discord.gg/uf3jgEAA4J Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC The four-piece board I used at the coffee shop for my game with Adam Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com

  2. Episode 2

    S5.2 - Unscripted: How AI is Changing the Top Players, Handmade Go Mats, & Ancient Boards | Go / Baduk / Weiqi

    This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Travis explores how AI is reshaping elite professional Go, including the tension between standardized openings and renewed creativity. He also highlights a handmade Go mat, ancient board history, Edward Lasker’s famous extraterrestrial Go idea, community outreach, and early research on Go and cognition. Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources: https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/ai-changing-professional-go-ancient-boards-research/ Join the All Things Go Discord community: https://discord.gg/uf3jgEAA4J Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC AI is rewiring how the world’s best Go players think | MIT Technology ReviewDustin's posts on making awesome Go mats, first Go club experiences, and moreAdam's Grant's podcast with an astrophysicist about intelligent life in the universe (this made me think of the Edward Lasker quote about Go and intelligent life elsewhere)Cool ancient Go board historyThe All Things Go interview with Jake Kim Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com

  3. Episode 3

    S5.3 - Unscripted: AlphaGo 10 Year Anniversary, A New Movie Heavily Featuring Go, The Chess Revolution Interview Review & More | Go / Baduk / Weiqi

    This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. On the tenth anniversary of AlphaGo’s match with Lee Sedol, Travis revisits the breakthrough’s famous moves, its wider AI legacy, and the psychological experience of facing a machine. He also draws lessons from chess growth, discusses the film Bushido, remembers publisher Richard Bozulich, and surveys several new Go projects and community stories. Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources: https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/alphago-ten-year-anniversary-lee-sedol-go-media/ Join the All Things Go Discord community: https://discord.gg/uf3jgEAA4J Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC Google Deepmind's recent podcast on 10 years of AlphaGoThe All Things Go interview with Peter Doggers, author of The Chess RevolutionThe interview with Andreii Kravets 3p on winning the European Go ChampionshipThe new Japanese film Bushido which is supposed to heavily feature GoThe article breaking down Fan Hui's comments from a few podcast episodes in Chinese and translated to English. Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com Episode Sponsors BadukPop - Learn the rules of the ancient Chinese board game Go - also known as Baduk (바둑) or Weiqi (圍棋) - with a fun, interactive tutorial. Sharpen your Go skills with daily random Go problems (Tsumego) at your choice of difficulty level. Play games online or with a variety of AI opponents, each with its own unique playing style and strength. SmartGo One - Your complete app for the game of Go. Learn to play, practice against the computer, study master games, solve problems, and read Go books. Free to download.

  4. Episode 4

    S5.4 -Unscripted: Go Lesson Takeaways with Nathan, AI Learning Study Tools & GM Persson Interview Review | Go / Baduk / Weiqi

    This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Nathan Harwit joins Travis to review practical lessons about liberties, aggression, shape, contact moves, and when to tenuki. Travis also surveys new Go tools and projects, discusses the difficulty of turning AI moves into useful explanations, and revisits his interview with chess grandmaster and Go player Tiger Hillarp Persson. Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources: https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/go-lesson-liberties-ai-study-tools-tiger-hillarp/ Join the All Things Go Discord community: https://discord.gg/uf3jgEAA4J Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC Alexander Qi 3p named MVP of America for 2025All Things Go Alexander Qi interviewAll Things Go interview with Professor Marius Lindhauer on why making AI help humans learn Go is so challengingAll Things Go interview with Chess GM Tiger Hillarp Persson Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com Episode Sponsors BadukPop - Learn the rules of the ancient Chinese board game Go - also known as Baduk (바둑) or Weiqi (圍棋) - with a fun, interactive tutorial. Sharpen your Go skills with daily random Go problems (Tsumego) at your choice of difficulty level. Play games online or with a variety of AI opponents, each with its own unique playing style and strength. SmartGo One - Your complete app for the game of Go. Learn to play, practice against the computer, study master games, solve problems, and read Go books. Free to download.

  5. Episode 5

    S5.5 - Unscripted: Tuerda's (Nico) Thoughts on New Go Sites/Apps & Listener Mail | Go / Baduk / Weiqi

    This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Longtime Western Go community member and teacher Nico, known online as Tuerda, evaluates the wave of new Go websites and apps. He explains why another server may fragment the player base, what AI tools can and cannot teach, and how developers can build more useful learning products before responding to listener questions. Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources: https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/tuerda-new-go-apps-server-fragmentation-ai-learning/ Join the All Things Go Discord community: https://discord.gg/uf3jgEAA4J Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC tuerdago-diarygolens.orgstonesensegolab.ggSpatial memorization - r/baduk link Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com Episode Sponsors BadukPop - Learn the rules of the ancient Chinese board game Go - also known as Baduk (바둑) or Weiqi (圍棋) - with a fun, interactive tutorial. Sharpen your Go skills with daily random Go problems (Tsumego) at your choice of difficulty level. Play games online or with a variety of AI opponents, each with its own unique playing style and strength. SmartGo One - Your complete app for the game of Go. Learn to play, practice against the computer, study master games, solve problems, and read Go books. Free to download.

  6. Episode 6

    S5.6 - Crazy Stone's Rémi Coulom & a Follow-up Conversation with Anthropologist/Former Insei Chimin Oh 8d | Go / Baduk / Weiqi

    This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Rémi Coulom explains the creation of Crazy Stone, the rise of Monte Carlo Tree Search, whole-history ratings, and the long technical challenge of building Kifu Snap. Anthropologist and former insei Chimin Oh then discusses AI’s impact on Korean Go, the continuing value of human expertise, and his return to a dojang as a researcher. Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources: https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/remi-coulom-crazy-stone-kifu-snap-chimin-oh-ai/ Join the All Things Go Discord community: https://discord.gg/uf3jgEAA4J Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC Rémi Coulom Interview goratings.orgCrazy Sensei, Crazy Stone & Kifu SnapRecent Kifu Snap updates Chimin Oh Interview Chimin's recently-published article on his research Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com Episode Sponsors BadukPop - Learn the rules of the ancient Chinese board game Go - also known as Baduk (바둑) or Weiqi (圍棋) - with a fun, interactive tutorial. Sharpen your Go skills with daily random Go problems (Tsumego) at your choice of difficulty level. Play games online or with a variety of AI opponents, each with its own unique playing style and strength. SmartGo One - Your complete app for the game of Go. Learn to play, practice against the computer, study master games, solve problems, and read Go books. Free to download.

  7. Episode 7

    S5.7 - Unscripted: Metacognition & Go, Netflix's Carlsen Niemann Documentary, Playing Humans vs Bots, Go Lesson Takeaways & More | Go / Baduk / Weiqi

    This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Travis connects metacognition to the temporary decline that can come with learning new Go skills, reviews the Carlsen-Niemann documentary, and considers the benefits of playing people rather than bots. Nathan Harwit closes with teaching advice and a lesson on simplifying decisions by counting liberties. Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources: https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/metacognition-go-humans-vs-bots-counting-liberties/ Join the All Things Go Discord community: https://discord.gg/uf3jgEAA4J Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC Podcast "The Curiosity Shop" With Brene Brown and Adam Grant - Conversation about meta cognition and short-term losses in skill buildingThe Reading Dojo with Jonas WeltickeArticle from my wife about data visualization and GMs in chess playing suboptimal moves - Link (unfortunately it requires becoming a member...email me and I can send you a pdf if you want to see it)Netflix "Untold" documentary on the Carlsen Niemann scandalR/baduk - Why is it "better" to play games against real people vs bots?My interview with Nikola on different Go rating systems Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com Episode Sponsors BadukPop - Learn the rules of the ancient Chinese board game Go - also known as Baduk (바둑) or Weiqi (圍棋) - with a fun, interactive tutorial. Sharpen your Go skills with daily random Go problems (Tsumego) at your choice of difficulty level. Play games online or with a variety of AI opponents, each with its own unique playing style and strength. SmartGo One - Your complete app for the game of Go. Learn to play, practice against the computer, study master games, solve problems, and read Go books. Free to download.

  8. Episode 8

    S5.8 - Unscripted: Talking Go with My Dad, a Long-Time Dabbler | Go / Baduk / Weiqi

    This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Travis talks with his father, a longtime Go dabbler with a background in leadership and culture change, about curiosity, complexity, uncertainty, patterns, and what the game can reveal about how people react under pressure. They also discuss learning as an adult, the value of a patient teacher, and how to help a beginner stay engaged. Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources: https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/talking-go-with-my-dad-complexity-uncertainty-learning/ Join the All Things Go Discord community: https://discord.gg/uf3jgEAA4J Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com Episode Sponsors BadukPop - Learn the rules of the ancient Chinese board game Go - also known as Baduk (바둑) or Weiqi (圍棋) - with a fun, interactive tutorial. Sharpen your Go skills with daily random Go problems (Tsumego) at your choice of difficulty level. Play games online or with a variety of AI opponents, each with its own unique playing style and strength. SmartGo One - Your complete app for the game of Go. Learn to play, practice against the computer, study master games, solve problems, and read Go books. Free to download.

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All Things Go is a podcast about the endlessly fascinating board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China, featuring interviews, personal commentary, reviews, and more.

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  • Creator
    Travis
  • Episodes
    68
  • Seasons
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    All Things Go

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