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Wǒ Men Podcast: Black Panther and Attitudes to Race in China
Wo Men Podcast - April 01, 2018 08:14 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThe Wǒ Men podcast is a bi-weekly discussion of life in China hosted by Yajun Zhang and Jingjing Zhang. Previous episodes of the Wǒ Men podcast can be found here, and you can find Wǒ Men on iTunes here. The movie Black Panther has become a global phenomenon, smashing through box office records...
Wǒ Men Podcast: Condescension, Support, and Dialogue on International Women’s Day
Wo Men Podcast - March 16, 2018 09:19 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOn March 8th, International Women’s Day, Jingjing and Yajun were invited to two different panels to discuss women’s issues and how men can better support their wives or girlfriends. They both learnt a lot and were inspired by the debate. On this episode, they share key takeaways from the panel...
Wǒ Men Podcast: From a Chinese Military Officer to a Feminist
Wo Men Podcast - March 03, 2018 00:56 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhen we first met with Shi Xiaoqin, we couldn’t believe that she had just left the Chinese army. She was free-minded, vocal and funny, very different from the images of disciplined military officers portrayed in media or in popular entertainment. More importantly, she very proudly called herself...
Wǒ Men Podcast: The Chinese New Year Traditions You Need to Know
Wo Men Podcast - February 13, 2018 08:59 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsChina has transformed greatly over the last few decades, and Chinese New Year has also come to mean very different things from generation to generation. When our parents were children in the 1960s, their pleasure at this time of year was being able to finally enjoy vegetable balls fried with t...
Wǒ Men Podcast: The Chinese New Year Traditions You Need to Know
Wo Men Podcast - February 13, 2018 08:59 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsChina has transformed greatly over the last few decades, and Chinese New Year has also come to mean very different things from generation to generation. When our parents were children in the 1960s, their pleasure at this time of year was being able to finally enjoy vegetable balls fried with t...
Wǒ Men Podcast: Teaching Tech to Young China
Wo Men Podcast - January 27, 2018 07:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsA young British man tries to introduce 3D printing and hackathon teaching methods to the notoriously exam-heavy Chinese education system. Can he succeed? Our guest for this episode says the fact that he went to an “unconventional, edgy” school that doesn’t give homework and sends students off ...
Wǒ Men Podcast: Be Your Own Mulan
Wo Men Podcast - January 12, 2018 04:27 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsMu Lan, an ancient Chinese heroine, became globally famous thanks to Disney’s awesome animated film. Arguably, she is one of the most popular Asian figures in global cinema, besides Kung Fu Panda, Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. For most women in China, Mu Lan probably lives only as an on-screen cha...
Wǒ Men Podcast: A Very Special Christmas Episode
Wo Men Podcast - December 24, 2017 00:45 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings2017 was an amazing year. With so much support from our family, editors (Josh and Anthony, we mean you) and friends, we finally launched our Wǒ Men Podcast, a program that we have been thinking about doing for years. It has been a magical journey. Every single guest was so generous and kind to...
Wǒ Men Podcast: Follow Your Heart
Wo Men Podcast - December 15, 2017 12:49 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAlong our career paths, we face so many challenges and choices. How can I make the best decisions for myself? This is a question that bothers us for the majority of our youth. Growing up in the ’70s, ’80s or even ’90s, we don’t have role models for career development. Looking back, our paren...
Wǒ Men Podcast: Follow Your Heart
Wo Men Podcast - December 15, 2017 12:49 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAlong our career paths, we face so many challenges and choices. How can I make the best decisions for myself? This is a question that bothers us for the majority of our youth. Growing up in the ’70s, ’80s or even ’90s, we don’t have role models for career development. Looking back, our paren...
Wǒ Men Podcast: Sexual Harassment in China
Wo Men Podcast - December 05, 2017 07:21 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOver the last few months, many sexual harassment cases in the US have come out one by one. Many women have stepped out from the dark to speak about what has happened to them, bravely challenging the powerful figures that they used to be afraid of. It is time to say “NO.” On the other side of t...
Wǒ Men Podcast: Beijing’s Queen of Craft Beer
Wo Men Podcast - November 20, 2017 06:13 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAny self-respecting beer drinker who has lived in Beijing has heard of Great Leap Brewing. As northern China’s first ever craft brewery, Great Leap Brewing consigned to history the days when beer in Beijing meant Tsingtao, Yanjing, or nothing. Sourcing about 80% of its ingredients from China, ...
Wǒ Men Podcast: The Difficulties of Dating in China
Wo Men Podcast - November 06, 2017 03:12 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsDating is hard for a Chinese girl. Not only because it’s difficult to find Mr. Right, but also because the window for you to date is short. Before college, parents and teachers forbid you to date lest it distracts from your studies. Right after college, if you’re still single, parents and rela...
Wǒ Men Podcast: China’s New Fitness Craze
Wo Men Podcast - October 21, 2017 02:05 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsNot long ago, “going to the gym” was not very common among working Chinese — traditional gyms, which tended to be overcrowded and lacking in modern, functional equipment, were pretty much the only option for exercising in China. In recent years, however, “getting fit” has suddenly become popular...
Wǒ Men Podcast: Serial Entrepreneur
Wo Men Podcast - October 13, 2017 10:22 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe are re-releasing the early episodes of the Wǒ Men podcast on iTunes. This was our third podcast (and we were still trying to figure out the technical aspects). In this episode, we talk to Ailin Guo, a young, intelligent and passionate woman who describes herself as a serial entrepreneur. This...
Wǒ Men Podcast: The Breastfeeding Dilemma
Wo Men Podcast - October 08, 2017 00:23 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAre you comfortable with the idea of breastfeeding in public? Do you think it’s a totally natural thing, as Jingjing does? Or are you, like Yajun, someone who feels that breasts are too private to expose in public, no matter the purpose? What would you do if you and your child were out, and he o...
Wǒ Men Podcast: Donald Trump as Seen Through Chinese Eyes
Wo Men Podcast - September 28, 2017 23:29 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe are re-releasing the early episodes of the Wǒ Men podcast on iTunes. This was our second podcast (and we were still trying to figure out the technical aspects) with Kiki Zhao, formerly of the New York Times Beijing Bureau. For China, Donald Trump is one of the most dramatic and unusual US p...
Wǒ Men Podcast: A Chinese mother’s life in three different countries
Wo Men Podcast - September 22, 2017 23:16 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhat’s life like when you move to a new country with a completely different language and culture? How do you achieve a balance between work and family? How do you make sure your young children can adapt to the new environment? On today’s show, Jingjing and Yajun sit down with Handan Bao, a...
Wǒ Men Podcast: Travel in New Style
Wo Men Podcast - September 22, 2017 22:26 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHow was your summer vacation? Did you go somewhere nice and relaxing? What is your next holiday destinations? If you still perceive Chinese tourists as loud people who are not interested in local culture but only buying Louis Vuitton bags in Paris and eating in Chinese restaurants, well… you’r...
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