Episodes

  • China's 15-Minute Cities

    China's 15-Minute Cities
    Mar 30 2023
    Looking at the 15-minute city concept in China and in cities worldwide. Why the need for them and why the conspiracy theory retaliation?

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    47 mins
  • Don't Mention the Big 'C'

    Don't Mention the Big 'C'
    Feb 2 2023
    Reflecting on the renewed gusto and optimism that marked the recent Chinese New Year's celebrations as well as the annual inquisition that awaits young people returning to their hometowns at this time of year.

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    33 mins
  • The Expat Experience with Cameron Wilson

    The Expat Experience with Cameron Wilson
    Jan 19 2023
    Eoin and Eric chat with Cameron Wilson about the state of domestic football in China, the struggles of its national team, and the iconisation of Lionel Messi.

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    38 mins
  • White Noise

    White Noise
    Dec 15 2022
    Unpacking the role of protest and smart technology in China as a means of ushering in societal changes.

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    29 mins
  • The Expat Experience with Shanghai Mick

    The Expat Experience with Shanghai Mick
    Dec 5 2022
    In the second installment of the Expat Experience, Eoin talks to Mick, an Irishman based in Shanghai, who was present at the lockdown protests in the Wulumuqi road area of the city in the last week of November 2022.

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    40 mins
  • Magical Penis Wine

    Magical Penis Wine
    Jul 13 2022
    In this edition, Eoin and Eric talk Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as well as the cultural phenomenon amongst young people in China of "lying flat" with its links to Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation of 1950s America.

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    33 mins
  • Throwing Shapes & Acting the Maggot

    Throwing Shapes & Acting the Maggot
    Jun 19 2022
    Addressing a sickening incident in Tangshan that has shocked China, and discussing the performative deployment of governance in society from "Big Whites" to dancing real estate agents.

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    42 mins
  • Power to the People

    Power to the People
    Jun 2 2022
    Social contracts have existed in China for generations, but what's their function, and how do those proposed by the CPC give ordinary people a sense of purpose and power?

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    38 mins