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60.5: From general expatness to specific Virtual Expat | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 08:46

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Ep 60: Over There Podcast (published Feb 4, 2018) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:20:26

Racism is touched on in this episode via The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah’s geopat lens AND English teachers in Taiwan experience circa 2004. We also cover slow fast food, inspiringly fluent Chinese language speakers, Chinese New Years boyfriends for hire and more expat and geopat goodness for everyone. ------------------------------------------------- 1:02 Announcements: podcast email list AND Shanghai moving over Podcast Brunch Club 10:18 Language segment (NEW) Lena’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChSQkHuHoI0 29:03 Taiwan blog reading, "Me in Taiwan", June 9, 2004 & 38:30 Current day Shanghai, China geopat reaction to blog reading Needing different before deciding if I liked the present location 48:09 China segment: an ode to Chinese New Year / Spring Festival https://chinesenewyear2018.com/21-things-you-didnt-know-about-chinese-ne w-year/ Al Jazeera fake boyfriend video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqRt5boELkQ 1:20:45 OVER THEREness SEGMENT: Trevor Noah; A Geopat in his own land? The Daily Show Born a Crime book Grey’s Anatomy “the talk” segment Stand up shows: In the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3XCxV_pSBA&t=796s In South Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFJHRUgPUeE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://stephfuccio.weebly.com/

Ep 59:Over There Podcast (published Jan 23, 2018) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:42:15

We are addressing leaving on a few levels in this episode starting with friend leaving fatigue in the expat/geopat community. The Chinese telecom giant Huawei and its ability to leave the Chinese market and enter the U.S. one is debated. And finally we visit many ancient Japanese tombs via the soon to be expat/geopat Jay’s Japan Kofun YouTube channel. ------------------------------------------------- 1:28 Announcements: Welcome Spotify and Stitcher folks! 5:50 My Shanghai Geopat Update Media Bistro’s Podcasting Class Overcast FM 23andme Genetic Testing Rhonda Patrick’s Found My Fitness 23andme interpretation service 18:13 Taiwan blog reading, "Me in Taiwan", June 8, 2004 & 25:48 Current day Shanghai, China geopat reaction to blog reading Giving up, friend leaving fatigue, advice on teaching English overseas 48:09 China segment Slate Money Podcast, The Down the IGWEL Edition Huawei Company website Song by 刘佳 Liu Jia ; from JoannieChinese Instagram feed Cute version of video (described in podcast) Lyrics with Chinese language (hanzi characters only) Lyrics with pinyin (romanization of Chinese language & English translation) 1:07:00 OVER THEREness SEGMENT: Jay’s “Japan Kofun” YouTube channel Jay’s music reviews: Example 1: uMaNg :: The Revisited :: Bandcamp Example 2: effect & dang :: You Don't Love Me And I Don't Care :: Los Wunder Twins Del Record Label/Bandcamp VIDEO 1A: Atagojinjaura Kofun - 愛宕神社裏古墳 - Japanese Ancient Tomb Video 1B:Music + history connection: Fun music here;1st part of video music is fun- is this Japanese or Italian? Kinkanzuka Kofun - 金冠塚古墳 - Japanese Ancient Tomb VIDEO 2: Subtitles to this one are funny/humorous: (Sōja) Futagoyama kofun - （総社）二子山古墳 - Japanese Ancient Tomb VIDEO 3: Small spaces (Sōja) Futagoyama kofun - （総社）二子山古墳 - Japanese Ancient Tomb Video 4: About 3 minutes in....just wow! Hodota Hachimanzuka Kofun - 保渡田八幡塚古墳 - Japanese Ancient Tomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://stephfuccio.weebly.com/

Ep 58: Over There Podcast (published Dec 28, 2017) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:45:13

In this episode we are looking through two different American lenses of Taiwan, Carl from the Black Expat and myself. We also giggle over the rumor of China banning Christmas, discuss social expectations when living in a host country, dating overseas and nearly burning my apartment down. ------------------------------------------------- 1:28 What is a geopat? 6:30 My personal Shanghai geopat update Changing Scripts Chinese language test, HSK 1, vlogs 10 second Chinese language in the wild Instagram videos 20:56 Taiwan blog reading, "Me in Taiwan", June 6, 2004 and June 7, 2004 & 31:28 Current day Shanghai, China geopat reaction to blog reading Transparency index Lenaround’s YouTube AMWF (Asian man, Western female) dating channel 48:09 China news Christmas soldier with rifle Where’s Poppy YouTube video about Christmas banning University’s Victoria Secrets Fashion Show article Baopal’s knitted wool hat New multi-city metro card coming to China in 2018 1:00:05 OVER THEREness SEGMENT: Carl’s “The Black Expat” podcast The Black Expat podcast Carl’s Instagram feed CP Travels --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://stephfuccio.weebly.com/

Ep 57: Over There Podcast (published Dec 24, 2017) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:32:08

:00 Intro 6:05 Shanghai Geopat update: Traveling Mailbox, Express VPN, Headspace Meditation App 11:14 Flashback : Taiwan blog reading, "Me in Taiwan": June 2 & June 5, 2004 19:45 Shanghai, China geopat reaction to blog reading 28:00 Mainland China news Countries that ban Christmas article: http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/25/8-countries-that-banned-christmas-5583777/ China banning Christmas: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/15/china-university-bans-christmas-resist-corrosion-western-culture/ China Social Score: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/chinese-government-social-credit-score-privacy-inva sion 44:00 OVER THEREness SEGMENT: “Little Soldiers” book by Lenora Chu https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33640229-little-soldiers Audible version of Little Soldiers book https://www.npr.org/2017/09/28/554157393/little-soldiers-examines-the-effects-of-c hina-s-military-like-education-system?from=groupmessage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ https://stephfuccio.weebly.com/

Ep 56: Over There Podcast (published Dec 23, 2017) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:50