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Chiwi Journal
by Camellia Yang
Conversations between global citizens on culture observation, identity and self-actualisation. Host Camellia Yang, a Chinese New Zealander, interviews people she met on her digital nomad journey who are on a unique path to creating a better future and shares the lessons and tips they learned. Season One (1 - 111 episodes) is in Chinese.Season Two (112 episodes - current) is in English.
Episodes
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#169: Call it destiny. Call it fate.
Have you ever looked back at your life path and realized that your most "calculated" choices were actually driven by an invisible hand? Sparked by Paolo Sorrentino’s film Parthenope and its haunting theme song, I reflect on a decade of wandering, from an improbable visa in New Zealand, to a...
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#168: On Roadside Picnic & Stalker
What if the universe isn't hostile, nor is it benevolent, but completely indifferent to human existence? In this episode, I talked about two masterpieces of existential science fiction: the 1972 novel Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and its legendary 1979 film adaptation, Stalker,...
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#167: On Nolan’s Odyssey
Fresh from watching Christopher Nolan’s epic film The Odyssey, I'm taking a deep dive into the cinematic logic of one of modern cinema’s most misunderstood auteurs. Looking across his filmography, Nolan is a master structural engineer who uses unyielding logic to chase a singular emotional...
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#166: The Gaze of the Gods | On Cosmic Compassion
What if our awe of the sacred isn’t a one-way street? What if, to an immortal observer, the fleeting intensity of a fragile human life is the true miracle? In this episode, I'm taking you to a quiet, cold night on a rocky hill in Athens, sitting beneath the golden lights of the Parthenon. From…
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#165: Inside Network School 5 | Conversation with Dawn Musil
Kia Ora, Ni Hao and Hello, welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast. I’m your host, Camellia Yang. Today’s guest is Dawn Musil, a Network School active member, consultant in natural capital, writer on biotech and community, and someone with an extraordinary personal journey—from growing up in a cult,...
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#164: What Happens to Consciousness When You Die? | Dan Brown's The Secret of Secrets Book Review
Last month at the Hamburg Literature Festival, I heard Dan Brown discuss his latest novel, a thriller that explores what happens to consciousness when the body dies. But this isn't just fiction. The book weaves together real neuroscience research, declassified CIA experiments, and a theory that...
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#163: Grief Coaching, Life Transitions and Building a Meaningful Life with David Ridley-Parris
Today on the podcast, I’m talking with my friend David Ridley-Parris, a coach who helps people navigate life’s biggest transitions and design careers that truly align with their identity. After years on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley, David left the corporate grind for a slower-paced life in...
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Special Episode: My Expensive Therapy Called Portugal
In this episode of Chiwi Journal, two AI hosts take you on a deeply personal journey across continents, from Shandong to Auckland, London to Lisbon, as they share Camellia’s story of moving 20,000 miles and confronting an invisible tiger she’d been running from her entire life: her own ambition....
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#161: A Letter to the Ones Who Wander in Lisbon
You once asked me: Are you still searching for home? In this episode, I try to answer you. It’s not a guidebook to Lisbon. It’s a voice memo from a night tram. A letter from a café table. A footnote scrawled under a fado song. If you’ve ever felt like an outsider, or longed for a place that…
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#160: Inside Network School 4 | Conversation with Alyssa Phelps
In this episode, we welcome Alyssa Phelps, an artist and former professional in international trade research and taxation. Currently based at the Network School, Alyssa shares her passion for women's health, sustainable fashion, and creative arts, including her journey into tufted art and...
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#159: Inside Network School 3 | Conversation with Björn Öeste
In this conversation, Björn Öeste discusses the Darksun.is project, an AI agent designed to explore esoteric knowledge and connect disparate ideas. The project includes a meme coin and aims to enrich the marketplace of ideas by uncovering suppressed knowledge. Björn Öeste shared the significance…
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#158: Inside Network School 2 | Conversation with Neter & Mili
INTRO My guests today are Mili and Neter, my classmates from the Network School. In this episode, we reflect on our experiences so far, dive into some exciting ideas from our lectures and discussions, and share our personal journeys in crypto and beyond. Whether you're curious about the Network...
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#157：Inside Network School | Conversation with Berkeley Wanner and Sterlin Lujan
Intro My guests today are Berkeley Wanner and Sterlin Lujan. In this episode, we discussed their journeys into cryptocurrency, the influence of Balaji's ideas, and their experiences within the Network School. Timeline 00:00 Introduction to Network School and Guests 02:50 Philosophical Foundations...
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#156: Language Preservation, LLMs, Arctic World Archive, OSV and Skateboarding Culture with Jack Connor
My guest today is Jack Connor, a linguist, programmer, and author who speaks more than seven languages and has built various AI language technologies. In 2023, Jack launched a project to preserve endangered languages, believing that losing a language means losing an entire culture. Outside of his...
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#155: Creative Codex, Carl Jung, Misfit Artists, Tragic Heroes, and Creative Genius with MJDorian
My guest today is MJDorian, the host of one of my favourite shows Creative Codex. He is also an artist and composer. In today’s episode, we talked about… Behind the Scenes: An inside look at the making of the podcast show, Creative Codex. Carl Jung’s Influence: How Carl Jung’s work has shaped...
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Monologue: Wondrous Encounters in the Heart of the Mountains
In May this year, in Manchester, I witnessed an aurora reminiscent of angels descending to earth. Later, I came across trending news on X about a blue meteor appearing in Portugal. Coupled with constantly seeing fractal geometries in purple, gold, and green during breathwork sessions, and…
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Monologue: On Carl Jung
Based on the advice of an online mentor who suggests exploring influential books called 'earthquake books'—those that can significantly shake and impact our perspectives—one such powerful book is the profound works of Carl Jung. As I explore Jung's works, certain sections of his books have left a...
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#154: Premier League, Football Journalism, Interview Superstars, and Women in Football with Liv Wang
My guest today is Liv Wang, a renowned Premier League journalist with a massive following of millions. I've been a follower of Liv's work for quite some time now, admiring her unique content creation and interviewing style with Premier League footballers. Recently, I had the opportunity to meet…
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#153: Special Episode: At Bakery CrossFit with Edu, Mel and Diogo
Today, we have the pleasure of welcoming three individuals to our conversation. Joining us are Luis Eduardo Arruda, not only a head Coach but also a co-owner of @thebakerycrossfit. Alongside him is Melissa Haun, a formidable athlete representing the Bakery Athletics team. And last but not least…
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Monologue: Exploring Spiritual Enlightenment and Mystical Experiences
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern. ― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell In recent times, we've immersed ourselves in deep discussions...
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#152: Mentorship, Inner Journey, Intuition, Life Coaching and Spiritual Crisis with Devin Martin
Today, I'm joined by Devin Martin, the visionary behind Lifestyle Integrity and a distinguished executive life coach. In this episode, we talked about… Delving into some key moments or practices that have significantly shaped the course of Devin’s personal growth and transformative journey. Why...
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SPECIAL EPISODE: @ETHGlobal Istanbul Hackathon
Kia Ora, Ni Hao, and Hello! Welcome to a special edition of the Chiwi Journal podcast, recorded live at the ETHGlobal Istanbul Hackathon. In this episode, I bring you exclusive interviews with the brilliant minds who won scholarships from the Take Off Web3 program and are building exciting…
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#150: Typefully, Building a Lean & Remote Team, Co-founders Relationship and Lisbon Life with Fabrizio Rinaldi and Francesco Di Lorenzo
My guest today is Fabrizio Rinaldi and Francesco Di Lorenzo. They are serial tech founders and currently focus on building a writing, scheduling & publishing tool on 𝕏 and LinkedIn, Typefully. In today’s episode, we talked about… Explore the story of Fabrizio and Francesco’s initial X (Twitter)...
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#149: Lifestyle Brand Sapiens, Healthy Living, Live-streaming in Chinese Market and Empowered Mindset with Ellen Chen
My guest today is Ellen Chen. Ellen is the cofounder of the lifestyle brand Sapiens. With a background in biomed and bioengineering, Ellen also serves as a science communicator, connecting with a broad online audience. In today’s episode, we talked about… Ellen's background in biology and how it...
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#148: Proof of Spiritual Phenomena, Psychedelic & Supernatural Experiences and Parapsychology with Mona Sobhani, PhD
My guest today is Mona Sobhani. She is a distinguished cognitive neuroscientist, researcher, and accomplished author with a rich and diverse professional background spanning over 15 years. Her wide-ranging interests have led her to explore the intersections of science, technology, spirituality…
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SPECIAL EPISODE: At Put_it_on_Lisbon Cafe with Tereza
My guest today is Tereza. She's the owner of a trendy cafe called "Put_it_on_Lisbon" in my neighborhood. That's where I first met her and became a regular customer at her cool little shop. Tereza is originally from the Czech Republic and has lived in the Netherlands, Australia, and Portugal for...
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#146: Online Writing, English Literature, Ernest Hemingway and Essayful with Dylan O'Sullivan
My guest today is Dylan O'Sullivan. Dylan is a media specialist at OSV, guest lecturer at Write of Passage, columnist at a few major media outlets and the creator behind a writing-focused brand Essayful. In today’s episode, we talked about… How does Write of Passage help us embark on our online...
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#145: Self-actualization, SpiritDAO, Societal Transformation, and Unexplainable Experiences with Ron Rivers
My guest today is Ron Rivers. He is the author of Self-actualization in the Age of Crisis and a member of SpiritDAO. In today's episode, we discussed the following: What inspired Ron to write a book about "Self-Actualization in the Age of Crisis"? And how do we define self-actualization in…
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#144: Talent Protocol, web3 in Lisbon, HR/Ed-tech, DeNites with Pedro Oliveira
My guest today is Pedro Oliveira. Pedro is the Co-founder and CEO of Talent Protocol, a web3 professional platform where builders and creators can create their on-chain resumes and find the meaningful connections and support they need to succeed. I met Pedro in person when I moved to Lisbon and...
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#143: Founders Podcast, Single-person Billion-dollar Business, Lessons Learned from Athletes, Quentin Tarantino with David Senra
My guest today is David Senra. David is the returning guest of Chiwi Journal (episode #131). He hosts the Founders podcast, where listeners can learn lessons from historical and modern figures based on David's selection of a biography of an entrepreneur. Last time, we focused on the top lessons...
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#142: Sovereign Individual, The Network State, Media Literacy, Writing Newsletter, Remote Worker and Geopolitics Impact with Doug Antin
My guest today is Doug Antin, the Founder and Author of TSI Global Media, who writes The Sovereign Individual Weekly Newsletter, picking up where The Sovereign Individual left off and exploring the digital transformation in real-time. Doug is the return guest of my podcast. Last time, we…
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#141： Build_Cities, The Network State and Startup Cities Ecosystem with Angelo Alessio
My guest today is Angelo Alessio. He is the co-founder and protocol architect at buildcities.network, which allows anyone in web3 to overlay their digital communities on top of existing cities. We discussed: What is the build_cities? What are the four phases of building this protocol for startup...
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#140: AI 2041, Sci-fi Writers in Web3, Chaoshan Culture and Chinese Philosophy & Metaphysics with Chen Qiufan
My guest today is Chen Qiufan, also known as Stanley Chan. He is an award-winning Chinese science fiction writer, columnist, and scriptwriter. Chen's fiction, described as "science fiction realism", focuses on individuals' internal struggles during times of accelerated change. And recently, he...
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Eric Jorgenson with 1729writers on Writing Almanack Series and Building Leverage
This is the special episode featured a guest speaker Eric Jorgenson at 1729writers Cohort 2. 1729writers is a group of writers inside of the 1729 online community. We explore issues related to the Network State, seek truth, wealth and health and share our ideas and thoughts in public. It’s a…
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#138: Jordan Peterson, Myth & Metaphor, Embodiment Cognition and Fitness Landscape with Tom Morgan
My guest today is Tom Morgan. Tom is the return guest, and we discussed Joseph Cambell, Carl Jung, Jorden Peterson and Iain McGilchrist in episode #129. Today, we talked about… Commentary on David Fuller's article about Jordan Peterson from two people who are relatively familiar with JP's works....
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#137: Breaking Rules, Solitary Socialite, Future Possibility Folders, Daydreaming and How to Live with Derek Sivers
Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast. I’m your host Camellia Yang. My guest today is Derek Sivers. Derek has been a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. He’s an author of four books, Anything You Want, Your Music and…
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#136: Bilingual Content Creator, Picking English Names, Publish Consistent Content and Live A Productive Life with Bear Liu
My guest today is Bear Liu. Bear is a product designer and design mentor. He hosts an award-winning podcast show called BearTalk, focused on sharing his learnings and ideas in design and personal experiences in reading and parenting. In this episode, we talked about: How do Chinese people pick up...
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#135: Global Natives, Nomad Passport, Subscription Living and Plumia Country with Lauren Razavi
My guest today is Lauren Razavi. Lauren is a writer, speaker and strategist working at the intersection of technology, business, policy, and human behaviour. She is the author of the book Global Natives and writes the Counterflows newsletter about borderless living. Lauren was an early adopter of...
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#134: Sustainable Travel, Writing Books, Spiritual Growth, Energy Healing and Meditation with Bianca Caruana
My guest today is Bianca Caruana. Bianca is a storyteller, podcast host, sustainability & equality advocate and writer at The Altruistic Traveller. Bianca and I had a serendipitous encounter in Aveiro (Thanks to Pieter Levels’ Nomadlist.com), and we immediately clicked because we shared similar...
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#133: Bitcoin Use Case in El Salvador, 1729 Network State, Become a Global Citizen, Speak Foreign Languages in 6 months with Antoine Dusséaux
My guest today is Antoine Dusséaux. Antoine is a legaltech entrepreneur based in London and co-founded Doctrine, the first legal information platform. He’s passionate about law, economics, geopolitics, and languages. In this episode, we discussed: How to describe 1729 and Network State to…
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SPECIAL EPISODE OVER DRINKS | Chinese migrants’ real experience & perspectives in English speaking countries with Vicci Fu
My guest today is Vicci. She is an experienced video producer and digital marketer and hosts a podcast Big Little Screens commenting about British/American TV shows to Chinese audiences. Vicci and I had a girl's chat and recorded this special episode while drinking a bottle of Italian wine and...
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#131: Conversation with David Senra: Lessons Learned from Reading 200+ Biographies on Founders
My guest today is David Senra. David is the host of podcast shows Founders. Every week, he reads a biography of an entrepreneur so listeners can learn the lessons from those greatest history and modern figures. In this episode, we discussed: What motivated David to start this niche show to share...
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#130: Digital Nomads, Remote Working, Founders Mental Health, Niche Fame and Nomads Dating with Pieter Levels
My guest today is Pieter Levels. Pieter is a serial founder of multiple products, such as NomadList.com, remoteOK.com and rebase.co. In this episode, we discussed: How did Pieter start his digital nomad life and create 12 startups in 12 months? The original story of the birth of Nomadlist.com…
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#129: Hero's journey, Morphic Resonance, Global Phase Change and Jordan B. Peterson with Tom Morgan
My guest today is Tom Morgan. Tom is the Director of Communications & Content at The KCP Group and writes a newsletter called The Attention Span. Tom has spent the last 16 years on Wall Street in research and data sales and focuses on consuming content and tries to extract actionable insights for...
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#128: Learning Chinese, Future of Education, Reading and Writing with Will Mannon
My guest today is Will Mannon 马晓伟. Will is the Course Director of Write of Passage and passionate about online education. In his free time, Will enjoys exploring language, literature, history, and philosophy. He lived in China for six months and is a comfortable Mandarin speaker. We discussed…
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#127: Human/Computer Language, Rationality vs. Intuition, Women in Tech and Job Interview Tips with Xuan
Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast. My guest today is Xuan. Xuan's footprints covered from a small village in China to the capital city Beijing then moved to DC and NYC and now settled in LDN. She studied English lit, Linguistics and Philosophy at university, trained...
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#126 SPECIAL EPISODE | Life is VIC NIC with Hugo Branco and Jorge Loura
Welcome to the special episode of the Chiwi Journal Podcast. I'm sitting with two artists in Aveiro, Portugal to record this episode. Hugo Branco, musician and artistic director of VIC // Aveiro Arts House Jorge Loura, musician and guitarist from Troll's Toy We share the behind-scene stories of…
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#125: Asian in Western World, Buddhism and Neuroscience, Stay True to Yourself with Christin Chong
My guest today is Christin Chong. She is a neuroscientist at heart and enjoys investigating consciousness through the Buddhist lens. Christin's work history continues to evolve—from research in the lab to biotech marketing, to creating a delicious self-care tea for physical + mental health, to...
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#124: Unschooling, Innovating Education, Intuitive Learning and Startup Cities with Zach Caceres
My guest today is Zach Caceres. He is an experienced software engineer and focuses on modern web technologies. He is interested in education and ##StartupCities and initiated a couple of cool projects in the relevant areas. In today's episode, we discussed: Zach's unschooling experiences at a…
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#123: Kiwi returning home, Global talent relocation, NZ working culture and TCK with Bridget Romanes
My guest today is Bridget Romanes. She is the Founder of Mobile Relocation Ltd, helping Kiwis returning to work and live at homeland, assisting migrants and expats relocating to New Zealand, and offering a tailored program for businesses to recruit and retain international talent throughout...
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Conversations between global citizens on culture observation, identity and self-actualisation. Host Camellia Yang, a Chinese New Zealander, interviews people she met on her digital nomad journey who are on a unique path to creating a better future and shares the lessons and tips they learned. Season One (1 - 111 episodes) is in Chinese.Season Two (112 episodes - current) is in English.
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