Talks to Yao Yao

Sorry for the long break we had in June, and hope everyone will have a great summer time! Talks to Yao Yao Season 2 will come back after the summer!

Today we are talking about our experiences with pets.

Monkey King served as the disciple and personal guard of the monk, Tang Sanzang, securing his path to the West. Still, the journey to the west is a long trip, costing lots of time and money. Who is the sponsor of this trip? Today we are talking about the sponsor, the emperor, and why he sponsored this trip in this story.

Happy Mother's Day!

Many physical changes during the postpartum period.

We are back to the Moms Talk series!

American idioms and a Chinese story.

The simplest and greatest philosophy from Confucius.

Biggest lesson learned from pregnancy: keep minimal exposure to social media.

Disclaimer: Not financial advice, purely personal experiences.

We are expanding the story from our first episode Fox Lady. In this episode, we are talking about the games and toys we played when we were kids.

How a Chinese immigrated to the US. Maybe disappointingly boring to the audience.

Stories about how ancient Chinese people study hard, a bit extreme.

Stories about Monkey King and immigrant.

Today we are talking about the challenges of being a mom and working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at the same time with our guest. Working women in STEM often have to worry about when to have a baby and what to sacrifice to have a baby.

As we promised, we translated the version of Snake Lady story published in 1624 into English, and Amna is reading it here to Yao Yao and our audience.

Happy Lunar New Year! Happy Chinese New Year (of Snake)! And Happy Spring Festival! Today, we are talking about the story of Lady White, the Snake Lady from Chinese fantasy story. Also, we are talking about a somewhat funny story that ChatGPT seems to be cheating while helping us prepare the summary of this story.

We have our first guest host joining us to talk about the experiences as new mom.

Amna was interviewed to talk about her unexpected experiences of pregnancy, delivery and parenting Yao Yao.

The story of a rich Chinese businessman, Tao Zhu Gong.

We decided to take a look at our monthly subscription bills. After seeing the final number, we hope it won't make us bankrupt.

How did the stone monkey become the monkey king? Curiosity, bravery, luck and the honesty from his fellow monkeys.

This is our first episode about the story of the Monkey King. We are talking about the origin of Journey to the West-Monke King story, a summary of the storylines, and how this story is interpreted in the context of modern day work environment.

Why are we doing this podcast? We wanted to share the lessons we learned in life and cultures we were growing up in with our son Yao Yao. Also, we reflect on what we think about the first episode.

Stories about distractions in life, fox lady from ancient China, anime from modern entertainment industry, or games (old and new). We are talking about these stories.