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Our Kids Wouldn't Believe What We Did In Our Childhood

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Rude in Britain, Normal in Taiwan? 12 Cultural Differences | Ep. 484

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How Taiwanese Has My British Husband Become?

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Taiwan or Britain? We Picked the Best Parts of Each

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Can Ula Guess These Bizarre Mandarin Words?

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Real Mandarin & English Conversation Podcast | You Cheated on Me!

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Real Mandarin & English Conversation Podcast | We Took the Kids to a Prison?!

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Real Mandarin & English Conersation Podcast -478

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Mandarin & English Podcast | Birthday Trip

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What Are We Saving For? | Real Mandarin & English Conversation

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Real Mandarin & English Conversation - Summer Holiday

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Real Mandarin & English Conversation | Backpacking Trip Countdown

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Real Mandarin & English Conversation | UK Dentists vs Taiwan Dentists and Health Systom

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Real-Life Chinglish Conversation | Are We Getting Dumber? | Does Tragedy Shape Who You Are?

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Real Mandarin & English Conversation | How To Choose A Mandarin Name? | Guess The Number

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Not a normal episode - Sweating to tactical retreat

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470 - Chinglish podcast | An Email From Germany, Freemasons, Brown and Yellow Coconuts, Can AI Be Our Friends?

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469 - She Was Heartbroken 💔 | Real Mandarin & English Conversation

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468 - Heatwave, Locked Keys & Camping Chaos!

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467 - What? A Taiwanese Doesn't Like Stinky Tofu?! | What? We're Shy Leos?!

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AI Judged Tom's Mandarin in 10 Seconds?! | Headbands Fun & Big Mandarin Monkey Updates

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465 - Meeting Ya Ting

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Episode 464 - Pizza Walk, School Systems and Finding Your Child’s Passion

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A Walk, A Rat, A £2 Coin & Camping Plans | Mandarin Monkey Podcast 463

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An episode out in the wild | Mandarin and English Podcast

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Can we pull this off?

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We Thought About Ending Mandarin Monkey... Then This Happened | Podcast 460

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The Final Episode | We Are Finally Saying Goodbye To The Podcast

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The Final Mailbag Episode 😢

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We Tried Planning Lapland in Mandarin… It Got Expensive Fast | Ep 457

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Listener Mailbag: Taiwan Ghost Month, Saving Face & Learning Mandarin in Real Life | Ep. 456

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This Might Be the Worst Podcast Game Ever

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Mailbag: Learning Mandarin While Doing the Dishes, Running, and Raising Bilingual Kids

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Our 36 Hours in Zurich | Swiss Chocolate, $50 Chocolate, Kangaroo Steak & Scooter Adventures

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We Forgot to Press Record… Then Got Hired to Film in Switzerland

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I Lost a Translation Job Over “Face” (And Called My Boss a Bastard)

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British Slang That Confuses Mandarin Learners | Episode 450

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From Tears to Taiwan, Real Mandarin Learner Stories That Will Inspire You | Mailbag #449

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Would You Survive 48 Hours Speaking Only Chinese?

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I Finally Understood My Mother-in-Law | Mailbag Mandarin

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My Child Understands Mandarin But Won’t Speak It

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We Tried Listing 100 Life Goals… Then Got Distracted

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444 Episodes Later… This Is Why Learning Mandarin Still Feels Hard

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Why “Ask” Is Wrong in Mandarin | Mandarin & English Podcast | Mailbag Episode

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Would You Risk Your Life for Fame? | Mandarin & English Podcast

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Why Mandarin Sounds Easy… Until a Real Person Speaks

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We Disappeared, Here’s Why | Mandarin & English Podcast | Ep 440

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Christmas Special Mailbag | Real Chinese Greetings, Flying Fears & Festive Facts

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Why Your Chinese Sounds “Weird” and the UK Citizenship Test Quiz | Ep 438

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Why 'How Are You' Fails in Chinese | Bilingual Mandarin Podcast

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Listener Mailbag: Soft Mandarin Broke My Brain

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UK Food Labels, Taiwan Life, And Christmas Nonsense Bilingual Chat

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Mailbag 434: Real Mandarin Problems, Real Fixes

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Our Most Random Podcast Start Ever | Bilingual | Chinese and English

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The Mandarin Lip Reading Game Goes Wrong

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Immersion Is Not Enough: Real Chinese Learner Problems

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Can You Read Lips in Chinese? We Tried.

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Simplified vs Traditional, Sleep, and Starting Over in China | Mailbag #429

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Mandarin Listening Practice (Taiwanese Accent): Camping, Power & Travel | Bilingual Chinese–English Ep. 428

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Bus Stop Mandarin, Sky Lantern Wishes, and Ordering in Kunming | Mandarin Listening Podcast

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Hump Day, VR Boxing, and Gua Sha Pain (Ep. 426) | Mandarin Listening Podcast

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Can You Learn Chinese in Your Sleep? | Mandarin Listening Podcast

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Totoro, Steak & Escape Rooms|Chinese–English Bilingual Podcast Listening Practice

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Listener Mailbag: First Mandarin Win to Night Market Fails

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Learn Mandarin Through Wild Camping

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Listener Mailbag: Stuck After HSK3 - Now What?

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The Truth About Learning Mandarin: Your Top Questions Answered

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Stop Saying “Nǐ Hǎo” + When to Push Your Kids (and Yourself)

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Mandarin Chinese Podcast 418: Good News Roundup, Bilingual Chat

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Phones Are Listening. Ads Are Creepy. Where Should We Live? | Learn Mandarin Show

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Learn Mandarin Through Real Life: Neighbors, Center Parcs, Money Talk

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Tuesday Bonus: Taiwan, Kids, and a Boiling Hot Tub | Learning Mandarin Through Real Life

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Work From Home or Café? | Productivity and Mandarin Culture Chat

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Learn Mandarin Through Real Life: Camping Without the Kids Mandarin Monkey Podcast – Episode 413

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Mandarin Practice at Home: Chaos, Kids, and Conversations

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Spider Boat Trip, Job Hack, Little Wins | Mandarin Monkey podcast | Learn Mandarin Chinese with natural conversation

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Traveling Taiwan with Kids: Peace, Chaos & Unforgettable Memories | Mandarin Chinese and English pod

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Yes, It’s Cringe. Yes, You Should Still Do It | OuEr ErYi

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The Only Way Out Is Through | Mandarin and English conversational podcast

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British vs American English: Who’s Actually Right?

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Being a Dad Today: Vulnerable, Honest, Real - Mandarin and English Podcast

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The One About Snails, Subtitles, and Salt Flats

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Why We All Need to Touch Grass | Mandarin Monkey podcast 404

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You Can’t Do That Here | Learn Mandarin Through the World’s Weirdest Bans

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Learn Mandarin with the World’s Weirdest Tourist Attractions | Mandarin Monkey Podcast 402

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401 - Camping with a strange man | Mandarin and English Podcast

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40 Words You Should Know in Mandarin (Well... Sort of) - Episode 400

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You Call That a Job? Learn Mandarin with the World’s Weirdest Work

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The Craziest World Records You’ve Never Heard Of – in Mandarin!

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Bizarre Inventions: Learn Mandarin with the World’s Strangest Ideas

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Mandarin Vocab Challenge: Can You Guess These Strange Foods? | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

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EP395 – The World's Strangest Laws: No Salmon Smuggling & Speedo Rules

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Ep. 394 – The World’s Strangest Hobbies & Bizarre Cultural Traditions

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忙碌 vs. 重要:我们如何看待艾森豪威尔矩阵? Busy vs. Important: Our Thoughts on the Eisenhower Matrix

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Life in the Mountains, Nosy Neighbors & Translating Yoshi 2.0

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Learn Mandarin with the Mandarin Monkey Podcast: Untranslatable Words You Need to Know!

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拍马屁 pāi mǎ pì - Slap the horses bum - Mandarin & English Podcast

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想 xiǎng vs. 要 yào | Confusion Mandarin & English words | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

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喳喳叫 - Hated words in Mandarin | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

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U.S. vs. TikTok: The Ban, The Drama & What’s Next! (English & Mandarin)