Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom

By Brendan Davis

A weekly podcast about making it big as a foreign fish in the world's biggest pond - China!

Every week from Beijing, host Brendan Davis talks with a fellow foreigner who is doing something challengin... more

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May 01, 2019 TOM McGREGOR | Pro-Trump AND Pro-China
Tom McGregor is a widely-read China journalist from Dallas, Texas living in Beijing. His upcoming book US vs. China: From Trade War to Reciprocal Deal (being published under his given last name Pauken) draws on his experiences being both very pro-Trump AND pro-China. Our views diverge at the expected point, but we have the kind of respectful chat which we both agree we’d like to hear more of, so I hope you’ll check it out. LINKS: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/tom-mcg
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April 29, 2019 BFMK Reboot! | BRENDAN DAVIS
This week I talk about rebooting “Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom”, my other show (w/Yingying Li) “How China Works”, my NEW show “If I Knew You Better”, & I tell a pretty incredible “moving to China / crazy synchronicity" story which I’ve never told on the mic before. BLOG & LINKS: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/reboot
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17min
March 14, 2019 American Fish in Paris | BRENDAN DAVIS
Check out this special episode from Paris as I dish out the details of what I've been up to here, the future of THIS podcast, the launch of my NEXT podcast, how to attend a sneak preview in Los Angeles of the film my team and I recently completed, and when I’ll be back in China - in theory. Enjoy!
BLOG: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home
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28min
March 05, 2019 "The State of Migration in 2018" Event @ the BAC, December 2018 | MIKE SHAW, CHRISLYN CHOO, CARA GLEESON, JONATHAN GARRISON, BRENDAN DAVIS
Today I’m presenting a live recording of a special event I did at the Beijing American Center at the US Embassy to China back in December, 2018 with my former Migration Media partners Mike Shaw and Chrislyn Choo, plus Cara Gleeson. We were introduced by Janice Englehart at the BAC, the event was organized by Leslie Dong, and my esteemed friend and colleague Jonathan Garrison was kind enough to moderate the discussion. Enjoy!

BLOG: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/bac-final
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1h 27min
January 29, 2019 CARL KING | Creating Your Own Path (series finale)
CARL KING is a true polymath: someone who’s professionally good at many things. He’s a screenwriter, published book author, composer, engineer, director, producer, & more. Carl has worked with numerous legends in the progressive music and geek culture scenes, including Dweezil Zappa, Steve Vai, Kevin Smith, the late Jon Schnepp, Brendon Small, and many others. And among his massive credits list, Carl created our theme music! So since Carl’s work (with drums by Mike Stone!) is the FIRST thing you hear on this podcast, I thought it made sense to have him on as my LAST regular guest on the show, too. Wait - last show, you say? What!? More details in the show. Enjoy!
BLOG & LINKS: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/carl-king
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59min
January 26, 2019 The “Goodbye” Solo Show | BRENDAN DAVIS
FRIENDS & FANS: today marks the last regularly scheduled solo “BFMK” show for me. It’s been an amazing journey! And although I'm sad to end this chapter, I'm also very excited to introduce you to the NEW interview show I am launching in a month. It will be similar to BFMK, except that it features people making moves in the greater world instead of having a specific focus on China. We have ONE last regular “BFMK” interview show dropping on Monday, January 28, so please enjoy that, and this one!
APPLE: https://tinyurl.com/BFMK-iTUNES / SOUNDCLOUD: https://tinyurl.com/BFMK-Soundcloud / STITCHER: https://tinyurl.com/BFMK-Stitcher / WEB: https://tinyurl.com/BFMK-Web
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8min
January 06, 2019 BRENDAN DAVIS | 2019 Kickoff, aka My Birthday Show
Welcome to 2019! I’m jumping the show numbers ahead to reflect the actual number of shows released so far. And I'm in Los Angeles this week & for awhile in general, so I’m making some other changes & expanding the idea of what’s possible. Check out today’s show, which doubles as my January solocast, to hear all the latest. Cheers!
APPLE: https://tinyurl.com/BFMK-iTUNES / SOUNDCLOUD: https://tinyurl.com/BFMK-Soundcloud / STITCHER: https://tinyurl.com/BFMK-Stitcher / WEB: https://tinyurl.com/BFMK-Web
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14min
December 31, 2018 SUSIE QIN | From Erdos to Beijing (& places in-between)

Susie Qin is from Erdos, Inner Mongolia, sat for her CPA exam in San Francisco, and now lives in Beijing. On this episode we cover a lot of subjects: the hard-drinking culture of Erdos, her unique experience in college, working for an infamous Chinese boss, her volunteer work at Shepard’s Field Children’s Village in Tianjin, and more. NOTE: This show contains a vivid story of domestic violence starting around 28 minutes in, so please be advised. It’s a special show, and I hope you enjoy.
BLOG: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/susie-q
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1h 24min
December 19, 2018 KEVIN GEIGER | “Return of The Fretful Laowai Radio Hour"
On this special lucky Holiday Edition of the show (#88!), Kevin Geiger and I talk about: his wife Wen’s recent award-winning VR project on the Dunhuang Caves, the value and necessity of offshore creative development, his new children’s book, my writing ambitions, upcoming LA and Paris trips, and the future of this show - including a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. Enjoy!
BLOG + LINKS: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/kg-dec18

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1h 8min
December 12, 2018 Haus of Lily |Real (Drag) Queens of Beijing
Haus of Lily are Beijing’s finest drag queen revue. Three of the nine current queens were in the studio tonight, and we may not break the internet, but we DID kill the wine before the show even started. We have fun, get real, laugh our heads off, and talk about damn near everything you can imagine. NOTE: I put the “Explicit Language” rating on this for a REASON. Consider yourself warned - and enjoy! 😄
BLOG:
https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/haus
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54min

FAQs about Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom:

How many episodes does Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom have?

The podcast currently has 143 episodes available.