Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom

Nigel Mainville grew up in the Massachusetts version of small-town USA. But a curiosity about the greater world led him to an early interest in Japanese manga, a high school study abroad year in Taiwan, and then to mainland China. By day, Nigel uses his fluent Chinese to teach kindergartners, but several nights a week he can be found rocking the mic at one of the many standup comedy gigs around Beijing. He is having success here but his sights are set on a much bigger stage. We talk about all that and more in this week’s show. Enjoy!

This is a recording of a special LIVE event I was part of on July 5, 2018: “Podcasting in the ‘Jing: A Panel Discussion” along with the hosts / creators of several other great shows:

• John from China Tech Talk (Technode)
• Kate and Noah from Environment China (Beijing Energy Network)
• and Yajun Wo Men podcast (Radii)

We talked about the unique challenges of producing a show here as well as the best practices we’ve discovered to create them, the reasons we make our shows, the opportunities the shows have created for us, and what we hope the audience takes away from them. Enjoy!

Find all links at the BLOG post here: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/2018/7/7/special-live-event-podcasting-in-the-jing-a-panel-discussion

Mike Shaw and I are pleased to be co-announcing the launch of our new global expat platform, Migration Media. I am moving this show to the MM platform and Mike has just released the first episode of HIS new show, "Migratory Patterns", under this banner, too. There is lots in the works and MUCH more to come from not only us but from a whole host of contributors from around the world (!), so I/we hope you will become a friend and a fan and enjoy the journey with us.

This special short episode will give you the basic information, but please check us out and friend us up at all the socials and other sites below to stay in touch!

Get social with Migration Media at:

Twitter: twitter.com/migrationmedia_ 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/migrationmedia_global/

Soundcloud feed: soundcloud.com/migration-media

Website: www.migrationmedia.net

And check out Mike Shaw’s new show “Migratory Patterns” here: http://anchor.fm/migratory-patterns

Marc Iserlis is an American "third culture kid" raised by Russian parents in Singapore. Marc attended British school, learned Russian from his parents at home, studied Mandarin, and has worked and traveled both in mainland China and extensively throughout central as well as southern Asia. He has grown up with a very unique perspective on the world and is working hard to best sort out how to bridge the various gaps that exist between our various cultures.

More info as always on the BLOG post at: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com!

Heads-up to Beijing-based listeners: I get to participate in a panel discussion with other local podcasters being held at the nakedHub in Dongdaqiao on Thursday, July 5. The event is FREE and runs from 7:30-9:00PM. I wanted to get the word out ASAP and figured this was the best way to do so. Learn more in this super-short episode.

Regular full interviews resume this coming Wednesday and don't stop, so check back soon for more and come see us chat it up live onstage if you'll be in town. 

Check out all episodes at https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/ ! :D

Another short episode this week, recorded again from a hotel room in Yibin. This time I do a short interview with four of the crew members who helped shoot the documentary film I was brought here to direct. Director of Photography Mayela Magrou is a returning champion, having been previously featured way back on episode #16: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/2017/9/6/troys-team

I'll be back next week with another regular episode and a full interview. Enjoy! 

This week I am location directing a TV documentary in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China, and I am not posting a regular episode. Instead, here is another quickie, kind of an audio note to my friends here, to update you on what's happening and to tease the ACTUALLY HAPPENING live event in just a few weeks, in Beijing. More details asap! 

Find all episodes at: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/

This week we have a very special episode of the show, featuring 3 great guests. I’m proud to be a media partner helping to announce the upcoming Voices of the Belt and Road Podcast, which is part of the Belt and Road Advisory. Ravi, Greg, and their other partner Max have been joined by James LaLonde to help bring voices to the unfolding story of the Belt and Road Initiative (the BRI). Much more to come, to be sure. Enjoy!

Have you ever wanted to build an online course teaching a topic you’re passionate and knowledgable about? Past show guest Luke Priddy did. Luke has successfully been using Udemy as a channel for his brand Cloud English, which brings his take on English language pedagogy online to share it with a wider audience. As I prepare to release my own very first Udemy course (The Complete Podcasting Course, available on Udemy mid-late June 2018), I wanted to get all the best advice and tips I could from Luke to help me prepare and make it as good as it can be. I learned a lot, some of which is Udemy-specific but much of which is applicable to learning and building presentations in general, so I am sharing a tightly edited highlights edition of our chat as a bonus episode. Enjoy! 

Cynthia Santana is from Boston and she pretty much defines the term “free spirit”. She has a background in acting and education, has traveled extensively, and knew she wanted to spend some time living and working abroad. Here in Beijing, Cynthia has become a regular at poetry slams around the city, and she is working to put together her own business that puts her poetry on clothing, using commerce to spread a very positive, loving message. Enjoy!

Find all links at the BLOG post here: https://www.crazyinagoodway.com/home/2018/6/6/cynthia-santana-the-poetry-of-emotion