China Cool!

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A podcast in which we explore the things that make China Cool!... more

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The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.

China Cool! episodes:

January 01, 2019 [EP 08:] An Intellectual Special!
You might have thought you'd be done hearing from Lucy and Eva with the end of a year, but we're back, and this time in video form! (watch the video here: https://youtu.be/2LbE0F4fZP4) Join us in a very special episode as we explore our local public library and celebrate the works of many incredible Asian and Asian American authors! This way if you are starting to grow tired of hearing from us, you can easily find other Asian media to support :-) Cool!
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Available wherever you listen to podcasts!
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31min
December 24, 2018 [EP 07:] Ce-Le-Brate Good Times, Come On!!!
Come bask in the holiday spirit with Lucy and Eva as we discuss all the other holidays that aren't even happening this month! As always, stick around for some barely relevant banter on something delicious/Higher Brothers B) Which will it be??

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Available wherever you listen to podcasts!

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Chinese New Year (春节): https://goo.gl/kgG5rX
Tomb Sweeping Festival (清明节): https://goo.gl/jyUwcG
Dragon Boat Festival (端午节): https://goo.gl/gw5WUL
Children’s Day (儿童节): https://goo.gl/VjkKeP
Chinese Valentine’s Day (七夕节): https://goo.gl/Gp8dov
Mid Autumn Festival (中秋节): https://goo.gl/4DZtCE
Single’s Day (光棍节): https://goo.gl/T2iZTC
Chinese Weddings: https://goo.gl/iAvqMc

Chinese Snaccs
Seaweed: https://goo.gl/SYdAzP
Oreo Flavors: https://goo.gl/Uu4uQz
Pringles: https://goo.gl/VuQs6Q
Sugar Popsicles: https://goo.gl/SDeci5
Jellys: https://goo.gl/HH4C7s
Scientific ASMR Knife: https://youtu.be/Oadf4KNYz-I
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52min
December 10, 2018 [EP 06:] It's Called Fashion, Sweetie
There’s more to life than being ridiculously good looking! Join two stylish sisters (Lucy and Eva) as we explore traditional Chinese clothing, cultural appropriation, and the role of the Chinese market in modern fashion trends. We might not own any Balenciaga sneakers or custom made qipao, but we’ve got plenty of heart and bad jokes! Stick around after the break to hear our struggle about confusing Chinese family trees.
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Han Clothes (汉服): https://goo.gl/DNgw6k
Tang Clothes (唐装): https://goo.gl/GjfTc7
- Qi Pao (旗袍): https://goo.gl/daKMKi
Sun Yat-Sen/Mao Suit (中山装): https://goo.gl/HXjehC
Met Gala 2015: https://goo.gl/xBmHrd
- China: Through the Looking Glass: https://goo.gl/w8CP8B
- Vogue’s Best Dressed: https://goo.gl/fUJS7H
- Cat eyes? Chopsticks?: https://goo.gl/QnY5rZ
- Other problematic fits: https://goo.gl/t83SfW
- Laurence Xu is better than everyone else: https://goo.gl/FMCpSo
Chinese Designers: https://goo.gl/u9Hac5
Why haven’t they taken over the world yet?: https://goo.gl/pfNf6n
Streetstyle and hip-hop: https://goo.gl/67fUZk
Female Hypebeasts: https://goo.gl/JeQK7q
Hangzhou street style: https://goo.gl/9DUpg6
Dolce and Gabanna scandal: https://goo.gl/HHHKRU
Conversation screenshot: https://goo.gl/7YBPSt
The whole story: https://goo.gl/Xfop5Z
Reaction including Zhang Ziyi’s post: https://goo.gl/957aSq
A model’s tell-all: https://goo.gl/hrDr3g
Chinese family tree (image): https://goo.gl/EXgf4d
In video form: https://youtu.be/nCFRoILS1jY
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48min
November 26, 2018 [EP 05:] Sounds Chinese to Me
The hills are alive with the sound of traditional Chinese music~~ Join two faux music experts as we zoom through 5,000 years of musical history in our shortest episode to date! There’s a lot to unpack from erhu and kuaiban to Jay Chou and Wang Leehom to our boys Bohan Phoenix and the Higher Brothers. We literally cannot go an episode without talking about them.
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Chinese Instruments: https://goo.gl/rK5oEw
Pentatonic Scale: https://goo.gl/gkR6Qy
Kuai Ban (快板): https://youtu.be/0CLAIkNI46c
Racing Horses (赛马) on erhu: https://youtu.be/M79DVHaFu4A
China Wind (中国风): https://goo.gl/Ajuihe
Jay Chou (周杰伦)
- Qing Hua Ci (青花瓷): https://youtu.be/Z8Mqw0b9ADs
- Xian Li Zhi Wai (千里之外): https://youtu.be/ocDo3ySyHSI
- Vincent Fang (方文山): https://goo.gl/dk6ccD
Leehom Wang (王力宏)
- Talking about Chinked Out: https://youtu.be/WA9bRniI9MM
- Thesis on Leehom and Chinked Out: https://goo.gl/TeByv7
- Hua Tian Cuo (花田错): https://youtu.be/ruCXTls3IlQ
Bohan Phoenix
- Interview: https://goo.gl/yVoYiC
- No Hook ft. Higher Brothers: https://youtu.be/uGt8ecxf3Co
- Product 一模一样: https://youtu.be/FlxcOe9eW40
Photo story of kids in Chinese restaurants: https://goo.gl/nAS1MH
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42min
November 12, 2018 [EP 04:] Trains! Wow!
All aboard the China Cool Train! This week, we are all about High Speed Rail (HSR) train network! Buckle up as we discuss the development of modern transportation in China, future plans for the HSR, and trains in pop culture! (with a little bit of line dancing sprinkled in)! Prepare to have any of your negative opinions about trains completely derailed
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Available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Anchor!
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Thomas the Tank Engine opening: https://youtu.be/y-YRZHutDRk
Some background on HSR
The Economist: https://goo.gl/hn2Bdm
Business Insider: https://goo.gl/awqMiU
Current and proposed rail network: https://goo.gl/3bQ8Ki
A World Without Thieves (Eng Sub): https://youtu.be/Pa_g5q0vdw8
HSR connection to Hong Kong: https://goo.gl/BiiJPP
Train to Busan (trailer): https://youtu.be/pyWuHv2-Abk
Jiangshi/Chinese hopping zombies (this one’s kinda loud!): https://youtu.be/56Zvquhww80
User experience (video): https://youtu.be/nIRCaupQU9k
Self heating meals: https://youtu.be/HWGks8_sF84
“Be the Cowboy” by Mitski: https://goo.gl/RcVxPy
“Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver: https://youtu.be/1vrEljMfXYo
John Denver and Deng Xiaoping: https://goo.gl/qStjub
John Denver performing on CCTV: https://youtu.be/hgPDqrVVT-A?t=80
“Cowboy on the Run” by Jay Chou: https://youtu.be/9o20U91aJdg
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50min
October 29, 2018 [EP 03:] Cool Eats
Grab a snack and join Eva and Lucy on our trip through a few different regions of China and their culinary specialties. Feel your stomachs rumble with ours as we talk about the sweet, the spicy, and the MSG. Yummy!
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I Love Chinese Food by Alison Gold: https://bit.ly/2EIKgzf
The Four Great Traditions:
- Sichuan Cuisine (川菜): https://bit.ly/1QcRx9G
- Cantonese Cuisine (粤菜): https://bit.ly/2Peq1gP
- Shandong Cuisine (鲁菜): https://bit.ly/2SgnGRh
- Jiangsu Cuisine (苏菜): https://bit.ly/2O20xOP
KFC in China: https://bit.ly/2O0pWs9
Pizza Hut commercial: https://bit.ly/2q58Q2Z
Chinese people try Panda Express: https://bit.ly/1zIS7DH
99% Invisible episode on Chinatowns: https://bit.ly/2yWi8Cz
What’s the deal with MSG: https://bit.ly/2ONSZ7W
MSG consumption in China: https://nyti.ms/2NYFY69
Four Heavenly Kings (四大天王): https://bit.ly/2ifvH70
Andy Lau- Forget Love Potion (忘情水): https://bit.ly/1Ojh2PF
Little Tigers (小虎队)- Love (爱): https://bit.ly/2udU5xX
Jacky Chan, Wakin Chau, Anthony Wong, Jonathan Lee- The Sincere Hero (真心英雄): https://bit.ly/2Ap7Dtm
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49min
October 15, 2018 [EP 02:] Real Chinese Reality Television
Join us, Lucy and Eva, as we explore the vast depths of Chinese reality television! Spanning from vibrant talent competitions to wholesome dating shows (with some strange, niche programs sprinkled in), real life is about to get a whole lot more interesting B)
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Dating Shows:
1 out of 100 (百里挑一): https://bit.ly/2J0hfNQ
Chinese dating with the parents (中国式相亲): https://bit.ly/2yiCMgH
If you are the one (非诚勿扰): https://bit.ly/21pHrUi
- classic entrance: https://bit.ly/2yInwc8
- new format: https://bit.ly/2CIVW2U
- subbed episode: https://bit.ly/2QQrhUl
Talent Shows:
Super girl (超级女声)
- iconic theme song: https://bit.ly/2IWzmUH
- we’re both obsessed with Jane Zhang’s voice: https://bit.ly/2P2yXWk
Singer (我是歌手): https://bit.ly/2nQXhwW
- Angela Chang singing Despacito: https://bit.ly/2yIFUSu
- Sam Lee singing You and I: https://bit.ly/2pWblVj
The shows where you can get a job:
- 职来职往 (zhi lai zhi wang): https://bit.ly/2ChVhEE
- 非你莫属 (fei ni mo shu): https://bit.ly/2RKGsQp
Talk Shows:
Jin Xin Show (金星秀): https://bit.ly/2EnZIR2
- HuffPo piece: https://bit.ly/2EkHQ9t
- patriarchy?: https://bit.ly/2NICAw6
The Readers (朗读者): https://bit.ly/2ROmVyB
U Can U BB / I Can I BB (奇葩说): https://bit.ly/2Eom3Og
Lifestyle/Other Shows
Collection world (天下收藏): https://bit.ly/2QSfwN9
- the part that matters: https://bit.ly/2QS6kIB
Running man (奔跑吧): https://bit.ly/2mTgLfP
Avril Lavigne (艾薇儿)
- Girlfriend in Mandarin: https://bit.ly/2CgnyLU
- 2012 Live in China: https://bit.ly/2pROLgs
- Writing her Chinese name on TV in Taiwan: https://bit.ly/2CiznkH
- The conspiracy theory we kept talking about: https://bit.ly/2RP3upb
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51min
October 01, 2018 [EP 01:] Rap Music? China?
What is this Chinese rap music??
In our very first episode of China Cool!, Lucy and Eva talk about a phenomenon that has been recently sweeping the internet the past couple of years, both in meme form and non-ironically. From old school underground Chinese rappers to today's Chinese trap artists, rap is a small corner of Chinese music that is usually less talked about or discussed...until today!!!
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MC Jin
Learn Chinese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMOZRk74QrY
Freestyle Friday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IXQ97FDPZQ
隐藏 (Yin Cang) - In Beijing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4q8J-reRDQ
MC Hot Dog
我爱台妹 (I Love Taiwanese Girls): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ8mn5fS5_M
差不多先生: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrqKvu-rqIc
Higher Brothers
Made in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rILKm-DC06A
WeChat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsQCNtCH2sc
Aston Martin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6ocTu1lAA4
7-11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOF9E2WirfE
Uber (by Melo of Higher Brothers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-db8IlDw0
Ty ft Higher Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjjBE-V8y78
Rap of China: https://youtu.be/78UwW1ZqMic?t=3m46s
Communist Youth League Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCm3sbujB8g
NPR on Chengdu rap: https://www.npr.org/2018/02/01/576819311/chengdu-emerges-as-a-new-home-for-chinese-hip-hop
Rap censorship in China: http://time.com/5112061/china-hip-hop-ban-tattoos-television/
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58min
September 24, 2018 [EP 0:] Welcome to China Cool!
What is China Cool? What, is China Cool? What is China, Cool?
Regardless of your comma placement and vocal inflections in reading that sentence, welcome to China Cool, a brand new podcast exploring the vastness of Chinese pop culture, from the perspective of two second-generation Chinese American sisters! Join us (Lucy and Eva) in our quest to dive as deeply as we possibly can into modern China and all its beauty and peculiarity, with some dumb jokes and forgotten childhood memories on the side! Whether you've grown up surrounded by Chinese culture, don't know much about it, and/or are simply interested in learning more, come embark on this adventure with us!
It will be Cool
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2min

FAQs about China Cool!:

How many episodes does China Cool! have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.