Context Culture Cast

By Context Culture

Context Culture Cast goes deeper than language in conversations about culture. Cultural understanding, daily life and how we interact as people are all up for discussion - all led by the two hosts, Yu... more

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The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.

Context Culture Cast episodes:

August 04, 2022 Culture Cast S2 E2 - Spilling the Tea on Tea (part 2) 🇨🇳🇬🇧
Welcome back to the Culture Cast! We’re sorry it’s taken so long, but now we’re back with the continuation from our last episode where we discussed tea around the world. In this episode, we touch upon stereotypes, skepticism and managing potentially uncomfortable situations.
We really hope you enjoy the episode!
Want to share your thoughts on the episode? Interested in suggesting a topic for us to talk about? Get in touch with us by commenting on our Instagram posts @context_culture, or by emailing us at [email protected].
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33min
January 08, 2022 Culture Cast S2 E1 - Spilling the Tea on Tea 🇨🇳🇬🇧
Before we get started - are you sitting comfortably with a cup of tea? Maybe its an earl grey, an oolong, a green tea or an English breakfast tea - but do you know the story of your brew?
In this episode, we want to take you on a journey through the history of tea, giving you an understanding of where your boiled beverage comes from and how the way we drink tea across the world can vary greatly! Whether it’s teas relationship with class in the UK, Chinese table etiquette, or tea marketing - we’ve got it covered!
And most importantly we’d love to hear from you - how do you drink your tea? And what is your favourite type? Enjoy the episode!
Episode links:
TED-Ed - The history of tea - Shunan Teng: https://youtu.be/LaLvVc1sS20
Association of Traditional Studies - The Art of Chinese Tea: https://www.traditionalstudies.org/the-art-of-chinese-tea/
Cogito - The History of Tea: https://youtu.be/6S0hlv5sUbw
UK Tea & Infusions Association - The History of Tea (with a counter for the amount of tea consumed in the UK each day!) https://www.tea.co.uk/history-of-tea
London Tea exchange - HISTORY OF TEA: https://londonteaexchange.co.uk/history-of-tea/
茶知道 - Types of Chinese Tea: https://chazhidao.org/en/first-circle/types-chinese-tea
Teapedia - Image of a tea brick: https://teapedia.org/en/Tea_brick
Medicine Net - Coffee and Tea Caffeine Chart: https://www.medicinenet.com/what_has_more_caffeine_coffee_or_tea/article.htm
Want to share your thoughts on the episode? Interested in suggesting a topic for us to talk about? Get in touch with us by commenting on our Instagram posts @context_culture, or by emailing us at [email protected].
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38min
January 01, 2022 Culture Cast S2 Intro - Welcome back!
Welcome back everyone! We're ready to kick off season 2 of the Culture Cast and hope you're excited to join us! Myself (Stewart) and Yuchen will explore points of cultural importance from a cross-cultural lens. But what does this mean, exactly? In other words, we're gonna be asking ourselves questions such as ‘how are manners important in my culture’ and then exploring these questions together to compare our answers. Whether we find similarities or differences, we’re bound to learn something new and hope you will too! Stay tuned until the end to hear about next episodes topic and how you can get in touch with your suggestions for the podcast! Enjoy the show.
Want to share your thoughts on the episode? Interested in suggesting a topic for us to talk about? Get in touch with us by commenting on our Instagram posts @context_culture, or by emailing us at [email protected].

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22min
January 01, 2022 Culture Cast S1 E30 - The Conclusion
It‘s been a while...but the Culture Cast back!
After so many discussions and a long break to think about everything they‘d learned, hosts Yuchen and Stewart come back together for this concluding episode to talk about the key takeaways from season 1.
In this episode, you‘ll hear reflections on:
The power of storytelling
Our favourite episodes
Whether we think we have any biases
Whether there is such thing as cultural superiority/inferiority, and much more!
So join us for this final episode, we can‘t wait to see you in season 2!
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1h 16min
May 29, 2021 Culture Cast S1 E29 - Phantom of the Opera. Opera and performance across the globe
Welcome to the penultimate episode of season 1 of the Culture Cast! In this very special episode, hosts Yuchen and Stewart sit down with Xuan, who opens up about the Opera in China.
In this episode we talk about national differences between operas, moving on to regional differences and explore how these iterations of a main story change the story for the better or for the worse.
As always, we hope you learned something new and if you have any questions or want to appear on the podcast, send us an email at [email protected] . We’d love to hear from you!
You can also find out more about our mission and our team by checking out our website at www.contextculture.uk - we also have a wealth of free to access resources that will help kickstart your cross-cultural education journey.
Finally, please like this episode, follow our stream and rate our podcast so we can keep making content with brilliant guests like the ones you’ve already heard from. Thank you!
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36min
May 22, 2021 Culture Cast S1 E28 - Coding, Culture and Communities of Practice
Welcome back to the Culture Cast! This week, hosts Yuchen and Stewart interview Harrison Wheeler, a UI/UX designer/senior design manager at a ”pretty large tech firm” who has done everything from playing football (the American kind) in Iowa to crafting elegant user-experience journeys in Silicon Valley!
In this episode, Harrison takes us on a journey of his own - giving us an insight into what culture means to him, what his word of 2020 was and how conscious designing has played such an important role in the development of his career. We also touch upon the cultural variations of seating arrangements as a bridge to discuss Harrisons alumni talk on ’Working your way to the table’. This is a brilliant episode with an extremely accomplished guest and we hope you enjoy.
As always, we hope you learned something new and if you have any questions or want to appear on the podcast, send us an email at [email protected] . We’d love to hear from you!
You can also find out more about our mission and our team by checking out our website at www.contextculture.uk - we also have a wealth of free to access resources that will help kickstart your cross-cultural education journey.
Finally, please like this episode, follow our stream and rate our podcast so we can keep making content with brilliant guests like the ones you’ve already heard from. Thank you!
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58min
May 15, 2021 Culture Cast S1 E27 - #ProtectourWomen
Welcome back to the Culture Cast! This week, we’re jumping back into our conversation with Djamil to hear about his international experience with the cause #protectourwomen.
Across the globe, the increasing volume of the voices raising awareness for the experience of women is a wonderful collection of sounds to hear. However, this doesn’t mean that we’re there yet - as all voices should be involved. Injustice based on sex, gender identity and race continues and, during the pandemic, has increased in some places, and Djamil talks about his experiences learning about the injustice that occurs in his own back yard.
As always, we hope you learned something new and if you have any questions or want to appear on the podcast, send us an email at [email protected] . We’d love to hear from you!
You can also find out more about our mission and our team by checking out our website at www.contextculture.uk - we also have a wealth of free to access resources that will help kickstart your cross-cultural education journey.
Finally, please like this episode, follow our stream and rate our podcast so we can keep making content with brilliant guests like the ones you’ve already heard from. Thank you!
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25min
May 08, 2021 Culture Cast S1 E26 - Who am I? Language and identity construction
It’s fair to say that our Identities are important, but do we ever stop to think how our identities are created and reproduced by the language we speak and the stories we tell?
In this episode, we’re joined again by Ying Siu who walks us through the importance of language in identity creation as well as how her research can help better support those who sit ’in between’ identity groups.
Ying also points us in the direction of some useful resources that can be used by anyone for mental health support.
As always, we hope you enjoy and if you have any questions or want to appear on the podcast, send us an email at [email protected] . We’d love to hear from you!
You can also find out more about our mission and our team by checking out our website at www.contextculture.uk - we also have a wealth of free to access resources that will help kickstart your cross-cultural education journey.
Finally, please like this episode, follow our stream and rate our podcast so we can keep making content with brilliant guests like the ones you’ve already heard from. Thank you!
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29min
May 01, 2021 Culture Cast S1 E25 - English or Chinese? Both or neither?
Welcome back to this weeks episode of the Culture Cast, and have we got an interesting one for you this time around! In our discussions with third culture kids, expats and International students, we’ve spoken both culture and the effects being abroad can have on shaping our cultural outlook, but what about our language?
This week, Ying Siu takes us through her research and her process of answering the question: English or Chinese? Both or neither? This investigation into heritage language loss in British-Born Chinese and its impact on self-identity uncovers some very interesting perspectives that take root in culture, language and societal structure!
As always, we hope you enjoy and if you have any questions or want to appear on the podcast, send us an email at [email protected] . We’d love to hear from you!
You can also find out more about our mission and our team by checking out our website at www.contextculture.uk - we also have a wealth of free to access resources that will help kickstart your cross-cultural education journey.
Finally, please like this episode, follow our stream and rate our podcast so we can keep making content with brilliant guests like the ones you’ve already heard from. Thank you!
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24min
April 24, 2021 Culture Cast S1 E24 - Melting pots or mixing pots? Cultural assimilation explored
Welcome back! In this weeks episode, hosts Yuchen and Stewart will be launching into part 2 with Djamil (Douglabwoy_) to get deeper into the Dougla experience and to explore intersectionality across Jamaica. We also draw an important distinction between mixing pots and melting pots in culture - so listen out for that one!
Much like last episode, we absolutely loved chatting with Djamil and know you’ll want to hear more from him, so you can find more of the insightful and emotional work by Djamil by following his Instagram (douglabwoy_) or his tiktok (DouglaBwoy).
As always, we hope you enjoy and if you have any questions or want to appear on the podcast, send us an email at [email protected] . We’d love to hear from you!
You can also find out more about our mission and our team by checking out our website at www.contextculture.uk - we also have a wealth of free to access resources that will help kickstart your cross-cultural education journey.
Finally, please like this episode, follow our stream and rate our podcast so we can keep making content with brilliant guests like the ones you’ve already heard from. Thank you!
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31min

FAQs about Context Culture Cast:

How many episodes does Context Culture Cast have?

The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.