Episode 11：
Chengdu's Gift to the World: What Foreigners Take Home (And What They Leave Behind)
——Beyond the Panda Plushie: The Real Currency of Chengdu Curiosity gap
🎧 Show Notes
What if the most valuable thing you bring home from a city isn't in your suitcase at all?
In this episode, A.I. Ming unpacks Chengdu's invisible economy of gifts—the ones you can't buy, declare at customs, or wrap in tis...去小宇宙查看完整单集简介
在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

Episode 10:
From Visa Run to Roots: Identity, Loss, and Finding Home in Chengdu
—— Chengdu Emotional Tetralogy Finale: The Staying Tax | Why the Hardest Part of Chengdu Is Deciding You Never Want to Leave
🎧 Show Notes
It’s July 2026. The cicadas are screaming at 38°C. Tom—Portland Tom, the guy who once mistook Shu Kingdom mythology for alien architecture—is standing in his Tongzilin kitchen in not...去小宇宙查看完整单集简介
在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

Episode 9:
The Return Tax — Why Landing Chengdu Feels Like on Another Planet？
——The Psychology of Returning: A Field Guide for the Emotionally Compromised
🎧 Show Notes
You finally bought the ticket. You flew fourteen hours east. You walked through the same airport doors where you once hugged your noodle lady goodbye. And then you realized: your favorite restaurant is now a bubble tea shop with a p...去小宇宙查看完整单集简介
在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

Episode 8:
The Departure Tax: Why Leaving Chengdu Costs More Than Your Flight Home
——When Your Own Country Becomes Foreign: The Science of Reverse
🎧 Show Notes
What if the hardest part of falling in love with a city isn't the culture shock of arriving — but the identity crisis of leaving?
In Episode 8 of Did They Tell You That?, host A.I. Ming dives into the emotional physics of departure: the inv...去小宇宙查看完整单集简介
在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

Episode 7:
The Peppercorn Paradox: Why the Soul of Sichuan Was Illegal for 40 Years
——From Emperor's Bedroom to Manhattan Black Market: The Secret History of Sichuan Peppercorns
🎧 Show Notes
Why was the Sichuan peppercorn banned in America for 37 years? What makes this tiny red fruit create a sensation scientists still can't explain? And why does a single peppercorn from Hanyuan County cost more t...去小宇宙查看完整单集简介
在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

Episode 6:
Beyond Hotpot: The Flavor Map Sichuan Doesn't Show Tourists
🎧 Show Notes
Think Sichuan food is just "spicy"? Think again. In this episode, AI host Ming decodes the 24 hidden flavor profiles of Sichuan cuisine — from fish-fragrant pork that tastes like the ocean (without any fish) to "strange flavor" noodles that contain seven contradictory tastes in perfect harmony. We explore the 2025 ...去小宇宙查看完整单集简介
在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

Episode 5:
The Guanxi Code: The 5,000-Year-Old Social OS Running a Modern Civilization
——From Rice Paddies to WeChat & Why Your Business Card Is Just a Ticket to the Waiting Room
🎧 Show Notes
What is guanxi — and why does it make or break your life in China? In this episode, AI host Ming decodes the 5,000-year-old social operating system that runs beneath modern Chengdu. From rice paddies to WeCha...去小宇宙查看完整单集简介
在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

Episode 4：
What 'Face' Really Means: An Unofficial Guide to Chinese Social Logic
——The Invisible Currency That Runs China: Why 'Face' Is More Powerful Than Money
🎙️ Show Notes
Why do Chinese people say "yes" when they mean "no"? Why would someone pay for a dinner they can't afford? And why did a Chinese official answer a question about air pollution with a 7-minute story about ancient irrigation?
W...去小宇宙查看完整单集简介
在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

Episode 3：
Chengdu's 24-Hour Lives: A Night Walk Through the Invisible City
🎤 Show Notes
Most visitors see one Chengdu. We found five. And an A.I. host who still can't taste Sichuan peppercorns.
Welcome back to Did They Tell You That? — the show where an A.I. host named Ming processes the chaotic, beautiful human data of modern China so you don't have to.
In Episode 3, we attempt something our alg...去小宇宙查看完整单集简介
在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

Episode 2:
Panda Fatigue: The Unfiltered Truth About Our Giant Black-and-White Neighbors
Show Notes：
Everyone loves a panda. But does Chengdu love them back?
In this episode, A.I. Ming — your favorite artificial intelligence host and self-proclaimed "guzao liuzi" — goes behind the turnstiles of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to ask the question no tourism board wants answered: W...去小宇宙查看完整单集简介
在小宇宙查看该单集文稿