Learn Chinese Insights

Learn Chinese Insights episodes:

• 04.22.2024

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 045: Adam

  Interview with Adam Bell, an American, on his journey studying Mandarin Chinese, working and parenting in Taiwan.

  
• 04.15.2024

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 044: Jamie

  Watch on youtube In this episode, I interview Jamie Rufe, an American now living in Taiwan. Jamie tells us: – What brought him to Taiwan – Why he started learning Mandarin Chinese – What career opportunities being able to speak...

  
• 04.08.2024

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 043: Lamin

  Watch on youtube. In this episode, we interview Lamin, who moved from Gambia to Taiwan. Listen to find out: – What brought him to Taiwan? – What prompted him to stay in Taiwan? – How he began learning Chinese –...

  
• 04.03.2024

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 042: Fraser Stewart

  Watch on youtube Interview with Fraser Stewart on how he developed his Chinese to near native level over his past 11 years in Taiwan. Listen to find out: – What made Fraser choose Taiwan? – When he first learned Chinese...

  
• 03.27.2024

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 041: Michael Gordon

  Watch this episode on youtube In this episode, I interview Michael Gordon, a Canadian living in Taiwan. Listen to find out: – What made Michael choose Taiwan? – When he first learned Chinese – How he used Chinese in Canada...

  
• 03.24.2024

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 040: Ed Gonzalez

  Watch this episode on youtube In this episode, I interview Ed Gonzalez, a Mexican-Canadian restaurant owner in Taipei, Taiwan. Listen to this episode to find out: - What brought Eddy to Taiwan? - About his initial journey learning Chinese - His experience after briefly goes...

  
• 09.19.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 039: Caleb Shetland

  In this episode, I interview Caleb Shetland, an American now working in Taipei as a firmware engineer. Listen to find out: – His experience learning Chinese at a US college – What approach he wishes he had used instead, to learn characters...

  
• 09.01.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 038: Alex Trup

  In this episode I interview Alex Trup, a Brit now working in Digital Marketing in Taipei, Taiwan. Listen to find out: – About his experience learning Chinese in the UK – How he went from China to Taiwan – His...

  
• 08.22.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 037: XiaoFei

  In this episode I interview Xiao Fei, an American blogger now living in Taiwan. Listen to find out: – His experience trying to get a degree at a local Taiwanese university – Why he switched out of the Chinese program to...

  
• 08.10.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 036: Keoni Everington

  In this episode I interview Keoni Everington, an American now working in the media business in Taiwan. Listen to find out: – What got him interested in learning Chinese 20 years ago – What it was like learning Chinese in...

  
• 07.29.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 035: Scott Faul

  In this episode I interview Scott Faul, an American now living in Taiwan. Listen to find out: – What got him interested in learning Chinese, while in the US – His experience studying Chinese in Taiwan, while working on the...

  
• 07.21.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 034: Aaron Simmons

  In this episode I interview Aaron Simmons, an American Professional Development Coach. He is the founder of Diversify International and Multi-Lingual Story Corner. Listen to find out: – What got him interested in Chinese culture and language in the first place,...

  
• 07.07.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 033: Alex Barker

  In this episode, I interview Alex Barker, an American consultant about his experience learning Chinese Listen to this episode to find out: – How Alex got interested in learning Chinese in America – His experience in an American college class...

  
• 06.30.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 032: Adriana Estrada

  In this episode I interview Adriana Estrada from Guatemala, who has lived in Taiwan for the past 7 years, completing her undergraduate and master’s degree during that time. Listen to find out: – What brought Adriana to Taiwan in the...

  
• 06.22.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 031: Nick Howard

  In this episode, I interview Nick Howard, an American who has been living in Taiwan for the past 9 years. Listen to find out: – What brought him to Taiwan in the first place – How he moved up from...

  
• 06.16.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 030: Derek McCracken

  In this episode I interview Derek McCracken, an American who has been living in Taiwan for 7 years. Listen to find out: – What brought Derek to Asia and specifically Taiwan – How he started teaching English, while looking for...

  
• 05.17.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 029: Adam Menon

  In this episode, I actually interview… myself! Well not, really. I invited CLO user Joe Cooperman to interview me on my motivation for coming to Taiwan and starting this course teaching fellow expats how to speak Mandarin. Listen to find...

  
• 05.10.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 028: Steve Iglehart

  In Part 2 of this episode, we continue our interview with American businessman Steve Iglehart. Listen to find out: - How he moved on to the skin care market - What his biggest challenge was in this market - The intense process of training...

  
• 05.04.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 027: Steve Iglehart

  Steve Iglehart is an American businessman from San Francisco who has been living in Taiwan for almost 30 years. Listen to this episode to find out: - What made Steve want to learn Chinese - Why he chose to come to Taiwan - His...

  
• 04.26.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 026: Keiran

  Keiran is a Canadian living in Taiwan, now working in the bicycle industry. Listen to this episode to find out: - What brought Keiran to Taiwan in the first place - How he began learning Chinese initially - What he didn't like about his...

  
• 04.19.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 025: Ross

  In this episode, I interview Ross Darrell Feingold, an American now working as a senior advisor at the DC International Advisory, a law firm in Taipei, Taiwan. Listen to this episode to find out: - What made Ross focus on learning Mandarin Chinese 20...

  
• 04.12.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 024: Jon

  In this interview, I interview Jon Renzella, an American artist now living in Taichung, Taiwan. Listen to this episode to find out: - What brought Jon to Taiwan in the first place - Why he wanted to live in a place that didn't speak...

  
• 04.05.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 023: Alex

  In this episode I interview Alex Wagner, who now runs a pizza shop at a local Taiwanese night market. Listen to find out: - What brought Alex to Taiwan in the first place - How he transitioned from teaching to selling pizza - His...

  
• 03.29.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 022: Bear

  In this episode, I interview "Bear" - originally from Scandinavia, now working in China. Listen to find out: - What brought him to China in the first place - His initial hardships in China - Why he felt he wasn't capable of learning Chinese in...

  
• 03.22.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 021: I love Taiwan

  In this episode, I continue the interview I did with Shaun Bettinson, where he discusses his "I love Taiwan" project. Listen to find out: - How this project got started. - How he launched his initial promotional video - The Project Website - How he was...

  
• 03.15.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 020: Shaun Bettinson

  In this episode, I interview Shaun Bettinson, a Brit who now lives in Taichung, Taiwan. Listen to find out: - What brought Shaun to Taiwan initially - Where he learned his initial Chinese - What he didn't like about his first group class - What he...

  
• 03.08.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 019: Davide Saccon

  In this episode, I interview Davide Saccon, an Italian now living in Qingdong, China. Listen to find out: - How he learned "street" Chinese in Italy - What brought him to China after that - Why the Chinese he had learned before wasn't as useful...

  
• 03.01.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 018: Ethan Feig

  In this episode, I interview Ethan Feig, an American now working in a trade company in Taichung, Taiwan. Listen to this episode to find out: - What brought Ethan to Taiwan at age 18 - How Taiwan differed from his prior expectations - How...

  
• 02.23.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 017: Wesley Insights

  In this episode, we welcome back Wesley (from our last episode) to share some of the more fascinating aspects of the Chinese language including: - How abbreviations work in Chinese (and how they differ from English) - Why Chinese can't be the...

  
• 02.15.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 016: Wesley Holzer

  In this episode, I interview Wesley. He's an American, with degrees in Chinese and translation. Listen to this episode to find out: How Wesley got interested in Chinese in the first place. How he found Chinese easier to learn as a second language...

  
• 02.02.2016

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 015: Dominic Cope

  Dominic is from Oregon, USA, and now lives in Taichung, Taiwan with his wife and twin daughters. Listen to this episode to find out: - What made Dominic move to China at the tender age of 16 - What it was like...

  
• 12.21.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 014: Austin Yoder (Part 2)

  In part 2 of our interview with Austin Yoder, he tells us about his work at the Foundation for Talented Youth - fostering entrepreneurship in Taiwan.

  
• 12.16.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 013: Austin Yoder (Part 1)

  Austin is an American who has lived in Hong Kong, Indonesia and now in Taiwan. He now runs two companies including tearroir and Foundation for Talented Youth. Listen to this episode to find out: - Why he chose to live in...

  
• 12.08.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 012: Priya Lalwani Purswaney

  Priya is originally from India, but has now lived in Taiwan for 27 years. She works as a simultaneous interpreter. Listen to this episode to find out: - What brought Priya to Taiwan in the first place - Her initial impressions of...

  
• 11.30.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 011: Jason Schuurman

  Jason has lived in Taichung, Taiwan for the past 4 years, after previously doing a stint in China. Listen to this episode to find out: - What brought Jason to China in the first place. - How he practiced learning Chinese before...

  
• 11.23.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 010: Cheryl Robbins

  Cheryl has been in Taiwan for 26 years and has worked as a tour guide, translator and author. Listen to this episode to find out: - What brought Cheryl to Taiwan in the first place - Why she recommends Taiwan as a place...

  
• 11.16.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 009: Max

  Max works as a Chinese interpreter in Australia. Listen to this episode to find out: The difference between translating and interpreting How the free interpreting service works in Australia The disadvantage of relying on an interpreter versus learning the local language yourself How it...

  
• 11.09.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 008: Rob Kilpatrick

  Rob Kilpatrick teaches English in Taiwan, where he's lived in the past 11 years. Listen to this podcast to find out: What made him choose Taiwan over other countries What gave him his initial motivation to learn Chinese How he was able to integrate...

  
• 11.02.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 007: Malachi McGee

  In this episode, I interview Malachi McGee. Malachi originally came to Taiwan 7 years ago as a Mormon Missionary. Listen on to find out: Why Malachi decided to stay on in Taiwan even after his missionary term was up About the Missionary...

  
• 10.26.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 006: Todd Blackhurst

  In this episode, I interview Todd Blackhurst. Todd moved to Taiwan from Texas with his wife and 3 teenagers in 2013. Listen to find out: What promoted Todd to move his whole family to Taiwan How he prepared for the big move The...

  
• 10.19.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 005: Brad Saap

  In this episode, I interview Brad Sapp. Brad spent 13 years in China working in trade companies in Beijing and Qingdao. He currently lives in Toronto, where he continues to actively engage with Chinese clients.

  
• 10.12.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 004: Edward Greve

  In this episode, I interview Edward Greve. Edward is an American who has lived in Taiwan for the past 8 years. He initially started as an English teacher and is now doing a master's degree in Applied Linguistics. Listen to find...

  
• 10.05.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 003: Aaron Posehn

  In this episode, I interview Aaron Posehn. He's a Canadian, with a degree in Asian studies, who moved to Taiwan to work as an editor. Listen to find out: How Aaron got interested in Chinese culture What it was like to be the...

  
• 09.28.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 002: Elias Ek

  In this episode, I interview Elias Ek. Elias is from Sweden, but has lived in Taiwan for the past 25 years, where he runs his own company, Enspyre. Listen to find out about: Elias' first encounter in Chinese in Taiwan His first job in...

  
• 09.21.2015

  Learn Chinese Insights Podcast Episode 001: Joe Westerhof

  In this first episode of the new Learn Chinese Insights Podcast, I interview Joe Westerhof. Joe came to Taiwan 17+ years ago from Michigan, US. He initially began teaching English but now works in a trading company in Taichung, doing import...