Tim and Tobi speak to Xu Jiayi, also known as Zoe, who spent lockdown in Greece with Tobi as a Chinese student abroad, while Tim settled in to life as a Brit in the US when the pandemic closed the world's borders. Episode recorded 5.28.2021Edited by Isaiah Furrow

Locked down abroad: being Chinese when the borders closed.

<p>Tim and Tobi are brothers who grew up together in a house of impassioned debate. The secret to a good conversation seemed to be speaking to someone you disagree with, but whom you also happen to like quite a lot. They speak with friends who come from different places, chatting through abolishing the monarchy, being foreign while the coronavirus pandemic hit, being wrong about feminism and whether political centrism will get us all killed.</p>

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Tim and Tobi are brothers who grew up together in a house of impassioned debate. The secret to a good conversation seemed to be speaking to someone you disagree with, but whom you also happen to like quite a lot. They speak with friends who come from different places, chatting through abolishing the monarchy, being foreign while the coronavirus pandemic hit, being wrong about feminism and whether political centrism will get us all killed.

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