The Bridge

Super Producer Cimcie checks in and the conversation goes right to food (doughnuts specifically) and then BeiBei branches off to Chinese medicine, allergies and John reminisces about how going out for dinner was such a big deal when he was a kid. Another great conversation between friends, thousands of miles apart, all meeting at the middle of The Bridge.

Heyang is back from her nearly three-week assignment to Tibet, and shares the highlights of her journey with John, who mixes in some Michael Jackson, YoYo Ma & Coco, Rolling Stones & Andrew Gold. The Bridge-bringing the world together, one song at a time.

Right out of the gate, John & Liu Yan are engaged in a serious game of connect-the-dots, that includes "The Walk" John took many years ago, to his time working with Oprah Winfrey (that trips a memory Liu Yan has when he used Oprah's name to help him get to the USA). This episode is 55-minute lesson that the power synchronicity can play in our lives, if we pay attention.

An early start for John in Chicago, as Liu Yan's day is ending in China, and the conversation runs the gamut from the remarkable technology that allows them to talk, to the early morning full moon that illuminated John's studio, to a deeper discussion on the purpose of The Bridge, and the importance staying true to your calling, no matter what it is.

The show starts with John talking with BeiBei about the difficulty he had in deleting all the hundreds of files from previous Bridge episodes, not from a technical perspective, but from an emotional standpoint, and the feeling that even though all the shows are saved on a common server, there is something about deleting audio that goes against the grain of radio production. Switching gears, BeiBei shares some of the upcoming changes in China, when it comes to the concept of "Common Prosperity" and nations that are all connected in the world economy.

Dr. Wallace "J" Nichols has been called a “Keeper of the Sea" by GQ Magazine, “a visionary" by Outside Magazine, a "water warrior" by AQUATICS International, a "friend of the sea" by Experience Life Magazine, and "the godfather of water" by Irish Life and Santa Cruz Waves Magazine. He is an innovative, silo-busting, entrepreneurial scientist, movement maker, renown marine biologist, voracious Earth and idea explorer, wild water advocate, bestselling author, sought after lecturer, and a fun-loving dad. He also likes turtles (a lot). Dr. Nichols joins John & BeiBei to share his ideas, concepts and the many ways we can stay connected to the waters of the world, no matter where we live.

Fall has started in Beijing. BeiBei's allergies have kicked into overdrive and she's back at her Chinese herbalist looking for relief.  John shares his allergy experiences, including having to cancel a date when he was 16 years old, which somehow leads to a conversation about the Old Farmer's Almanac. Then it's back to 1969 as John drops the needle on "Sugar, Sugar" from the cartoon group "The Archie's" that BeiBei has never heard of, and the talk continues on to Bugs Bunny and BeiBei shares how her favorite cartoons have shaped the way she sees life.

Super Producer Cimcie is a California girl, and the conversation quickly turns to the heat and wildfires that have always been a part of living in The Golden State and BeiBei shares her thoughts about the winter weather that's forthcoming in Beijing. John's fascinated that weather has become such a big business, with channels dedicated to reporting weather 24/7 from around the world. Shifting gears, BeiBei is interested in how John & Cimcie view their own personal history growing up in America.

With Heyang still on assignment, John digs back into the Music Monday archives, and has produced a "Best of" show with music and more from Heidi Newfield, Seth King, Steve Dorff, Graham Russell from Air Supply, Mark Johnson of Playing For Change, David Stoddard and KT Tunstall. The Bridge-bringing the world together, one song at a time.

Super Producer Cimcie joins John & Liu Yan for a wide ranging, off the wall, upside down and right-side up conversation that runs the gamut from the placebo effect to how each of us eventually turn into our parents to John's time in prison (as a speaker, not inmate) and finally the wave of admirers who have flocked to "Ling" an AI image that has over 130,000 followers on Weibo, to which John attempts to make a parallel to blow-up dolls, and the man who has a dozen different vinyl gals at his beck and call.