The Bridge

This episode features popular Chinese radio host BeiBei, who shares her experiences in the United States and the changes that come with motherhood. John and Bei Bei discuss their own routes to radio along with the good and not-so-good aspects of capitalism. 

With John St. Augustine in Chicago and Zhou Heyang in Beijing, the conversation is wide ranging, from email/cellphone scams affecting citizens in both the USA and China, the ongoing challenge of food waste and how The Four Seasons means something very different to John and Heyang.

John Denver's hit song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is one of the most revered pieces of music in China, and millions of Chinese children learned English by singing the lyrics. Cimcie Nichols joins the show to talk about her father Roger, who was a legendary music producer and electronics pioneer, who traveled with Denver to both China and the USSR, and the impact both men made in the 1980s. 

Emmy award winning journalist and best-selling author Jenniffer Weigel is in the guest chair, talking with John and Heyang about the challenges of women working in the media, what impact the onslaught of news has on the human condition and the spiritual aspects of life in the 21st century.

In this launch show, internationally known journalist and documentary filmmaker Bill Kurtis, joins John St. Augustine and Zhou Heyang, for conversation around his travels to China, observations on differences in culture and how the Covid-19 response different between the two countries.