Mandarin Monkey Podcast

#183 - Susu Laoshi [UPPER INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED] | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

14 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with one of our new teachers SuSu Laoshi about growing up, learning languages, jumping in the deep end with learning something new, the emersi...

#182 - Mark Crilley | Part Two | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with published author, comic book creator, artist, teacher, Youtuber and linguist Mark Crilley for the long awaiting second part of our Taiwan...

#181 - Shu-Chien Laoshi | Mandarin Monkey Podcast | Chinese and English Language

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talks to new Mandarin Monkey teacher Shu-Chien. We discuss about learning Spanish in Taiwan (she speaks Spanish, English and Mandarin Chinese) and ...

#180 - The Weekly Shop Story | Intermediate | Mandarin Monkey Chinglish Podcast

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We walk you through a weekly shopping story and run through the vocabulary. We killed ten mosquitos so they won't be biting any of you in the near fut...

#179 - After Work | Intermediate | Mandarin Monkey Podcast | Chinglish Edutainment

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ula cried on a bridge and cries again in the podcast. Why? Because she loves Kairi so much and hates heights. Todays Mandarin Chinese story is based a...

#178 - Accommodation | Intermediate | Mandarin Monkey Podcast | Chinglish

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss privacy and the whole Facebook/WhatsApp's situation in this one, should we move to Signal or Discord?. Our story for today is about accommo...

#177 - Investing Story | Intermediate | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have a story about the stock market and investing today for all those who enjoy the business side of things. But we also find a very rude animal wh...

#176 - The Interview | Intermediate | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Todays story is about interviews. And todays chat is about keeping strong in a relationship. Also, Mason had 3 stitches after falling down the stairs!...

#175 - Common Cold Story | Upper Beginner | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We battle through this one whilst being ill. Vocabulary surrounding that and the doctors. The story also tells of the love between a boy and his fathe...

#174 - Chris Lonsdale | How to Learn a Language | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We speak to Chris Lonsdale a New Zealand psychologist, linguist, educator and author about his methods for learning a language in six months. We discu...

#173 - The Circus | Upper Beginner | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This strange story is about the Circus. We cover some mandarin vocabulary revolving around fear and we discuss whether or not you can separate the art...

#172 - Monster Story | Intermediate | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have an intermediate Monster story for you in this one given and created by our very our Hangouteers over this weekends hangouts. The first XX minu...

#171 - Managing Money & Chatting with Kairi | Intermediate Story & Vocab | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode has an intermediate/upper intermediate money based story and vocabulary section. Also we interview Kairi. Mandarin Chinese and English ar...

#170 - New Format | Chinglish Podcast | Mandarin Monkey

28 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's a new format for our podcast we are trying something new! 15 minute-ish of chat, Storytime, vocabulary breakdown and examples followed by more ch...

#169 - Double Entendre 雙關語 | Chinglish | Mandarin Monkey Podcast | Learn Chinese

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss euphemisms/雙關語/Shuāngguān yǔ in this one for probably longer than we should have. There are so many things that can mean genitals ...

#168 - The Final Conflict | Chinese & English | Chinglish Podcast

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is it. 168! We did it! We talk about conflict and how to use it in Mandarin. Then Ula reads the book of Awesome and we discuss life's little wins...

#167 - Chatting with Margret Chang | Multilingual Parenting | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We speak with multilingual Doctor, long time friend, supporter and student of Mandarin Monkey Margret Chang. We discuss her being taught Mandarin in T...

#166 - Maipian & Dongli | Mandarin Monkey Podcast | Chinglish

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We say some big Thanks yous. Our daughter said F*&k and we talk about making mistakes. Today we are Maipian and dongli. Also Happy BIRTHDAY TO DARIAN!...

#165 - Chatting with Mark Crilley | Living In Taiwan | Chinese and English Podcast | Part 1

05 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We speak with famed author, illustrator, comic book creator, linguist, instructional YouTuber and all round nice guy Mark Crilley about his time spent...

#164 - Risk & Reward | Mandarin & English | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Is it ok to just do ok? Fascinating child like learning of multiple languages simultaneously. How would intense, painful Chinese conversation help me ...

#163 - Thanksgivings | Chinese & English | Mandarin Monkey Podcast | Edutainment

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

50 things we are grateful for! Today is Thanksgiving for our American friends. Happy Thanksgiving to you all! We love the idea of being grateful for w...

#162 - Tong If You Touch It | Chinglish | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Education, language acquisition, motivations, life goals, Taiwanese tests, scars, kids and a school that teaches you lots about nature and not so much...

#161 - Two Faced Weather | Chinglish | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We have a good chit-chat in this one. Ula woke up an hour before and was full of energy. Also a daily routine video we just released. My audio adverts...

#160 - So, We Had A Baby | Chinese & English language | Mandarin Monkey Podcast | Chinglish

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

So, we went right ahead and had another baby. Added number three to the gang. This was our experience. As usual, Ula speaks 95% Chinese in this episod...

#159 - Chatting with Ryan Li | Serial Entrepreneur & Language Lover | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We speak to Ryan Li, owner of several companies around the world and organiser of the Language Garden which we have spoken about several times on the ...

#158 - The King Of Westerfield | Chinglish Podcast | Chinese & English Edutainment

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss why children learn so quickly. What helps to help you remember Chinese words. Using context, visual and audio connections to bolster your l...

#157 - Speaking with Linda Yi | Panda Cub Stories | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We speak to Linda Yi, owner of Panda Cub Stories, an art & comic book creator who teaches Chinese in an interesting way.Linda's websitehttps://www.pan...

#156 - His Show Shoes | Chinglish Podcast | Chinese and English Learning

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What mistakes do we make all the time? What do we do to correct it? What does it take to get it right? Who's shoes are they? What's the meaning of it ...

#155 - A Blood Fandango | Chinese & English Podcast | Chinglish

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tom gets his results! Eosinophilic Enteritis. Seeing the annoying doctor again. We discuss playing Minecraft as a learning tool and figuring out a new...

#154 - The Devils Children | Mandarin Monkey Podcast | Chinese & English

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We continue our discussion on the best morning routines. We discuss the death of the family dog popo. The devils playthings and lots of other wholesom...

#153 - Morning Routine | Chinese & English | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the best morning routine in the one. After having a great hangout session with our patrons we were asked what our morning routine was. Than...

#152 - Chatting with Grace Guo (YouTuber) | Chinese & English | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

11 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to YouTuber Grace Guo about her Chinese learning channel, about how she learns English and some of her tips and tricks. Also a little about he...

#151 -No Passion, No Point | Chinese & English | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

09 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Relationship goals: 1) Love 2) Passion 3) Communication. We talk about Taiwanese and Ula teaches Tom some. We speak about teaching Taiwanese while usi...

#150 - Bernard The Butler | Chinese & English | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The final encounter with the mouse, butlers, putting children in danger and about communication in multiple languages. We use both Chinese in English ...

#149 - Doctor Nips | Chinese & English | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

02 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We go deep on our argument with the doctor. Frustrations with the medical system in Taiwan AND then move onto about 40 Mandarin words. New Chinese wor...

#148 - A rare case of the whipples | Chinese & English | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Doctors in Taiwan, Tom's upcoming small intestine check and Ama getting attacked in the park!If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least...

#147 - 1% Everyday Makes a Difference | Chinese & English Podcast | Mandarin Monkey

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How long should you study Mandarin each day? Do you need to swat 6 hours a day in HSK books or Chinese text books? Can you do it once a week? Or twice...

#146 - Plucking that Twang | Chinese & English | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss neurons, twangs, dongs, dengs, anpais, gongyus and a bunch of other stuff. Also closing off your mind to all the stresses of life and tryin...

#145 - Awkward Bloodmoon | Chinese & English | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

18 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Awkwardness, Zombies and bloodmoons, going back to university. Baking cakes and engineering. Another classic.If you enjoy what we do, we have been hel...

#144 - That's A Handsome Cow | Mandarin Monkey Podcast | Chinglish

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss handsome cows, good looking dogs and pets in general. We exchange stories of dog bites, broken bones and memories. All in Chinese and Engli...

#143 - Bloody Hard Work | Chinglish Podcast | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

11 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the hard work it took to reach some of our goals versus luck and what role that plays in starting or changing something. We talk life and k...

#142 - Consistancy & Grit | Chinglish Podcast| Mandarin Monkey Podcast

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the true grit and determination you need to learn and being fascinated by peoples struggles and how they overcome adversity. In particular ...

#141 - The Chinese Alphabet | Chinglish Podcast

04 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We go through an A-Z of Chinese words on the spot, we discuss the future and the past and we do some more of the book. Also there are smatterings of r...

#140 - Tóngyì, Fēijī and Gānbēi | Chinglish Podcast

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A bit of a waffle, coupons, massage, Mcdonalds, money, brain internet and more. All in beautifully crafted Chinese and English for your listening plea...

#139 - How I learned Chinese & Skritter | Feat. Jake Gill

28 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We speak with CEO of Chinese reading/writing and learning app Skritter today about how he learned Chinese, being CEO of Skritter and some smatterings ...

#138 - Qu Yinguo | Chinglish Podcast | Mandarin Monkey

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are back from England.If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us....

Special Update From a Pond | Chinglish podcast

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mandarin Monkey sitting with ducks, giving you an update all the way from the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#137 - DaSheTou & DaYanJing | Mandarin Monkey Podcast | England Trip Troubles

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the upcoming England trip and visa. We go through the cost of quarantine in Taiwan and the time we have to spend away from our children. We...

#136 - Tang Xiǎngxiàng & Tang Xiǎoxīn | Chinglish Podcast

07 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A bunch more words in this one. Also the battle of the mouse, working in Taiwan and some cultural convos abound.If you enjoy what we do, we have been ...

#135 - Long Tian Shi & Lan Yang Yang | Chinglish Podcast

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We run through a load of Chinese words and examples with our 3rd book, Mnemonics E3. Hold on for 15 minutes or so while we get into it and then its la...

#134 - Shuang Yu & Hua Mulan | Chinglish Podcast | Mandarin Monkey

31 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shuang Yu and Hua Mulan are on the menu for today's discussion. We digress a wee bit into ABCs, ABT, EBTs, EBCs and Nationality. We also talk about ra...

#133 - Xizizi & Xiaohehe | Chinlgish Podcast

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Xizizi and Xiaohehe welcome you to mandarin monkey chinglish podcast episode 133. We discuss simplified and traditional characters and some history. W...

#132 - Suoxie, Wuli de & Xinbuzaiyan de | Chinglish Podcast

24 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Suoxie, Wuli de & Xinbuzaiyan de are words we talk and tell stories about. We talk about communicating with your kids bilingually. We discuss the mean...

#131 - Yong Tai Yu Jiao Zhongwen | Feat. Amy Laoshi

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Amy teaches an English speaking student Chinese using Taiwanese. What!?! Amy Laoshi is in this one and we discuss a great deal about Taiwanese and lan...

#130 - Monkey & Ox, Leo & Libra | Chinglish Podcast

17 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss horoscopes and Chinese zodiac readings. We also discuss children and when we tend to tend to ours and their language learning. Tom reads Ul...

#129 - Is Freedom Real or Nah?

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss some very generous Patrons! Cough* Cris & Cough* Cara. And then we dive deep into the meaning of life. It gets a little deep. :D enjoy. If ...

#128 - Back To England! | Chinglish Podcast | Mandarin Monkey

10 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We bought the tickets, and have a $500 t-shirt. It's a catch up episode as we missed the Monday recording due to unforeseen circumstances.If you enjoy...

#127 - lin ju, wan ju, jia ju, shenme ju | Chinglish Podcast

03 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patreon and consider supporting us. Or you are completely fr...

#126 - How I Learn Chinese | Feat. Shawn | Chinglish Podcast

27 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shawn is our guest on this one. Learning Mandarin for 2 years. Inspirational gentleman. Answers the ten podcast questions on how he learns Chinese. Pa...

#125 - Teleporting Penguins | Chinglish Podcast

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Teleporting Penguins that's all you need to know! Thanks to Hannah and Jessica for supporting us on Patreon. And Shawn for donating randomly!Patreon -...

#124 - Watermelon or Grapefruit Head | Chinglish Podcast

19 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Would you rather have a head the size of a watermelon or the size of a grapefruit? These are the deep questions we delve in in this one. Along with so...

#123 - A Duck Sized Horse | Chinglish Podcast | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Leg length fingers or finger length legs. These are the important questions we are asking in this episode. join us!If you enjoy what we do, we have be...

#122 - Long Island Iced Me | Chinglish Podcast

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Watermelon, Iced Tea, Life is a simulation, Consciousness. You will get it all in this episode. Although, it does take us a little while to warm up. W...

#121 - The WhisperCast | Chinese Culture | Chinglish Podcast

05 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is the WhisperCast episode we talked about doing! We whisper the whole time. Don't listen to this while operation heavy machinery or driving! Thi...

#120 - How I Learn Chinese | feat. Ija | Chinglish Podcast

03 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we speak with our friend Ija who tells us how she learns Chinese. Some great questions, some great answers, good fun all round.If you ...

#119 - Slap me with a Word Fish

29 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast we discuss that weird feeling you get when you worry, we talk about the best ways to remember words and becoming fluent in a language....

#118 - The Play Along Quiz | Chinglish Podcast

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We play a 30 question quiz with you this week. We test Ula's depth of general knowledge and we talk about why the Eiffel tower might be 70km tall. All...

#117 - Josh From Transition (對不起) | Special Guest | Chinglish Podcast

22 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John from the band Transition joined us today! Not only a very talented musician but a linguist and a lovely person taboot. We discuss how the band fo...

#116 - Blue Bees | Chinglish Podcast | MANDARIN MONKEY PODCAST

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the life and times of blue bees, but also discuss parenting, we discuss changing a movies character perspective, blue bees in Florida, visi...

#115 - Breakup & Makeup | Chinglish Podcast

15 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Makeup vocabulary and a whole other kettle of fish you will want to wrap your ears around. We talk about culture, Korean, Japanese, our new friend Ann...

#114 - Code Burger | Chinglish Podcast

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Darian is on this one. As we are making an app we talk about coding words and development words. We put Ulas knowledge to the test. Ula speaks Chinese...

#113 - Acting Lessons

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this one we give Ula some acting lessons and discuss the differences between film acting and theater acting. We talk about the ins and outs of emot...

#112 - Vocab, After Life and Scary Boos

01 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this one we grab some vocab from our bingo tin and discuss a few new words. We also talk about Ricky Gervais's After Life and take a emotional inte...

#111 - Stop Lying! | Mandarin Chinese and English Podcast

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this extravaganza we discuss a lot f things including how to try and stop lying children and painting our walls green. Also we touch on vocab and g...

#110 - It Was Just One Game! | Chinese and English Podcast

26 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we do a few more Mandaboos for you. We are growing strawberries and mint. We play Uno once. Lots of colours and numbers. The Flash on ...

#109 - Call The Happy Phone

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this amazing episode we call the happy phone a number of times and get shot with idea arrows. We play the music game which brings a lot of laughs a...

#108 - Chinglish and Chinese Listening Games

17 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss our upcoming app and new videos Mandaboo. We also play a few listening games and give you a live version of Mandaboo for your guessing plea...

#107 - Special Guest Darian 2

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Darian is our special guest today. We also find out what side of the force we all are which was surprising. We discuss life in general, responsibility...

#106 - New Stuff! Music Game & Mandaboo Vids

10 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We finally upgraded some of our equipment which means we now have a soundboard and a couple of better mics. Yes! But also we discuss listening practic...

#105 - Stories & Questions | Mandarin Chinese Podcast

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tom asks a lot of questions about Ula's use of words and structures. Should be helpful for anyone wondering. If you would like us to do more questioni...

#104 - Weilai & Weiqu

03 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A vast ranges of topics in this one including future, past, the name we shall not mention, kids, the questions why, politics, China and Taiwan etc. If...

#104 - Weilai and Weiqu

03 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A vast range of topics in this one and also a cheeky quiz at the end.If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a loo...

#103 - Taking the Quiz

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we quiz each other to find out what kinds of things we would be. Confused? listen in.If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or ...

#102 - Ula Cries

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ula cries, real tears in this one. And Tom says YES a number of times.Our Partner OCT - Mandarin Testing & Certificationhttps://www.octtest.org/app/af...

#101 - Ready Player Tom

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we talk about virtual worlds and discuss a drawing Mandarin picture game we play with our Hangouteers.Our Partner OCT - Mandarin Testi...

#100 - The Gum Tried To Kill Us

22 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we try and get 4- pieces of gum in our mouth while answering live stream questions! It's a tough ask but was lots of fun.If you enjoy ...

#99 - We Wanted To Talk About Himalayan Salt | Mandarin Monkey podcast

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode centers solely around wanting to talk about Himalayan Rock Salt but never actually being able to do it because we get too distracted by o...

#98 - COVID-19 | Mandarin Monkey Podcast | Chinese & English

13 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

So, we discuss a great deal about the COVID-19 Corona-virus and its impact on everything world over. In Mandarin and English. It's a passionate one.If...

#97 - Most Expensive Everyday Items | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

06 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we go off on one about lavender and our troublesome son. We talk about the ten most expensive everyday items and about our new partner...

#96 - The God Translator and Eyebrows Too High

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we discuss the role of the God Translator, our next silent movie which is coming up and we learn a little Taiwanese. We talk about our...

#95 - Quality of Life

28 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This one enters the deep realm again when we discuss a TED Talk that Ula watched last night before bed. We also talk about the Mandarin word for quali...

#94 - 10 Weirdest Foods & Taipei Trip Zombies

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We went to Taipei recently to try and finish off another step in the process of getting Ula her UK visa. We also talk a bout the top ten weirdest food...

#93 - Top Ten Countries to Visit & Small Talk

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss a bunch of topics in this one. Including rich and poor and our own definition of that. Very expensive clothes and bags. Our travels to Taip...

#92 - Tell Us What We Should Do For 100!

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shout out to listeners who are Swift Developers who can help us with some burning questions and also to Mandarin students who wants to pump up their s...

#91 - My Updating Face

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about some very nice comments on YouTube. We delve into the new scheduling system we have acquired and to make your booking of the FREE lesson...

#90 - Living Like Mushrooms

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Most foreign teachers who live in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China are staying indoor to keep away from the Corona Virus and stay safe. We wish all the peo...

#89 - Phobias

07 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we discuss the top ten fears in the world including some of our own. We discuss the Mandarin Monkey podcast evolution and our and your...

#88 - 29 Things To Do At Home While Hiding From A Virus

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we discuss being at home due to the corona-virus and the progress of our free lessons offer. We then move into 29 things to do at home...

#87 - Motivation, Virus's & Shower Thoughts

31 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

IN this episode after the short break we discuss the Chinese New Year, the Coronavirus and an update on that, our new friends on Patreon, Kobe, motiva...

January Update - Get The Answers

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hi everyone this is not a podcast episode but a little update on where we have been for the last several days and why you haven't heard from us during...