Real You Mandarin: The Podcast
Angela Lin
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S1E24 24. Going All In to Fit In ft. Sean Hsieh
Sean and Angela met in Japan at a local Japanese language school and got to know each other as classmates speaking only Japanese with each other up until recording this podcast episode together. Sean…
S1E23 23. Embracing Taiwanese-American Abroad
In celebration of my first Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month living outside of the U.S., I'm reflecting on my Taiwanese-American identity and how it's evolved since immigrating to…
S1E22 22. Chinese School Then vs. Now ft. Ada Tseng & Crystal Hsia
Many of us often joke about attending weekend Chinese School back in the day and still only graduating at the same Mandarin level as third graders in the motherland. However, for many ABCs/ABTs who…
S1E21 21. Finding Yourself On Sabbatical ft. Tong Zhang
Many of us were raised to believe that success in our careers is the most important thing we can strive for in our lives, so we chug along climbing that corporate ladder without a second thought.…
S1E20 20. Chinese POV on Psychedelic Therapy ft. Mei Yuan
We received such positive feedback and immense interest from all of you when we had Zhifei on recently for an episode discussing psychedelics, that we decided it was important to have a follow-up…
S1E19 19. Self-Growth Journey ft. Crystal Hsia
We're so incredibly proud to announce the release of our final course module "Self-Growth Journey" from our course Real You Mandarin: Self-Expression!We reflect on our own personal experiences with…
S1E18 18. Tokyo Disney Taught Me Gratitude
Who says growth always has to come through suffering?Out of all places, I recently learned to practice gratitude, appreciating the present moment, and going with the flow on a two-day solo trip to…
S1E17 17. Caring For Aging Parents ft. Crystal Hsia
For many of us in our 30s and beyond, while we've been finding out more about ourselves as adults, another aspect of getting older is coming to terms with the fact that our own parents are also…
S1E16 16. Talking Psychedelics in Mandarin ft. Zhifei Zhang (Xiaogua Chinese)
In a not often spoken about topic in Mandarin, we're joined again by Zhifei from Xiaogua Chinese, where we discuss our respective experiences with psychedelics.What started as a conversation broadly…
S1E15 15. Camping in Taiwan vs. in the West ft. Jane Liu
Frequent guest and Real You Mandarin: Beginnings partner teacher Jane Liu is back again, and this time to talk about one of her favorite pastimes... camping!We talk about how camping in Taiwan is…
S1E14 14. Immigrating to Asia As An Asian-American
I moved to Japan y'all! Sorry for the delay in episodes recently... it's been a lot prepping for this new major life chapter.In this solo episode, I reflect on the experience of deciding to immigrate…
S1E13 13. Multilingual Nomad Life ft. Zhifei Zhang (from Xiaogua Chinese)
Zhifei is the Creator of Xiaogua Chinese, popular Mandarin teaching platform that focuses on comprehensible input and practical/real life Mandarin. As a polyglot herself (speaks Mandarin, Cantonese,…
S1E12 12. Fertility & Parenting ft. Crystal Hsia
Whether you're already a parent or on your journey towards becoming one, this is one of the most in-demand topics we've heard from both existing students and our followers on social media.That's why…
S1E11 11. Building Community in the Midwest & Beyond ft. Kelly Mosa
Kelly Mosa is a Taiwanese content creator (recently naturalized US citizen!) who shares both funny and heartwarming content about her Taiwanese perspective on life in Minnesota and moments of levity…
S1E10 10. Interpersonal Relationships ft. Crystal Hsia
A lot of us have started finessing our communication skills in our 20s and 30s as we work through our own self-growth in the language we're most comfortable in - English. And yet, when we want to…
S1E9 09. AAPI Heritage Month From A Taiwanese Immigrant POV ft. Crystal Hsia
Does Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month mean much to first-generation Asian immigrants who immigrated to the U.S. as adults? We explore the concept of the Asian-American identity…
S1E8 08. New Self-Expression Course Launch ft. Crystal Hsia
In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, we're launching a brand new course called "Real You Mandarin: Self-Expression," made for American-Born Chinese (ABCs), American-Born Taiwanese (ABTs), and other…
S1E7 07. Cross-Cultural Relationships ft. Gene Hsu
Gene Hsu is a fellow American-Born Chinese (ABC) who had a previous career in cross-cultural communication & management, teaching non-Chinese individuals about Chinese culture, mentality, and…
S1E6 06. Third Culture Exploration ft. Isy
Meet Isy, a Hong Kong-based online Mandarin/English tutor and mother of two who appears on the surface to be the classic poster child for being a "third culture kid." She was born and raised in…
S1E5 05. Taboo Topics & Common Mistakes ABCs Make in Mandarin ft. Jane Liu
We're back with Angela's "Real You Mandarin: Beginnings" course co-creator and Taiwan-based Mandarin teacher, Jane Liu - this time, talking about taboo topics and common mistakes in Mandarin. We dive…
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Real You Mandarin: The Podcast has published 24 episodes since February 2025, covering topics in Education, Language Learning.
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