Newbie | Toilet Types

As one of Asia's premier shopping cities, Hong Kong has more than a few places to spend your hard-earned cash. No matter what it is you buy, your coworkers will undoubtedly be curious as to how much money you've spent on your most recent buying binge. Learn how to discuss such a ... Show More

Mid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated every year on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, is a celebration in honour of the moon, and sharing mooncakes is one of the hallmark traditions of this festival. Listen in to today's lesson to see what someone gets for a present on this ... Show More

What do you do when you're thrust into an office environment with little English and a multitude of tasks to complete? ChinesePod offers a solution with today's lesson on the wild world of office duties like photocopying, printing and calling cabs for your superiors. Learn how to ... Show More

Learn the language of going to the toilet. 

<p>In today's episode, Megan and Rachel discuss the differences between the traditional "Potty Training" method and the lesser-known "Toilet Learning" method. Rachel gives some helpful advice to Megan, who is in the thick of it as we speak!&nbsp;</p> 

<p>There&#39;s a little busybody in all of us. Now is your chance... all those questions you always wanted to ask but didn&#39;t have the guts to. In this podcast, get past your western conservative-ism and learn to be nosy with the best of &#39;em, in Mandarin. You&#39;ve gradua ... Show More

<p>Whether you&#39;re making tables or making babies, you&#39;ve come to the right place. Not for the faint of heart, this lesson teaches you all the Chinese vocabulary you&#39;re going to need to know to be able to ask for your hammer... or your scalpel. Listen in and find out w ... Show More

<p>People get competitive about the silliest things. In today&#39;s podcast, let&#39;s learn about how far mothers will go to make sure they give birth to a child well-versed in the Chinese classics, and well-fed on bird saliva. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1122</p> 

Episode 20, a Patreon exclusive, is all about toilets. We discuss Žižek’s three examples of toilets (the German, French, and Anglo thrones) that form an ideological tripartite, each demonstrating different ways of dealing with the excrement of the Real. We also talk the austeri ... Show More

<p>If the title of this lesson conjures up gory images of the tacky floral bedroom curtains so lovingly lent to you by your packrat landlord... or that cockroach you hammered to death last night, then it&#39;s time for a little day trip to this podcast. A Chinese lesson for the g ... Show More

For our first #justfatthings episode, we talk bathroom business — potty probs, menstruation mayhem, and more — featuring YOU the fatmily, plus a few friends of the pod and Fat Lib Expert Kivan Bay! Got a #justfatthing we should talk about next? Call in to our voicemail box at (21 ... Show More