About this episode
Yesterday
The joint degree reputation reversal
For years, Chinese-foreign cooperative programs were seen as backup options for students who missed their top choice universities. Inflated tuition fees only fueled the perception that families were buying degrees from easy schools. But attitudes are changing. These programs are ... Show More
24m 10s
Yesterday
New rules for China's "flying" doctors
For years, China's "Fei Dao" system let rural hospitals fly in top city surgeons for a few thousand yuan extra. It saved lives, but it was a legal gray zone. Now new rules mandate hospital-to-hospital payments and establish clear rules on who pays when things go wrong. Will these ... Show More
27m 55s
Jul 8
Do you need a 3D printer?
Chinese malls are rolling out something new: 3D printing stations that let anyone design and print a custom object in under ten minutes. It's easy to dismiss as a fun distraction, but there's a serious push to bring this technology into our homes. The real question isn't about ho ... Show More
24m 10s
Jul 2024
How To (Realistically) Romanticise Your Life
27m 34s
Jul 2024
the IT GIRL: the people's princess paradox
32m 26s
Jul 2024
the cringe of Trying
31m 10s
Jul 2024
is it OK to be bad at your hobby?
29m 51s
Jul 2024
The 'Short King' Controversy: Justice for Peeta?
27m 43s
Jul 2024
is she “wise” or just traumatised?
40m 2s
Jul 2024
anxiety & overthinking: PS, your friends don't hate you
24m 51s
Jul 2024
TikTok vs. The Tabloid: the persistence of self-loathing trends
<p><strong>THE SUMMER BONANZA BEGINS. podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on unrealistic and unattainable beauty standards, the evolution of mainstream media, and the normalised patriarchal language used about women's bodies. ✷</p><br><p>see more ✷ <a ... Show More
32m 34s
Oct 2024
off the record: life-changing advice, burnout, & bucket lists
54m 45s
Jul 2024
the intimacy of "comfort content"
<p><strong>THE SUMMER BONANZA BEGINS. podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on the complexities of parasocial dynamics, comfort influencers and content, stand up comedy, and youtube rabbit holes. ✷</p><br><p>see more ✷ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/@se ... Show More
23m 24s
For millions of commuters, the daily trek is a draining puzzle of schedules and traffic jams. Now China is weaving suburban rail, subways, bikes, and roads into a smarter transportation web across its megacities. If the slog shrinks, people might reclaim more than just minutes on the clock, and when cities begin to feel closer without anyone moving an inch, ... Show More
<p><strong>THE SUMMER BONANZA BEGINS. podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on negative biases, generational trauma, perspective, and privilege. ✷</p><br><p>see more ✷ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/@sephyandwing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blan ... Show More
<p><strong>THE SUMMER BONANZA BEGINS. podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on beauty standards, misogyny, social capital, currency, and exchanges of power. ✷</p><br><p>see more ✷ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/@sephyandwing" rel="noopener noreferrer" t ... Show More
<p><strong>THE SUMMER BONANZA BEGINS. podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on getting what you want, the embarrassment of desire, being 'too old' to start, passion, resourcefulness, and the 'higher fire'. ✷</p><br><p>see more ✷ <a href="http://www.youtu ... Show More
<p><strong>THE SUMMER BONANZA BEGINS. podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on productivity, perfectionism, hobbies and hustle culture, Maths GCSEs and academic trauma. ✷</p><br><p>see more ✷ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/@sephyandwing" rel="noopener n ... Show More
<p><strong>THE SUMMER BONANZA BEGINS. podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on stereotypes and romantic types, attraction, beauty standards, peeta mellark and zendaya. ✷</p><br><p>see more ✷ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/@sephyandwing" rel="noopener no ... Show More
<p><strong>THE SUMMER BONANZA BEGINS. podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on instinct and intuition, changing plans and rejection, heartbreak, trauma, and figuring it out. ✷</p><br><p>see more ✷ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/@sephyandwing" rel="noope ... Show More
<p><strong>THE SUMMER BONANZA BEGINS. podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on resenting your friends, overthinking at night, communication styles, and periods. ✷</p><br><p>see more ✷ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/@sephyandwing" rel="noopener noreferre ... Show More
<p><strong>podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on privilege and education, beauty product and life hack essentials, inspiration and muses, and night at the museum. ✷</p><br><p>see more ✷ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/@sephyandwing" rel="noopener nore ... Show More
