International Women's Day

100. Mimi on International Women’s Day

Is there a song or something for this? Either way, I am excited to be celebrating my 100th episode in conjunction with International Women’s Day What is feminism? An evil plot by females to take over the world? The use of dark magic to persecute all males who will not bend to the commands of the superior sex? Sounds absurd?

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Chinese New Year

97. Happy Chinese New Year of the Pig!

What does New Year mean to you? As I wrote in previous blogs, the New Year doesn’t start for me until Chinese New Year. Chinese, or Lunar New Year, is always filled with firecrackers, loud drums, kung fu, and lion dancing.

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Reflections on China Tour

89. Reflections on the 2018 China Tour

I already blogged about the China tour, but O and I sit down to chat in more depth about the experiences and events of the trip.  Listen on to hear about the adventures and what the trip meant to me.

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53. Chinese New Year Wrap Up

Happy New Year!  After a week of celebrations, I am exhausted and happy to be finished with most of our shows.  This year, we welcomed the Year of the Dog.  While most of Asia takes a week long vacation for the Lunar New Year, Wah Lum works over time.   Oscar and I sit down to discuss the ins and outs of Chinese New Year celebrations, Wah Lum Style.  We recorded this episode on Facebook LIVE, so we apologize if we are jumping around a bit in this episode.  We enjoyed interacting with our audience as we answered listener questions and reacted to comments that were being posted throughout the podcast.

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52. Happy Birthday-Anniversary to me

Hi Everyone!  It’s my 52nd episode of Culture Chat! I can’t believe it has been a year of podcasts.  Today, I am answering listener questions and will be joined with my occasional co-host Oscar Agramonte.  I am so grateful to all of you who have been tuning in each week THANK YOU so much.  I have enjoyed learning from all of my guests, but have also learned a lot about myself.  Although I still have a long way to go, I know that I am trying to become a much better listener.  Thank you to all of my guests who graciously shared their stories with me, and thanks again to all of you for listening.  Special gratitude love to those who have supported this podcast through Patreon and donations.  Thanks to all of you, I hope to bring you more interesting podcasts in 2018. If anyone else is interested in donating please visit my website www.culturechatpodcast.com

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