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EP#01 Mandarin Podcast For ABCs By An ABC 
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Meet your American-Born Taiwanese (ABT) host, Angela Lin. In this podcast premiere episode, Angela uses Mandarin to explain what you can...

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EP#02 U.S. Culture Shocks As A Taiwanese Immigrant ft. Crystal Hsia


Los Angeles-based Crystal Hsia, a Taiwanese born and raised Mandarin teacher, joins us as our first guest on the podcast!

In this episode,...

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EP#03 Reverse Culture Shocks As A Taiwanese Immigrant ft. Crystal Hsia


Crystal Hsia (an LA-based Taiwanese born and raised Mandarin teacher) joins us again to cover the second half of our conversation around...

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EP#04 Dating Culture in Taiwan vs. the US ft. Jane Liu


In this episode, we're joined by Angela's "Real You Mandarin: Beginnings" course co-creator and Taiwan-based Mandarin teacher, Jane Liu....

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EP#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,...

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EP#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...

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EP#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...

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EP#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," in collaboration...

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EP#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...

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EP#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...

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