Talks to Yao Yao

Season 1 Finale: Wrap Up 03.07.2025 6:36 ↓

Sorry for the long break we had in June, and hope everyone will have a great summer time! Talks to Yao Yao Season 2 will come back after the summer!

Pets 27.05.2025 39:58 ↓

Today we are talking about our experiences with pets.

Monkey King 4: the Sponsor of the Journey to the West 20.05.2025 50:34 ↓

Monkey King served as the disciple and personal guard of the monk, Tang Sanzang, securing his path to the West. Still, the journey to the west is a long trip, costing lots of time and money. Who is the sponsor of this trip? Today we are talking about the sponsor, the emperor, and why he sponsored this trip in this story.

Moms Talk 6: Long-term Physical Changes of Motherhood 13.05.2025 38:24 ↓

Happy Mother's Day!

Moms Talk 5: Physical Changes during the Postpartum Period 06.05.2025 49:05 ↓

Many physical changes during the postpartum period.

Moms Talk 4: Physical Changes during Delivery of The First Child 29.04.2025 49:53 ↓

We are back to the Moms Talk series!

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade! 22.04.2025 11:35 ↓

American idioms and a Chinese story.

Confucius 15.04.2025 3:29 ↓

The simplest and greatest philosophy from Confucius.

Moms Talk 3: Changes during Pregnancy 08.04.2025 1:23:28 ↓

Biggest lesson learned from pregnancy: keep minimal exposure to social media.

Personal Experience with Robinhood 01.04.2025 32:00 ↓

Disclaimer: Not financial advice, purely personal experiences.

Games and Toys 25.03.2025 32:08 ↓

We are expanding the story from our first episode Fox Lady. In this episode, we are talking about the games and toys we played when we were kids.

Jax's Immigration Story 18.03.2025 50:12 ↓

How a Chinese immigrated to the US. Maybe disappointingly boring to the audience.

Study Hard - Stories that didn't age well 11.03.2025 17:53 ↓

Stories about how ancient Chinese people study hard, a bit extreme.

Monkey King 3: Immigrant 04.03.2025 50:10 ↓

Stories about Monkey King and immigrant.

Moms Talk 2: Working Moms (STEM Edition) 25.02.2025 44:40 ↓

Today we are talking about the challenges of being a mom and working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at the same time with our guest. Working women in STEM often have to worry about when to have a baby and what to sacrifice to have a baby.

Bonus episode: Lady White Permanently Imprisoned Under Leifeng Pagoda 18.02.2025 1:56:33 ↓

As we promised, we translated the version of Snake Lady story published in 1624 into English, and Amna is reading it here to Yao Yao and our audience.

Snake Lady 15.02.2025 38:24 ↓

Happy Lunar New Year! Happy Chinese New Year (of Snake)! And Happy Spring Festival! Today, we are talking about the story of Lady White, the Snake Lady from Chinese fantasy story. Also, we are talking about a somewhat funny story that ChatGPT seems to be cheating while helping us prepare the summary of this story.

Moms Talk (our first guest host) 08.02.2025 50:03 ↓

We have our first guest host joining us to talk about the experiences as new mom.

The unexpected experiences of pregnancy, delivery and parenting (5 month update) 05.02.2025 57:26 ↓

Amna was interviewed to talk about her unexpected experiences of pregnancy, delivery and parenting Yao Yao.

Tao Zhu Gong 01.02.2025 1:10:14 ↓

The story of a rich Chinese businessman, Tao Zhu Gong.

How much we spent on monthly subscriptions 25.01.2025 18:42 ↓

We decided to take a look at our monthly subscription bills. After seeing the final number, we hope it won't make us bankrupt.

Monkey King 2: How the stone monkey became the monkey king 18.01.2025 25:24 ↓

How did the stone monkey become the monkey king? Curiosity, bravery, luck and the honesty from his fellow monkeys.

Monkey King 1 12.01.2025 43:34 ↓

This is our first episode about the story of the Monkey King. We are talking about the origin of Journey to the West-Monke King story, a summary of the storylines, and how this story is interpreted in the context of modern day work environment.

Why we are doing this podcast 05.01.2025 29:06 ↓

Why are we doing this podcast? We wanted to share the lessons we learned in life and cultures we were growing up in with our son Yao Yao. Also, we reflect on what we think about the first episode.

Fox Lady 02.01.2025 25:54 ↓

Stories about distractions in life, fox lady from ancient China, anime from modern entertainment industry, or games (old and new). We are talking about these stories.