A Book with Bubble Tea (波！） - Give you a different cultural perspective in parenting, business and life
It’s clear that different cultures have distinct styles of conveying information and different perspectives on things as well. At this show, I am going to share some fantastic books from East Asia that you might not have come across in mainstream English media or on your usual bookshelves. But trust me, they're worth your time because they're fascinating and inspirational!
Episodes
51 episodes
[Parenting] EP51 - Preparing Our Kids for a World We Don's Even Know: Navigating Uncertainty | 《Struggling to Raise Children: Globalization, Parental Anxieties and Unequal Childhoods》PART TWO
For first-generation immigrant parents, they often try to teach their children to avoid the mistakes they made and push them to choose a better future. However, they may not fully understand what the future holds for their kids in this new cult...
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Episode 51
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26:24
[Parenting] EP50 -Why Is Parenting So Tough? Unraveling the Modern Parental Doubts and Dilemmas | 《Struggling to Raise Children: Globalization, Parental Anxieties and Unequal Childhoods》PART ONE
Show Note Book Title in English: Struggling to Raise Children: Globalization, Parental Anxieties and Unequal Childhoods Book title in Traditional Chinese: 拚教養：全球化、親職焦慮與...
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Episode 50
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38:04
[East Asia This Week] EP47 - K-Drama Dilemma: The Struggle of Korean Actors and Actresses for Roles
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11:53
[Self-Growth]EP46 - What Do You Want to Do With Your Life? |《The World's Easiest Way to Help You Find the Things You Really Want to Do》by Jimpei Yagi
Have you ever felt lost not knowing what to do, or unsure about whether you are making the right decisions in life or not? But do you know the reason why you feel this way? It's not because you don't have the choice, but rather you have too man...
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Episode 46
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32:50
[East Aisa This Week] EP45 - Kavalan - One of the world's best whiskies
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Episode 45
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9:54
[Self-Growth] EP44 - Why inflammation may be responsible for your depression and other brain and mental diseases? |《The Inflamed Mind: A Radical New Approach to Depression》
Depression, a mental illness, troubles roughly 3.8% of the global population, and that number is on the rise. Surprisingly, the medical treatments currently available for depression are very limited and not always effective. Today's book offers...
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Episode 44
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19:25
[East Asia This Week]EP43 - Feeding the Future: Uber Eats robots are set to deliver your meals in Tokyo
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Episode 43
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5:43
[Self-Growth]EP42 - Three Things You Need to Know to Live Your Best at 40's and Beyond | 《What Successful People Only Do in Their 40's》 by Hisashi Ootsuka
As you approach 40, or if you're already in your 40s, do you feel more confident yet more busy and perhaps a bit loss......life, caught between work, parenting and caring for aging parents, has become more severe, and the future more bewi...
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20:06
[East Aisa This Week] EP41 - Best place to travel to in 2024 - Tainan
Tainan, a city in southern Taiwan, has recently garnered a lot of attention. After being featured by National Geographic as one of the 30 most exciting destinations to visit in 2024 last October, Tainan was again listed by CNN as one of the 24 ...
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Episode 41
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10:43
[Parenting] EP40 - Emotional stability. Why you need to develop the whole brain of your kid? |《The Whole-Brain Child Workbook》by Dr. Daniel J Siegel & Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
Kids are our precious assets, yet they can also be incredibly challenging to handle. If you, like me, struggle with managing your kids' tantrums, meltdowns, hitting and shouting, then join me today. In this episode, we're going to explore how w...
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25:51
[East Aisa This Week] EP39 - Group Strike! South Korean Doctors Collectively Resign
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Episode 39
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10:22
[Self-Growth] EP38 - How to obtain real happiness？ | 10 million copy sold!《The Courage to Be Disliked》by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
Ever wonder why the quest for happiness and change feels like an uphill battle? Today's episode might just hold the answer you've been seeking. Join us as we delve into the teachings of a book that has revolutionized the way over 3.5 mill...
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Episode 38
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25:29
[East Asia This Week] EP37 - Selling warm water is a good business!? Japan's warm water boom.
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Episode 37
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8:30
[Self-Growth] EP36 - Clarity in Chaos: Seeing the True Essence | 《The Underlying Logic》 by Liu, Ren [PART TWO]
Last week, we embarked on the journey of identifying the underlying logic. Today we are diving into the heart of exploring three fascinating underlying logics that the author has meticulously unveiled for us. But that's not all. We are also goi...
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27:45
[East Asia This Week] EP35 - The Most Powerful Passport in the World
The Henley Passport Index : Global Passport Ranking
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9:57
[Self-Growth] EP34 - Clarity in Chaos: Seeing the True Essence | 《The Underlying Logic》 by Liu, Ren [PART ONE]
During World War II, the quality of the US Air Force's parachute was 99.9%, meaning out of every 1000 jumps, one person would die due to the quality of the parachute. Despite the military's demands for improvements, manufacturers always had var...
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30:33
[East Aisa This Week] EP33 - Why Lunar New Year is not just Chinese New Year? How other Asian Countries Celebrate it.
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Episode 32
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15:30
[Self-Growth] EP32 - Why it's so hard to deal with your husbands? Husband's user-guide from a neuroscientist. | 《How to Use Your Husband Correctly》by Ihoko Kurokawa
This episode is for all wives who have ever wanted to throw their husbands out the door. They may seem harsh or never appear to understand our feelings. But hold on, because today's book will teach us why men think so differently from us, and w...
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Episode 32
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37:47
[Business] EP30 - The book successfully predicted my company's chaos and helped us eventually increase 2921% net profit | 《Confession of Self-Made Millionaires》 by Masanori Kanda
Last year, our company's year-over-year net profit increased by 2,921%. If there is one book that I believe contributed most to this transformation, it's the one I'm going to talk to you today. It's an easy-to-read business novel, but it unveil...
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Episode 30
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40:50
[Self-growth] EP28 “All I am doing is just to create a space” - Rethinking education, learning, and skills needed in the next 10 years from the lenses of a computer genius | 《My 99 Private Drawers and the Survival Mindset in the AI Era》by Andrey Tan
In Taiwan's politics, there is an atypical figure. She is a serial entrepreneur and civic hacker turned minister, with an IQ said to be 180, yet she didn't even graduate from junior high school. She is the first transgender minister in Taiwan's...
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Episode 28
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34:57