My guest today is Bianca Caruana . Bianca is a storyteller, podcast host, sustainability & equality advocate and writer at The Altruistic Traveller . Bianca and I had a serendipitous encounter in Aveiro (Thanks to Pieter Levels’ Nomadlist.com ), and we immediately clicked because we shared similar backgrounds and spiritual growth journeys. In this episode, we discussed... How to be a sustainable traveller and leverage your skillsets to travel around the world without costing a big fortune? W...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 12 min
My guest today is Antoine Dusséaux . Antoine is a legaltech entrepreneur based in London and co-founded Doctrine , the first legal information platform. He’s passionate about law, economics, geopolitics, and languages. In this episode, we discussed: How to describe 1729 and Network State to children to help them understand this progressive technical concept? What are the fundamental values that bonded the 1729 community? What 1729 community members in common? What's so special about El Salvador?...
Apr 02, 2022•1 hr 13 min
My guest today is Vicci . She is an experienced video producer and digital marketer and hosts a podcast Big Little Screens commenting about British/American TV shows to Chinese audiences. Vicci and I had a girl's chat and recorded this special episode while drinking a bottle of Italian wine and Japanese Umeshu. Cheers, and enjoy 😊 Why do many Chinese people born in the 1980s/90s have the American dream? Our first trip to English speaking counties — Australia and New Zealand. “When a man is tire...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 24 min
My guest today is David Senra . David is the host of podcast shows Founders . Every week, he reads a biography of an entrepreneur so listeners can learn the lessons from those greatest history and modern figures. In this episode, we discussed: What motivated David to start this niche show to share his learnings of biography and autobiography? How many founders were influenced by those who came before (e.g. Jobs influenced by Edwin Land, Bezos influenced by Sam Walton etc.)? And what’s so special...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 45 min
My guest today is Pieter Levels . Pieter is a serial founder of multiple products, such as NomadList.com , remoteOK.com and rebase.co . In this episode, we discussed: How did Pieter start his digital nomad life and create 12 startups in 12 months? The original story of the birth of Nomadlist.com What are the common traits of digital nomads based on the 2022 State of Digital Nomads that might surprise people? Why do people need to switch their stereotypes about remote working and adapt to the new...
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 7 min
My guest today is Tom Morgan . Tom is the Director of Communications & Content at The KCP Group and writes a newsletter called The Attention Span. Tom has spent the last 16 years on Wall Street in research and data sales and focuses on consuming content and tries to extract actionable insights for busy people. In this episode, we discussed: What’s a trend of modernist holism? What’s the global phase change? What’s Morphic Resonance? Do we have a solid explanation about coincidence and luck? ...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 1 min
My guest today is Will Mannon 马晓伟 . Will is the Course Director of Write of Passage and passionate about online education. In his free time, Will enjoys exploring language, literature, history, and philosophy. He lived in China for six months and is a comfortable Mandarin speaker. We discussed: The motivation behind learning Chinese and how to learn a foreign language in adult year The difference between the Chinese and American education system What's the uncommon fire that motivates you to kee...
Dec 18, 2021•56 min
Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast. My guest today is Xuan. Xuan's footprints covered from a small village in China to the capital city Beijing then moved to DC and NYC and now settled in LDN. She studied English lit, Linguistics and Philosophy at university, trained herself in programming, and currently works as a software engineer. We discussed: How does exchanging poetry every day help us find beauty and truth during a lockdown? The encounter of divided brain theor...
Dec 11, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Welcome to the special episode of the Chiwi Journal Podcast. I'm sitting with two artists in Aveiro, Portugal to record this episode. Hugo Branco , musician and artistic director of VIC // Aveiro Arts House Jorge Loura , musician and guitarist from Troll's Toy We share the behind-scene stories of the 1st Unclassifiable Music Festival of Aveiro and introduce the difficult labelled artists who will perform on 26th and 27th November at VAGA Festival! Come and join us if you can! We talked about: Po...
Nov 24, 2021•46 min
My guest today is Christin Chong. She is a neuroscientist at heart and enjoys investigating consciousness through the Buddhist lens. Christin's work history continues to evolve—from research in the lab to biotech marketing, to creating a delicious self-care tea for physical + mental health, to establish a community for accelerator compassion . In today's episode, we discussed: Our experience with Write of Passage Cohort 7 online writing course led by David Perell. What's it feel like to be the T...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 1 min
My guest today is Zach Caceres . He is an experienced software engineer and focuses on modern web technologies. He is interested in education and ##StartupCities and initiated a couple of cool projects in the relevant areas. In today's episode, we discussed: Zach's unschooling experiences at a young age and his way of learning. Why choose to go back to university later on? Hilarious stories on the arbitrary bureaucracy of our modern education What's the essence of education? Case study of innova...
Oct 31, 2021•57 min
My guest today is Bridget Romanes. She is the Founder of Mobile Relocation Ltd, helping Kiwis returning to work and live at homeland, assisting migrants and expats relocating to New Zealand, and offering a tailored program for businesses to recruit and retain international talent throughout Aotearoa. We discussed: From expat herself to founding the company to help expats, Bridget's cross-culture career journey The motivation behind starting a business solving talents relocation challenges. What ...
Oct 27, 2021•49 min
My guest today is Allison Wang. She is a founder of a yoga brand, Awake. She is currently living a digital nomad life and writing a blog, and running a podcast channel. Allison and I used to be online friends, but we finally met in Madeira and recorded this podcast sitting in front of the Atlantic Ocean. The sound quality might not be perfect, but you’ll be able to hear the sound of waves and feel the zen vibes while we were talking about meditation, self-realisation and love. We discussed: Our ...
Sep 21, 2021•58 min
My guest today is Jay Yow . Jay is a recording and mixing engineer and a gamer. He was born in Malaysia and immigrated to America in his adults year. Jay is currently the producer of one of my favourite podcasts James Altucher Show. We discussed: What's it like to be a bilingual writer producing two newsletters to two different audiences? How James Altucher adopted Jay and trained him to be his sound engineer? What are the top three lessons learnt from James Altucher Show that interviewed 700+ g...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr
Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast. I’m your host Camellia Yang. My guest today is Doug Antin . He is the Founder and Author of TSI Global Media, a company covering the Digital Age and how the current digital transformation creates a new class of people. Doug is also writing The Sovereign Individual Weekly Newsletter, providing insights, analysis, and actionable advice helping you become a Sovereign Individual and make the most of the digital transformation. We discus...
Sep 03, 2021•47 min
Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast . I’m your host Camellia Yang. My guest today is Royal Reed . Royal has 20 years of experience in the NZ legal profession. She is also well respected in the Chinese community as a TV and Radio presenter and for her legal education programs for the community. Her legal practice and excellent cross-cultural dispute resolution have received recognition in New Zealand and Greater China. We discussed: What’s it like of being a girl born i...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 7 min
My guest today is Richard Reis . He is the co-founder of Most Recommended Books , a voracious reader and a blogger. Richard also enjoys finance and building stuff. We discussed: Richard recently has done a three-month Zen Meditation retreat and shared his experience. What’s so unique about Zen Meditation compared with other meditation (e.g. mindfulness and TM)? Why should we focus on cultivating our intuition? What’s the motivation to build the Most Recommended Books? What’re the most recommende...
Aug 14, 2021•53 min
Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast . I’m your host Camellia Yang. My guest today is Nick Lee. He is a university instructor of Sociology and Humanities and Co-Host of the Revolution and Ideology program. We discussed: Nick’s combined background of finance, technology, sociology and phycology Brief introduction of the Revolution and Ideology podcast How do we judge whether a revolution is successful or not? What’s Cyber Anarchism? What’re the responses to Balaji’s Netw...
Aug 08, 2021•57 min
Kia ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast . I’m your host Camellia Yang. My guest today is Monica Tong. Monica was born in Nanjing, China, and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. She spent eight years in the finance industry in New Zealand and Australia before she turned to her passion for art and design. She studied and practised as a multi-media artist in Los Angeles and currently lives in London. We talked about: What's Chiwi (Chiwi Kiwi)? And What traits of Chiwi have? What...
Aug 02, 2021•52 min
Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast . I’m your host Camellia Yang. On the show, I interview global citizens who follow a unique path to build a better future and share stories and tips they learned along the way. Our conversations are focus on cultural observations, technology trends, career development and philosophy. My guest today is Jim. He is an experienced digital nomad and worked in consulting, strategy & marketing, agribusiness and education. Jim is a 1.5 g...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast . I’m your host Camellia Yang. On the show, I interview global citizens who follow a unique path to build a better future and share stories and tips they learned along the way. Our conversations are focus on cultural observations, technology trends, career development and philosophy. My guest today is Joel Burke. He is the partner at Tribe AI, MA Candidate at Georgetown’sGeorgetown’s International Business & Policy program. He le...
Jul 04, 2021•37 min
Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast. I’m your host Camellia Yang. On the show, I interview global citizens who follow a unique path to build a better future and share stories and tips they learned along the way. Our conversations are focus on cultural observations, technology trends, career development and philosophy. My guest today is Chance Taken . Chance is currently remote-working @ On Deck . He is also a co-founder @Chingu . We discussed: Chance's digital nomad li...
Jun 28, 2021•47 min
理想屯播客今天迎来了大结局！从2017年堵车无聊时突发奇想开通了这档聊天节目，到现在身居地球两地，这档节目已经走过了四个年头。主播们在成长，陪我们一路走来的你，又经历了哪些变化呢？本期播客并没有什么寻常，还是我和LJ@李谐说 的一次远程电话沟通，你将听到： - 从开始到现在，我们的录播客感悟 - 你想为世界留下点什么？你会选择永生吗？ - 对元宇宙的探索，物质世界 vs 虚拟世界；理性 vs 动物性 - Memes或者表情包会如何影响我们的文化？语言 vs memes - 印象最深刻的播客单集, 发现对方有了哪些变化？(好像大家还是最喜欢前任聊天的单集哈哈） - 聊点创作者经济和未来趋势 - 吐槽资本主义这打不死的小强 - “如果再也不能见到你，祝你早安，午安，晚安。” Twitter： @camelliayang 微博： @翊瑄Camellia 公众号： 理想屯 Website: https://www.camelliayang.com/...
Jun 01, 2021•51 min
有着「两日维新」的欧超联赛最近占据了国内外各大体育媒体的头版头条，本期节目球姐请来了两位文娱产业观察者，同时也是资深球迷的 @安若谷 @柏亚舟 老师，和大家分享一下我们对于现代足球改革的一些看法。 什么是欧超联赛？为什么豪门集体选择在此时推出欧超联赛？ 评析欧超涉及的利益相关方（国际足联、欧足联和英超等） 从产业角度、足球运动角度、和球迷身份角度分析欧超的核心争议在哪里？ 欧洲足球社区模式 vs 美国运动商业联盟模式 传统产业面临全球化和数字化冲击时，难免需要与时俱进做出改变 本土和海外球迷、球队本身和ZF官方对于欧超的反应和态度 英超诞生的历史背景，为什么相似的强强对决概念在当时能顺利通过？ 震惊足坛的「海塞尔球场」惨案对英国足球产生的影响 从欧冠的诞生过程，以及当年的G14，看当代足坛利益竞争的历史重演 你如何定义足球俱乐部？是属于球迷的胜地，还是金主眼中的赚钱机器？ 聊聊切尔西、阿森纳、曼联、曼城和利物浦背后的老板们 体育产业三大版块：赛事、平台和版权。赛事改变牵一发而动全身 两位阿森纳球迷对温格早年采访时预测未来的分析，以及吐槽克伦克 展望中国足球发展，以及中国球迷对于欧超的看...
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 14 min
本期节目请来了@新西兰冷百科孙小社 做客理想屯，和大家分享他在海外生活的经历，从社会学的角度探讨年轻人的内卷生活和生活变革，以及小社在新西兰的育儿经验。你将听到: 1. 全网通行的「孙小社」名称大起底 2. 当年新西兰留学圈熟知的「文聚合」的前世今生 3. 每个人都有「文艺时刻」，有没有一个平台和社区能让我们畅所欲言治愈孤独？ 4. 留学潮时代下诞生的「新西兰青年联合会」 5. 为什么当代年轻人总是被上一代吐槽说「你们不行」，背后的社会学原因是什么？ 6. 「邓巴数目」解释当今「社恐」的普遍存在性 7. 为什么我们既害怕孤独又害怕打破孤独主动交流 8. 因兴趣结缘的社交关系为何如此脆弱？ 9. 你会怀念当年热情的邻里文化吗？我们要社会效率还是要人情味？ 10. 小社对孩子的五项价值观培养：知宇宙之浩渺，知自然之繁盛，知生死之坦然，知科学之无垠，知历史之可鉴。 11. 让球姐目瞪口呆的「科学早恋」和「鸡娃」概念 12. 「直升机式家长」真的是开明的吗？孩子也需要理解父母的「降级焦虑」 13. 新西兰的毛利文化如何促进新西兰的民族融合性？ 14. 从「电梯问题」讲起，我们为什么应该对人类社...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 31 min
本期节目球姐请来了新西兰旅游局全球社交媒体负责人Joan Zhang，和大家聊聊她的留学和海外求职经历，你将听到： 1. 疫情下的新西兰如何通过社交媒体推动旅游 2. 你知道新西兰旅游局在Spotify出过专辑吗？全球第一家哟！ 3. 分享几个有意思的新西兰社交媒体营销活动 4. 两个从事社交媒体十几年的人因战胜算法沾沾自喜 5. Joan从欧洲到新西兰的留学移民之路分享 6. Joan非洲义工经历 7. 初来乍到新西兰时，我们遇到的文化冲击 8. 在新西兰找工作最重要的事情！ 9. 新西兰航空靠自黑本国口音，在圣诞营销中脱颖而出 10. 留学生们经常被问到的问题：请问你是哪里口音？你从哪里来？ 11. 如何看待亚裔和女性在职场上的身份问题 12. 浅谈如今火热的Creator Economy 13. 为什么社交媒体从业人士本身的粉丝都不多？ 14. 我们对海明威和伍尔夫选择自杀的好奇 嘉宾推荐阅读： - Anthony Bourdain旅游美食节目 - 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫作品 理想屯是一档聚焦海外文化和哲学思考的播客节目。主播们生活在英国和新西兰，通过一手生活体验和观察，展现留学生和...
Apr 05, 2021•42 min
【理想屯播客】本期节目球姐和LJ继续闲聊，你将听到： 1. LJ拍摄南极光之旅 2. 新富们纷纷逃离城市建自己的农场，数字革命之后的大城市还会那么有吸引力吗？ 3. 创作者经济了解一下呀 4. Sam Altman《万物摩尔定律》 ：人工智能取代机械劳动力后的社会什么样？ 5. 还记着软件游戏都是放在盒子里邮寄到家的日子吗？ 6. 现在很火的NTF会成为下一个风口吗？ 7. Elon Musk引领NTF套娃拍卖，后悔当年玩网游的我们怎么没靠卖皮肤和装备发家 8. 什么是真实？虚拟现实（VR）真的是虚假的吗？ 9. 人类社会的进步离不开好的故事 10. 一个幻化出80多个身份的作家：费尔南多·佩索阿《不安之书》 11. Enneagram Type人格测试，了解不同维度的自我 12. 你用身份和头衔定义自己，当有一天它们都离你而去，那你是谁呢？ 14. 斯多葛派的人生教义：人固有一死 15. 球姐自创的 Flowism 哲学，加会员吗？ 👋🏻 理想屯是一档聚焦海外文化和哲学思考的播客节目。主播们生活在英国和新西兰，通过一手生活体验和观察，展现留学生和新移民的生活，也会不定期邀请有海外...
Mar 23, 2021•55 min
本期节目球姐请来了在新西兰航空工作时的同事搭档后方Knight，和大家分享他的职场和创业经验，以及在疫情时期如何重整旗鼓走出阴霾的经历，你将听到： - Knight从留学生选专业到拿到新西兰国企公司offer的经历 - 如何把握先机从技术部门跳到市场部门实现职场飞跃？ - 回忆在老东家新西兰航空的点滴，缅怀疫情前抬头就有飞机看的时光 - 对区块链着迷时期曾从新西兰飞到美国西海岸疯狂参加meetups - 为什么选择创业？如何定义一位好的创业者？如何与联合创始人沟通共事？ - 如何建立人脉和维系关系网络？ - 运气在人生道路上扮演的角色 - 2020年疫情迎期间遭遇人生低谷时如何走出阴霾？ - 意识世界的奇妙之处 - 男人也应该有MeToo运动，那就是分享脆弱感，聚焦精神和心理健康 - 人生是学会做减法的过程，找到你享受的’苦难’ 👋🏻 理想屯是一档聚焦海外文化和哲学思考的播客节目。主播们生活在英国和新西兰，通过一手生活体验和观察，展现留学生和新移民的生活，也会不定期邀请有海外生活背景的嘉宾，和大家分享学术见解和海外求职创业经验。 Twitter： @camelliayang 微博：...
Mar 12, 2021•54 min
本期国际女人节特别节目，球姐和好朋友Ellen聊聊我们作为人类逃不出的焦虑和抑郁问题，从生理健康如何影响心理健康说起，最后谈到人生的意义，你将听到： 1. 什么是FOMO，为什么人们会有害怕错过的焦虑感？ 2. 焦虑和抑郁的两种表现形式：情绪问题和病理问题 3. 从《社交困境》纪录片谈起，我们的情绪问题应该都怪罪社交媒体吗？ 4. 儿童和青少年多动易怒和大脑前额叶皮质的关系 5. 如何通过改变生活方式来减轻焦虑？ 6. 你知道肠道健康也会影响情绪吗？营养精神学了解一下呀 7. 脑肠轴的发现带来治疗抑郁症的新方向 8. 肠道健康的四大重点：膳食纤维、OMG-3、微量元素和色氨酸 9. 癌症和压力的关系，以及乳糖不耐受需要注意事宜 10. 地中海式饮食国家的人民为什么天天好开心？ 11. 如何合理膳食保持健康抗衰老？ 12. 低中高强度运动和力量训练对于改善心情和大脑的影响 13. 通过正念饮食法和暴饮暴食说拜拜 14. 为什么不应该把追求幸福快乐当做人生目标？ 15. 有压力为什么也是一件好事儿？ 16. 人生的意义是什么？ 17. 双向情感障碍女孩的离世让我们想朗读米兰昆德拉和Lex ...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 58 min
Mental Models（心智/思维模型）是人类做决策的基本配方。如果你的意识是操作系统的话，思维模型就是apps，帮助你根据环境做出决策。本期节目球姐和LJ就来分享下我们经常使用的思维模型，你将听到： - 什么是思维模型？做决策时为什么需要思维模型？ - 芒格和巴菲特的投资之道 - 逆向思维模型：PR届祖师爷的香烟营销宣传 - 第一原则思维：这可不是埃隆·马斯克专利 - 奥卡姆剃刀和汉隆剃刀：如无必要，勿增实体；宁信其愚，不信其恶。 - 个人辩护思维：人们为什么喜欢双标？ - 系统和目标思维：玩一个无限的游戏吧 - 方向和速度思维：忙碌是借口，方向才是出口 - 不对称思考方式：多做低风险高回报的事情 - 游戏思维：一起来打怪升级吧 - 绝对所有权思维：现场翻车打脸为什么怪别人没用 - 每个人身上都有闪光点，三人行必有我师 - 环境决定论：不要用意志力去抗衡实现目标 - 二阶思维：好的用意往往导致坏的结果 - 找到人生底层意义来完善自己的思维模型 - 屁股决定脑袋，做一个理性思考的人有多难？ 推荐阅读 ： - 彼得·考夫曼 《穷查理宝典》 - 丹尼尔·卡尼曼 《思考，快与慢》 - 雷...
Feb 27, 2021•46 min
