Podcast
Culture Bites
Hosted by Adam Hutchings · EN
Exploring idioms, metaphors, aphorisms, famous lines, expressions, phrases, sayings, proverbs, and quotes. And ultimately the amorphous goop that is culture.
Background: After a while living in China, this began as a way to share the juiciest parts of English to Chinese students who were up to their neck in grammar and mundane lists of vocabulary.
To read the words and find more, a blog version can be found on WeChat. Search for Culture Bites.
Contact: ad.h@gmx.com
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Episodes
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In Conversation - Digital Nomad Tom
Jul 20, 202000:20:15Tap to summarizeI talk with Tom Emery, ESL teacher, about teaching English abroad and online, the tech changes which are affecting the industry, and the pros and cons of a ‘digital nomad’ life. Tom’s teacher page is here. https://www.italki.com/teacher/658229
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Top 6 | Spoilers
May 11, 202000:07:13Tap to summarizeWhen in China, I noticed a strange phenomenon - people making 5 minute summaries of movies, saying what happens from beginning to end, ruining the entire movie-watching experience. This is my revenge. *Don’t proceed if don’t like your movies spoiled - although these are all classics and if you haven’t already seen them, then where have you been anyway?*
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The Covid Diaries | For the Longest Time
Mar 24, 202000:16:21Tap to summarizeThe lockdown has begun, and Tom and I have taken desperate measures to keep up morale. Billy Joel, can you save us?
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Bigger than Jesus
Feb 6, 202000:09:16Tap to summarizeThe Beatles were pretty damn big. But what did John really mean with that Jesus remark? Culture Bites investigates.
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Remember Remember: Traitors and Heroes
Nov 12, 201900:15:27Tap to summarizeNovember is remembering season, but who do we remember best - our traitors or our heroes?
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Much Truth is Spoken in Jest
Oct 30, 201900:06:55Tap to summarizeWith contributions from the world of music, literature, movies and - ahem - stand-up comedy, it’s the wisest wise-cracks. A guide for the living.
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The Poisoned Chalice: a March Montage
Oct 21, 201900:22:51Tap to summarizeJess and I went on the march on Saturday to Parliament, banging on about getting a chance to stop Brexit. For those that missed the big day, here’s a 20-minute montage of the greatest hits.
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Midas Touch
Oct 10, 201900:06:54Tap to summarizeThe story of King Midas, and do we really take the lesson on board? (Er, no.)
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Kafkaesque
Sep 30, 201900:05:27Tap to summarizeI’m standing in a queue trying to fill in a form I can’t understand, waiting to see a man who isn’t here. And I look around, and we’re all doing this. A feeling of seasickness arrives, but I take a deep breath, and keep waiting. There’s only one word for it...
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The Peach and the Coconut
Sep 21, 201900:09:08Tap to summarizeBusiness culture gurus have decided that the world’s people can be plotted on a scale from peach to coconut. Is it helpful at all? And where do the British and the Chinese sit on this all-important axis?
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