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Mandarin Monkey Podcast

Mandarin Monkey Podcast

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Chinese and English Language podcast. A mixed couple (Tom & Ula) living in Taiwan, teach Chinese through the use of Chinglish (Chinese and English) on a variety of topics. Learn Chinese, study methods, Entertainment, news, life, business, hints and tricks to learning Mandarin. Hear a native speaking naturally and at natural pace but with the English translation so you can follow the context of the conversation. Enjoy.

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  • The Final Episode | We Are Finally Saying Goodbye To The Podcast

    The Final Episode | We Are Finally Saying Goodbye To The Podcast
    Apr 1 2026
    We are finally saying goodbye to the podcast. We have been doing this since 2018! Made so many awesome friends along the way and had so much fun. But now its time we call it a day. We started with a microphone on a bedside table in our bedroom and ended up in a full studio, its been a long and arduous journey. We want to say thank you to everyone who made this possible. The community will continue! Every monkey worth their salt will still be on the front lines learning Mandarin. We love you all!

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    44 m
  • The Final Mailbag Episode 😢

    The Final Mailbag Episode 😢
    Mar 27 2026

    So this is it. The final mailbag episode. It was fun while it lasted.


    If you have any interesting stories or emails, email them in to:


    chat@mandarinmonkey.com


    and we will read them out.

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    48 m
  • We Tried Planning Lapland in Mandarin… It Got Expensive Fast | Ep 457

    We Tried Planning Lapland in Mandarin… It Got Expensive Fast | Ep 457
    Mar 25 2026

    We started planning a simple trip to Lapland…

    and somehow ended up booking reindeer rides, elf school, glass igloos, and possibly bankruptcy.


    In this episode, we talk (and argue) through planning a family trip to Lapland, what we actually want to do vs what we can afford, and how quickly “just a few activities” turns into chaos.


    Along the way, you’ll hear natural Mandarin and English conversation, real-life vocab, and how we actually think through decisions as a bilingual couple.


    Also in this episode:

    – Should podcasts feel like a conversation or a show?

    – Why talking to the audience vs each other changes everything

    – Christmas in Lapland… is anything even open?

    – The reality of planning travel with kids

    – Wholesome news (with Mandarin vocab you can actually use)


    If you’re learning Mandarin, this is how it really sounds in real life. No scripts. No slow talk. Just conversation.


    Key Mandarin you’ll hear:

    – 募款活動 (fundraising activity)

    – 太陽能板 (solar panels)

    – 星星 / 天文學家 (stars / astronomers)


    If you’ve ever been to Lapland, drop a comment.

    Tell us what’s actually worth doing… and what’s a waste of money.


    —


    Listen, learn, and just enjoy the chaos.


    New episodes every week.


    Follow for more real Mandarin.

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I studied Chinese about 10 years ago and have recently begun re-learning it. I'm quite busy though and it's hard to dedicate time daily lessons at this point, and I also want to make sure I'm going to stick with it before I commit financially to something like that. I had the idea to just try some immersion for free by listening to this podcast while I am doing non-meeting things at work, kind of in the background. After one day of listening to two podcasts, I woke up the next morning and began remembering all kinds of things I had forgotten from 10 years ago - it definitely is "sinking in" and tapping into the deeper parts of my mind.

Aside from that, it's quite entertaining most of the time, and I enjoy the way it goes back and forth from English to Chinese. I've slowly started to add a few other things into my learning, like the Drops app (5 free minutes of vocab every day), and the more I listen to the podcast the more I am wanting to do - the more I am inspired to continue learning.

If I could make one suggestion for the hosts, I would love if you could provide the website names (or a link somewhere on your website under "resources") for some of the things you all reference. You often talk about good resources to help people learn, but I have had a hard time finding some of those just by Googling - but I would like to find them! Just a thought...

While this podcast probably won't ever just teach you Chinese if you do nothing but listen to it, I think this is a wonderful supplement to other learning you are doing. I've also been doing a Paul Noble audio program through Audible and I was having a hard time remembering some of it when I was "away from" it. Now that I've started listening to this podcast daily, everything I'm learning is sticking better in my memory - I think of it way more often, and it's becoming more natural. And you WILL learn some things just by listening as well.

Thank you for hosting this podcast - I really enjoy it! If you're an English speaker wanting to immerse yourself in more Chinese language, this is a great, free way to do so.

This was just what I was looking for

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Helps my mandarin so much! I get the input I need from Ula and the context from Tom. Plus it’s fun.

Great show

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