Snake Tea Podcast 2: Electric Station (7/19/15)
Hoihoi-san endorsed. (English Edition) 1:19:48 – This week’s topics: the need for perfectionism, introversion draining vs getting used to talking, plastic model construction, Ichigeki Sacchu!...
View ArticleSnake Tea Podcast 3: Dancing in the Station (7/21/15)
No perversion intended. (English Edition) Thanks for the kind comments on the last episode! 1:15:27 – This week’s topics: dancing at the station, safety in the Northern Suburbs vs Cabramatta, voice...
View ArticleSnake Tea Podcast 4: A Cappella Asian (7/26/15)
Scatterbrained, with singing. (English Edition) 1:10:13 – This week’s topics: volunteer work for SMASH!, what Frank said on The Overnightscape, Polly Pockets, Black Star Pastry, Red Rooster and...
View ArticleSnake Tea Podcast 4: 夜歌 (Night Music) (7/27/15)
日常澳洲 (Chinese Edition) 34:58 – 金個星期的主題: (English Intro) podcasting in public, being a female podcaster. (Chinese podcast/中文) 和SMASH!工作, The Overnightscape的Frank, Polly Pockets, Black Star Pastry, Red...
View ArticleSnake Tea Podcast 5: 2% Asian, 98% Filtered Water (8/2/15)
Intoxication through sleep (or lack thereof). (English Podcast) 01:15:43 – This week’s topics: all nighters, failures in audio recording in public spaces, sleep deprivation and alcohol intoxication,...
View ArticleSnake Tea 6: Olympic Level Customer Support (8/10/15)
Mirai and Eric, Mackellar and Scott. (English Edition) 01:11:03 – This week’s topics: microphone issues resolved, doing customer support and customer service at SMASH! (Sydney Manga and Anime SHow),...
View ArticleSnake Tea 7: Reader’s Creed: Robots and Assassins (8/16/15)
Sleep deprived recording no. 3 01:07:22 – This week’s topics: Podcasting philosophies, manga translation and publishing (the significance of honorifics in indicating character relationships, flipping...
View ArticleSnake Tea 8: Health and Fitness (8/18/15)
A new-format-turned-old-format episode. 49:26 – This episode’s topics: Messing up recordings again, considering a new episode format (but not following it properly), ‘premonition’ (my insecurities,...
View ArticleSnake Tea 9: Handstitched (8/23/15)
Delving into artistic roots 01:45:42 – Topics for this episode: Getting off work early for a drink down at the pub (Aussie-style), not drinking alcohol, first drink deliberations, buying sweets,...
View ArticleSnake Tea 10: Sad Horn (8/24/15)
The Trumpet 32:28 – Learned skills you never quite forget, coming back to an instrument, tuning, why I picked the trumpet, The Last Post and ANZAC Day ceremonies, the bugle, joining the orchestral...
View ArticleSnake Tea 11: Sakura Party (8/30/15)
Cherry Blossom Festival, cosplay etc. (guest appearance by Sebastian Hidalgo) 01:13:39 – Capitol Square, claw machines/UFO catchers, nemuneko, rigged machines at Capitol, UFO catcher strategy, rules...
View ArticleSnake Tea 12: Christmas in September (9/2/15)
Past and Present, and how it changed. 39:34 – Creating ads for the Christmas period, differences in Christmas celebrations between my family and others, not celebrating Christmas and actually...
View ArticleSnake Tea 13: $40 – $60AUD (9/6/15)
Adventures purchasing eBooks 01:36:21 – This episode’s topics: $40 in iTunes Gift Cards, choosing eBooks over physical books, iBooks, reading in high school, The Pagan Chronicles by Catherine Jinks,...
View ArticleSnake Tea 14: Tiger Mothers and Tuition (9/10/15)
A lifetime of coaching 01:05:42 – Topics for this episode: The tiger mother, extracurricular activities and missed opportunities, being a disappointment, after school activities and non-activities,...
View ArticleSnake Tea 15: Medieval and Hunting (9/13/15)
Time Periods and MH4 48:08 – Topics for this episode: Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, liking the Medieval and Regency periods of history, women in these time periods, looking back to simpler and different...
View ArticleSnake Tea 16: Cross the line (9/18/15)
Policing and Career 44:05 – Line of Duty and police corruption, Australian accents, effect of podcasting on speech and the way I talk, self-consciousness, ignorance and exhaustion, juxtaposition of...
View ArticleSnake Tea 17: Craftsmanship and the cold (9/20/15)
Mediaeval Faire at St Ives 01:16:19 – Wayward playing a track from their ‘Rota Fortunae’ album, trying to record an explanation of the performance group while the members play over the top of her, what...
View ArticleSnake Tea 18: Veggie Surprise (9/22/15)
This experience that experience 43:02 – Vegetarian for a month, difficulties when living with parents, meat substitutes, Chinese vegetarian cuisine as part of Buddhist culture, vegetarian fast food,...
View ArticleSnake Tea 19: Instantaneous Photograms (9/25/15)
My thoughts on Instagram 25:41 – Topics for this episode: Why I’ve been conscious about the way I use Instagram, an account run by a former colleague, Instagram philosophy from about a year ago and my...
View ArticleSnake Tea 20: Kaimono (9/27/15)
Shopping at Daiso, Chatswood 01:15:36 – Halloween in Australia , the spirit of Halloween despite not celebrating it officially, songs playing in the store, changing prices over the years, glassware and...
View ArticleSnake Tea 21: Three Kingdoms (9/29/15)
Stories from Chinese School 01:26:59 – Starting Chinese school, texts and patterns of learning, poem recitals (‘Climbing a Mountain’, ‘Calendar’), using English to write down word pronounciations (vs...
View ArticleSnake Tea 22: Ch-ch-ch-changes and Forging (10/1/15)
Cyril’s, Capitol and watching YouTube 42:14 – Topics for this episode: A lunch break walk where I go to check out the closed Cyril’s Fine Foods and roam around Capitol Square, featuring traffic noise,...
View ArticleSnake Tea 23: Scribbles and Shanghai Beach (10/4/15)
Rambles over the course of a day 01:19:46 – Topics for this episode: Not wanting to get up in the morning, warmer weather, changing shower habits, voice in the morning vs evening, KPOP emerging in...
View ArticleSnake Tea 24: Walks of Daily Life (10/7/15)
Talking as I walk huff huff 33:18 – Topics for this episode: Snippets of audio taken while going about daily life, including topics like ballet flats, listening to podcasts, daylight savings, not...
View ArticleSnake Tea 25: Juggling Five Balls (10/9/15)
Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas 57:55 – Topics for this episode: “Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls.” How I discovered ‘Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas’ through the movie...
View ArticleSnake Tea 26: Cinema Going (10/11/15)
Mutterings after watching The Intern and The Martian 01:10:39 – Topics for this episode: Headaches and headache medicine, blue goldstones and serendipidy, hanging out with a friend today and deciding...
View ArticleSnake Tea 27: Life on Mars (10/16/15)
More The Martian rambling 57:22 – Topics for this episode: [Potential spoilers?] An obsession with The Martian, what was great about the book and how did it compare with the new movie, what if...
View ArticleSnake Tea 28: Happily Ever After (10/18/15)
01:06:17 – Topics for this episode: [Potential Spoilers?] How do you start an episode?, podcasting (in)experience, people ruining The Martian for others, watching The Martian after reading the book...
View ArticleSnake Tea 29: Gone like the wind (10/22/15)
Thoughts not gone with, but like the wind 01:01:29 – Topics for this episode: Capturing thoughts, novel view of construction equipment and potential disaster, train ettiquette on SydneyTrains (not...
View ArticleSnake Tea 30: The Western Fields (10/25/15)
Join me as I talk about things unrelated to the shopping centre I walk through 01:17:06 – Topics for this episode: Wandering around Hornsby Westfield, where I look at a quote, Halloween in Australia...
View ArticleSnake Tea 31: Georgy Girl (10/28/15)
Parents’ Music (Your Music) 30:15 – Topics for this episode: Idle aimless chatter about my parents’ music (60s, 80s), including a terrible performance of ‘I am Australian’. Recorded in Sydney,...
View ArticleSnake Tea 32: Conspiracy and Conjecture (11/1/15)
Snake Bite #1 18:03 – ~20 minute snippets on one topic for easy listenin’. This episode: conspiracy theories and why I’m not really too into them, but there is a need for them due to the way our...
View ArticleSnake Tea 33: NaNoWriMo (11/2/15)
Snake Bite #2 26:22 – ~20 minute snippets on one topic for easy listenin’. Skip one and you won’t skip nothin’. This episode: NAtional NOvel WRIting MOnth this NOvember – it’s purpose and what I’m...
View ArticleSnake Tea 34: Melbourne Cup (11/4/15)
Snake Bite #3 22:09 – ~20 minute snippets on one topic for easy listenin’. Skip one and you won’t skip nothin’. This episode: The Race that stops a nation, the Melbourne Cup, talking horses and animal...
View ArticleSnake Tea 35: Entrepreneurial Ideas (11/6/15)
Snake Bite #4 23:25 – ~20 minute snippets on one topic for easy listenin’. Skip one and you won’t skip nothin’. This episode: Business ideas, working solo or as a small company and starting a business...
View ArticleSnake Tea 36: People 50+ Years (11/8/15)
Snake Bite #5 24:39 – ~20 minute snippets on one topic for easy listenin’. Skip one and you won’t skip nothin’. This episode: Some thoughts on people who are older than 50, people that are 20, and...
View ArticleSnake Tea 37: Sporadic House (11/11/15)
Snake Bite #6 22:27 – ~20 minute snippets on one topic for easy listenin’. Skip one and you won’t skip nothin’. This episode: Watching serialised TV shows and watching movies, and how with some you can...
View ArticleSnake Tea 38: This road to home (11/13/15)
Snake Bite #7 20:45 – ~20 minute snippets on one topic for easy listenin’. Skip one and you won’t skip nothin’. This episode: An (American) English song from the 70s I really like, its Japanese...
View ArticleSnake Tea 39: People who are ~20s (11/14/15)
17:04 – ~20 minute snippets on one topic for easy listenin’. Skip one and you won’t skip nothin’. This episode: Response to Hey Everyone, It’s Jimbo! 53. Am I one of those people who stay at their...
View ArticleSnake Tea 40: The Wanderer (11/15/15)
Snake Bite #8 24:34 – ~20 minute snippets on one topic for easy listenin’. Skip one and you won’t skip nothin’. This episode: The joys of wandering around aimlessly, the interest of background sounds,...
View ArticleSnake Tea 41: Accentuate (11/18/15)
Snake Bite #9 21:02 – ~20 minute snippets on one topic for easy listenin’. Skip one and you won’t skip nothin’. This episode: Medical show formulas, accents and British actors going American. Recorded...
View ArticleSnake Tea 42: Pets and other Animals (11/20/15)
Snake Bite #10 25:17 – ~20 minute snippets on one topic for easy listenin’. Skip one and you won’t skip nothin’. This episode: Whether I ever had any pets, if I like animals, not growing out of horses...
View ArticleSnake Tea 43: Silent Assassin (11/21/15)
Snake Bite #11 24:38 – ~20 minute snippets on one topic for easy listenin’. Skip one and you won’t skip nothin’. This episode: An episode that would have worked better for episode 47, Hitman:Absolution...
View ArticleSnake Tea 45: The Mortal Organ (1/19/16)
Snake Bites Continued 22:44 – Topics for this episode: Thinking about the inside of the body, fears of surgery and losing yourself (or bits of yourself, anyway), donating blood and other parts of your...
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