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Feb 4, 2023 • 
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S01 Episode 8: (Chinese) Dudes Rock
Nihilistic self-improvement + Tinder guy reacts to Feminism + The Virgin/Chad/Speedrunner spectrum
Jun 15, 2021 • 
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S01 Episode 8: (Chinese) Dudes Rock
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S02 Episode 9: China Dreams of Electric Words
The curious case of the “Chinese Dictionary”: BBK master race + dither punk sinofuturism + playdating for two decades + homebrew tamagotchi
Apr 6, 2022 • 
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S02 Episode 9: China Dreams of Electric Words
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*NSFW* S02 Episode 7: Horny on Mainland
Pornography in China: desiring the potato queens + erotic-cultural imperialism + porn stars as teachers + smut hooliganism
Mar 10, 2022 • 
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*NSFW* S02 Episode 7: Horny on Mainland
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S02 Episode 10: The Chad to Virgin Pipeline
How Hupu shelters rampant misogyny for profit: the contours of China’s basketball fandom + the great fanquan wars + college dorm LARPs + how to stop…
Nov 15, 2022 • 
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S02 Episode 10: The Chad to Virgin Pipeline
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S02 Episode 8: Jokerfied on Literary Pornhub
Slash fiction in China post AO3: hitting the org//asm paywall + meal replacement fandom diets + Alpha-Omega-McDonald’s + cyber tomb-sweeping
Mar 24, 2022 • 
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S02 Episode 8: Jokerfied on Literary Pornhub
S02 Episode 3: Subor Smash Bros. Ultimate
China’s videogame historians + Flash in the Pandemic + Gold Miner: Absolution + High iQue Society + Nintendo’s and don'ts
Nov 13, 2021 • 
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S02 Episode 3: Subor Smash Bros. Ultimate
S01 Episode 9: We Built This City on a Camera Roll
The Season Finale roundtable: what is “wanghong” urbanism + fake street culture nostalgia + the logic of internet fame + punch-in to punch-down
Jul 6, 2021 • 
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S01 Episode 9: We Built This City on a Camera Roll
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S01 Episode 6: Being Cute in WeChat’s "Moodboard Industrial Complex"
McDonald’s spam emails + GIF Talent Agencies + Cat Ideology Reveal + Celery Fanclubs
May 18, 2021 • 
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S01 Episode 6: Being Cute in WeChat’s "Moodboard Industrial Complex"
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S01 Episode 1: China’s First Listeners / Rich Kids English Police
A new type of China Tinder Guy appears + meme page alignment charts + dongbei humblebrag
Mar 9, 2021 • 
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S01 Episode 1: China’s First Listeners / Rich Kids English Police
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Far & Near x Chaoyang Trap: Lockdown, Normalized
Stories from the Shanghai lockdown: PCR test body horror + “Run P.R.C” + quarantine hotel pop-up concepts + Voices of April
Apr 29, 2022 • 
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Far & Near x Chaoyang Trap: Lockdown, Normalized
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S02 Episode 1: Between ROC and a Hard Place
Taiwanese Indie Music in China: Mayday in Hyper-California + Punk Rock Solidarity + Buff Doge vs Zongchai
Sep 28, 2021 • 
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S02 Episode 1: Between ROC and a Hard Place
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