A Middle Kingdom podcast summary of episodes based on content.
81. Singing a song as we travel along, Sapa.
80. Sapa, Part 1. Sapa is the destination in the high northwest mountains.
79. "Ray," a film on Ray Charles. Heading to Sa Pa, northwest zone.
78. A bat sends an SMS. You are the main character in your story.
77. What's that black box? Shopping for fresh produce in pajamas.
76. Hue, Hoi An material. Lantern makers in Hoi An. New galleries on site.
75. Train to Hue. Visiting Hoi An. "Hue Help" volunteer organization.
74. Welcome to Ha Noi.
73. The final week in Amnesia.
72. 90 Kids go camping in the wild jungle.
71. Saliva on plastic pants changed a man's life.
70. A human, pig and chicken survive a pandemic in the ocean.
69. Educational piece, comprehension checks.
68. Elmore James. Cadillac Records. "2666" by Roberto Bolano.
67. The Whiner Family as seen from deep space.
66. A dragonfly plays the clarinet.
65. If you've been to Lombok you've seen Bali.
64. Gili Air is a tropical is-land off the Lombok coast.
63. Living here is more challenging than becoming a butterfly.
62. Don't read these meaningless musical instructions.
61. Urine, tool kit, orchids and meditation.
60. Gardening economics in Indonesia. Planting audio seeds.
59. Indonesian dreams and nightmares.
58. A bird on a wire. A Metro disaster. A cemetery.
57. Tibetan news and water music.
56. Bamboo travels from city A to city B. Sanctuary.
55. The Kirkus review and Chapter 7.
54. China travel nightmare and sitting down in Bursa.
53. Chapter 6, A Century Is Nothing
52. Chapter 5, A Century Is Nothing.
51. Chapters 3 & 4, A Century Is Nothing.
50. Chapter 2, A Century Is Nothing.
49. Chapter 1, A Century Is Nothing.
48. A few words about my recently published novel, "A Century Is Nothing."
47. Spooky spirits dance with Raven.
46. The language acquisition cycle.
45. Greek statues, copper man, women create delicious food.
44. Making a blood donation.
43. A brief incomplete China flashback.
42. A tribute to Bev, a teacher who passed on this week.
41. A single drop of water explodes out from the center.
40. "You should just blend in," said the neurotic Chinese teacher.
39. A boy from someplace else plays alone.
38. Laughter's voice reads a poem. Otherness.
37. Create a gov't, print money, make an army, run the show. Brain hemispheres.
36. Explosions of love rocked their being.
35. Internally displaced refugees open a case of Democracy and slather it on.
34. Irrelevant, useless and obscure sound.
33. An audio book, "Two Hearts on A Grand Precious Adventure."
32. She wants to know about the "Zoo Keys."
31. A little test what with earthquakes, internal sensors. A reading from "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Murakami and a lover's poem.
30. Thoughts on "The Roaring Silence," and John Cage. Antonio Porchia's "Voices."
29. Play chess at www.uchess.com. A 2-hr massage for 16 bones. "Writers On Steroids."
28. Winter's new reading material. Teaching meditation to kids.
27. We discuss salient writing ideas with English Majors.
26. A new term begins at the University. "Hope & Exile," a love story.
25. Back in Fujian after completing TEFL course in Zhuhai.
24. School's out. Teachers wander home, travel, learn more. Kandinsky exhibit in London.
23. "Road to Guantanamo" film. Excerpt from ACIN on Indigo children.
22. Tom and Stacie in Ireland. Excerpt from STC novel on Irish travel.
21. Carpe Diem. Rose garden and "Responsibility to the Thorns," an excerpt.
20. Lhasa Part I. ACIN excerpt.
19. "The Priest Confesses," ACIN Iraq war satire scene, dialogue.
18. Literary and music notes. Wu Man, Pipa player. "Push My Green Button."
17. "Sophia in Cadiz, Spain." The Spanish Civil War.
16. "Glen Malure, Ireland and Nez Pierce Indian tribe," an excerpt from STC.
15. Ali Fakra Toure. Int'l Womens' Day. Reading from "The Stream of Life," by Lispector.
14. "The Friendship Circle," at Chinese University. Marriage and death.
13. "Experience Junky." Chinese Lantern festival.
12. "Cueva de la Pileta." 26,000 year old Paleolithic caves in Spain.
11. "The Rejection Letter," from a literary agent. Truth and satire.
10. Taos, New Mexico. "I Taught Them Well," a story from a Tiwa Indian.
9. "The Woman in #10." Addictions and a recovery group.
8. "Her Last Christmas," and a story from Bahrain.
7. "Yin & Yang in the Crow Forest," Eugene, Oregon.
6. "After My Tongue," a Chinese story on painting and meditation.
5. "Celebration Day in Ronda, Spain."
4. Ahmed, a Tuareg Berber and "9/11 Backstory."
3. Rose teaches Chinese students about metaphor. A story, "Hunger."
2. "Visting Qingchengshan," the Taoist mountain in Sichuan, China.
1. "The Art of Knives," based on travels in Morocco and Spain after 1 September, 2001.