Favorites:

• High hanging fruits: playwright and astrophysicist chat about their life and work, sometimes interview guests like scientists, athletes, etc
• 小声喧哗Loud Murmurs: discussing American pop culture movies & shows, have episodes on Avatar, Mulan, Game of Thrones etc
• Nice try: group of friends update each week with a “happy hour” from their daily lives and a weekly challenge. talk about life, movies, games, travel, everything in-between. Long episodes but very casual and chill vibe, great for washing dishes and chores!
• 看理想电台: interviews with a ton of ppl and wide variety of topics, relaxing to listen to
• 请回答普鲁斯特Proust Questionnaire: interview format, host asks the same qu...

High Hanging fruits (playwright and astrophysicist chat about their life and work, occasionally do interviews)

• #34 身体新发现: zhuyi talks about her experience with egg freezing and liujia about being a mom, I learned a lot of things that I feel like should be common knowledge but are somehow taboo topics!? really recommend this episode!

Woshibai talk on 一席, youtube video version (basically chinese TED talk but have more culture focused stuff)

• woshibai is a popular cartoonist/illustrator who makes short comics online: https://www.instagram.com/woshibaii/
• this is a short, light 24 min talk with funny pics and comics, he talks about his process and cracks some deadpan jokes

新闻酸菜馆 (2 hosts chat about recently popular topics or news. the guy is a little annoying to me sometimes, but it’...

• 人间便利店 （8/10 translated from japanese. kinda bizarre story about a middle aged japanese lady who has been a part-time convenience store worker her whole life. short and sweet! love the deadpan humor, ending felt too sudden but I liked how it was handled lol)
• 网内人（6/10: whodunnit mystery set in hong kong, covers internet bullying, some startup-ish culture, and light tech lingo. sort of fun, cliffhangers keep you interested I guess)
• 病毒 （3/10: trashy horror story, would only recommend as a starter book for its short chapters and cliffhangers)