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In their first attempt of making bilingual podcast, Apollo and Niu completed a Q&A, in English,  while discussed their experience of coming to the United States, their views on American cities, their lives in a U.S. High School, and their views on American culture: Apollo and Niu were both confused by the "high spirit" American Expressionism; Apollo expressed her hate towards coffee and tea, while Niu put it in different ways.



Shownotes:

-Flights to United States

-Do NOT choose United OR China Airlines

-Apollo and Niu’s experience 

-Impression of life in United States

-Cities or Villages?

-Impression of U.S. High School Life

-Americans do not study?

-Cultural differences between China and United States

-Mindset change

-Cultural Appropriation

-Identity Confusion

-American Life is boring?

-Normal School Day?

-Energy Level in U.S. is higher than other places.

-One thing you cannot understand about American Culture

-Expressionism 

-Party atmosphere 

-Coffee and Tea Debate

-Addiction?



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In this episode, Apollo and Niu discussed a Sci-Fi classic series: "The Matrix" and a Taiwanese Horror Game "Devotion", which stirred up some controversies on Chinese Internet. Apollo and Niu focused on the effect Artificial Intelligence brings to human beings and whether emotions are real in the artificial world. They also discussed the censorship of "Devotion" in China, the plot of the game and Chinese traditional cult belief, are they mostly sham?



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在这期播客里，阿波罗和牛讨论了一部经典的科幻电影：《黑客帝国》系列以及最近的一部抢占了互联网热点的游戏《还愿》。他们讨论了人工智能对人类的影响以及虚拟世界中感情的虚拟与真实，他们同时讨论了最近的《还愿》下架事件，并提出了他们对剧情以及封建迷信的看法。



Shownotes:



注：本期播客包含对《黑客帝国》以及《还愿》这部游戏的剧透，如果你还没有看过《黑客帝国》或者玩过《还愿》，同时强烈反对剧透，请跳过本期播客，我们非常理解你的感受。



-《黑客帝国》背景

-阿波罗对《黑客帝国》的评价

-科幻电影的里程碑

-《神盾局特工》：Frame

-「人类中心」到「机器中心」

-不要过度追逐科技

-虚拟世界里的情感是真实的吗？

-选择清醒，还是选择虚拟世界中的爱？



-游戏《还愿》被下架

-需要尊重时代背景

-制作商犯了很蠢的错误

-不一定是刻意所为，但无法判定

-不恐怖，主要方面在剧情

-「美心」月饼

-家庭对孩子的逼迫以及给他们带来的压力

-封建迷信

-蛇皮酒

-不应该否定，但应取其精华，去之糟粕

-关于何老师

In this episode, Apollo and Niu discussed how to calm each other down when we go through hard time in a relationship. Niu, as a semi tech nerd, shared his experience of comforting Apollo when both of them were upset. Apollo and Niu both consider understanding each other is one of the most important part in their relationship.



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在这期播客里，阿波罗和牛讨论了对亲密关系中「哄人」这个主题的看法，牛作为一个第一次谈恋爱的科技宅男，分享了他从不会哄人到「理智哄人」的心路历程，阿波罗和牛都认为相互理解和体谅是感情中必不可少的一部分。



Shownotes:

- 哄人很难

- 五个月不哄人，是一种什么样的体验？

    - 钻牛角尖

    - 哄人是一个感情中非常重要的学问

- 牛回答哄人的步骤

    - 四个步骤

- 牛分享自己如何从一个不会哄人的男生到一个相对会哄人的好男友

    - 双方态度特别重要

- 阿波罗和牛讨论关于男女之间的差异

    - 光哄不能解决问题

In this episode, Apollo logged into Niu's Qzone (A popular social media platform built by Tencent, under QQ). They went through the early posts Niu posted throughout '08 - '15, and they both discuss the popular culture behind these posts, among Generation Z.



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Platforms:

- Google Podcast

- Spotify

- Breaker

- Overcast

- Pocket Casts

- RadioPublic

- Stitcher

- Apple Podcast (Coming soon)



在这期播客里，阿波罗打开了牛同学的 QQ 空间，他们一起翻阅和讨论牛同学小时候的黑历史，同时涉及到一些 00 后的流行文化。



Shownotes:

- QQ 秀

- 江南的《龙族》系列

- 合金装备 系列游戏 (Metal Gear Solid)

- Temple Run 

- 无限流网络小说：《无限恐怖》

- 日本能剧

- 星际穿越 (Interstellar)

- 福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 (Elementary)



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In this first episode, Apollo (the girl) and Niu (the boy) both discussed their review of 2018 (mostly relationship) and what they've learned from their experience. They also had some advices for couples. 

在这期播客里，阿波罗和牛讨论了他们对过去一年的回顾（情感方面），感悟，以及他们对情侣们的建议。

Shownotes:

- 开场白

- 阿波罗同学的感情经历 

- 第一段糟透了的感情 

- 和牛同学的感情开始 

- 牛同学的感情经历和成长 

- 对情侣们的建议 

- 结尾