Best Mei Li Podcasts (2024)

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197: Duncan Woodruff 1:06:00

19d ago1:06:00

1:06:00

My guest this week is actor and stage combat instructor Duncan Woodruff who did a History degree at the University of Kent about fifteen years ago. We learn that Duncan had a plan from when he was at school to go into acting, and that his work in fight directing was more serendipitous. Duncan used to take part in the Dickens Festival Play every yea…

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Episode 53 Cardiology and Constraint in Rothenburg 33:31

1M ago33:31

33:31

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Jason Robertson and Jonathan Chang discuss his recent trip to teach at the yearly international congress in Rothenburg Germany. Jason asks Jonathan about his presentations on cardiology and the concept of 'constraint' (鬱 yù). For those interested in diving deeper into Jonathan's presentation, see his article…

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196: Sofia Akin 44:41

1M ago44:41

44:41

My guest this week is Sofia Akin, journalist and main anchor at KMTV's Kent Tonight, and (as we learn in the breaking news at the end) who is about to join the BBC as a Broadcast Journalist. We learn that Sofia, who is from West Sussex, started out as a video journalist, and she talks about how no two days are the same. Sofia gives the example of a…

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195: Andy Richards 1:23:53

2M ago1:23:53

1:23:53

My guest this week is Andy Richards, Channel Director of KMTV. Born in Guernsey in 1982, Andy reveals what it was like to grow up on a small island. The first film he saw was ET and Andy discusses the importance in those days of Blockbuster Video where he worked when he was 18, and we learn about the migration in that era from VHS to DVD. We talk a…

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Episode 52: The Importance of the Primary Symptom (主癥 zhǔ zhèng) 30:47

2M ago30:47

30:47

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Yefim Gamgoneishvili and Jason Robertson discuss the centrality of placing a 'primary symptom' (主症 zhǔ zhèng) at the heart of the diagnostic process. Dr. Wang Juyi would often emphasize that the careful choice of a primary symptom was the crucial first step in the process of perceiving symptom-pattern-struc…

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194: Abby Hook 1:09:08

2M ago1:09:08

1:09:08

My guest this week is Abby Hook, Assistant News Editor, journalist and presenter at KMTV where she has been based for the last two years. Abby talks about the demanding nature of journalism and how you have to love it to do it, and we learn that she grew up regularly doing drama. Journalism wasn’t the route Abby thought she would originally follow,…

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Sahaj Kaur Kohli. The Culture Broker 58:51

3M ago58:51

58:51

New podcast episode! In this conversation, I speak with Sahaj Kaur Kohli. We chat about: the re-authoring of her story through writing her book her hopes and fears surrounding its release being a cultural broker in her family and the shifts in her family dynamics with her parents and siblings mental health and what it means, differences in mental h…

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193: Paul Badham 57:34

3M ago57:34

57:34

My guest this week is Professor Paul Badham who for many years was Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Lampeter, where he began his career in 1973. His own father had done an English degree there before studying Theology at Oxford and whose own writings were influential on Paul. We find out how Paul got interested in his seminal research…

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192: Henrik Schoenefeldt 57:37

3M ago57:37

57:37

My guest this week is Henrik Schoenefeldt, Professor of Sustainable Architecture, who has been at the University of Kent since 2011. He was at Cambridge prior to moving to Kent and we learn about the role of sustainability in architecture from an historical perspective, such as from the Victorian era. Henrik grew up in Germany in a former industria…

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191: Sabrina Mei-Li Smith 59:59

3M ago59:59

59:59

My guest this week is Sabrina Mei-Li Smith who lectures in Creative Writing at De Montfort University in Leicester. Sabrina has written a novel set in the mid-1990s and some of the research behind her novel is heavily connected to the themes of nostalgia and identity. We learn about the way Sabrina examines themes of race and gender within the acce…

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Episode 51: Treatment of Acute Knee Pain 34:48

3M ago34:48

34:48

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Yefim and Jonathan discuss the treatment of acute knee pain. Yefim shares his general approach to the treatment of this type of disorder, from treatment methods to diagnosis with the use of channel palpation.By Wang Ju-Yi's Applied Channel Theory Research Center

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190: Sally Bernard 49:11

4M ago49:11

49:11

My guest this week is Sally Bernard who was a schoolteacher for many years, currently living in Deal, Kent. She originally wanted to run an antique shop but her father played a key role in the career route that she followed. Sally talks about her involvement with Sure Start, and why she disagreed with the late Glenys Kinnock on reading by osmosis. …

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189: Sally Nicholls 59:07

4M ago59:07

59:07

It was a great pleasure for this week’s Nostalgia Interviews podcast to meet Sally Nicholls who was at Lampeter from 1992-95 where she studied Welsh. Originally from Llantrisant, Sally grew up in the countryside, and she talks about her passion for horse riding, which she even accomplished in India. Sally could have gone to university in Bangor, No…

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Episode 50: A Case of Mysterious Belching 30:38

5M ago30:38

30:38

Send us a Text Message. In this episode Jonathan shares a surprising belching case where channel palpation changed the course of his diagnosis and understanding of the patient’s physiology. He and Nyssa also discuss how Dr. Wang differentiated burps, the P6/SP4 point combination and its many uses.By Wang Ju-Yi's Applied Channel Theory Research Center

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188: Safeer Khan 1:00:48

5M ago1:00:48

1:00:48

It was a great pleasure for this week’s Nostalgia Interview to meet Safeer Khan. Safeer is Imam at a mosque in Gillingham where he has been based since 2014. He leads the prayers every day and takes classes at the mosque. We learn about the Indian origins of his Ahmadiyya community which has about 35,000 members in the UK. Safeer talks about misund…

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J.S. Park. The Therapriest 43:24

5M ago43:24

43:24

In this conversation, I speak with J.S. Park. His posts and words have, at times, moved me to tears. It was such a pleasure to speak with him about work, life, death, birth, grief and bulgogi! More specifically, we talk about: his journey to becoming a chaplain climbing mount assimilation and what gets lost what he means about being therapriest wha…

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187: Simon Smith 1:05:44

5M ago1:05:44

1:05:44

It was a great pleasure for this week’s Nostalgia Interviews podcast to meet Simon Smith who was at Lampeter from 1988-91, where he studied Religious Studies, and then stayed on for the Interfaith Studies MA. Simon worked in a bank for six years before going to university, and we find out why he chose Lampeter of all places, and he reflects on the …

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Episode 49: Palpation and Wen Jing Tang 30:10

5M ago30:10

30:10

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Jonathan Chang and Jason Robertson discuss a case which shines a light on the interesting role channel palpation might play in Chinese herbal medicine. What seemed like a fairly straightforward gynecological case using Wen Jing Tang (温经汤) offered potential insight into the Yang Ming system. One of Dr. Wang's…

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186: Louise Naylor 1:17:15

6M ago1:17:15

1:17:15

My guest this week is Louise Naylor, who spent 34 years at the University of Kent before retiring in September 2023 as Director of Education. Louise started on a one year temporary lectureship in 1989, and we talk about the role of serendipity and opportunity and the recipe for staying the course and how one can never be prepared for everything tha…

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185: Matt Harrington 1:04:35

7M ago1:04:35

1:04:35

My guest this week is Matt Harrington who studied English at Lampeter from 1991-94. There are many great undergraduate reminisces here, beginning with a recollection of the circumstances around our graduation in July 1994. Matt worked in a bookshop post-Lampeter and then as a junior copywriter, and he talks about how this enabled him to write with …

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Michelle MiJung Kim. Silence and Speaking 56:57

7M ago56:57

56:57

In this conversation, I speak to Michelle MiJung Kim. She is a queer Korean American immigrant woman writer, speaker, activist, and entrepreneur. She the author of the award winning, The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change. Michelle is the first non-therapist I have on the podcast for some time. I have been inspired by …

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184: James Grindrod 1:04:16

7M ago1:04:16

1:04:16

My guest this week is James Grindrod who was in Lampeter from 1993-96 where he studied Single Honours History. James talks about the impact of what he did on his life and career, and how learning is not just something that stops when you finish your full time education. We discuss different lenses of looking at the past, including how we might have…

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183: Lucinda Murphy Christmas Special 1:02:07

8M ago1:02:07

1:02:07

This week’s episode is a Christmas special as I am joined by someone else who has made Christmas their research project in recent years. Lucinda Murphy and I had never met before we recorded this interview in London in October 2023, and there are many parallels and synergies which make this a really compelling discussion around the ‘meaning’ of Chr…

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Episode 48: Qi in the Channels 33:07

8M ago33:07

33:07

Send us a Text Message. In this episode Jonathan Chang and Jason Robertson have a dialogue on the concept of qi in the channels. Conclusions are difficult but the idea that there is a physiological process (or connectivity/通/tōng) taking place within the anatomical spaces of the acupuncture channels was a foundational concept for Dr. Wang Juyi. Que…

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182: Henry Jeppesen 57:51

8M ago57:51

57:51

My guest this week is Henry Jeppesen, a freelance literary translator, who studied Single Honours Swedish at Lampeter from 1993-97. We learn about Henry’s Scandinavian background, find out why he fell in love with Lampeter and what happened on his Year Abroad. In his time at university, Henry sat on the Ents Committee and remembers seeing Zodiac Mi…

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181: John Wills 59:43

9M ago59:43

59:43

My guest this week is John Wills, Professor of American Media and Culture, who has been at the University of Kent since 2005. We discover that John owns various consoles and machines from the 1970s onwards and we find out where his academic interests, e.g. in video games, have come from. John talks about how the things he is interested in emanate f…

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180: Katie Marquis 56:45

9M ago56:45

56:45

It was a great pleasure for this week’s Nostalgia Interview to meet Katie Marquis. Katie runs Dance Warehouse, a dance school in Canterbury where she was once a pupil. We find out how Katie has realized the three dreams she set herself as a child, and how she is very focused and determined as a person and we talk about the inevitability of the rout…

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179: Chris Solomon 59:00

9M ago59:00

59:00

My guest this week is Chris Solomon, a Physicist who worked at the University of Kent from 1995 until 2020. He specialized in the area of facial recognition and subsequently started a company called Vision Metric which has been his main focus. We talk about the interdisciplinary nature of research, and what he learned from studying Physics, and how…

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Episode 47: The Importance of Patterns- A Case of Labor Induction 26:40

10M ago26:40

26:40

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Jonathan Chang describes to Jason Robertson interesting cases from his recent teaching in Spain, Poland and Canada. In the process, a discussion arises regarding the importance of focusing on a 'chief complaint' or 'primary symptom' (主症 zhǔ zhèng) in order to construct a 'symptom-pattern-structure' (證候結構 zhè…

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178: Gary Bunt 58:59

10M ago58:59

58:59

My guest this week is Gary Bunt, Professor of Islamic Studies at University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Gary and I made a reverse academic journey as he was an undergraduate student at Kent before moving to Lampeter in later years, whereas I started at Lampeter and moved to Kent. The first half of our conversation relates to a less known aspect o…

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177: Anne Pőnisch & Victoria Tomlinson 1:02:49

10M ago1:02:49

1:02:49

It was a huge privilege for my latest Nostalgia Interview to meet Anne Pőnisch and Vicky Tomlinson, daughters of John Roland Lloyd Thomas who was Principal of Saint David’s (University) College for nearly a quarter of a century from 1953 until the mid-1970s. Anne and Vicky remember the days of living behind the College Chapel with its spiders, atti…

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176: Kate Heffner 1:01:15

11M ago1:01:15

1:01:15

My guest this week is Kate Heffner who is doing a PhD on women in science fiction fandom in the History Department at the University of Kent. Kate talks about the untraditional nature of her research and reflects on the women who wrote on the ways science and literature could coalesce as well as about the importance of the early printing process. B…

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175: Chris Deacy (interviewed by Craig Braddick) 1:06:28

11M ago1:06:28

1:06:28

In a special edition of my podcast this week, Craig Braddick has interviewed me to talk about growing up in the 1980s with Radio 1 and then with Radio 2 into the 90s and beyond, and how being a contestant on Blockbusters guided me towards my own broadcasting career. I talk about the significance of 1981 – the year I started listening to Radio 1 – a…

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174: Terry Lindvall 58:26

12M ago58:26

58:26

My guest this week is Terry Lindvall, the C.S. Lewis Chair of Communication and Christian Thought at Virginia Wesleyan University. Terry talks about his seminary background, looking at religion and popular culture, and we find out about Terry’s academic history and his work in history, theology and communications. We discuss how both of us have bee…

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Episode 46: A Discussion of the Yin Qiao Vessel 31:04

12M ago31:04

31:04

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Yefim and Jonathan discuss the extraordinary vessels, with a focus on Dr. Wang’s understanding of the Yin Qiao. Clinical application of KI-6 to regulate this vessel is also described.By Wang Ju-Yi's Applied Channel Theory Research Center

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Dhwani Shah, MD. What is Psychoanalysis? 52:19

12M ago52:19

52:19

In this conversation, I speak with Dhwani Shah, MD (he/him) who is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Some highlights of our conversation: what psychoanalysis is and is not; some realities and misconceptions of it how love and hate exists in all of our relationships how therapy is a listening practice above all the intersection of therapy and cultur…

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173: Chris Cotter 1:01:46

12M ago1:01:46

1:01:46

My guest this week is Chris Cotter who lectures for the Open University and has a rich background in podcasts. He co-founded the Religious Studies Project podcast in 2012, and we talk about our thoughts on podcasts and why academics want to discuss their research. Chris comes from near Belfast, where his father is a Church of Ireland minister, and …

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172: Krysia Waldock 56:55

1y ago56:55

56:55

My guest this week is Krysia Waldock, who is doing a PhD at the University of Kent that straddles various disciplinary areas. Krysia is based in the University’s Tizard Centre and has an undergraduate background in languages. A diagnosis of autism led to Krysia doing a Masters in Autism, which in turn resulted in her doing a doctorate, something sh…

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Episode 45: Recent Gynecological Cases and the Power of Acupuncture 31:35

1y ago31:35

31:35

Send us a Text Message. In this episode Jonathan and Nyssa share some recent gynecology cases from their clinics using only acupuncture and moxibustion, and discuss the importance of nutrition in building healthy blood. They also discuss how Dr. Wang respected and uplifted acupuncture as a powerful medicine that deserved the status of herbs in the …

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171: Steve Jacobs 56:24

1y ago56:24

56:24

It was fantastic to catch up with Steve Jacobs, a retired Senior Lecturer in Media, Religion and Culture at the University of Wolverhampton, for my latest Nostalgia Interview. Steve and I were at Lampeter together from 1991-4 where we both received the same degree classification, and Steve recalls the way in which we received our results. Steve wor…

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170: Becky Jefcoate 45:47

1y ago45:47

45:47

My guest this week is Becky Jefcoate, who like me was at university in Lampeter from 1991-94 where she studied Archaeology and English Literature. We find out how Becky ended up there and why her school teacher had misgivings about doing Archaeology as a single honours subject. We talk about how Lampeter was a place you knew pretty quickly whether …

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Episode 44: Palpation at the TCM Kongress Rothenburg 29:48

1y ago29:48

29:48

Send us a Text Message. In this episode Jonathan and Jason discuss the fascinating synergy of the annual TCM Kongress held in Rothenburg Germany. This event was the last place Dr. Wang taught internationally in 2014 and one he enjoyed immensely. This year, Jason participated in a roundtable discussion and demonstration of palpation in East Asian me…

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169: Alexander Ornella 59:26

1y ago59:26

59:26

My guest this week is Alexander Ornella, Senior Lecturer in Religion at the University of Hull where he has been since 2011. Alexander talks about his work, and how he has moved into sociology and criminology in addition to religious studies. His PhD, which he undertook in his native Austria, was on Catholic theology and looked at film and modern a…

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168: Maggie Webster 58:07

1y ago58:07

58:07

Maggie Webster is my fantastic guest this week, five years to the day since I broadcast my first Nostalgia Interviews podcast episode. Maggie teaches Religious Education at Edge Hill University in Lancashire, and we learn that she did a PhD in Lampeter which explored how people become witches on social media. Maggie discusses her fieldwork in which…

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Episode 43: A Doctor's Experiences at a TCM Hospital 28:07

1y ago28:07

28:07

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Jonathan Chang talks to Dr. Meng Xiaonan about his experiences becoming a doctor at a TCM hospital in Beijing. Later in the episode, Dr. Meng answers some listeners' questions about the treatment of post-stroke patients.By Wang Ju-Yi's Applied Channel Theory Research Center

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167: Susan Norvill 58:16

1y ago58:16

58:16

My guest this week is journalist, editor and poet Susan Norvill, who like me was in Lampeter in the early 1990s where she read Victorian Studies and English Literature. We find out about Susan’s love of Victorian literature and what drew her to Lampeter, and how the place exerts such a hold over those who went there, and how the people are still th…

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166: Mina Radovic 45:09

1y ago45:09

45:09

My guest this week is Mina Radovic, archivist, curator, film historian and founder of the international charitable organization Liberating Cinema. I met Mina at the Spaces of Memory conference he helped to organize at the University of Vienna in March 2023. Mina is also a PhD student at Goldsmiths, University of London, on German linguistics and fi…

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Episode 42: Remembering Dr. Wang Ju-Yi on the Tomb Sweeping Day 34:41

1+ y ago34:41

34:41

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Jonathan Chang and Jason Robertson remember Dr. Wang on the annual holiday known as "Tomb Sweeping Day" (清明節- Qing Ming Jie). In the spirit of remembrance, Jon and Jason reflect on one of Dr. Wang's favorite quotes from the Neijing. Ling Shu chapter one describes the very nature of "channels/points [which ar…

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165: Anne-Sophie Ouattara 1:02:57

1+ y ago1:02:57

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My guest this week is Anne-Sophie Ouattara who, until March 2023, was the National Portrait Gallery intern at The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge in Canterbury. Anne-Sophie is really interested in nostalgia as a teacher of French literature and language and a curator. She has curated her first exhibition called Rooted in Fabric – an exploration of …

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164: Rhiannon Grant 53:26

1+ y ago53:26

53:26

My guest this week is Rhiannon Grant, who teaches in Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham. We learn about Rhiannon’s work, which includes recently having had an edited book published featuring a range of international academics and lay writers. Rhiannon grew up in Watford, did her first degree in Philosophy and Theology in Nottingham, has a…

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