醉想听你唱 Podcast

Name of Podcast: 醉想听你唱(zuì xiǎng tīng nǐ chàng)

What topics are covered:This podcast is mainly about interesting ocurrences in daily life mixed with some pop songs.

Why is it good to listen to?

The podcast series has a  female and male podcaster from China who speak standard Mandarin with a slight Beijing accent. Their speech speed is reasonably fast. The invited guests sometimes speak with a local (Fujian) accent. The series is suitable for listeners speaking Mandarin at an upper intermediate-advanced level who are interested in learning current Chinese slang.

To listen to the podcast, you can search 醉想听你唱on iTunes .

How often are the podcasts updated? The podcast series is updated on a fortnightly basis.

Length of the podcasts:  Varies from 22 minutes to 55 minutes. Some are even shorter.

Description of the podcast:

Every episode of the podcast series starts with a piece of relaxing music. There are other songs during the podcast. The podcasters of each program invite guests to answer questions based on things that are happening in their daily life. The questions are very amusing and the language is very current;  much of the language used are popular words used on the internet and other slang. Although many of the topics that are talked about in the podcast are trivial, they are amusing and funny in the way that the podcasters describe them. The podcast topics are casual and interesting and good to listen to. This podcast is very interactive, throughout the podcast the presenters are asking listeners to get involved, through weibo interaction, text message, phoning them etc. This podcast series was produced in Fujian by Fujian FM 96.1 and it has several hundred episodes in the archives.

Summary:

This podcast is a good way to learn new words and current Chinese slang as people are using it.