With Chinese Characteristics

About With Chinese Characteristics

A podcast where Natalie and Cherrie discuss Chinese history and stuff.We think we're funny but we're probably not.Episodes every other Sunday

Publisher

Natalie and Cherrie

Category

comedy · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Sept 2020

Latest episode

1 May 2025

Latest episodes

82 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 May 2025

   Saucier Lessons from the Book of Swindles

   We explore MORE crimes and scams in the late ming dynasty with the excellently translated Book of Swindles. This time with magic. https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-book-of-swindles/9780231178631

2. 

   15 Feb 2025

   The 1872 Chinese Education Mission

   In the 19th century, an unlikely international initiative took place. Despite the Qing government's reputation for conservatism and isolationist policies, it actually sponsored a group of 120 Chinese boys to study in the United States. This is the story of the Chinese Education Mission (CEM). An ambitious experiment— it built a short lived but very real bridge between two very different worlds. It was a story of political ambition, and cultural collision, but also one of baseball. Refer...

3. 

   13 Jan 2025

   Lessons from the Book of Swindles

   Historian and sinologist Brook Larmer joins to uncover the fascinating world of crimes and scams in late Ming dynasty China, revealing the surprising lessons from the excellently translated Book of Swindles.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

9,243

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

29 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

22 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

25

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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