The Honest Drink

Jenny Chen is a gym owner, cooking show host and has her own lifestyle and travel channel.  Her gym, Strike Muay Thai, was the first Muay Thai kickboxing gym to open in Shanghai.  On her channels, she teaches classic Chinese food recipes and creates lifestyle, travel and language content.  In this episode we talk about lust, love, dating and marriage. Jenny on WeChat | Lifestyle ID: meetjenny Gym ID: StrikeMuayThai Cooking Show ID: JENNYANDG   Follow Us On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehonestdrink_/ Join Us On WeChat: THD_Official Twitter: @HonestDrinkpod Subscribe on: Spotify, Apple, YouTube, Ximalaya, 小宇宙, Bilibili or anywhere else you get your podcasts.        

Andrew Guan is a Chinese skateboarder, blogger, social influencer, podcaster and entrepreneur. He is recognized as one of the earliest to champion the sport of skateboarding into China and is one of the original fathers of Chinese skate culture.  He is the founder of Kicker Club, the host of Kicker Radio and runs his own media company.  In this special Clubhouse episode we talk to Andrew about being an early adopter and breaking social norms in work, play and parenting.   (This is a bilingual episode in Chinese and English)    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehonestdrink_/ Join us on WeChat: THD_Official Twitter: @HonestDrinkpod  

Stephen Yuan is the host of Shades Of Yellow podcast and Bone Broth Soup podcast.  He is also the creator of a new animated series about cryptocurrency called Ned & Nash.  In this Chinese New Year episode we drink a lot of Baijiu.     Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehonestdrink_/ Join us on WeChat: THD_Official Twitter: @HonestDrinkpodcast    

Virtual Reality, Clubhouse, Dogecoin and Virtual Influencers, we have a non-expert talk about it.   Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehonestdrink_/ Twitter: @HonestDrinkpod WeChat: THD_Official  

We talk about the documentary The Social Dilemma, which explores the dark and sinister side of social media companies.  Listen to us rant as we discuss how our emotions and behaviors are being intentionally manipulated by social media technology and its role in shaping our world view.  The Social Dilemma is available on Netflix.   Now follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehonestdrink_/ Join us on WeChat: THD_Official  

Matt Galat is a travel vlogger and YouTuber.  His channel, JaYoe Nation, focuses on travel content as he cycles around the world exploring new places and cultures.  We talk to him about his journey and how travel changes social and political perspectives.  We talk about the difficult but crucial task of keeping an objective world view and how he has recently come under attack by western media for his views on China. The JaYoe Nation | Website: http://www.jayoe.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/JaYoeNation bilibili: https://space.bilibili.com/100182773 TouTiao: http://toutiao.com/m1681328028969998/ TikTok: 加油马特   The Honest Drink Podcast | Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehonestdrink_/ Join us on WeChat: THD_Official  

Matt Beadle is an author and keynote speaker, he is also a renowned presenter seen throughout Europe on TV and media programs.  We talk to him about his latest book “Strengths Oriented Leadership: The World Through Bee Glasses” which covers the research and scientific evidence behind how best-in-class performers, outliers, innovators, captains of industry and virtuosos are created.  The book is about talent, strengths, positive psychology and how we can apply these principles in our own lives and at work.  His Latest Book | BEP: https://www.businessexpertpress.com/books/strengths-oriented-leadership-the-world-through-bee-glasses/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Strengths-Oriented-Leadership-Through-Glasses-ebook/dp/B08MBJ6ZF6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1611067486&sr=8-1   Connect With Matt | https://www.mattbeadle.com   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehonestdrink_/ Join us on WeChat: THD_Official    

Yao Lu is the owner/operator/bartender of the renowned Union Trading Company.  A Shanghai neighborhood cocktail bar ranked on Asia's 50 Best Bars consecutively since 2016.  The Union Trading Company has won numerous awards and is known not only for creating great drinks but befriending those who walk through its doors.  Yao has also founded Standard Measure & Co Hospitality Consultancy and consults on some of China's largest hospitality bar projects.  We talk to Yao about his toughest year of business, survival, keeping up with society and finding your north star. Connect with Yao | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yaozzer/   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehonestdrink_/ Join us on WeChat ID: THD_Official  

Kathryn Hill is an elite trail runner.  She has won several ultra marathon races in China this past year.  In her first attempt at running a 100 mile (168km) race, she finished in 26 hours, breaking the previous record by 2 hours at the 2020 Jiangnan 100, which is the largest and most competitive 100 mile trail running event in Eastern China.  She holds workshops on mental toughness, helping others to run incredible distances, tolerate pain and push through limits.   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehonestdrink_/ Join us on WeChat ID: THD_Official  

Dr. Ryan Thorpe is a writer, author and professor from Texas.  He teaches humanities and writing courses at the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute.  He has a publishing deal for a series of three fantasy novels and has another publishing deal with Routledge for books teaching second language creative writing.  He is also the director of the Shanghai Writing Workshop which holds free and public workshops and lectures and he is the editor of the Blue Tiger Review, a free literature magazine that arose out of discovering that many second language writers had nowhere to send their work.   Shanghai Writing Workshop: www.shanghaiwriting.com Blue Tiger Review: http://bluetiger.sjtu.edu.cn/   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehonestdrink_/ Join us on WeChat ID: THD_Official