You Can Learn Chinese

Jared Turner, John Pasden

Booking Overview

An educational language-learning show focused on Chinese acquisition, practical study strategies, and personal journeys, with recurring interviews featuring people who learned Chinese through life, work, travel, or distinctive experiences in China. Strong guest pitches include accessible professionals with compelling Chinese-learning stories, China-related business or cultural experience, language-education expertise, or practical advice for learners; booking difficulty is low because the show prioritizes useful, relatable experience over major public prominence.

Metrics

Episodes: 194

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 883 subscribers

Instagram: 25.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

feedback@mandarincompanion.com

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Host

Jared Turner - Chinese-language educator and publisher who has learned Chinese, lived in China, and worked with language learners around the world.

John Pasden - Chinese-language educator and learning specialist who has learned Chinese, lived in China, and worked extensively with Chinese learners.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

A credible personal or professional connection to Chinese-language learning, China, language education, travel, business, or cross-cultural experience, supported by a distinctive story or practical insight for learners.

Required Achievements:

Built a career or business connected to China, Developed substantial Chinese-language ability through work, travel, or long-term residence, Pursued a notable professional or personal journey shaped by learning Chinese

Recent Guest Discussions

Turner Sparks - Learning Chinese Through Necessity, Teaching English, Operating An Ice Cream Business In China, Chinese-speaking Family Life, And Pursuing Comedy.

Ben Lee - Learning Chinese After Moving To Wuhan, Heritage And Identity, Family Connections To China, And Practical Advice For Language Learners.

Recent Topics

Education, Language Learning, Chinese Language, Mandarin, China Travel

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

You Can Learn Chinese

A Language, a Leap, a New Life: Cassandre Egolf’s Journey into Chinese

September 29, 2026

Sharing a heater with the family dog during Chinese New Year. Sitting in the front seat of taxis to practice Chinese with the drivers. Rehearsing a speech in Chinese to thank her team at a store opening in Shenzhen. For Cassandre Egolf, learning Chinese has become inseparable from her life in China.Growing up in France, Cassandre heard plenty about China from her mother, an Air France flight attendant who had studied Chinese herself. Cassandre wasn't particularly interested. Years later, ...

Great Teachers Don’t Fill Your Head; They Light a Fire

September 14, 2026

In celebration of Teachers’ Day in China, Jared and John reflect on the teachers who have shaped their language-learning journeys and what actually makes a great teacher. They share stories of teachers who were hilarious, inspiring, technically brilliant, and sometimes simply there with the right advice at exactly the right moment.They also discuss the different strengths of native and non-native language teachers, why experience and expertise can make such a difference, and an important trut...

From Soft Serve to Stand-Up Comedy: Turner Sparks’ Excellent Chinese Misadventure

August 31, 2026

In a mildly confusing bit of podcast naming, Jared Turner sits down with comedian Turner Sparks. Turner moved to China in 2004 to teach English, planning to stay for just one year. He ended up staying for twelve.In this episode of You Can Learn Chinese, Turner talks about learning Chinese out of necessity, from struggling through everyday conversations with almost no shared language to using Chinese while building and running a business across China.Turner shares stories from his years in Suz...

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