{"podcast":{"title":"The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski","slug":"the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700","podcast_index_feed_id":7041700,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6211048/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski--6211048","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f83dcb84278d17f0d93fb0a890241367.jpg","author":"Steven Sirski","episode_count":1000,"summary":"The daily musings of an expat in Beijing.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T00:19:39.960493+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700"},"episode":{"title":"SSAB - June 1, 2026","slug":"ssab-june-1-2026","published_at":"2026-06-01T11:26:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700/ssab-june-1-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ssab-june-1-2026--72277957","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72277957/e3df198b_99a0_9603_c252_314f2ed5572c.mp3","summary":"New month, new city, new country! Yes, I’m back in Beijing. How was the trip back? Taipei > Shanghai > Beijing, 3hr layover in Pudong… I WOULD’VE been bored but I had something to keep me entertained: reconnecting to the outside world! Did I focus overly much on my content creation talk? Maybe, but I think that was because I was getting really tired along the travels. Wasn’t sleeping all the best and wasn’t working out all that much. Dropped 3kg! Workout in today but need to get a new sports watch! The old one literally fell apart! And Thai fest over the weekend, settling back into Beijing. What next? Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA ***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com And on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4 Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com Language vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlog Google Stock Tracker Sheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kbpCC2cieuq23zYyr0-WznPRogVX0aS86BF4_vPvgMY/edit?usp=sharing Hope you have a great start of month!! 00:00 Back to Beijing00:35 Visa Run Recap02:32 Travel Language Reality05:17 YouTube Monetization Push11:08 Taipei Wrap Up14:47 Unpacking Rituals18:05 Shanghai Layover Blues19:28 VPN Meltdown22:40 China Work Limits24:03 Income Stream Frustrations25:05 YouTube Versus China Apps25:43 Online Work Access Debate26:45 Flights And Chatting29:16 VPNs That Actually Work31:55 Airport Internet Meltdown33:26 Entering China Visa Talk36:09 Fitness Travel Routine41:47 New Watch Content Ideas43:43 Beijing Plans And Streams45:25 Thai Festival Reality Check46:55 Wrap Up And Links","meta_description":"New month, new city, new country! Yes, I’m back in Beijing. How was the trip back? Taipei > Shanghai > Beijing, 3hr layover in Pudong… I WOULD’VE be…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2897,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700/episodes/ssab-june-1-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700/ssab-june-1-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}