{"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 3, 2026","slug":"ssab-june-3-2026","published_at":"2026-06-03T15:09:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700/ssab-june-3-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-audio-blog-of-steven-sirski-7041700","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ssab-june-3-2026--72325722","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72325722/5fc27cac_e805_56bc_9c32_6d9c16eeeb3b.mp3","summary":"Slowly getting better, got up before 7.00! Workout in! No gym membership just yet. Live stream done! And the challenge of living in Beijing continues… connection issues. And what is the state of my Chinese? STILL having trouble talking to the elderly lady on the compound! 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 one!! 00:00 Back in Beijing Reset00:26 Visa Run Life Explained05:51 Beijing Heat and Routine08:13 Gym App and Home Workouts14:18 Why Gyms Still Matter19:00 Next Trip and Visa Plans21:21 Livestream Trouble in China24:01 Censorship Dates and Code Words31:12 Content Strategy and Platforms39:00 Chinese Chats with Neighbors47:19 Wrap Up and Links","meta_description":"Slowly getting better, got up before 7.00! Workout in! No gym membership just yet. Live stream done! And the challenge of living in Beijing continues… con…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2923,"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-3-2026/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-3-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}