I miss Aric

Funny, I was thinking just the same thing this very morning.

Yes, Aric added spice to Chinesepod. And the Saturday show did add to an understanding of Chinese and Expat culture, especially his little stationary video shots he would comment on together with Jenny. They are still available on Youtube. 龙飞

Hi Ken and Jenny, I want see your photoes

Dear Jenny, I'd love your voice very much. Ken, your pronounciation of English is very very very good.

I miss Colleen. I　ｄｏｎ’ｔ　ｍｉｓｓ　Ａｒｉｃ　ｏｎ　ｂｉｔ．

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Yeah, I miss Aric, too. I just spoke to Colleen yesterday. She's doing fine. But I miss her, too. :-D I miss the Saturday Show. My little weekly podcast just doesn't fill that void. :-\

Bazza, I was JUST wondering about Aric yesterday! I hope he is well. Frank, glad to hear that Colleen is fine. Give her our regards : )

when does Arics new podcast come out ( or did I miss the start)? Memories make me sad, but how should I ever forget... ;-(

And how is Colleen doing?

man you sound like watching his grave ;-) I´m shure we´ll hear from him soon (hope dies last, but the clock is ticking; so Aric if you read this: please come back or bring up a new show we want you back!) :-)

Hello Everyone Yeah i miss TGSSITW. I was feeling sad on my birthday, (6th) The big 20 And Aric Left me a Myspace comment and that cheered me up a lot. (Thanks Aric) I loved the MORAL boosting effects of TSS.

I joined Chinesepod a little bit late in the game. One thing that left me scratching my head when I first found the site is "why is the Saturday Show on this site?" It has nothing whatsoever to do with learning Chinese. To be honest after listening to a couple I just turned them off and never listened again. I figured it was just something there to be an entertaining break from learning Chinese, but when we're not learning Chinese we can find plently of other things to occupy our time. It almost seemed more like a radio show than anything else. Is that what Aric wanted it to be? Still it just seems to me that if you're going to put an entertaining magazine show onto a site to learn Chinese, then the focus needs to be on helping people improve their Chinese. I like all the new segments on Chinesepod and that they're more focused on learning Chinese. I think if Chinesepod were ever to bring the Saturday show back...IF it was focused more on language learning, I'd listen. I have to admit, Aric is entertaining.

Colleen, I miss you too!

@xiaohu TGSS in the world(!) was mainly to learn about chinese culture (Partyculture, events,news...) and you also had a chance to lern new chinese words there (good/swear word of the week) . And I wasn´t around here long enough to be encounterd as shameless selfpromoting listener of the year err... week...still bothers me...anyway... maybe someone makes up a chinesepodonlinemuseum then it would be the most viewed (oh year there was a videoversion of it as well) thing/object/ what ever... :-)

oh, Colleen I miss you too; after you the fall came quick and armed with the big guns...

... after you left(!)...

Has anyone confirmed that he's made it back alive and STD-free from his American Rock Star Tour?

The new features are great but I liked the Saturday show too. I'm a bit ambivalent regarding Aric--he tended to be either quite fun or really obnoxious. He was definitely a character though, and I miss that. I'm also curious about what happened to him.