Welcome Note from the Host and Founder of PRS Radio Eugene Leonard

Originally from Aghabog City, Co.Monaghan, Ireland, Eugene Leonard is the host of PRS Radio, and has lived in Shenzhen for five years. He is a Technology Integration Coach at Shen Wai International School (SWIS) in Nanshan. This is his second podcast station with SWIS ROC Radio, a school podcast channel being the first one he formed several years ago. It can be found on a number of platforms. He is currently creating new staff orientation podcasts on Anchor, of which this new podcast series will compliment.

Guest Introduction

Originally from Co.Wexford in Ireland, Paul Delahunty, the virgin guest on PRS Radio, has lived in China for 17 years. In the first part of the show we hear about his journey from the farm yard in Eniscorthy to China to begin his teaching career a long time ago. Paul is now a very happily married man with two wonderful children aged 14&12 who attend schools near where he works in Shenzhen.

Part 2 - Cultural Differences In this section Paul tells us some hot tips for how to adapt to life in China including a bizarre, yet excellent tip, which I hadn’t thought of previously sharing about shoes…but rubber soled shoes folk! We hear about the Do’s and Don’ts of living in China, and Paul offers unique perspectives from his lengthy experiences over this past 17 years. We also talk about the huge changes Paul has seen over this time including technological, transport and construction (Don't mention his waistline; it's a sensitive topic)

Part 3 - Books Paul, an avid reader of books (not just comics) talks us through some of the excellent books he has read over the years including; Petter Hessler - River Town, Oracle Bones & Country Driving: Daniel Kane - The Chinese Language; Rob Gifford - China Road. Paul choose a book from Christopher Hitchens entitled ‘The Portable Atheist‘ to take with him to read on a Des(S)ert Island if he had only one choice.

Part 4 - Music Career (Including Emmet O’Halloran’s amusing question!) We hear amusing stories including Paul’s time in The Beatles and his thoughts on The Galway Girl! Paul talks about favorite musicians and albums. He also offers some hot tips on essential apps to have on your phone to survive in China.

Part 5 - Favorite Podcasts (including Blindboy @Rubberbandits) Paul talks about a number of podcasts he enjoys including; Lazslo Montgomery’s China History Podcast Kaiser Kuo’s Sinica Podcast The Irish History Podcast - Finn Dwyer We then have a more detailed discussion about one of our personal favorite - The Blindboy Podcast. We highly recommend this to our listeners and formulate (poorly) a question for Blindboy regarding mental health and advice for expats specifically. Final Part - Brexit and The real reason Paul is in China.... Paul may be on the run from Ireland because of the fear of Brexit according to Emmet O Halloran…. We hope you enjoyed the 1st episode of PRS Radio #PRSradioSZ #Shenzhen @mr_leonard_SWIS anchor.fm/prsradio

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