The Radio Derb transcript is up for October 21, 2022. Go here to read or listen.

00:55  The Empires strike back.  (UK ructions in historical context.)

14:19  Why do we and the Brits follow parallel trajectories?  (Kissing cousins?)

16:36  Chinese love ellipsis.  (Baffling for round-eyes.)

22:54  Study 20 Big!  (ChiComs hold a congress.)

31:02  Xi Jinping is Party General Secretary.  (Don’t call him President.) 

35:40  The word salad pandemic.  (From China?)

37:59  Japan’s oldest privy takes a hit.  (But can still be used.)

39:17  Signoff.  (With a light entertainer.)