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Everyday Life in the Age of Planning
Created and narrated by Duan Zhiqiang, Season 2 of Ordinary Chinese History
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Audio in Chinese
Duan Zhiqiang: History Is Not an Uncontrollable Beast but Our Shared Experience Liang Jie: A History Program Where Perceivers Gain Experience and Judgers Find Recognition Bao Zhiheng: Everyday Life Is the Grandest Narrative—and a Joy Rediscovered Zhang Yu: Reflections from Someone Who Lived Through Third Front Construction 00 The Secrets of Letters: Private Life, Emotion, and Morality in the Planned Era 01 Why Did a Watch Lost for Ten Years Remain Unforgettable? | Time 02 From False Collars to Miniskirts: How Did Fashion Move Beyond the Plan? | Fashion 03 From Music Lessons to Lyric Notebooks: Music Across Time and Space | Music 04 From Blackout Dance Parties to Disco: How Did Dancing Connect Social Life? | Dance 05 What Did Growing Up Mean When Everyone Had to Keep Pace with the State? | Birthdays 06 How Did People Express Love and Create Romance with Limited Possessions? | Love Letters 07 Can Preferring Science Majors Help You Find a Partner? | Sister Duo’s Search 08 The Whole Family Helps Big Brother Find a Partner—but Does It Work? | Brother Kuang’s Blind Dates 09 What Trials Did Lovers Face Before They Could Marry? | Marriage 10 How Did Rural Families Build Homes Amid Neighborhood Competition? | Homebuilding 11 How Did Urban Residents of the Planned Era Create Homes of Their Own? | Housing 12 From Food Poisoning to Poisonous Food: Is Your Stomach All Right? | Diet 13 How Did an Arts-Loving Couple Survive Long-Distance Love Through Letters? | Xiaohua’s Family, Part 1 14 How Did the Imaginary “Miaomiao” Sustain a Couple’s Emotional World? | Xiaohua’s Family, Part 2 Duan Zhiqiang × Liang Jie × Li Tian × Diandian: What Was Lunar New Year Like in the Planned Era? 28 How Did People Celebrate Lunar New Year in the Planned Era? | Reunion Duan Zhiqiang × Li Tian × Ripple Effect: Joining the System vs. Entering Business—Lessons Across Two Generations 15 The Naughty Child at Daycare: What Was Becoming a Parent Like? | Childhood 16 Humanities or Science? That Is the Question | College Entrance Examination 17 A Rosy Dream or the Beginning of New Pain? | University 18 When The Red and the Black Became “Pornographic Fiction” | Reading 19 How Did One Become a “Qualified Worker” in the Planned Era? | Internship and Employment 20 A Quarrel: The Aftermath of a Slap | Zhenyuan’s Family, Part 1 21 Who Reaped the Benefits—and Costs—of Their Time? | Zhenyuan’s Family, Part 2 22 Why Did Long-Distance Travel Require Military-Style Planning? | Transportation 23 Revolutionary Imagination and Everyday Life in the Countryside | Rustication 24 How Much Did Connections and Luck Matter in a Transfer Order? | Job Transfers 25 What Did Ordinary People Swept Up in the “Study Abroad Fever” Imagine? | Going Overseas 26 Upheaval: How Did I Wake Up a Capitalist? | Uncle Ma’s Family, Part 1 27 A Dream: How Can “Loyalty and Filial Duty Cannot Both Be Fulfilled” Release a Midlife Crisis? | Part 2 29 How Did the Small Screen Change the Way People Saw the World? | Film 30 A Screen in the Living Room: Public Entertainment Enters Private Space | Television 31 How Did Competitive Sports Create a Nationwide Carnival? | Sport How Can Individuals Move Beyond Diffuse Anxiety Toward an Uncertain Future? (Finale)