Chinese listening challenge, June 2026

This is a listening challenge! Listen to as much Chinese as you can before the end of the month. Please read the linked article for more information and inspiration.


Recent activities

150 minutes

one hour intensive, 1.5 hours repetition drills.

Wednesday, Jun 24

Kevin Lee
60 minutes

the usual

Wednesday, Jun 24

Kevin Lee
73 minutes

忽左忽右 episode "Thousand year history of the Straits of Hormuz". Very interesting!

Tuesday, Jun 23

峻鸿
30 minutes

Busy with Fathers Day

Tuesday, Jun 23

Kevin Lee
95 minutes

Tuesday, Jun 23

Kevin Lee
120 minutes

Not many students. Lots of time. Then heard my friend preach and it was translated!

Tuesday, Jun 23

Cliff Larsen
20 minutes

Slow and clear chinese podcast

Monday, Jun 22

Metellus

Michal joined the challenge!

Monday, Jun 22

Michal
45 minutes

Busy Sunday so not much time for listening

Monday, Jun 22

峻鸿
60 minutes

Pig sayings in Chinese!

Monday, Jun 22

Cliff Larsen
70 minutes

Yesterdays Maomi podcast while playing with our new cat :)

Sunday, Jun 21

Metellus
120 minutes

Sunday, Jun 21

峻鸿
60 minutes

Chinese pod animals sayings.

Sunday, Jun 21

Cliff Larsen
20 minutes

Too busy to put my hour+ in today, tried to at bedtime but fell asleep

Saturday, Jun 20

Kevin Lee
45 minutes

Before we went out for the day.

Saturday, Jun 20

Cliff Larsen
166 minutes

Many podcasts. Started listening to the 科学有故事 series on black holes

Saturday, Jun 20

峻鸿
30 minutes

Maomi chinese Podcast

Friday, Jun 19

Metellus
50 minutes

Intensive listening

Friday, Jun 19

Kevin Lee
180 minutes

Very long bike ride so I listened to a lot of podcasts. I enjoyed “科学有故事”. Does anyone have any podcasts you've discovered recently that you would recommend?

Friday, Jun 19

峻鸿
144 minutes

When not many students come to school, I can get ahead in listening!

Friday, Jun 19

Cliff Larsen
75 minutes

intensive listening audio tracks

Thursday, Jun 18

Kevin Lee
80 minutes

Some podcasts, trying out a few new ones. “馒头说·历史的温度” is good, I enjoyed their obituary of Nie Weiping

Thursday, Jun 18

峻鸿
120 minutes

May podcasts

Thursday, Jun 18

Cliff Larsen
39 minutes

Estimated time I listened to my friend during a long phone call

Wednesday, Jun 17

Sophie A
130 minutes

Went to a Taiwanese friend's wedding - I'm counting the speeches and chatting to people as about 30 minutes listening. (Then lots more podcasts on the train there and back.)

Wednesday, Jun 17

峻鸿

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.峻鸿35.2176%
2.Kevin Lee30.15100%
3.Cliff Larsen28.98115%
4.Metellus5.8758%
5.Sophie A3.7537%
6.Andrea M.1.5815%
Linkhttps://www.hackingchinese....
Participants12
Hours reported105.53
DurationJune 10, 2026 to
June 30, 2026 (21 days)