# Fluentide · Chinese Listening — Beginner (HSK 2)

A podcast by Fluentide. The easiest way to start understanding real Chinese. Every day, Fluentide takes today's news and rewrites it in simple HSK 2 Mandarin — slow, clear, and at your level. No textbook dialogues. No "Li Ming goes to the park." Just real stories you actually care about, made understandable for beginners. Each episode comes with a free interactive transcript at fluentide.com — tap any Chinese word for instant pinyin and English definition, toggle pinyin on or off above the text, see key vocabulary with example sentences, and read the full English translation side-by-side. Based on Krashen's comprehensible input theory (i+1). New episodes daily. This podcast uses AI text-to-speech to deliver clear, consistent pronunciation for language learners. https://fluentide.com

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## Latest episodes

- [洛杉矶女议员拒绝“性小屋”提议 — LA Councilmember Traci Park Rejects “Public Sex Huts” Proposal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/9741cd87a9cb) (2026-10-21, 4 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/LA-Councilmember-Traci-Park-Rejects--Public-Sex-Hu-1792548887742.af00ee43.mp3
- [格陵兰安全协议签了：美国多两个基地，主权不变 — Greenland Security Deal Signed: Two New US Bases, Sovereignty Stays](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/12b76f6325ea) (2026-10-15, 2 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/greenland-security-deal-2026-beginner-1792036809897.af00ee43.mp3
- [名厨做高档菜，下班后却爱吃塔可钟 — Top Chefs Cook Fine Food and Reach for Taco Bell After Work](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/cdcb2cbee87e) (2026-10-11, 2 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/top-chefs-taco-bell-beginner-1791730626987.af00ee43.mp3
- [每天一定要走一万步吗？研究发现七千步也有好处 — Must You Walk 10,000 Steps? Research Finds Benefits Around 7,000](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/30e891cd13b1) (2026-10-11, 4 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/walking-steps-seven-thousand-beginner-1791728675025.af00ee43.mp3
- [湖北男子照盗墓小说挖古墓，被判十二年 — A Hubei Man Copies Tomb-Robbing Novels and Gets Twelve Years in Prison](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/5b289f08ca4b) (2026-10-11, 2 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/tomb-novels-prison-sentence-beginner-1791727797803.af00ee43.mp3
- [美国跑者靠健身房跑步机训练，首次跑马拉松就夺冠 — A Runner Trains on a Gym Treadmill and Wins His First Marathon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/0840099363fa) (2026-10-11, 2 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/gym-treadmill-marathon-winner-beginner-1791724843693.af00ee43.mp3
- [美国参议员欠甜品店六年，帖子传开后才付钱 — A Senator Pays a Bakery Bill After Six Years and a Viral Post](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/3c4c0a8f88d2) (2026-10-11, 3 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/senator-bakery-bill-six-years-beginner-1791725880587.af00ee43.mp3
- [帮女友挂号，怎么最后被判刑？ — Hospital Booking Bots Lead to Convictions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/42086e780c05) (2026-10-09, 2 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/Hospital-Booking-Bots-Lead-to-Convictions-1791551225495.af00ee43.mp3
- [沃尔玛的机器人，为什么搬不好箱子？ — Walmart Robots Struggle With Everyday Goods](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/9f9fc9aa0711) (2026-10-09, 4 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/Walmart-Robots-Struggle-With-Everyday-Goods-1791552720048.af00ee43.mp3
- [NFL球员不打球了，去解数学难题 — Former NFL Player Proves a Maths Conjecture](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/b4d25eed0797) (2026-10-09, 4 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/Former-NFL-Player-Proves-a-Maths-Conjecture-1791552226924.af00ee43.mp3
- [咖啡店为什么开始卖包？ — Coffee Shops Turn Tote Bags Into Branding](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/f484957affd8) (2026-10-09, 2 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/Coffee-Shops-Turn-Tote-Bags-Into-Branding-1791551896621.af00ee43.mp3
- [飞机能上网了，旁边的人开始开会了 — Fast Plane Wi-Fi Brings Noisy Work Calls](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/9eaa8a51f549) (2026-10-09, 4 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/Fast-Plane-Wi-Fi-Brings-Noisy-Work-Calls-1791551531612.af00ee43.mp3
- [松鼠打猫头鹰、驼鹿打喷嚏：2026年最好笑的野生动物照片入围名单出炉 — A Squirrel Attacks an Owl and a Moose Sneezes: The Funniest Wildlife Photos of 2026 Are In](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/322150cf37d6) (2026-10-07, 4 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/comedy-wildlife-awards-2026-finalists-beginner-1791401081334.af00ee43.mp3
- [哈尔岑获诺贝尔物理学奖：他把南极的冰变成了捕捉幽灵粒子的望远镜 — Francis Halzen Wins the Physics Nobel for Turning a Cubic Kilometer of Antarctic Ice Into a Telescope for Ghost Particles](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/535638c56f45) (2026-10-07, 4 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/nobel-physics-halzen-icecube-neutrinos-2026-beginn-1791401068535.af00ee43.mp3
- [法国高中生因缺老师罢课抗议：二十五万人上街，五百多所学校停课 — French High-School Students Walk Out Over Missing Teachers: 250,000 March, Thousands Arrested and 500 Schools Shut](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/66079cc135c9) (2026-10-07, 4 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/france-high-school-protests-2026-beginner-1791400210217.af00ee43.mp3
- [俄罗斯鼠疫研究所研究员实验事故后死亡，官方否认是鼠疫，却隔离了近两百人 — A Russian Lab Worker Died After a Test Tube Broke at a Plague Institute. Russia Says It Wasn't Plague, but Quarantined 200 People.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/667d65ba4970) (2026-10-07, 4 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/russia-plague-lab-death-irkutsk-2026-beginner-1791401051992.af00ee43.mp3
- [迪拜航空副驾驶用驾驶舱里的斧子砍伤机长，乘客冲进去救下了整架飞机 — A FlyDubai Co-Pilot Attacked His Captain With the Cockpit's Own Axe. Passengers Broke In and Saved the Plane.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/d1ca3b0ae2f8) (2026-10-03, 5 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/flydubai-copilot-axe-attack-2026-beginner-1791038754406.af00ee43.mp3
- [刮舌头比刷舌头更能去口臭，可舌头上的细菌也在帮你降血压 — Tongue Scrapers Beat Toothbrushes at Fighting Bad Breath — and Your Tongue's Bacteria May Help Lower Your Blood Pressure](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/ddd73e197937) (2026-10-03, 5 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/tongue-scraper-bad-breath-blood-pressure-2026-begi-1791038728489.af00ee43.mp3
- [叶军的原子钟一百五十亿年不差一秒，他拿下了被称为诺奖风向标的沃尔夫物理学奖 — Jun Ye's Atomic Clock Won't Lose a Second in 15 Billion Years. Now He Has Won the Wolf Prize, Often a Step Before the Nobel.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/24d41c2f6f41) (2026-10-03, 5 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/jun-ye-wolf-prize-atomic-clock-2026-beginner-1791035430058.af00ee43.mp3
- [多动症，也许根本不是“注意力”的问题 — ADHD May Not Be a Problem of 'Attention' at All](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1878343381/38dc5b52f5bc) (2026-09-30, 3 min): audio https://audio.fluentide.com/audio/podcast/adhd-sustained-engagement-not-attention-2026-begin-1790762723271.af00ee43.mp3

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