#11: How Asian/Western Cons Differ, Volunteering + More Feat Ray Ting

03/07/2021 38 min

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Fox and Burger Podcast #11: How Asian/Western Cons Differ, Volunteering at a Foreign Con + More Feat Ray Ting.----Have you ever thought about how cons outside of the US are run? Well, look no further, as we bring Ray Ting on the show! Ray Ting is a silver fox from the US who is currently a staff member for FC as well as a volunteer for Infurnity. He has the unique position of seeing how an Asian and a Western con are run, so we decided to bring him on the show to give us some insights to how Infurnity and FC are run behind the scenes. We’re excited to have yet another fox on the show, so let’s give him a big awoo!----Time Stamps:00:00 Section 1: Introduction00:00 Podcast intro01:06 Guest introduction02:24 Section 2: Guest Spotlight: Translation and Volunteering Experience02:59 What does the Infurnity translation team do exactly?05:27 What word/concept that you found difficult to translate?09:13 What did you do as a volunteer at Infurnit 2019?10:25 Volunteer scheduling: Infurnity and FC13:15 Would you volunteer again at Infurnity?14:38 Section 3: Comparing and Contrasting Fandoms: Infurnity and FC/Western Cons15:15 What accounts for Infurnity’s phenomenal growth?17:35 What attracts people to Taiwan/Infurnity?23:59 Are there any differences between Taiwanese and Western fursuiters?27:02 Are there any differences between the dealer’s den/artist alley?29:00 Differences in event scheduling30:21 FurMIT story31:44 How do Infurnity and AC different in the ways that they are run?35:12 What’s your favorite moment at Infurnity?37:52 Social media shoutout38:13 Podcast outro----Social Media:Our official Twitter: https://twitter.com/foxandburgerFox: https://twitter.com/foxnakhhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK9xoFQrxFTNPMjmXfUg2cgBurger: https://twitter.com/L1ghtningRunnerhttp://www.youtube.com/c/LightningRunnerRay Ting: https://twitter.com/RaytingTW---Footage:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U25fQ3dq3shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXJ2315x84chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcc58v3hibohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uAjXUKlBfwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBQJaeQ-QSkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33puEnCOAqMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0dxEgfPTq0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3176Sw8A0EEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNUnknCu26whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKvsdd6mD8chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl56QRAcqYIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToFBcQbRovwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8uLhAvzgJohttps://jfpc.asia/en/result/2018/https://aminoapps.com/c/furry-amino/page/blog/taiwanese-furcon-infurnity-2018/j04Y_XwPSKu3k256JmDQZqQBgRgMDWlZNG5Other pictures and video provided by RayTing, Pixabay, and hosts' personal footage.Intro/Outro Music: Aioli by Andrew Langdon.