SeoulPodcast #83: Crepes and Tarts
Podcast January 7th, 2010
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PANELISTS
Karl Mamer (The Conspiracy Skeptic Podcast)
Stephanie White (Mightie Mike)
MAIN TOPIC
New year 2010
Shouldn’t a creperie have crepes?
NEWS AND STUFF
Pardoning of former Samsung chairman to help get the Olympics?
More Stuff on Pardoning of Samsung’s Lee Kun-hee
Cities you really hate – travel tips and articles – Lonely Planet
Seoul is #3
Seoul Third Most Hated City in the World?
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?
Korean Government Announces New Citizenship Guidelines
EXPAT COMMUNITY
Korean government to create blacklist of “incompetent” native speaker English teachers.
TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK
MyKarmaSutraBuddy – How Many Positions Can You Do With Your Fun Buddy?
NSFW
http://ratemyhagwon.com/
http://schoolsinkorea.com/
PLUGS
Buy Us a Beer
The Suppliers
(those who have given us swag)
Robert Wicks
John Kim
Aaron Shearin
Lives of the Party
(those who have donated at least $20)
Stafford Lumsden
Jennifer Young
Denise Cameron
Chris Dyer
Robin Hudson
Stephanie White
Aaron Shearin
Naomi Neckoway
Chae An
Kevin R.
Otto Silver
Drinking Buddies
(those who have bought us beers)
Nomad Scry
Mary Campbell
Mimi Snider
Elton Fry
Therese MacSeain
Toast to Absent Friends
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
ESL Planet Recruiting
Fan us on Facebook
10 Magazine
ZenKimchi.com
The Chosun Bimbo
Chatjip.com
MUSIC
Main Theme — Ben McPherson – “2wksnyc”
News — satya – “Silk Route Album Mix”
Things That Make You Go Whaa? — cjacks – “Candyland”
ExPat Community — Deyo – “Retro90210fun”
Time Wasters of the Week — EV Boyz – “Kickin’ It in Geumchon”
Victor Stellar
Deyo
Crush
Joe Sibol
Sunhaven
The Red Plastic Buddha
Sound Assassin
Who the Funk
KCentric
Fundamental Elements
Lee Douglas
Laika Cres
Ken Stevens
January 8th, 2010 at 3:17 am
Podfater Returns!
January 8th, 2010 at 3:18 am
Make that Podfather
January 8th, 2010 at 11:08 am
LA sucks! I prefer Busan to Seoul, because it’s about size with the same population as Baltimore. Also, the way the mountains lie, villages seem isolated, contributing to a small town feeling. Seoul just feels like a sprawling blob.
The 10-year mark is also the point when teachers in the US generally start changing careers. I wonder how many teachers in general go on to have a full 25+ year career.
YIKES! I work for DS(amsung)ME! But Lee Kun-hee’s no reflection on me! But, I’m a team player?! I’m so sad…
January 8th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Creperie? It sounds like a Potemkin Village, fit for photographs, but little else.
January 8th, 2010 at 11:47 am
I would think many Koreans would think “V” is an anti-imperialistic but of woo. I wonder how many young Koreans believe reptiles rule the world? I hop not, and that it’s just a loopy western thing!
January 8th, 2010 at 11:56 am
I should warn before anyone finishes that for some unexplained reason, our final goodbyes were not recorded, so the ending may sound a bit abrupt.
January 8th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
One of my frustrations with online grad study was frequent site crashes. I later found out, that South Korean hacker actively targeted the university servers. I had to change my IP address, and downgrade its quality. But, KT, my ISP, refused even to help the university with the problem.
January 8th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
I hate to admit, because it might be my reputation as a “tough”teacher, but what Stephannie narrated about “tarts” happened to me at least every semester, with the assist from another professor or department administrator occurring once a year at least. One year I just let a Korean professor assign his own “makeup” (wink wink), after my boss intervened. Contract re-signing never entered in, though.
January 9th, 2010 at 1:24 am
The italian soda I was drinking:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinotto
http://www.sodapopcentral.com/bottles/cola/Brio-355-ml-can.jpg
January 21st, 2010 at 6:44 am
Catching up and want to say good podcast and nice to hear from Karl but TWO podcasts without Jennifer? That’s just not right.
Also wanted to mention that the Cuba Thorntree is full of nasty people making nasty comments to the point that I won’t even look at it any more. It is populated by gringoes who visit Cuba a lot and want everyone to know that they know more about Cuba than the next guy. I worked as a lawyer and lived full time in Cuba for 13 years and I would have some schmo from Nebraska arguing Cuban law with me. I think that you may have the same problem … know-it-alls with self-esteem issues.
January 21st, 2010 at 8:31 am
Oh, Kushibo’s not a big problem. Just the self-appointed professor who has to ruin the party by condescending to the host and guests.
January 23rd, 2010 at 7:39 am
Finally finished the podcast … phew. Just wanted to say that Stephanie White was a great happy show guest and it would be great to hear her again!