Special: A Mother’s Worst Nightmare — The Tale of Michael White
Banchan (Small Bites), Podcast May 21st, 2008
(Recorded Tuesday, May 20, 2008)
This is a special edition of the SeoulPodcast. We talk to Stephanie White, the mother of Michael White, who died recently under suspicious circumstances at a sauna near Daegu.
For more information:
www.mikewhitesmom.blogspot.com
If you knew Michael and want to write a memorial to him, or you want to write a letter to the editor, here are the email addresses:
Seoul Times – seoultimes_at_gmail.com
Korea Herald – khooran_at_heraldm.com
Also write to the editors of your hometown newspapers and any media outlet you have a connection with. The Korean press tends to pay more attention when their international colleagues are looking over their shoulders.
UPDATES: A web site has gone through the trouble and posted a transcript of the interview.
A group is working hard to translate it into Korean.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:49 pm
[...] #3: Podcast interview with Stephanie White, Mike’s mother. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social [...]
May 21st, 2008 at 6:52 pm
[...] noticed this podcast interview with her, regarding her vantage point and thoughts on the circumstances surrounding the jjimjilbang [...]
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 am
[...] There is an hour-long interview with Stephannie White at SeoulPodcast. It’s well worth a listen. Stephannie provides a very detailed and disturbing [...]
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Really nice work getting this out there. Thanks.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Thanks Aaron. I hope it helps in some small way.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Thanks. Wow. Really sad. Rest In Peace, Mike.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:25 pm
[...] has been additional expat media coverage, including an interview on the Seoul Podcast, Yonhap News and the Chosun Ilbo have published some stories in Korean (HT to the Marmot’s [...]
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:29 pm
[...] really can not do this story justice. EVERYBODY should listen to the interview Stephanie conducted with the excellent Seoul Podcast. She comes across as being a very rational person who is not seeking revenge, but instead just [...]
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
This is a powerful episode. When I saw you were interviewing Stephanie I wondered how anybody could handle a subject like this, but you managed it perfectly. This episode should be mandatory listening for anybody who can understand English in this country. I only hope Stephanie somehow gets the answers she needs.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:21 am
Excellent job you guys, you ALL handled it really well. My heart goes out to his mother, his whole family. Thanks–all of you–for doing this.
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
[...] blogosphere and in several of the Korean newspapers. There has been an interview with the mother by Seoul Podcast – that is being translated into Korean as [...]
May 24th, 2008 at 12:58 am
You may want to add now that the site is (nearly finished) including the translated transcript into Korean, and you may want to encourage foreigners to promote it amongst Korean costaff, amongst friends and family, and even amongst Koreans at churches.
May 24th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Be cool brother. Rest in peace.
May 25th, 2008 at 9:47 am
[...] up to the minute information, see the Facebook page his family has set up. Also, ZenKimchi has made a podcast with Stephanie White, and there is an unofficial transcript over at [...]
June 13th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
My condolence to you Stephanie. I think you are handling the situation extremely well and I greatly admire you for it. I have contacted my Australian newspaper to raise awareness of your tragedy and hope that they could bring some comfort to your hurt and grief.
August 5th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Hi, Stephanie I send you my deepest condolences and all my love and support. You are very strong….., you prove this indefinetly with your efforts in finding the answers you need. Keep your head up love… and R.I.P Michael.
With all my love and support,xoxoxo
Chris.