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Anticipating Level 3 | SeoulPodcast 167
When will the Korean government move the COVID precautions to Level 3? Emma has inside speculations on when it may happen and why it’s taking so long. PLUS the ongoing drama of the Justice Ministry vs. the Prosecutors. And you thought the 2020 American politics were cray-cray.
A Very Corona Thanksgiving | SeoulPodcast 166
The Third Wave is here! Emma and Joe update on the latest COVID-19 clusters in Korea. PLUS lots of transportation news.
Halloween is Cancelled | SPC Briefing (Oct. 30, 2020)
The Seoul government is aggressively pushing bars to “voluntarily” close on Halloween. This sounds logical, but we all know that there is a weird story behind it.
Scary Halloween Korean News & Dos | SeoulPodcast #165
Death by flu shot. Prison for sociopaths who assault bus drivers and intentionally run into ambulances with their taxis.
An Englishman Outside Korea
An Englishman Outside Korea A Korean politician and hack reporter have decided to go after another famous foreigner, trying to cater to the Korean public’s envy monster. This time it’s YouTuber Korean Englishman 영국남자. What nefarious deed has he committed? And how has...
The Towering Infernal | SeoulPodcast #163
One of our greatest fears–a fire broke out in a high rise apartment building. And no one was killed. This news PLUS an outed North Korean diplomat/refugee and Korea’s controversial and overdue abortion law changes.
Shot at Sea
A South Korean fisheries official was lost at sea, floating in North Korea. He was found, shot, and burned. We discuss this WTF moment in the land we call, “Korea.”
Love Letters to Kim Jong Un
The new Bob Woodward book ‘Rage’ is out. And boy, does it have a lot to say about Trump’s relationship with Kim Jong Un. Get a room, guys!
The Scary Dude on Emma’s Balcony
Scary Dude on Emma's Balcony Emma had a mysterious and scary incident in the middle of the night. She talks about it and when her neighbor broke into her apartment. --Please Subscribe-- Podcast Twitter Facebook YouTube Support us on Patreon to...
COVID with a Dash of Typhoon
New host Emma Kalka talks about the recent COVID-19 “assplosion,” the latest on where the outbreaks are and what the government is doing. Also, Typhoon Bavi and Sam Okyere’s recent scandal in a teapot.
The Ancient Archives
SeoulPodcast #48: One Year Birthday Show
Various countdowns about favorite, oddest and most popular moments in the past year
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At the end, we have a good series of clips encompassing the whole year.
SeoulPodcast #47: ATEK Answers
Interview with Tony Hellmann, Communications Director for the Association for Teachers of Englsih in Korea (ATEK) | Jang Ja-yeon’s Suicide blamed on Abusive Producers and Entertainment Execs
SeoulPodcast #46: The Jeollanam-do in Brian
PANELIST:
Brian Deutsch (Brian in Jeollanam-do) | Korean Police Pranked at 63 Building | Hike in Odeng Prices Lead to Violence
SeoulPodcast #45: Karl and Stafford Return
PANELISTS:
Karl Mamer (YRAD, The Conspiracy Skeptic),
Stafford Lumsden (The Chosun Bimbo) | A year out of Korea… now what? | Another Day, Another Grand Plan to Remake Seoul
SeoulPodcast #44: The Anti-anti-English Spectrum Show
PANELISTS:
Luke Martin (ROKetship), Rob Ouwehand (Roboseyo, Hub of Sparkle) | Foreigners hope to teach South Korea dangers of bias | The “English Teachers Are Gang Rapists” TV Show
SeoulPodcast #43: Casualties of K-Pop Wars
PANELIST: Mark Russell (Korea Pop Wars, Korea Gig Guide, Pop Goes Korea) | The culture wars in Korean pop | Vulgar Pizza Etang commercial? | More UK travellers heading to South Korea – Just the Flight
SeoulPodcast #42: English Radio
PANELIST: Daniel Gray (Seoul Eats, TBS eFM) | Can English radio survive in Korea?
SeoulPodcast #41: Relevance of the English Media
PANELISTS:
Bart Schaneman (The Korea Herald),
Robert Koehler (The Marmot’s Hole),
“Skinny” Steve Ward (Seoul Steves),
Stafford Lumsden (The Chosun Bimbo) | Is the English language media relevant? | Should Killers’ Faces Be Revealed?
SeoulPodcast #40: SPECIAL – Tragedies of Errors
This show was recorded live at 4 p.m. Seoul Time on Sunday, February 1st, 2009. It runs approximately 2 hours and 47 minutes. That is a bit long for some listeners. I still suggest you listen to the entire show. It’s the most powerful show we’ve ever released
SeoulPodcast #39: Is ATEK for Real?
Panelists: Tony Hellman (Association for Teachers of English in Korea), Stafford Lumsden (The Chosun Bimbo)
SeoulPodcast #38: The Galbi Jim
PANELISTS:
Panelists: Craig White (daegupockets.com, Galbi Jim), Stafford Lumsden (The Chosun Bimbo) | Korea’s Lee Under Pressure as Fire Kills Protesters | Hankyoreh: Disabled Sexual Assault Victims “Cry Twice”
SeoulPodcast #37: Hong Kong vs. Korea
PANELISTS: Rachel Hui, Stafford Lumsden (The Chosun Bimbo) | Hong Kong vs. South Korea | Korean Blogger Arrested for… Being Right? | Kang Gi-gap Still Off His Rocker
SeoulPodcast #36: The Beer Survival Guide
PANELIST: Rob Titley (Home Brew Korea) | Beer Survival Guide | Rep. Gang Ki-gap: “If I Had a Hammer…”
SeoulPodcast #35: New Year’s Eve Bash LIVE!
PANELISTS:
Regina Walton (Where the Hell Am I?),
Aaron Shearin | Activists: Too Many Sex Criminals Avoiding Prison | “Star King,” Kang Ho-dong, sued for having a tightrope-walking dog.
SeoulPodcast #34: 2008 Was Something
Namdaemun Fire | Bird Flu | Mad Cow | Parliament Funkadelic | We Love Melamine! | Olympics | The Return of Dokdo | Let’s Protesting!
SeoulPodcast #33: Protecting Yourself
PANELIST:
Michael Hurt (Scribblings of the Metropolitician, Feetman Seoul) | Tips to Avoid Being Assaulted in Korea | You call that a slide?
SeoulPodcast #32: A Food Journey in Korea
PANELIST: Therese MacSeain (A Food Journey in Korea) | Expat’s Food Survival Guide (a.k.a., Who Moved My Cheese?) | Hub of Suspended Sentences
SeoulPodcast #31: Crazy Korean Cooking
PANELISTS:
Grace Park and Stephanie Maing (Crazy Korean Cooking) | Seoul Street Food: Heart Attack on a Stick 😉 | Konglish Moment: Eye Remover
SeoulPodcast #30: Hole-y Marmot, Fatman!
PANELISTS:
Robert Koehler (The Marmot’s Hole),
Kim Hogg (Socius),
Derek (The Midnight Runner Podcast),
Robert Wicks,
Jennifer Flinn (Fatman Seoul) | Have the baffling headaches in Korean English education gone unchanged in forty years? Are schools reliable windows into Korean society?
SeoulPodcast #29: Riding Lespos and Anyang Prostitution
Panelist: Joe (Joe Seoul Man) | Melamine Scandal Kills Pepero Day | Candle-Light Vigil Organizers Arrested
SeoulPodcast #28: Super Party Blowout
PANELISTS:
Stafford Lumsden (The Chosun Bimbo),
Regina Walton (Where the Hell Am I, Look to the Stars),
Soutthida (aka lao-ocean-girl),
Rob Ouwehand (Roboseyo),
David Harris (SeoulLife.net),
Luke Martin (ROKetship) | Is there a disproportionate conservative bias in Korea ex-pats and bloggers compared to other places?
SeoulPodcast #27: The Life of an Artist
PANELIST:
Luke Martin (ROKetship) | Making the most of being an artist in Korea | Court to Rule on Constitutionality of Adultery | Nightmare Wedding
SeoulPodcast #26: What’s So Funny?
PANELIST:
Roger Fusselman, Stand Up Comedians Korea (SUCK) | Great Moments in Korean Journalism | Great… Nobel Nationalism
SeoulPodcast #25: AfterKorea
PANELISTS:
Andrew and Michelle (former long-time ex-pats) | Making your Korea experience work for you | I Guess It Really Is a Crisis — Gov’t Bitches About Foreign Press
SeoulPodcast #24: The Robert Wicks Project
Panelist: Robert Wicks | Asbestos and The Subway Again . . . | McDelivery: Fast Food Gets Faster
SeoulPodcast #23: EATS!
Panelist: Daniel Gray (Seoul Eats) | Chinese Fishing Boat Took Four Coast Guard Officers Hostage!
SeoulPodcast #22: Derek’s Midnight Runner
PANELIST:
Derek (The Midnight Runner Podcast) | Hey Korea, You May Miss Being a “Developing” Country… | 11% of Women College Students Blackout Each Month
SeoulPodcast #21: The All Jen Show
PANELIST: ”Evil Jennifer” Flinn (Fatman Seoul) | Jangan-dong Pimps: “We Hate Renters’ Associations” | Worst analogies ever written in a high school essay
SeoulPodcast #20: Kamsa Haseyo, Mr. Roboseyo
Panelist: Rob Ouwehand (Roboseyo) | Do expats complain too much? | Thousands are now suing ‘PD Diary’ | Take It To City Hall, Umm, Before It Disappears
SeoulPodcast #19: Top Ten Things to See and Do in Korea
Panelist: Jennifer Flinn (Fatman Seoul, Bomb English)
SeoulPodcast #18: The Wild East Days
Panelist: Jean Francois-Marcoux | Working in Korea during the 1990s IMF crisis | South Korean Suicide Rate Double OECD Average
SeoulPodcast #17: Don’t Kill Yourself… Slowly (Stanley Crocker)
Panelist: Stanley Crocker, dieticia | Dokdo Madness | Lonely Planet Makes Seoul Look Bad, City Asks for Corrections
SeoulPodcast #16: An EPIK Tale
PANELIST:
Justin Sowers, An EPIK Tale — Firsthand experience of the EPIK teaching program, South Korean tourist shot dead by North soldier
SeoulPodcast #15: Getting a Real Job in Korea
Panelist: Joe Mondello (The Joshing Gnome), How to Get a Real Job in Korea, Candlegirl Dance and Stuff, The Boobi Boobi Bus
SeoulPodcast #14: The Chosun Bimbo (Stafford Lumsden)
PANELIST:
Stafford Lumsden (The Chosun Bimbo), Lone Star NOT GUILTY, Hyundai Chairman “pays” for his Crimes
Special: ExPat Deaths and Systematic Cover Ups
Stephanie White returns with an update on her son, Michael White, who died mysteriously in a sauna in Daegu. She clarifies points she made in her first appearance and details the results of the government's autopsy. The autopsy itself has raised enough questions to...
Episode 13: Seoul Survivors Reunion Show (Karl Mamer)
PANELIST:
Karl Mamer,, repatriation, I’ve attracted the ire of Korean netizen bullies. (B in J)
Episode 12: You Can Kiss My Kimchi
PANELIST:
Brian (Kiss My Kimchi), Group Alleges MacDonalds Uses Beef from 30 Month or Older Cows Later Retracts Allegation, Scott Burgeson’s Experiences at the Demonstrations (Two Koreas)
Episode 11: Starting a Family in Korea (Cathy and David Harris from SeoulLife.net)
Panelists: Cathy and David Harris (SeoulLife.net), Starting a Family in Korea, More Mad Cow Conversation Fodder
Episode 10: The Brain Deutschland Show
Panelist: Brian Deutsch (Brian in Jeollanam-do) Does Korea care what we think?, PD Notebook’s bout of Yellow Journalism, Turns out much of the arguments in the TV show that scared Koreans about U.S. beef were faked. But correct the errors and apologize? Are you nuts?
Episode 9: Lao-Ocean-Girl
Panelist: Soutthida (aka lao-ocean-girl), Korean Beef Under Scrutiny, Young guy smacks around old woman selling kimbap at a rally
Special: A Mother’s Worst Nightmare — The Tale of Michael White
This is a special edition of the SeoulPodcast. We talk to Stephanie White, the mother of Michael White, who died under suspicious circumstances at a sauna near Daegu.
Episode 8: Tales from the Dark Side
PANELIST:
Rowan Hall, Director, ESL-Planet Recruiting, The dark side of the ESL industry
Episode 7: Amanda Takes Off…
PANELIST:
Amanda (Amanda Takes Off…), FAN DEATH! It’s What’s for Dinner…, Seoulites, Meet Your New City Symbol
Episode 6: Do Something (Steve Ward)
PANELIST:
Steve Ward (SeoulSteves.com), How do you find something new to do?, Videos of Chinese Protesters’ Violence in Seoul
Episode 5: Super Survival Korean
PANELIST:
Rosa Pae (Seoul Survivors), What Korean should I know that is actually useful?
Episode 4, part 3 of 3: Fashion and Politics with Michael Hurt
PANELIST:
Michael Hurt (Scribblings of the Metropolitician, Feetman Seoul, Bomb English)
Episode 4, part 2 of 3: Fashion and Politics with Michael Hurt
PANELIST:
Michael Hurt (Scribblings of the Metropolitician, Feetman Seoul, Bomb English)
Episode 4, part 1 of 3: Fashion and Politics with Michael Hurt
PANELIST: Michael Hurt (Scribblings of the Metropolitician, Feetman Seoul, Bomb English)
Episode 3: Is There Life Outside Seoul? — Kimberly Hogg, Mike Moriarty
PANELISTS: Kimberly Hogg (Socius in Daejeon), Mike Moriarty (BusanMike), New Coreana Nazi video pretty much the same as the old Coreana Nazi video, Plagiarism Accusations Over Han River Islands Design Winner
Episode 2: Seoul Fashion Week — Regina Walton, EV Boyz
Panelist: Regina Walton, Interview: EV Boyz, Man beats up elementary school student in the elevator . . .on tape, The Seoul government plans to create three manmade islands
Episode 1: Reverse Culture Shock — Karl Mamer (Seoul Survivors)
Panel: Karl Mamer, our first show as the SeoulPodcast
Survivors Survive!
Karl may have left Korea, but Jennifer (Seoul Survivors) and Joe (ZenKimchi) are teaming up with other familiar faces, names and voices to bring you the SeoulPodcast--the most original name in podcasting! Bear with us as we test out the audio and set up new feeds....