This episode is all over the place! Not only do we cover Children's Day, we also discuss "Things Not to Say to Adoptees" with special guest Blossom P.

News of the Weird w/Eugene
-1. Take a bath in ramen in Japan
-2. Full House to reunited for reunion and spinoff
-3. Korean government to collect tax on alleged prostitute's earnings

Ask Aaron & Olivia / On the Street (w/ Mike Jones)
-Do you like Children's Day? Yes or no?

Story time w/ Hyewon
-About Children's Day

On the Pulse w/Rob
-Special Guest Blossom P. talks about what not to say to adoptees.

I've been too busy to edit these on time, so here's an episode form 3 weeks ago.

News of the Weird w/ Eugene
-We had some really downer stories this week, so it became news of the utterly depressing

Ask Aaron & Olivia, On the Street w/Michael
Question about Korean Baseball

On the Pulse w/Rob
Rob interviews Young Suk Yang about intercultural communication

Holy Bajeebus! Aaron and Olivia are both here at the same time for once!

News of the Weird w/Eugene:
-Guy's ex and current jump into river to make him save them
-Single ladies in Japan get married to nobody just for pics and honeymoons
-High-speed rail to Beijing to be completed soon?

Ask Aaron and Olivia - Why can't they just choose one spelling for Korean words and stick with it?

On the pulse w/Rob - Well actually, we were going to talk about the stresses of student life, but instead we ended talking about our guest's bad blind dating experiences. GASP!

ALSO! There's a chance to score a blind date with her yourself! If you are younger than 26, have good hygene, and are in the market for a hot babe, then listen to find out how YOU could win a blind date!

Olivia was out and about this episode, so we had a substitute host, Molly Kim.

The theme of this episode is all about Korean Cults.

News of the Weird w/Eugene
1. Expat recommends fining businesses that don't speak English
2. Korea's embassy in Jamaica has greeting in Patois on webpage
3. Koreans (over?)react to attack on US Ambassador

Ask Aaron and Olivia - Why are there so many churches in Seoul?

On the Pulse - Today we talk to Peter Daley, curator of the website jmscult.com. He is likely the expat most versed in the culture of Korean cults, and he shares his thoughts and experiences with us.

Café Seoul goes underground in this episode, as we talk to Dan from the Korea Underground Podcast, (whom we beat out for best podcast of 2014). Aaron is away doing real work, so Eugene dusts off his hosting hat.

News of the Weird w/Eugene
Ikea Korea has a pencil shortage
Douchebags mock Sewol victims with fish snacks
Twitter explodes as gay characters kiss on 'Walking Dead'

Ask Aaron and Olivia (without Aaron)
Why do Koreans say they hate Japan so much, yet still consume Japanese products?

On the Pulse w/Rob
Dan from Korea Underground explains all the ins and outs of podcasting in Pohang with Steve and Teresa!

Please visit Korea Underground at http://www.korea-underground.com/

It's the Café Seoul Drunk Episode! Aaron, Oliva, Rob and Eugene went to the Revolución Caribbean Bar, Grill and Guesthouse in Kyeongnidan (near Noksapyeong Station, in the vicinity of Itaewon) to get our drink on!

News of the Weird w/Eugene:
Creamy Beer all the rage in Japan
Discrimination in Job Interviews Deemed Okay
Korea Asked by IOC to Share 2018 Olympics

On the Pulse w/Aaron:
Aaron spoke with Peter, the owner and operator and our gracious host at Revolución.

Special OFFER! Listen to the Podcast and get a discount!

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It's the 25th official episode of Cafe Seoul not including special episodes and supplements.

It's also a month late because Eugene has been busy. But know that this means you'll be getting some episodes in close proximity to each other.

News of the Weird w/Eugene
Guy dies playing games in Internet Cafe
Big Hero 6 Hated by Korean Netizens for being too Japanese
Reporter asks ignorant question to Fresh off the Boat development team

On the Pulse w/ Rob interviews Mike Jones, former cast member during season 1, current regional head? of Toastmasters, Korea

Café Seoul enters year 3! First we react to winning Best Podcast of 2014 at the K-Blog Awards. Rob could not join us for this episode, so we have the return of Christine... who will be our super sub for the time being. Did we mention that we won Best Podcast in the K-Blog Awards and we were really happy about it?

News of the Weird w/ Eugene - Honey Butter Chips, '90s Gayo (K-Pop) Revival, News Organizations Still Messing Up North And South Korea

NEW SEGMENT! Ask Aaron and Olivia - Elaine in Incheon asks how you know you're no longer a Korea newb.

On the Pulse w/ Christine - She interviews Lee Tae-hoon of the Korea Observer.

A not so long long time ago in a country not so far far away...

CAFÉ SEOUL

It is a time of yule tide cheer. Five expats
have come together under the shared love for
all things nerdy to bring you a podcast
episode that discusses the final frontier and
the galaxy far far away.

***Special Guest Nerd - Dr. Michael Hurt***

-The Prequels Strike Back -
We discuss what was good about the prequels, even though the consensus is that these are generally terrible. We also try to find things we hated about the original trilogy.

-Where No Jedi has Gone Before-
We pair each Star Wars character with his TNG counterpart and discuss which of the two we'd rather be.

-The Wrath of Rob-
Dr. Michael Hurt discusses why it is that Koreans don't seem to like Star Trek.

Major props to non-nerd Olivia Lim for surviving through this one.

Star Wars and Star Trek and all their characters and associated music used in this podcast is the property of their respective studio

The Cafe Seoul Podcast has been nominated for Best Podcast in the Korea Blog Awards, hosted by KoreaObserver.com!

Take some time to vote for us at http://www.koreaobserver.com/blogawards/podcast/

Just click the stars under that happy coffee drinker!

News of the Weird w/Eugene
-Man sets world record for GPS picture wedding proposal
-Lists of 10 naughtiest boy and girl names found
-Park Geun-hye addresses MAMA Awards

On the Pulse w/Rob - A look back at the Korean Blogosphere in 2014

Special Thanks To:
-Jen Lee of Dear Korea http://dearkoreacomic.com/
-Adam Carr of Chase the Dot https://adamrcarr.wordpress.com/
-Peter Daley of jmscult.com
-The Boss of Wangjangnim http://wangjangnim.com/
-Paul Ajossi http://www.paulajosshi.com/
-Ms. Lee to Be of On Becoming a Good Korean (Feminist) Wife - http://msleetobe.wordpress.com/

Jhoon Rhee Self Defense
The Legend of Zelda