Colon Slash

This episode of Colon Slash is about being weird, which is kind of a weird topic. For this topic, I talk to my friends Marc Nicer, one of the weirdest people I know, and Kiki Harada, who dates the weirdest person I know. We talk about interesting things, and I edit out all the uninteresting things, so this podcast is 100% interesting.

Follow Marc Nicer on Instagram: @notnicer

Follow Kiki on Instagram: @kikeyo_

Follow me on Instagram: @itswillkim

Pawi's a fiction writer, and I write nonfiction; he's a filmmaker, and I write long blog posts that contain everything I've ever thought about a topic. We write about very different topics, but the reason we write is the same: we write because we need to.

At least for me, the need to write wasn't something I always understood about myself, it's something that became clear after I started writing. Part of the goal of this episode is to convince other people to start writing too, but hopefully it's interesting even if you're not interested in writing at all (but you should).

In this episode, we talk about how people can started writing, the exercises that we do to get better, the commonalities between fiction and non-fiction, and the therapeutic process of writing and understanding yourself.

Pawi can be found on Instagram @Pawifiction (in case you were wondering about the weird title)

He also has a podcast called The Small Break, in which he interviews filmmakers who have recently released their first feature film. It can be found anywhere iTunes podcasts can be found.

Follow me on Instagram: @itswillkim

"If jobs disappeared right now and we lived in a post-work society, I have very little faith that society would look like anything I’d want to live in. We are totally unprepared to live in a world like that, and with the way things are progressing, I don’t think that we’ll be in shape for that by the time it happens."

Technology is changing the world. Things are already pretty crazy, but it's only going to get crazier. The speed at which technology progresses gets faster every day, and if you thought the last ten years were crazy, just wait till you see the next ten.

In this episode of Colon Slash, I talk about this, and how these developments could negatively affect us as a society and as individuals, using a post work society (i.e., a society in which people don't have to, or are unable to find jobs) as well as what I think are some potential solutions.

In this episode of Colon Slash, I interview Pawi Bitanga. Pawi is a storyteller through and through. His love of storytelling permeates every fiber of his being: from a career in filmmaking, to a side project as a children's book writer. It shines through his style of dance, and even the way he interacts with other people.

In the interview, we talk about his origins in storytelling, some lessons he's learned, and of course some interesting tangents, including a surprising amount of tangents about childhood.

Also, Pawi has his own podcast called The Small Break! In it, he has conversations with filmmakers who have just produced their first feature films. They cover everything from writing through distribution, whether in movie theaters or on Netflix and Amazon. The Small Break sheds light on the step-by-step processes that go into launching an independent film. It’s pretty geared towards a particular audience, but even as someone from outside the filmmaking world, it was pretty interesting. It can be found anywhere that iTunes podcasts can be found.

So give it a listen, after you listen to this episode of course, and let us know what you think! Rate our podcasts on iTunes if you liked them!

Being Korean American (I guess Asian American) is weird. Race in America is often thought of as black and white, but where does Asian fit into that? As Asian Americans, we sit in this in between space where we're not white, we're not black. We're not quite Asian, but we're not quite American either.

The Asian American experience for me, and for many others I'd imagine, was a search for identity. In this episode, I talk to my friend, fellow Korean and fellow bboy about our Korean American experience. What it's like to be Korean, what the Korean-American community is like, the good and the bad of it all, and some digressions and tangents.

In the Thanksgiving spirit, this episode is about appreciating the fact that we live in the goddamned future. There’s so much cool stuff going on nowadays, and I feel like we don’t appreciate it enough, so here’s an episode about me talking about some things that I think are pretty sick about the time we live in.

Also, if you listen till the end, I’m also collecting things that you guys think are cool about living in the future (or the present, I keep saying the future even though it’s now). If I get enough responses, I’d like to compile them into a future episode made up of user submissions. Reach out to me on facebook, or you can email me at [email protected].

Do you believe in destiny? A fundamental question of philosophy is the question of if we have free will, and it’s one of those questions that is, at least for now, unanswerable. Is there such a thing as destiny? Is there a plan for us, divine or not, or do we carve our own paths?

In the first episode of :/, I talk about my thoughts on destiny, and give a pseudo-scientific theory on whether or not it's true. 

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