K-Town Rumble

Ever experience racism or discrimination within your family? Some toxic family dynamics leverage using money or the threat of abandonment to manipulate their children into doing what they believe is right. This is incredibly destructive and is a good way to kill the trust that exists between family members. Regardless of blood relationships or not, one person (parents or otherwise) cannot live their children’s’ life for them. Janet and Brian give some hard truths about real family conflict. What do you do when your parents force you to pick between your family and traditional values and an ongoing relationship?

Reddit Topic Link:

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When you’re spending all of this time adulting, who has the time for friends? Well, Janet and Brian make time, but the way they create and maintain friendships has evolved as they move around across the country or in Janet’s case, the other side of the globe. In this episode, they talk about how their past friendships have changed as well as creating new friendships. We’re increasingly connected in some ways, but so distant from the ones we consider closest to us in other ways. Tune in to hear this international couple’s take on making friends and connections as (maybe) adults.

Good genes are nice, but joy is better (The Harvard Gazette):

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/

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Do you feel left out when people around you are speaking in a language that you don’t understand? For most of us, um… YEAH. Janet and Brian talk about their experiences with being immersed in languages that are not native to where they grew up. Language barriers and differences in culture are deceivingly difficult to integrate together. This includes both being around Korean and English speaking people. Missing jokes, repeating inappropriate song lyrics in public, and so on. Tune in to hear what they have to say about being excluded cause you don’t speak the language and what to do about it.

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Some people dream of making the transition from a 9 to 5 job and some people make moves to get it done. Our friend Masashi Mizobuchi joins us and shares how he got his start in videography and began his transition from being a full-time occupational therapist to kicking off his videography business. He talks about what he did to make it happen as well as some inspiring messages in regard to his mindset and thought process while making the move.

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Janet and Brian are joined again by Joann Chang to discuss a young man’s dilemma dealing with his parents who disapprove of his girlfriend. Far too often there are cultural expectations that are pushed past the boundaries of our understanding as many of us have adopted western values. Listen to some of the hard truths that they talk about in this episode of “Twenty Minute Tuesday”

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2020 is the year of the metal rat! Means, new beginnings! Janet and Brian talk about Lunar New Year as Korean celebrate it. Tune in to hear about all the stuff that Brian had no idea about and Janet pretty much schools him on Asian things. Also, find out if your lunar zodiac sign will bring good fortune for you this year! Happy Lunar New Year!

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Having status whether it’s in education, social class, looks, etc. There a number of flashy things that Asians waste money on. Remember when having a Honda Civic with a spoiler the size of a park bench screwed to the trunk was cool? Louis Vuitton purse anyone? How about when you paid for college and your career is now in something completely unrelated?

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Wait… There are other careers than being a doctor, lawyer, or engineer? Janet and Brian talk about the biases around careers among Asians. Heavily influenced by status and earnings potential, they talk about their experiences and how college education plays into it.

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We’ve all probably have gotten so much of this that it’s played out, but what do you say when somebody comes at you with a “Ni Hao”? Hear what Janet and Brian have to say about it on this week’s TMT.

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In this episode, Janet and Brian get into your typical New Year’s resolutions, overcrowded gyms, and how they go about making goals that aren’t limited to just waiting until the year has gone. They go into their specific goals and how they check on their progress.

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