K-Town Rumble

Growing up isn’t easy. In this episode, Janet and Brian talk about some of the hard stuff about growing up with Eastern Values and Western Influences. Sometimes it’s possible to achieve balance, but only if everybody in the family is willing. Then there are those times when the tiger parents show their stripes: way too overbearing, demanding (their version of) perfection, expecting to know exactly what you’re doing, dishing out constant criticism, etc. Sound familiar? It’s a narrative that we hear all the time. There isn’t an easy fix, just the reality of what it is that we all have to deal with to varying degrees.

  Tune in to hear more as Janet and Brian talk about the common stories that they’ve heard and experienced themselves.   Reddit Topic Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/AsianParentStories/comments/j5102z/i_am_20_years_old_and_parents_are_still/   Check out the K-Town Rumble Website: https://www.ktownrumble.com/   Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ktownrumble/ https://www.instagram.com/therealjanetlee/ https://www.instagram.com/thisisbrianlee/

South Korea is in the headlines a lot these days (and rightfully so) with all the quality entertainment in the music and film industry popping up all over the US. So much so that Vloggers are going there! Janet and Brian comment on a “Top 10” list from one of these bloggers as they go through their list. You’re going to hear about some of the big differences in lifestyle and what people pay attention to in general from the ease of access to transport and getting around, Korean fashion, food, etc.

  Tune in to hear them share their thoughts on a first timer’s best 10 things about living in South Korea!   Check out the K-Town Rumble Website: https://www.ktownrumble.com/   Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ktownrumble/ https://www.instagram.com/therealjanetlee/ https://www.instagram.com/thisisbrianlee/

Ever been in a relationship where you were cheated on? It’s easy to say that you would never stay if you were cheated on, but in real life, it pans out differently for a lot of people. Janet and Brian share their views on a relationship where a guy is constantly getting cheated on and bounce around on the “why” somebody would stay in a relationship like this.

  Check it out on this week’s TMT episode!   Reddit Topic Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Infidelity/comments/iki3aj/i_know_i_need_to_quit_but_i_cant/   Check out the K-Town Rumble Website: https://www.ktownrumble.com/   Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ktownrumble/ https://www.instagram.com/therealjanetlee/ https://www.instagram.com/thisisbrianlee/

The comfort zone. Makes you think about sinking into a couch while binge-watching Netflix, but it can be different for everybody. It’s really more about the mental and physical spaces that we’re accustomed to. This doesn’t mean it has to be bundled up on the couch. For some people, it could be always being in a state of survival mode.

  Janet and Brian share their experience with what their comfort-zones look like and how comfort zones can look different for 1st and 2nd gen Korean-Americans. It’s a much different picture for many of us.   Tune in to hear more!   Check out the K-Town Rumble Website: https://www.ktownrumble.com/   Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ktownrumble/ https://www.instagram.com/therealjanetlee/ https://www.instagram.com/thisisbrianlee/

“Why do you spend your money on that? You need to save instead of spending!” What’s with all the nagging? Ever deal with your parents constantly criticizing everything that you spend your money on? Your parent's relationship with money is different than yours because they come from a completely different world when it comes to finances.

  Janet and Brian talk about this and their experiences with their parent's criticism or acceptance about the things they spend their money on. Two different viewpoints and two polar experiences. Tune in to hear how they dealt with it and why it is/was even a problem in the first place!   Reddit Topic Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/AsianParentStories/comments/istiec/have_your_parents_always_criticised_you_for/   Check out the K-Town Rumble Website: https://www.ktownrumble.com/   Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ktownrumble/ https://www.instagram.com/therealjanetlee/ https://www.instagram.com/thisisbrianlee/

When your heritage is from a collectivist society, it easy to get caught up in everybody’s expectations of what you “should” be. Of course, when you mix that up into westernized cultures you run into conflict. Janet and Brian explore the role that the assumptions that culture brings into their interactions and how it potentially influences their interactions with others. Sometimes one person’s perspective of being succinct could look like being way too direct. Other times, speaking in an indirect way can be translated as passive-aggressive.

  Tune in to hear more!   Check out the K-Town Rumble Website: https://www.ktownrumble.com/   Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ktownrumble/ https://www.instagram.com/therealjanetlee/ https://www.instagram.com/thisisbrianlee/

Intervene in somebody else’s relationship? Janet and Brian share their ideas about when it could be appropriate or inappropriate to get involved. Though, it’s rarely as simple as that. In this situation, you’re going to be hearing about two people that are coworkers where one of them is in a toxic relationship. The other wants to help, but doesn’t know whether or not if it’s appropriate to do so.

  Is it your responsibility to help somebody if you are aware of how bad a situation is and they don’t? Shouldn’t you get involved if somebody needs help?   Listen in to hear the discussion!   Reddit Topic Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/ip0t7z/my_26m_friend_30f_is_in_a_toxic_relationship_with/   Check out the K-Town Rumble Website: https://www.ktownrumble.com/   Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ktownrumble/ https://www.instagram.com/therealjanetlee/ https://www.instagram.com/thisisbrianlee/

Racism is, without a question, a major issue in the United States, but what if you come from a homogenous country where it’s not given the same attention? We now live in a globally connected world. We can learn from each other at a scale that is unprecedented compared to previous generations. The speed of how we all adapt to rapidly changing ideologies and global awareness/awakening will determine how we all decide to proceed into the future.

  This is a long-awaited episode where Janet and Brian talk about issues in regards to race and racism in the US. This is obviously a charged conversation and one that is intimate to their discussion within their understandings of what it all means, but they, at the risk of controversy, share their experience, knowledge, and ideas around the topic.   Tune into this week’s episode as Janet opens up from the perspective of a modern-day immigrant raised in South Korea and Brian as an American-born Korean share (probably overshare) some insights as they understand them to be today.   Check out the K-Town Rumble Website: https://www.ktownrumble.com/   Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ktownrumble/ https://www.instagram.com/therealjanetlee/ https://www.instagram.com/thisisbrianlee/

Is it true that your love language is based on what you didn’t receive as a child? These are 5 loves languages:

  1. Words of Affirmation 2. Acts of Service 3. Receiving Gifts 4. Quality Time 5. Physical Touch   Janet and Brian take the quiz and discuss their love languages and whether or not they agree with this idea. Listen in as they share some of the details of their relationship and how they interact when it comes to how they interact in their relationship.   Reddit Topic Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/AsianParentStories/comments/ijdg91/what_your_love_language/   Check out the K-Town Rumble Website: https://www.ktownrumble.com/   Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ktownrumble/ https://www.instagram.com/therealjanetlee/ https://www.instagram.com/thisisbrianlee/

Let’s look at our world today. So much has changed in the way that we live our lives now and school is no exception. In this episode of K-Town Rumble, Janet and Brian share their respective experiences with school while growing up. Janet going to school in Korea (mostly girl’s/women’s schools) while Brian went to primarily US public schools.

  They discuss some of the differences that they had experienced in their academics as well as some profound thoughts around what the traditional academic structure had missed when teaching them and so many others.   This is a broad topic and the conversation gets interesting as they talk about old school physical punishment, the missing topics that they don’t teach in schools, and what they should be teaching in schools given the expanded world that we live in today.   Tune in to hear more!   Check out the K-Town Rumble Website: https://www.ktownrumble.com/   Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ktownrumble/ https://www.instagram.com/therealjanetlee/ https://www.instagram.com/thisisbrianlee/