K-Town Rumble

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has spread globally and Janet and Brian finally weigh in on what it looks like from Dallas, TX. Yeah, it’s something to be concerned about, but they’re not sold on what the traditional media is selling (things that Texans say). Let’s be real here, most modern media outlets sell shock value and views, not “news”. Yes, wash your hands, work from home if you’re sick (employers figure this out too), and most of all, stop being racist, thanks.

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https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/home/index.html

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Many Koreans have a romanticized idea of what it’s like to live in America. Not just Korean, but also us formerly younger Asian-Americans (ok, boomer). As we’re all navigating through a tech-driven existence, expectations of what life is supposed to look like as a “successful” adult have shifted dramatically. Janet and Brian talk about what their expectations were and what the actual reality is of traversing their version of the Asian-American dream is today.

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The short answer is Asians don’t only hang out with other Asians. However, there is something to be said some groups have a tendency to self-segregate. It’s not really a new thing. It’s the mutual experience among a myriad of other reasons why this would happen. Something to think about is, maybe that it’s not Asians only hanging out with other Asians. Maybe it’s non-Asians not hanging out with Asians. Did you think about that? Tune in to hear Janet and Brian share their experience.

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Janet and Brian intervened at a restaurant to stop a fight breaking out between some ajushi’s at a Korean restaurant. Hwabyung (or Hwabyeong) is a real thing. In this episode, they talk about what happened and Korean rage (otherwise known as K-rage, kimchi rage, Asian rage, etc.) which you may have heard of referenced whenever a Korean person flips out. Being around it can be incredibly intimidating, especially for folks that have never seen it. Tune in to hear about their most recent and past experiences with some deeply seeded anger management issues.

Reference Link:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4232959/

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Many of us have a desire to communicate better with our parents, especially when we are torn between multiple cultures. Living in a globally connected world has its challenges and being able to explain different ideas to your family who does not have the same experiences is massively difficult. Sometimes, the best route is the hard route. It depends on how you decide on how you want to live. Add another dimension of difficulty, mental health. Tune in as Janet and Brian dig into how they handled similar problems.

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Have you ever had issues with establishing boundaries? Ever confused about where this boundary should even be set? You’re not alone. In many Asian countries, the idea of setting boundaries is not really baked into the culture. It goes so far as some not even having a word that literally translates into the English word, “no”, in the vocabulary. Hear Janet and Brian share some insights into why it’s so hard for many Asians to establish boundaries in their relationships.

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Have you ever had your native Asian name give you trouble? Leave you open to discrimination? Janet and Brian answer the question on whether or not they’ve had any negative impact in using their South Korean native names.

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Janet and Brian are joined by their good friend, Henry Kim, their local gaming aficionado get into a topic that is near a dear to many of us. Gaming. They get into talking about PC bangs and growing up in a world where games and gamers had the stigma of being a nerd. Also, how South Korea came known to become the esports birthplace as well as what influences so many Koreans to get into gaming in the first place. Have you ever met the people that you game with? Henry has and he also goes into what meeting your people from your guild IRL is like. Things get funny because Janet is definitely not on the same gaming nerd level as Henry and Brian. Tune in to listen to this gamer nerd episode.

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Janet and Brian recollect when they realized that there was such a thing as “race”. See how it contrasts between them. Brian grew up in the US in a smaller city while Janet grew up in a homogenous South Korea before the global culture boom we’ve experienced within the last few years. Hear how their experiences contrast to where and how they were raised.

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Janet and Brian get into talking about some of the specifics around Valentine’s Day! Brian did some research for Janet to talk a bit about the origins of Valentine’s Day because honestly, they didn’t know. In South Korea, girls buy the guys gifts on Valentine’s Day. They also get into how they deal with Valentine’s Day as a couple consolidating two different cultures. There may be some talk about what they did for their exes. Tune in to hear how they deal with the cultural differences.

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