Living Room Pod

Raise your hands if you thought we'd never come back 🙋🏻‍♂️ After taking Q3 off, we're finally back with the FIRST guest of Season 3: our very own Hane Kim!

The 동네친구s welcome one of our wives onto the pod to get into the hard hitting questions, such as... how do you say her name? Honey? Hain? You have to listen to find out.

Please forgive the absolutely off the rails intro... it's been a while since we did this. So, as always: Lean back, take a deep breath, and exhale. Close your eyes (unless you're driving!) and enjoy this episode of LRP!

Happy Friday and hope ya'll had a great Fourth! It's been a month since our last episode. That might be too long for our supporters, not long enough for our haters but here we are with another episode with just the two 동네친구s.

We follow up on last episode's SOTW (stock of the week). Shim drops an absolute bombshell. We have a surprise bonus round. We're just trying to create a ~safe~ space for everyone.

So, as always: Lean back, take a deep breath, and exhale. Close your eyes (unless you're driving!) and enjoy this episode of LRP!

It's been a while. But we're back. After 2 long years and no one asking for it, the Living Room is back. The 동네친구s are now 동네 아저씨s and the banter is unreal. We catch you up to what we've been up to, big life updates, and a bit of a roadmap for where we're headed.

So, as always: Lean back, take a deep breath, and exhale. Close your eyes (unless you're driving!) and enjoy the return of LRP!

Are your eyes deceiving you? A new episode of LRP? No they're not: WE BACK YA'LL.

We have a special, SPECIAL installment of the Living Room as we enter into the ACTUAL living room of our guest: Sam Ha. This recently married 동네친구 actually was one of our biggest critics and yet... here we are. After his wining and dining, Chun and Shim sit down and reflect on his various childhood culture shocks, his career path, his relationship with his wife Angie, and of course, the hardest season of his life. Great times were had by all parties.

So, as always: Lean back, take a deep breath, and exhale. Close your eyes (unless you're driving!) and enjoy this episode of LRP!

Yoooooooooo. Apologies for the delay, but we have another episode for ya'll in the Living Room!

Our guest for this session is none other than our friend Jay Yi! He's not the prototypical OC 동네친구. Raised in Fontana (don't you wanna?), Jay shares about a precious core memory, feelings of protection, transitioning to the OC during his college days, and much, much more. If you're a fan of dry humor, humility, and laughing... this is the episode for you.

So, as always: Lean back, take a deep breath, and exhale. Close your eyes (unless you're driving!) and enjoy this episode of LRP!

Well, well, well. We just couldn't help it. We're back. We're back in the Living Room. This is not an April Fool's joke, 동네친구s!

In our return to the Living Room, we welcome our friend Alex "Big Korea" Park to kick off our latest season (?). He shares about his Fullerton life, moving up the ranks at his company, and other stories that go way back with Chun and Shim. It's a good one.

So, for the first time in three long months: Lean back, take a deep breath, and exhale. Close your eyes (unless you're driving!) and enjoy this episode of LRP!

All good things must come to an end. In our last episode on the last day of 2021, Chun and Shim bid all of you farewell. What an incredible journey it has been since the start of this year, when we started this thing with a vague outline of an idea that has blossomed into a small community of 동네친구s. The two hosts look back and reflect upon the podcast: what it has meant to us, what we have learned from it, and of course, our weekly segments. We hope everyone has a happy new year with your loved ones : ) It's been a pleasure serving as your co-hosts.

So, for the last time: Lean back, take a deep breath, and exhale. Close your eyes (unless you're driving!) and enjoy our last episode of LRP!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas~

Our guest in the Living Room this week is the notorious Brendan "BANDO" Kim. Indubitably one of the most boolin' episodes we've had. Dude rolled through in a size small Brooklyn Nets hoodie. This 동네친구 goes into extreme details about his life. Some highlights include: a demographic breakdown of Sunset Lane Elementary School, the Ivy League, journey to coding, and a whole lot more. Will this be our last episode of the season? Or will Chun and Shim find a way to scrounge up another guest? Stay tuned to find out...

But until then! Lean back, take a deep breath, and exhale. Close your eyes (unless you're driving!) and enjoy another episode of LRP!

Gobble, gobble! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We are so grateful for each and every single one of you!

Our guest in the Living Room this week is Andrew "A****** Tur***" Kim. This 동네친구 has a voice made for podcasting and utilizes it to share about his life and journey. He talks about his upbringing in the Valley, the origin of his infamous nickname (which he is in the process of shedding), his experience with all kinds of math, and the path leading to his position as a pastor and ThM student. Along the way many silly puns and dad jokes are made. There are moments in the recording where we're just laughing at how ridiculous we are. 

But hey, take a seat! Lean back, take a deep breath, and exhale, ESPECIALLY after the meals you had yesterday. Close your eyes (unless you're driving!) and enjoy another episode of LRP! 

Our guest this week in the Living Room is none other than the man, the myth, the legend: Jae "Mr. B" Byun. This 동네친구 opens up about his life story and gives us an in-depth look at his athletic career. His storytelling is in a class of its own and I'm (Shim) not gonna lie, recording this felt like an episode of 30 for 30 at times. Really inspirational stuff. He talks about the significance of sports--basketball in particular--in his life and how everything comes full circle with his current occupation as a teacher and coach at Sunny Hills High School. This easily could have been a 5 hour episode if we didn't have time constraints. Who knows, maybe he'll be back in the future?

But until then, take a seat! Lean back, take a deep breath, and exhale. Close your eyes (unless you're driving!) and enjoy another episode of LRP!