Overseas Overheard

0:00 Intro

02:13 Joon spent his whole life in South Korea

02:43 Raul was selected to study at a US high school

04:17 Joon was pranked at Times Square

06:28 How Joon became the student body president

09:18 Suing the Trump administration

13:00 Joon’s crazy military stories

16:57 Joon’s life after graduation

18:00 How Raul started a non-profit organization

23:00 Ideal policy change for international students

24:15 Advice for international students

Link to Michelle’s button poetry video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0aI4u8TIKE

What’s Kenyon without English majors?

Liv Kane, from Texas, has published her own non-fiction book this spring, and Michelle Lin, from Toronto, has 6K views on her button poetry video; these are only small parts of our guests’ writing career.

In this episode, Liv and Michelle:

- Wrote two improv poems within two minutes

- Spilled tea about studying at Oxford University

- Read their past work (masterpieces!)

- Shared their “genesis stories” and culture shocks coming to Ohio

- Talked about Kenyon Review and multicultural organizations at Kenyon

Intimidating? Cool kids? Both Cheran (swimmer) and Joseph (lacrosse player) will break those impressions you have about college athletes.

In this episode, Joseph Pozo '23 interviews Cheran De Silva 23' about his experience training for the Olympics and struggles at Kenyon College.

BIG NEWS. Our new host/MC is Somphors Tann!! This special episode will be her first episode, where she interviews Overseas Overheard producer Koto Katayama, a sophomore film major at Kenyon College.

Listen to Koto give insights into Japanese culture, how she became an English speaker at the age of 7 and found her passion in film.

This podcast is supported by Persimmons Literary Magazine and International Society at Kenyon.

Come over, let’s make some tea and spill them all. Listen to Gina Golden interview the most infamously honest student at Kenyon College; Somphors Tann.

A "Blind Date" episode featuring Ubongabasi Asuquo interviewed by special host Jack Braun. Follow Ubongabasi's journey from Nigeria to becoming a biology major (anthropology minor) at Kenyon College.

Our host Cassie Coale will follow Prince's journey from early childhood in Ghana to where he is now; sophomore Economics major + photographer at Kenyon College.

This is the promo episode to the new podcast Overseas Overheard by Persimmons Literary Magazine at Kenyon College.