Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
Latest Episodes
2017 07 07 508 No, It's not Painless
We're behind in the editing, but better late than never. This episode is about Korea's suicide crisis, so it is a little heavy. Special Guest: Shaun Webb of Shaun on Site News of the Weird -Korean scientists try to engineer the smell out of Kimchi...
Cafe Seoul 2017 06 22 507 Nostalgic for the Unfamiliar
Disclaimer: This is is absolutely the longest episode we have ever recorded... Ever. But you know what? It's a podcast and you can listen to it at your own pace and even skip around or skip past parts you find boring. Dr. Stephen Suh is is an...
Cafe Seoul 2017 06 15 506 - Wonder Woman Spectacular
Well, we ended up nerding out again. How could we resist when the DC Cinematic Universe finally actually made a good film....?Emma Kalka and Dr. Michael Hurt also appeared in this episode to help u
Café Seoul 2017 05 25 505 What 'is' K-Pop?
After a very popular article published on the Ask a Korean blog, it appears that the definition of the term "K-Pop" is under dispute. So in the second half of this episode Rob and Eugene try to hash it out and come to a more solid definition, but...
Cafe Seoul 2017 05 11 504 Moon River
The theme of this episode is the outcome of the recent Korean presidential election, and the title is an admittedly terrible pun. News of the Weird -7up publishes kimchi recipe -Softbank CEO says Korea was part of China -Anonymous warns against WW3...
2017 04 27 503 Blackface Again?
News of the Weird -Apparently Westerners have shorter intestines than Koreans, says one domestic digestive powder producer -Korea to begin coinless society feasibility trials -Trump says Korea used to be a part of China, receives well deserved...
Cafe Seoul 2017 04 13 502 - What, Me Worry?
North Korea Acting Up Again? News of the Weird: -Questionable Journalism skills alert: Lawmaker proposes plan to include migrant families in the definition of multicultural so that they can also get government support, meanwhile he expects special...
Cafe Seoul 2017 04 06 501 News and Fisting
Oh my gosh! Rob and Eugene are back after such a long long long long long long break! Yes! Season 5 is now underway, and as of this writing (on April 29th) there are actually 2 more episodes in the pipeline to be edited. So fear not, there is lots of...
Cafe Seoul 2016 11 24 425 Make America Never Say Never Again
We DID say that episode 24 was going to be our last of season 4, but with Donald Trump winning the presidential election in the US, we had no choice but to have an emergency final final episode. We thought he'd never win the presidency, but this...
Café Seoul 2016 11 03 424 - Storm the Gates
At last, we are at the finale of season 4 on Café Seoul. This show is all about gates, but not about the kind of gates you're thinking of. No, we're talking about scandals, especially two very recent ones that have severe political and economic...