Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea

Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea


Latest Episodes

Cafe Seoul 2016 09 29 423 Studying in Korea
November 14, 2016

Café Seoul is back and in this episode we focus on coming to Korea to study with American millenial exchange students Sarah and Lizzie from the University of Maryland. News of the Weird -Seoul named happiest city in the world -North Korea revealed...

Cafe Seoul 2016 09 22 422 K-Redpill v K-Radfem
September 30, 2016

Guest: Hyunsu Kim (The only Goth in Korea) News of the Weird: -Man wins lottery, family protests to get their share -Air China in-flight magazine contains racist copy -Seoul to crowdsource editing bad English on signs Ask Rob & Eugene: Why do...

Cafe Seoul 2016 08 12 421 Reverse Reverse Culture Shock
August 31, 2016

This episode features Joe Mondello who used to live in Korea long-term, but went back to his home in the United States. We caught him on a visit back to Korea. News of the weird -Koreans no longer xenophobic. -American monk to leave South Korea,...

Cafe Seoul 2016 07 18 420 The Only Goth in Korea
August 29, 2016

If you were a teen in the 1990's in the west, there's a 1/3 chance that either you knew a goth or you were one. (Statistics not proven). Chances are, however, that in Korea in 2016, there's only one goth, and we have her on our show this week. News...

Cafe Seoul 2016 07 07 419 Ask Ajumma
August 16, 2016

Maybe you've been looking around on Facebook and seen the ads for the company called "Ask Ajumma." What is Ask Ajumma, or better yet, WHO is Ask Ajumma. Café Seoul leaves no stone unturned in our quest to find out more about the who's who in Korea....

Cafe Seoul 2016 06 11 418 While you're gone
July 19, 2016

In this episode, Eugene's mom and stepfather joined us in the studio! News of the Weird -English Villages Close -Butter Flavored Milk to hit Korean Stores -Smartphone App Cures Smartphone Addiction? On the Pulse Eugene's Mom and Pop discuss what...

Cafe Seoul 2016-06-02 417 Dear Korea
June 27, 2016

Special Guest: Jen Lee, creator of the Dear Korea webcomic! News of the Weird Chinese detergent company makes "racist" TV ad Restaurants get sued, ban kids Japanese Snack Alert: Watermelon Chocolate Chip Salt Cookies Ask Rob & Eugene: What is the...

Cafe Seoul 2016-05-19 416 Full Circle
June 07, 2016

When you come to Korea to find yourself... is it possible that you weren't actually looking in the right way, for the right thing? This episode is the second appearance of Sharon Heit, who we last saw in episode 3 of this season. She's got her newly...

Cafe Seoul 2016 05 12 415 You're a Lifer!
May 26, 2016

Special Guest: Paul Matthews News of the Weird w/Eugene -Children’s Day trash piles up on Busan beach -Paris Baguette to begin franchising in USA -KFC introduces chicken flavored nailpolish Reverse Culture Shock it to Me w/ Olivia – Paying in cash...

Cafe Seoul 2016 04 21 414 The Baby Box
May 16, 2016

Finally! The fabled, long awaited Baby Box episode! I'm sure you listeners out there have had enough of the discussions about which superhero films are good and which aren't, or who's a cool expat doing cool stuff, so this episode is a bit of a...