2014-04-22 203 The Sewol Tragedy

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2014-04-22 203 The Sewol Tragedy

FromCafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea

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Feb 23, 2015

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This episode was difficult to do. Korea was reeling after a tragedy in which hundreds of high school kids lost their lives on a school trip because their ferry sank. It was right after it happened and we felt like we had to react.

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Feb 23, 2015

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From 2013 to 2017, Café Seoul was a Korea-based expat-lifestyle podcast. Co-hosted by a duo of expats from North America, each episode dealt with a particular hot-button theme or issue. Café Seoul at that time discussed recent news, answered listener questions, and interviewed interesting people all for the sake of intelligent discussion with a dash of humor.

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2013-04-04 107 Night On the Town: This is quite possibly the best of our episodes from season one. The peak of our comedic flair before we got bogged down. It was still fun at this point. by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2013-03-05 105 Back to School: Another notch on the wall... or something. We look at school in Korea because Korea's going back to school. by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2015-01-22 305 25th Episode Anniversary by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2014-12-18 303 StarWarsTrek Xmas Special: A not so long long time ago in a country not so far far away... CAFÉ SEOUL It is a time of yule tide cheer. Five expats have come together under the shared love for all things nerdy to bring you a podcast episode that discusses the final frontier... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2015-01-08 304 We're #1: Café Seoul enters year 3! First we react to winning Best Podcast of 2014 at the K-Blog Awards. Rob could not join us for this episode, so we have the return of Christine... who will be our super sub for the time being. Did we mention that we won Best... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2013-02-04 103 Seollal: Episode 3 is all about the lunar new year in Korea. by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2013-03-19 106 Holidaze: Holidays in Korea can be funny. by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2014-04-29 204 Jeopardy: In this episode we play Cafe Seoul Jeopardy! News of the Weird with Eugene! -Kid stows away on plane to Hawaii -Crayon Pop song banned for Japanese lyric -Fox News uses stock footage of random Asians who aren't Korean as stand-ins for Sewol victims'... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
46 min listen
2013-01-22 102 Tourism: This is our first foray into comedy. Hope you enjoy it. The subject is tourism. I'm mass uploading so you won't get a description. by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2014-05-13 205 Return of the Kimchi: Kimchi Kim is BACK! News of the Weird w/Eugene -Star Wars Cast Announced -Triangle Face Plastic Surgery -River Shark Attack On the Pulse w/Rob -Discussing press freedom with special guest John Power by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2014-08-05 211 Tourism Slogans: Once again we discuss tourism, and while there are no comedic skits, Steve Miller of the Asia News Weekly podcast joins us to discuss the failures and successes of tourism slogans. by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2014-04-22 203 The Sewol Tragedy: This episode was difficult to do. Korea was reeling after a tragedy in which hundreds of high school kids lost their lives on a school trip because their ferry sank. It was right after it happened and we felt like we had to react. by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
49 min listen
2013-02-19 104 Valentine's Day: Love is in the air. We look at the funny side of Valentine's Day in Korea. by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2013-01-09 101 New Years Expectations: IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME LISTENING TO CAFÉ SEOUL, DO NOT START WITH THIS EPISODE. It is only here as a historical record. Please start with season 2 to get a better idea of what kind of podcast we are. Season 1 is very different. This is the very... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2014-06-24 208 Ole?: This episode took place during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. News of the Weird w/ Eugene -US Patent Office cancels Washington football team’s trademark. -No, your tattoo doesn’t say cold blooded killer, it says 寒冷殺人魔, or killer of cold weather. -Our... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2014-08-19 212 Ebolamania: A bar in the 'twon has posted a sign barring Africans from entry. We also say goodbye to Robin Williams Aaron is in Hawaii getting married, so he doesn't appear in this episode. News of the Weird - Producers of US TV shows go after Korean... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
56 min listen
2014-07-15 210 Double Jeopardy: This episode was released one week late because I've been busy. News of the Weird - Makeup company asks if you wanna be white - Ocean World wants you to experience a world class climax - North Korea to play Portugal in World Cup Final Double... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2013-04-18 108 Pyongyang Style: Oppan Pyongyang Style! North Korea was all over the news in April 2013. So we decided to cash in.. but... yeah, it's the beginning of the end of season one. Soon things will get worse and we'll take a LOOONG hiatus. by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2014-07-08 209 Gender: This episode discussed gender issues if I am not mistaken. by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2014-04-15 202 Derailing: Episode 2 of the new format. This episode tackles derailing and online flame wars. by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2015-06-04 314 Gone Teachin': It's Blossom's first episode as permanent cohost! She did very nicely for her first time out, and this episode was mostly about teaching English in Korea, a topic we have not quite touched despite being around for so long. News of the Weird w/Eugene... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
86 min listen
2014-12-04 302 Blog Awards: The Cafe Seoul Podcast has been nominated for Best Podcast in the Korea Blog Awards, hosted by KoreaObserver.com! Take some time to vote for us at http://www.koreaobserver.com/blogawards/podcast/ Just click the stars under that happy coffee drinker!... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2015 10 08 401 Hell-o!: It's the beginning of a new season! Sadly Blossom is no longer with us... life happens. News of the Weird w/Eugene -Korea to standardize food translations -Seoul to enforce a taxi driver dress code -Seoul to choose new slogan Ask Blossom, Rob, and... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2014-10-30 301 OneFlewOverTheMagpieNest: Holy Frijoles! Cafe Seoul has returned for another season! News of the Weird w/ Eugene -Dead snake kills chef -Koreans to go extinct by 2750 -Counter protesters protest hunger strike by staging eat-in Lightning Round -Japanese high school baseball... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2015-03-05 306 The Drunk Episode: It's the Café Seoul Drunk Episode! Aaron, Oliva, Rob and Eugene went to the Revolución Caribbean Bar, Grill and Guesthouse in Kyeongnidan (near Noksapyeong Station, in the vicinity of Itaewon) to get our drink on! News of the Weird w/Eugene: Creamy... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
54 min listen
2015 07 02 316 Staycation: We're breaking yet another record, making season 3 our longest season yet!... each week we continue... But this is the penultimate episode of season 3. We need a break. News of the Weird w/Eugene -Public video screen shows porn in Shanghai -World in... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2013-05-09 109 May Madness: This was to be the end of Café Seoul. At this point we were getting tired of all the logistics. We tried to be different but it fell flat. Anyway, posting it for historical purposes. by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2015-03-06 307 Café Seoul Underground: Café Seoul goes underground in this episode, as we talk to Dan from the Korea Underground Podcast, (whom we beat out for best podcast of 2014). Aaron is away doing real work, so Eugene dusts off his hosting hat. News of the Weird w/Eugene Ikea Korea... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2014-03-29 201 Adoption: After almost a year long hiatus we picked up in Season 2. In this pilot episode we introduce a new format with host, Aaron Martinson and Olivia Lim. Eugene now is doing News of the Weird and Rob is here for On the Pulse. We interviewed Shannon Heit... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2015-03-12 308 Personality of Cult: Olivia was out and about this episode, so we had a substitute host, Molly Kim. The theme of this episode is all about Korean Cults. News of the Weird w/Eugene 1. Expat recommends fining businesses that don't speak English 2. Korea's embassy in... by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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2014-04-22 203 The Sewol Tragedy

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