EP224: Cross-Cultural Storytelling with Da Eun Yoon

Da Eun Yoon on Names, Voice Work, and Living Between CulturesChristine interviews multilingual actor, voice artist, and audiobook narrator Da Eun Yoon, announcing her as the narrator of the middle grade novel in verse Love Language (out August 4). Da Eun shares the meaning of her Korean name and her  changing English names, describing challenges introducing “Da Eun” at Northwestern and eventually embracing it. She recounts moving to New York after graduating from Northwestern (2023), being encouraged to try voiceover, and discovering audiobook narration as a career. The conversation explores her upbringing in Korea speaking English at home, identity crises and accent work in both languages, the “shadowing” method for learning pronunciation, and feeling different across Korea and the U.S. She discusses passion as acting despite fear, her work as storyteller/translator bridging cultures, uncertainty about where to live, and how narrating Love Language resonated with her.00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro01:07 The Story Behind Her Name01:55 English Names and Identity04:06 Announcing Love Language04:37 Career Path to Audiobooks06:34 Living Between Cultures09:27 Relearning Korean and Shadowing11:32 Northwestern and Family Talk12:24 Finding Passion and Fear14:10 Where to Live Next15:18 Final Thoughts on Love Language16:14 Thanks and Goodbye