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Korean Women on Mental Health, Beauty, and the Pressure to Be Perfect

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Koryo-saram and the Korean Diaspora (with Nathalie M Kwon) #137

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Jeju Island and the Haenyeo of Korea (Kylie Genter) #136

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How Taoism Helps You Escape Yourself | Dr. Alexander Douglas #135

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The Goryeo Dynasty and the Samguk Yusa | Dr. Remco Breuker #134

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South Korea's First Five Presidents Explained | Jihoon Suk

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Why Confucianism Isn't a Religion (And Why That Matters for Korea) | Dr. David Tizzard #132

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Myths, Stories, and the Origins of Korean Civilization and History | Dr. Minsoo Kang #131

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Who Was Ahn Chang Ho (안창호)? | Conversation with His Grandson Philip Ahn Cuddy (#130)

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Korean Culture without the K | Colin Marshall #129

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Korean Dragons, Religion, and Culture Explained by David Mason | #128

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Koreans, BTS, and Reactions to the Arirang Comeback #127

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The Human Cost of Korean Cults | #126

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The God of Pyongyang: How Christianity Built North Korea | #125

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The SEAbling War: Why Koreans and Southeast Asians are Fighting Online | #124

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100 Years of Queer Korean Fiction | Dr. Samuel Perry

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The Fall of Yoon: Martial Law, the Far Right, and the Power of Minsim | Dr. Benjamin A Engel

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Kim Mi-young: Itaewon and the Search for Identity

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Bong Joon Ho: Filmmaker and Philosopher

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Korean Indie Music, Capitalism, and Cultural Identity

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The Hidden Realities of Studying in Korea

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Korea in 1980s: Heritage, Hallyu, and the Making of Modern Identity | Dr. Roald Maliangkay

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Four Korean Women Talk Feminism, Culture, and Professional Careers

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Breastfeeding vs Capitalism: Motherhood and Culture in Korea

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Korean Architecture and the Weight of Han

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The Spirit of Korea: Pungryu Explained by Jun Bum Sun

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Korean Beauty, Fashion, and Lookism

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Korean Buddhism, Meditation, and Stories of Enlightenment

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Trump, Xi Jinping and Lee Jae Myung

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Ra Jong-yil on Korea: History, Memory, and Presidents

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Parasocial Love & The Global K-pop Explosion

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Crash Landing on Meaning: Life, Class, and Rediscovery through Korea

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Kim Il Sung: The Accidental Tyrant Who Changed Korea Forever

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Koreans React to the 2025 Presidential Election: What Do Koreans Really Want?

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Is Korea Falling Apart? 4 Young Koreans React to "Korea is Over"

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Dividing Korea: Dr. Kornel Chang

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Building a Life Abroad: Kim Ninja's Guide to Korea

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Korean Cinema & The Bodies Within

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Voices of Change: Korean Students, Art, and Democracy

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The Korean Diaspora and Korean History Told Through Photos

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Shamanism, Post-Colonialism, and the Korean Left

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E-Sports Korea: Is There Life Beyond Faker?

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Squid Game 2: Thanos, Tarantino, and Aliens

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Korean Movement, Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Martial Arts

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What the Hell is Happening in South Korea?

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Korean Women, Men, Gender, and Equality | Ms. Samantha Afflick-Smith

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BTS: Love, Life, and Mental Health

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Multiculturalism and Racism in Korea | Dr. Zeljana Zmire

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Korean Language, Culture, and Social Change with Carlos Gorito

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Aesthetics, Life, and Ethnomusicology | Dr. Jocelyn Clark and The Story of Korean Sori

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Korean History, Sexuality, Slavery, and Music

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Without Religion Do We Still Have Greatness?

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Neoliberalization and Psychological Ruptures in South Korea

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Space Out Korea

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Diversity and Colour in Korea

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The Korean War, Memory, and Human Nature

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Korean Dating, Culture, and Music with David Kim

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Park Nohae: Revolutionary Politics and Poetry in South Korea

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BR Myers: Korea's Ethnonationalism and the Unloved Republic

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Park Chan Wook: Genius of Korean Cinema

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Bernardo Kastrup and The Search for Meaning

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Taoism and the Creator

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Is it Worth Living in Korea? | Three Young Koreans Discuss Their Lives

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Analyzing Korean Dramas, Society, and Culture | Noona's Noonchi

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Health, History, and Technology in Korea | John P. DiMoia

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Korean Religion, Culture, and History | Anton Scholz

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Are Koreans The Most Depressed People in the World? | Psychologist 서늘한 여름 밤

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Dr. Robert Sapolsky - Korea Determined

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Constructing Literature and Space in 1970s Korea | Tanner Rogers

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Can You Speak English? | Three Korean Women's Experiences

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ID:Earth | Korean Artists and Making Music Beyond K-Pop

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Finding Meaning Through Ideas | David Tizzard

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Koryo Saram │Identity, Language, and Culture

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Exploring Seoul, Finding Life │iGoBart

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Pole Dance, Body Image, and Yoga │Jasmyn Kim

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Dangerous Discussions on Korean History │ Dr. Donald Baker

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Korean History and its Leaders │ Korea Deconstructed #062

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The Rise and Fall of Korean Punk │Trash Yang Moses

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Korean Men: Mandatory Military Service

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Korea's Gen Z: How to Change the World

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I Lived Through Colonization and War in Korea but never Stopped Singing

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Korean Generations with Dr. Robert J. Fouser

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K-Sleep: The Science and Psychology of How Korean People Sleep

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Spirituality: Psychology, Belief and Korea

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1970s Korea: A History Lesson with Hank Morris

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The Scent of Korea: History, Culture, and Phenomenology

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Don't Obey #052 Korean Photography, Fashion, and Sexuality

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Vogue Femme #051

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Korean Philosophy #050

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Korean Democracy and Culture #049

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The North, The South, and The Coffee #048

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The Sublime Ideology of K-Advertising #047

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Korea's Three Revolutions #046

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On Korean Civilization #045

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Do You Like K-Pop? #044

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Dr. Paul Youngbin Kim: Cross-Cultural Psychology and Korean Behavior | Korea Deconstructed #043

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Peter Bint: Being Famous in Korea | Korea Deconstructed #042

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Dr. Henry Em: When Did Koreans Become Korean? | Korea Deconstructed #041

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Jeon Seoyeon: Education, Feminism, and Kindness | Korea Deconstructed #040

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Dr. Mark Peterson: Slavery, Confucianism, and Korean History | Korea Deconstructed #039