Podcasts by Cafe Seoul: Expat Life in Korea
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.
Further podcasts by Eugene Hwang & Rob Ouwehand
Podcast on the topic Reisen und Orte
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Café Seoul Signoff from 2021-06-28T15:25:55
Rob and Eugene started season 6 of Café Seoul discussing time travel films, but decided to rebrand as the Time Travel Forensics podcast. So Café Seoul needed a proper sendoff.
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Cafe Seoul Episode 604 - Come With Us If You Want To Live from 2021-04-14T19:22:55
A forensic analysis of The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
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Cafe? Seoul 2020 09 12 603 Be Excellent to Each Other from 2020-10-06T16:42:37
Excellent! Rob and Eugene perform time travel forensics on Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) starring Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves.
Our first episode recorded on roughly opposite...
Cafe? Seoul 2019 08 20 - Lay Off the Candy Bars from 2020-09-14T21:09:31
In this episode, Rob, Eugene, and frequent special guest Emma Kalka dissect.... Timecop (1994) starring Jean Claude Van-Damme.
Yay?
Cafe Seoul 2019 08 21 601 Unless You've Got Power from 2020-08-30T13:26:39
Café Seoul is Back!
Rob and Eugene discuss repurposing their old podcast to explore the nerdy passion of deconstructing time travel movies.
Cafe Seoul 2019 04 12 514 The end? (Or is it?) from 2019-04-12T17:31:39
Review of Game of Thrones - Most satisfying deaths, predictions, retrospective of the series so far, etc etc. It wouldn't be Café Seoul without nerding it up.
The Best Goodbyes - Rob fi...
Cafe Seoul 2017 09 07 513 Blackface Supplement - The Bigger Picture from 2018-05-05T00:04:42
This is a supplement to the blackface episode (season 5 episode 2), featuring Fatimaah-Joso Menefee, who penned us a critical email regarding our content in that episode. We invited her to have her...
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Cafe Seoul 2017 08 25 512 Out in Korea from 2018-02-13T10:19:34
Wow, this episode is like 6 months late. Apologies to our guest Hyunsoo Kim, who was kind enough to visit with us in August of 2017 to discuss being "Out" in Korea. Out meaning... LGBTQ.
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Cafe Seoul 2017 08 04 511 Cut for the Very First Time from 2017-11-11T07:54:34
After a long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long period of...
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Cafe? Seoul 2017 07 21 510 There's a HYPHEN! from 2017-09-13T01:45:20
Nerdy friends rejoice! This is the Spider-Man Homecoming Special episode!
Teen Hero Popularity Contest - Similarly to what we did in the Wonder Woman episode, we talk about some of our f...
Cafe Seoul 2017 07 13 509 Traditionally Speaking from 2017-08-05T13:16:50
Café Seoul is back! Korea's traditional culture is the topic of this episode, and we have one of the most knowledgable academics on hand to discuss the role that traditional culture, specifically p...
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2017 07 07 508 No, It's not Painless from 2017-08-02T15:22:10
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 Wei...
Cafe Seoul 2017 06 22 507 Nostalgic for the Unfamiliar from 2017-07-08T21:26:51
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 pa...
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Cafe Seoul 2017 06 15 506 - Wonder Woman Spectacular from 2017-06-26T06:47:23
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 epis...
Cafe? Seoul 2017 05 25 505 What 'is' K-Pop? from 2017-06-17T23:16:38
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 has...
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Cafe Seoul 2017 05 11 504 Moon River from 2017-05-29T03:54:28
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
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2017 04 27 503 Blackface Again? from 2017-05-20T02:51:53
News of the Weird
-Apparently Westerners have shorter intestines than Koreans, says one domestic digestive powder producer
-Korea to begin coinless society feasibility trials<...
Cafe Seoul 2017 04 13 502 - What, Me Worry? from 2017-05-08T17:54:04
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 s...
Cafe Seoul 2017 04 06 501 News and Fisting from 2017-04-29T05:57:22
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...
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Cafe Seoul 2016 11 24 425 Make America Never Say Never Again from 2016-11-25T07:19:39
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...
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Café Seoul 2016 11 03 424 - Storm the Gates from 2016-11-17T06:14:35
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 rece...
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Cafe Seoul 2016 09 29 423 Studying in Korea from 2016-11-15T04:01:41
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<...
Cafe Seoul 2016 09 22 422 K-Redpill v K-Radfem from 2016-09-30T08:39:25
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
-S...
Cafe Seoul 2016 08 12 421 Reverse Reverse Culture Shock from 2016-08-31T08:00:55
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
-K...
Cafe Seoul 2016 07 18 420 The Only Goth in Korea from 2016-08-29T05:21:41
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 o...
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Cafe Seoul 2016 07 07 419 Ask Ajumma from 2016-08-17T02:56:38
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 q...
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Cafe Seoul 2016 06 11 418 While you're gone from 2016-07-19T05:41:10
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 ...
Cafe Seoul 2016-06-02 417 Dear Korea from 2016-06-27T04:45:21
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 ...
Cafe Seoul 2016-05-19 416 Full Circle from 2016-06-07T04:52:44
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, w...
Cafe Seoul 2016 05 12 415 You're a Lifer! from 2016-05-26T09:09:10
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 chi...
Cafe Seoul 2016 04 21 414 The Baby Box from 2016-05-16T12:13:26
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 ...
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Cafe Seoul 413 2016-04-14 Superbats from 2016-04-28T08:05:26
I guess I need to clarify that this IS a Korea related podcast, but a certain chemistry and passion comes out when Rob and Eugene are geeking out. So in this episode, we have a debate about the som...
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Cafe Seoul 2016 04 07 412 Nifty Fifty from 2016-04-17T13:00:32
This is the 50th episode of Café Seoul!
We've come a really long way since the beginning.
We are happy to welcome back Christine Shin, an original member of the podcast...
Cafe Seoul 411 2016-03-17 Let's Go from 2016-03-28T03:43:19
In this episode we discuss the end of humanity, as the Alpha-Go computer program defeated human champion Lee Sedol in a game of Baduk (Go). Pleased to have ranked chess player Kevin Em join us for ...
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Cafe Seoul 2016 02 26 410 - Let's Rock from 2016-02-26T06:48:17
Hey there, coffee drinkers! Café Seoul is back after a long hiatus. Please forgive us. Life happens. Eugene became a dad! Yay! But he is so sleepy. Becoming a dad will do that. Dr. Michael Hurt was...
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Cafe Seoul 2016 02-01 409 Never Can Say Goodbye from 2016-02-22T11:20:31
We've been away for a while and for that we apologize. Eugene had a major development in his life (that we will talk about in an upcoming episode). As such, this episode is a bit late. We are join...
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2016-01-28 408 A New Dope? from 2016-01-29T16:09:49
Well even though we said it was our 45th episode ever, it's actually our 46th! Dr. Michael Hurt joins us again, and could possibly be a permanent fixture on Café Seoul! If so, welcome aboard!
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2016 01 07 407 Monkey Business from 2016-01-08T14:02:26
It is the first episode of 2016, the year of the Monkey.
News of the Weird w/Eugene
-Korea has a kimchi deficit.
-Don't be an Air Seoul.
-Korean woman makes out with fish,...
2015 12 17 406 2015 Star Wars Holiday Special from 2015-12-17T16:24:36
It seems as if we're going to have the Star Wars Holiday special every year from now on. That's a good thing. Sometimes it is good to take a break from talking about issues and quirky news. Special...
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2015 12 03 405 Halfblood Prince from 2015-12-13T19:13:37
In this episode, Eugene finally breaks his silence about being a multiracial Korean, a subject he's avoided for the entirety of the podcast.
Rydia's back a little early.
News ...
2015 11 19 404 Pop Over Seoul from 2015-11-21T13:58:50
Rydia is back this episode.
News of the Weird w/Eugene
-Asian Zombie on Walking Dead
-Statue Commemorating Gangnam Style to be Built
-Aids Awareness Event Goes Awry
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2015-11-5 403 Seoul Searching from 2015-11-06T18:16:24
Yes, we know the soul/Seoul pun is lame, but we had to put it in because I.Seoul.U is now the slogan of the city we love. (Groan)
This episode is all about finding yourself in Korea and ...
2015 10 22 402 Ugly Swans from 2015-10-25T12:19:42
This episode is jam-packed with lots of cool stuff.
Introducing Rydia Kim trying out to be our 3rd cohost.
News of the Weird w/Rob
-Japan, Korea, and Chinese governments...
2015 10 08 401 Hell-o! from 2015-10-17T12:18:39
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 ...
2015 01 16 317 Get Out of Seoul from 2015-07-21T16:35:04
After 17 episodes and our longest season to date, we are now hanging it up for season 3. We'll be back in either September or October with a whole new season roaring and ready to go.
But...
2015 07 02 316 Staycation from 2015-07-12T15:13:39
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...
2015-06-18 315 Looking Outward from 2015-06-19T17:58:38
In this episode we switched things up a bit. Rob is doing News of the Weird, with Eugene doing On the Pulse. The show is about how Korea sees the outside world, and how it relates to them. We had p...
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2015-06-04 314 Gone Teachin' from 2015-06-09T18:06:41
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 ...
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2015-05-21 313 Farewell Olivia from 2015-05-27T19:01
It is with heavy hearts that we say farewell to Olivia. Olivia has been with the podcast since its beginning and we will miss her very very much.
Also included in this episode:
-Di...
2015 05 07 312 Takin' a Chance from 2015-05-14T21:13:51
Aaron's last episode as host of Café Seoul features part 1 of a round table discussion with Chance Dorland of the Chance and Dan Do Korea Podcast.
News of the Weird w/Eugene
-Korean...
2015-05-01 311 Adoption Revisited from 2015-05-01T16:12:30
This episode is all over the place! Not only do we cover Children's Day, we also discuss "Things Not to Say to Adoptees" with special guest Blossom P.
News of the Weird w/Eugene
-1....
2015 04 10 310 NewsOfTheSad&Depressing from 2015-04-26T01:00:30
I've been too busy to edit these on time, so here's an episode form 3 weeks ago.
News of the Weird w/ Eugene
-We had some really downer stories this week, so it became news of the u...
2015-03-26 309 Hyewon's Blind Date from 2015-04-05T14:10:41
Holy Bajeebus! Aaron and Olivia are both here at the same time for once!
News of the Weird w/Eugene:
-Guy's ex and current jump into river to make him save them
-Single ladies ...
2015-03-12 308 Personality of Cult from 2015-03-15T14:30:02
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 re...
2015-03-06 307 Café Seoul Underground from 2015-03-05T20:01:34
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 hi...
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2015-03-05 306 The Drunk Episode from 2015-03-05T17:45:41
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 g...
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2015-01-22 305 25th Episode Anniversary from 2015-02-23T19:37:59
It's the 25th official episode of Cafe Seoul not including special episodes and supplements.
It's also a month late because Eugene has been busy. But know that this means you'll be getti...
2015-01-08 304 We're #1 from 2015-02-23T19:35:39
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 su...
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2014-12-18 303 StarWarsTrek Xmas Special from 2015-02-23T19:34:33
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
...
2014-12-04 302 Blog Awards from 2015-02-23T19:32:09
The Cafe Seoul Podcast has been nominated for Best Podcast in the Korea Blog Awards, hosted by KoreaObserver.com!
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2014-10-30 301 OneFlewOverTheMagpieNest from 2015-02-23T19:31:11
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 hu...
2014-08-19 212 Ebolamania from 2015-02-23T19:30:01
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 episo...
2014-08-05 211 Tourism Slogans from 2015-02-23T19:29:14
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.
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2014-07-15 210 Double Jeopardy from 2015-02-23T19:27:47
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 -...
2014-07-08 209 Gender from 2015-02-23T19:27:01
This episode discussed gender issues if I am not mistaken.
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2014-06-24 208 Ole? from 2015-02-23T19:26:11
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 ...
2014-06-10 207 Hollaback from 2015-02-23T19:24:17
2014-06-10 207 Hollaback
Lots of stuff happened in the past two weeks so:
News of the Weird w/Eugene
-Brazilian man gets surgery to look Asian
-Malaysian girl ...
2014-05-27 206 Fashion from 2015-02-23T19:23:23
Are you dapper? Are you fly? Are we so old that we don't know what the slang for looking good is anymore? Enjoy this fashion episode!
-News of the Weird w/ Eugene -
Darth Vader Pla...
2014-05-13 205 Return of the Kimchi from 2015-02-23T19:22:16
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
-Discussin...
2014-04-29 204 Jeopardy from 2015-02-23T19:18:27
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 st...
2014-04-22 203 The Sewol Tragedy from 2015-02-23T19:17:44
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 ...
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2014-04-15 202 Derailing from 2015-02-23T19:14:01
Episode 2 of the new format.
This episode tackles derailing and online flame wars.
2014-03-29 201 Adoption from 2015-02-23T19:13
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 ...
2013-05-09 109 May Madness from 2015-02-23T19:09:19
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.
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2013-04-18 108 Pyongyang Style from 2015-02-23T19:07:42
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 an...
2013-04-04 107 Night On the Town from 2015-02-23T19:06:05
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.
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2013-03-05 105 Back to School from 2015-02-23T19:04:13
Another notch on the wall... or something.
We look at school in Korea because Korea's going back to school.
2013-02-19 104 Valentine's Day from 2015-02-23T19:02:44
Love is in the air. We look at the funny side of Valentine's Day in Korea.
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2013-02-04 103 Seollal from 2015-02-23T19:01:53
Episode 3 is all about the lunar new year in Korea.
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2013-01-22 102 Tourism from 2015-02-23T18:58:55
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.
2013-01-09 101 New Years Expectations from 2015-02-23T18:47:32
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 o...