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Culture critic Euny Hong joins us to discuss the multiple genres represented by Croatia, Sweden, San Marino, Portugal, and Cyprus at this year's Eurovision. Euny Hong Euny Hong is a journalist and bestselling author of three books that have been published in a total of over 20 languages. The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture, an Amazon Editor's Pick, is being re-released in April 2025. A Yale grad and former Fulbright Scholar, Frankfurter, and Berliner, she lived in Paris longer than any other city. She is a native-level bilingual in French-English and fluent in German and Korean. Genre Confusion Summary The Birth of Korean Cool (3:59) Croatia - Marko Bošnjak - "Poison Cake" (7:05) Sweden - KAJ - "Bara Bada Bastu" (15:07) San Marino - Gabry Ponte - "Tutta L'Italia" (24:57) Portgual - NAPA - "Deslocado" (32:25) Cyprus - Theo Evan - "Shh" (38:22) Final Thoughts (44:09) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/eurowhat.bsky.social). Basel 2025 Keep up with Eurovision selection season on our Basel 2025 page (https://www.eurowhat.com/2025-basel)! We have a calendar with links to livestreams, details about entries as their selected, plus our Spotify playlists with every song we can find that is trying to get the Eurovision stage. Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics. Special Guest: Euny Hong.

Carmina and Patch come out of the Kloset to own their BTS and K-Drama addiction. They stop fangirling long enough to discuss the Philippines' and South Korea's shared historical paths and ponder why Korean culture, as embodied by the Hallyu Wave, resonates so strongly with Filipinos. But it wasn't all about “sarang” (love). They also discuss a 2020 controversy between Filipino and Korean netizens, explore emerging issues about Korean immigration to the Philippines, and their hopes for strengthened relations between the two. Most importantly, Patch solves a K-Drama mystery that has plagued them for many years!You can now get JeepneyTrip merchandise by clicking here!Thanks to JeepneyTrip's sponsor, SOLEPACK. Go to thesolepack.com and enter JEEPNEYTRIP10 at checkout for a 10% discount. For additional reading: The Birth of Korean Cool, Squid Game and the Korean concept of han, The Battle of Yultong, CLOY Inspiration, Good neighbors, [Analysis] Beyond Hallyu: Acknowledging the Koreans in our midst, Exploring Transnational Communities in the Philippines, Koreans in the Philippines: A Study of the Formation of their Social Organization, and Korea: The Impossible Country.  View these to learn more: Front Row: Ilang Koreanong Pinoy at heart, The 1st Korean who Traveled Philippines in History, and March of The Valiant: The Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea.  Visit https://jeepneytrip.buzzsprout.com or email at jeepneytrip@gmail.com.See https://www.buzzsprout.com/privacy for Privacy Policy. 

Journalist Euny Hong explains how South Korea has made itself not only an economic powerhouse but a pop-culture superpower. And tour guides from Portugal join Rick to share recommendations for planning a week's getaway to Lisbon, Porto, the Algarve, and the colorful, historic towns in between. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

จากประเทศที่ถูกครอบงำโดยมหาอำนาจ กลับเนรมิตวัฒนธรรมของตัวเองใหม่ จนสามารถก้าวขึ้นมายืนอยู่แถวหน้าของอุตสาหกรรมบันเทิงของโลกได้ อะไรที่ทำให้เกาหลีใต้กลายเป็นประเทศแห่ง อุตสาหกรรมบันเทิงแบบวันนี้ได้ ลงทุนแมนจะเล่าให้ฟัง References: -The Birth of Korean Cool, Euny Hong -https://www.ditp.go.th/contents_attach/583457/583457.pdf -https://www.kocca.kr/en/main.do -https://www.kvic.or.kr/en/ -https://www.kocis.go.kr/eng/openInformation.do -https://www.etri.re.kr/engcon/sub1/sub1_03.etri

Talking The Power of Nunchi is the topic of this week's episode. What is Nunchi? Korean born and raised people know Nunchi as the art of instantly understanding what people are thinking and feeling, in order to improve your relationships in life. It emphasizes using all your five senses and the all-important sixth sense, as well as speed, and listening twice as much as you speak. In 2019 Euny Hong introduced the world to The Power of Nunchi with her New York Times' best selling book, The Power of Nunchi. Taekwondo Life Magazine's, Marc Zirogiannis, discusses Hong's book, The Power of Nunchi, and how this intuitive skill set can help the Taekwondo practitioner in their life, martial arts practice, careers, and, even, their sparring. This is not a paid endorsement. To purchase Euny Hong's Best Selling book:The Power of NunchiSupport the show (https://squareup.com/store/tae-kwon-do-life-magazine/item/podcast-support-donation)

We’ve got some real dirt today—or, rather, we have ways to clean it up (including a stick vac that’s maybe falling out of favor?) and a guest who’s dishing it on his Stories, which we consider must-see IG. Tune in and then hit up @heyphilchang to see what we mean...   The linkage:   You can find our show notes over at claireanderica.com now. Look at us.   Our robot vacuum endorsements: Neato XV-21 Pet & Allergy Automatic Vacuum Cleaner and iRobot Roomba 960. A somewhat controversial hand vac rec: Black & Decker Pivot Vac. Everybody’s favorite, the Dyson Stick Vac—Claire has the V10, and Erica has the V8—but, wait, should Consumer Reports have us reconsidering? Cam is a Miele fan and will someday be the proud owner of this toy one. Should his brand loyalty change, he could also get a Dyson. Follow Phil Chang’s WILD Instagram. It’s all about his Stories. Further reading from the L.A. Times on Tommy Le, an unarmed Vietnamese-American 20 year old who was shot and killed by a Seattle police officer. To get all that news, Phil uses the RSS reader Feedly and follows ProPublica, FAIR, Southern Poverty Law Center, Nieman Lab, The Intercept, and The Guardian. Also, podcasts! Phil heartily endorses Deconstructed with Mehdi Hasan, America Dissected with Abdul El-Sayed, Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes, The Guardian’s Audio Long Reads, and Stay Tuned with Preet. Do a deep-dive into Sharon Choi, Parasite director Bong Joon-ho’s translator, starting with this Guardian article. And for more on female translators in general, check out this episode of Call Your Girlfriend. A book that will have you wanting to book the next flight to Seoul: The Birth of Korean Cool. Get a whole $50 off some cool Noemie fine jewelry with the code ATHINGORTWO. Try BetterHelp online counseling—use ATHINGORTWO for 10% off your first month. YAY.   Produced by Dear Media

Amanda and Jenn discuss action heroines, bonkers plotlines, police procedurals, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by our Mystery/Thriller giveaway, Slay by Brittney Morris, and the audiobook of Frankly in Love by David Yoon. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. FEEDBACK Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (rec’d by Stephanie) Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan (rec’d by Elizabeth) Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi (rec’d by Khadija) The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron (rec’d by Aleks) QUESTIONS 1. Greetings, and thanks in advance for expanding my already out of control TBR list! A friend and I just booked a two-week trip to South Korea for early November (leaving 11/3), and I want to do as much research as possible before I go, because I am SUCH a Hermione. I’m looking for books, fiction or non-fiction, that will provide me with context about the culture, history, food, traditions, and/or landscape of South Korea. I already have Wicked Fox and Pachinko on my list. What else can you recommend that will help me learn as much as I can? I’ve never been anywhere in Asia, and I’m so excited to go. My wheelhouse is pretty broad–I’m a fan of contemporary fiction, sweeping generational sagas, YA, and sci-fi/fantasy (though I’m not so much into high fantasy). For non-fiction I especially love reading memoirs, especially by women and comedians (Bossypants and “Are you Hanging out without Me?” being two of my favorites) and collections of essays. Thanks so much–I love the podcast and I can’t wait to hear your recommendations. -Julia 2. Hi Amanda and Jenn! Over the summer I’ve gotten into a reading kick of books with a certain madcap flair – like everything is bonkers but we’re going with it plotlines. I think Amanda’s recommendation of The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall is what set me off so I wanted to ask for more please! Other books I’ve read in this vein would be: The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger, Good Omens by Gaiman/Pratchett, The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, The Hitchhiker’s Guide by Douglas Adams – and I’m noticing a British theme here, which is fine to continue or buck! Thanks in advance. -Kelly 3. Every year for Hanukkah, I send my friend 8 e-books from Thanksgiving until the last day of the holiday. When Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins came out, we both absolutely loved it and read the rest of the books in the series. At the time, we also liked some of the books by Rainbow Rowell. I’ve had trouble finding another whimsical, fun, romantic, but well written series that has the same energy as the Perkins’ books. Any suggestions? Thank you! -Malory 4. I am looking for a book for my mom. She really likes fiction about all kinds of sports in which characters overcome hardships and stereotypes. Which is why she loved the Dairy Queen Trilogy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. She has now read all three books several times and can’t seem to find anything else quite like it. Can you think of anything along these lines? Thank you! All the best! -Leah 5. I’m a long time listener to the podcast and have got many many recommendations from you both over the years, but I’ve only now come up with my very own personalised request… I’ve recently realised that I read police (and private detective) procedurals as a kind of comfort read/palate cleanser/go to for when I can’t think of anything else to read, or just can’t get into any other books. I’ve read loads of Sarah Paretsky, am obsessed with Tana French and recently really enjoyed the first 2 books in Susie Steiner’s DI Manon Bradshaw series, but I’d really love some recs for this kind of thing that isn’t written by a white woman. I already have IQ by Joe Ides on my radar, have read and loved everything by Attica Locke, and have put the Widows of Malabar Hill on my TBR – do you have any other suggestions for me? Bonus points if it’s a long ass series I can really sink my teeth into and keep going back to when all is lost. I read (and write!) a lot of psychological thrillers so really don’t need any recommendations in that department..it’s police and private eyes I’m after here, I think. -Annie 6. I’m a relatively new Insider, and have been loving your podcast through the past 5 months. Thank you SO much for making my TBR list super-long, and introducing me to so many books I might never have thought to pick up. As a side effect of the Read Harder Challenge, I realized that I love books of essays (who knew?!) in addition to my known-favorites of historical fiction, fantasy, murder mystery, and literary fiction. I just finished reading “Selfish, Shallow and Self-absorbed: 16 Writers on the Decision NOT to have kids”. I had high hopes for this book as a 37 year old veterinarian who has made this decision myself, which tends not to be a popular one with family or peer-group. I was hoping to find my brethren in these essays, but sadly only felt some mild kindred spirits calling from two or three essays. I was wondering if you might be able to help me find a character who speaks to me through a novel? I will say that the “single and driven” female lead intrigues me, but isn’t me. I’m happily married to a man who also doesn’t want children. Also, I do love kids (and truly enjoy my time with my nephews and god-daughter), so kid-haters are also a strong no. Some of my favorite characters thus far have been Kinsey Millhone from Sue Grafton’s alphabet series; Lindsay Boxer from the early part of the Women’s Murder Club series by James Patterson, Claire from the Outlander series, and Jo from Little Women. Thank you in advance! -Jennie 7. I always wondered why I felt no connection to action heroines. Then I read Sabriel and realized that I prefer down-to-earth, sensible protagonists who have a strong sense of duty. Tiffany Aching is the platonic ideal of this. I also recently loved The Bear and the Nightingale. My preferred genres are science fiction and fantasy. I’ve been especially loving “domestic fantasy” lately that takes place around the home, though a good adventure across dangerous lands is always fun too. Thank you! -Julia BOOKS DISCUSSED The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun, translated by Sora Kim-Russell The Birth of Korean Cool by Euny Hong The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Heroine Complex series by Sarah Kuhn The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield (rec’d by Kathleen) Check, Please!: Book 1: Hockey, by Ngozi Ukazu Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak (The Unquiet Dead #1) by Ausma Zehanat Khan The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert The Magnificent Spinster by May Sarton Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso

South Korean boy band BTS is rarely connected to economics, but as the biggest success to come out of K-Pop, it arguably should be. On this week's episode of Odd Lots, we speak to Euny Hong, the author of 'The Birth of Korean Cool,' about how South Korea made cultural exports a key plank in its economic development strategy. 

这周我们的话题都和艺术有关～ 首先我们聊聊《至爱梵高》——在节目里我可能把“至爱”对意思理解偏了，后来顿悟——这部完全手绘的动画电影，不过我们主要聊了一下梵高的生平，他的性格，究竟什么导致了他的艺术风格和悲惨结局，以及究竟什么是评判一个伟大艺术家的标准。我们的标题来自片头音乐 Modern Lovers 的 Vincent Van Gogh 里的歌词，并不是我们真的觉得梵高是全世界最糟糕的艺术家，不过我们的一位嘉宾显然对他也有所保留。梵高之后我们讨论了一下备受关注和争议的 Tuner 当代艺术奖，这周刚刚颁给英国女性艺术家 Lubaina Himid。几位嘉宾对 Turner Prize 有很不一样的理解，各抒己见，可能是比较全面的了解一个当代艺术奖的不错方式。最后我们还把话题扯到了中国文化中的哪些元素又可能被挖掘成为了一个改变我们国际形象的酷元素。因为两个话题都和艺术有关，所以梵高还在第二个话题中又出现。最后，岁末到了，我想请大家在和同事朋友聚餐的时候，能拉5个人入坑，甚至帮他们安装播客软件并订阅文化土豆。完成了这个任务的朋友就自动成为了文化土豆的听众大使，请和@益康糯米联系，加入组织。这期的嘉宾是：艺术家龙荻和艺术史学家张宇凌节目中涉及的一些作品和相关信息：电影《挚爱梵高》豆瓣：https://movie.douban.com/subject/25837262/梵高美术馆（有中文版本）网站：https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/zh/visitor-information-chinese三本比较有影响力的梵高传记，其中两本有中译版Lust for life, Irvin Stone (1934) - 第一本传记，给了世人很多先入为主的梵高特点，1956 年被拍摄为电影中文版：https://book.douban.com/subject/1092149/Van Gogh: A Power Seething by Julian Bell (2015) - 作者是出生于艺术世家的英国艺术家亚马逊英文版：https://www.amazon.cn/dp/B00JXVSNCE/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513329763&sr=1-2VAN GOGH: The Life By Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith (2011) - 这本书第一次提出了梵高可能不是自杀的疑问，在艺术圈引起哗然中文版：https://www.amazon.cn/dp/B0186R7KO2/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513329795英国作家 Julian Barnes 写的一篇关于梵高的散文伦敦书评：https://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n15/julian-barnes/selfie-with-sunflowers梵高和弟弟的书信集《梵高手稿》亚马逊：https://www.amazon.cn/dp/B0186RHHRC/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513329869免费在线版：http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/Turner Prize 2017 的颁奖新闻稿http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/ferens-art-gallery/exhibition/turner-prize-2017另外我们在Turner Prize提到的很多艺术家的名字，给大家列出来：JMW TunerLubaina HimidGrayson PerryDamien HurstTracy EminWolfgang TillmansAntony GormleyChris OfiliJake & Dino ChapmanYayoi Kusama图书: The Brith of Korean Cool亚马逊：https://www.amazon.cn/dp/1250045118/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513330462&sr=8-1我们还有提到的阿尔勒的教堂叫 The Church of St-Tromphime，在伦敦的美术馆叫 The Wallace Collection。Intro 和 Outro 音乐是 Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers 的 Vincent Van Goghhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHGChLGH52I反馈邮箱：zyifan@icloud.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the second half of this K-pop series, we identify the secret ingredient that propelled Psy’s “Gangnam Style” to success in the United States, the cautionary tale of The Wonder Girls, and my deep, personal dilemma with nine member girl group Twice’s single, “Likey.” Select links and references: If you’re new to K-pop, I found the best place to start is a website called moonROK, which has a helpful series of articles called “The History of K-pop, Chapters 1 – 10.” http://www.moonrok.com/tag/the-history-of-k-pop-10/ Factory Girls: Cultural technology and the making of K-pop - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/factory-girls-2 Korea's S.M. Entertainment: The Company That Created K-Pop - https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2013/07/31/koreas-s-m-entertainment-the-company-that-created-k-pop/#45bb264c407d Hallyu, K-pop! Inside the weirdest, most lucrative global frenzy in music - https://qz.com/725161/kpop-feature/ The Hallyu Wave: How Crisis Led to K-pop - http://seoulbeats.com/2015/05/hallyu-wave-crisis-led-k-pop/ Books Euny Hong, The Birth of Korean Cool (2014) Stuart Kallen, K-Pop: Korea’s Musical Explosion (2014) A complete list of citations can be found at: www.facebook.com/whatjusthappenedpodcast. SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW What Just Happened? on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Reach me at Facebook: www.facebook.com/whatjusthappenedpodcast Twitter @davidgchang whatjustpodcast @ gmail . com

In the second half of this K-pop series, we identify the secret ingredient that propelled Psy’s “Gangnam Style” to success in the United States, the cautionary tale of The Wonder Girls, and my deep, personal dilemma with nine member girl group Twice’s single, “Likey.” Select links and references: If you’re new to K-pop, I found the best place to start is a website called moonROK, which has a helpful series of articles called “The History of K-pop, Chapters 1 – 10.” http://www.moonrok.com/tag/the-history-of-k-pop-10/ Factory Girls: Cultural technology and the making of K-pop - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/factory-girls-2 Korea's S.M. Entertainment: The Company That Created K-Pop - https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2013/07/31/koreas-s-m-entertainment-the-company-that-created-k-pop/#45bb264c407d Hallyu, K-pop! Inside the weirdest, most lucrative global frenzy in music - https://qz.com/725161/kpop-feature/ The Hallyu Wave: How Crisis Led to K-pop - http://seoulbeats.com/2015/05/hallyu-wave-crisis-led-k-pop/ Books Euny Hong, The Birth of Korean Cool (2014) Stuart Kallen, K-Pop: Korea’s Musical Explosion (2014) A complete list of citations can be found at: www.facebook.com/whatjusthappenedpodcast. SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW What Just Happened? on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Reach me at Facebook: www.facebook.com/whatjusthappenedpodcast Twitter @davidgchang whatjustpodcast @ gmail . com

Author Euny Hong explains how South Korea has transformed into an economic and pop-culture powerhouse to become one of the world's "coolest" countries. Then author Pico Iyer shares what he observed on a recent visit to the renegade nation of North Korea, and explains how easy it is to visit the North on a tightly wrapped packaged tour via China. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

When Euny Hong moved to South Korea in 1985, it was by her own description not a wealthy country and yet now it’s one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world. We know how Euny grew up over the last three decades (the natural human growth process) but how did Korea do it? And why does one Korean leader believe that pop culture is the country’s best weapon against North Korea? In her incredibly fun book,  The Birth of Korean Cool, Euny Hong uses fun anecdotes and cultural tidbits to show us not just what makes Korean Culture tick but a practical demonstration of the Soft Power that Professor Joseph Nye was talking about. You don’t need to nuke North Korea out of existence, you can make them disappear with a pop culture invasion.The Birth of Korean Cool is available from all good booksellers. You can follow Euny Hong on twitter at @Euny.