Listen here or on your favorite podcast app: Episode Description In this episode, we talk to JuanJo Baiardi, a Global Korea Scholar, about moving from Paraguay to Korea for his…
[Podcast] Traveling to Korea during a Global Pandemic βοΈ
The History of Hangeul π
October 9 is Hangeul Day (νκΈλ ) in Korea. In Joseon Korea, literacy was a symbol of class. Only the Yangban aristocracy could afford to spend years memorizing thousands of Chinese…
[Quiz] Korean Culture and History #1 βπ»
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What is Chuseok? π
Chuseok (μΆμ/η§ε€) is the autumn harvest festival celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, on the full moon during harvest season. Chuseok means autumn evening (with the…
My Soju Bottle Garden: Hydroponics from Seed to Harvest πΏ
Chuseok is tomorrow and because it’s a harvest festival, I thought I’d share about my own little planting project for the occasion – my soju bottle garden! During the initial…
[Book Review] Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo π
Title Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (82λ μ κΉμ§μ) Author Cho Nam-Joo (μ‘°λ¨μ£Ό) Genre Novel Publication Date October 2016 Review This book came highly recommended by a lot of women in my…
[FF01-01] The Origins of Korea: Shamanism, Mountain Spirits, and the Legend of Dangun β°οΈ
Episode Description When the ancestors of the Korean people migrated southward from what is now Siberia thousands and thousands of years ago, they arrived in a beautiful peninsula covered in…
[FF01-00] Why is a Korean Culture Podcast called Fluent Fools? ποΈ
I launched a podcast! Listen to the trailer here: The answer is… Because “one who learns language without learning culture ends up becoming a fluent fool.” I’m Korean. But I’ve…
[Proverb] κ° λ―Έμμ λμ§ μ°λ€ – To Buy Octopus Out of Hatred for Oneβs Dog π
What does this proverb mean? Literally, “κ° λ―Έμμ λμ§ μ°λ€” means “to buy octopus because one hates their dog.” μ¬λμ κ³ κΈ°λ₯Ό λ¨Ήκ³ κ°λ λΌλ₯Ό μ£Όλλ°, κ°κ° λ―Έμμ λΌ μλ λμ§λ₯Ό…
