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  1. 09/10/2018

    0909 Big Eating

    Today’s theme: Big Eating Opinion is split over the Korean government's recent move to set up guidelines against what it deems "unhealthy eating habits," primarily targeting "먹방," binge-eating shows that are available online. Supporters of the move say regulations are needed to raise awareness about mindless overeating and the consequent health risks. Others claim the move also infringes upon individual freedom of choice. We look into different aspects of big eating and even extreme eating with competitive eater/youtube stars. The Conversationalist with Randy Santel - Professional eater from St Louis, Missouri and founder and owner of FoodChallenges.com Can you share some of the tips of how to eat a lot in a short period of time? You also posted many ‘how-to’ videos for people trying to break into the competitive eating. One of the biggest events, Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest has even been aired on ESPN for the past eight years. Do you think competitive eating can be considered a sport? & Raina Huang - Competitive eater based in local Southern California People say it’s getting harder to make money by becoming a Youtuber as the market is getting more and more competitive. What’s it like for the eating Youtubers? How easy would you say it is to start now and get successful? You try out food from different cultures and even took a trip to Spain to explore the food there. Is this an aspect do you think that differentiate your channel from others? Media Monster Next week: Space Force

    1h 21m
  2. 08/28/2018

    0826 북캉스(Boocance)

    Today’s theme: 북캉스(Boocance) Hot weather created new trends this year such as 호캉스(Hotel + vacance), 몰캉스 (Mall + vacance), 백캉스 (Department store + vacance), and 북캉스(Book + vacance). These are new compound words created to describe the trend of people enjoying indoor activities to escape from hot, grilling sun rays. All these words end with 캉스, which comes from vacance, the French word of vacation. The prefix in the front refers to places or activities people enjoy indoors. For today’s show, we focus on Boocance, or summer reading with special recommendations for young listeners enjoying the last bit of summer vacation left. The Conversationalist with Sora Kim-Russell - English translator of 편혜영 Pyun Hye-young’s , the best-selling thriller novel in Korea which received this year’s Shirley Jackson awards in the U.S. - teaches courses in translation at Ewha Womans University and Literature Translation Institute of Korea It’s the first time for a Korean novel to win the award, and the writer said that she feels excited to see her work being accepted in the U.S. How do you think was able to gain success in the U.S., where there is a market for genre fiction but doesn’t welcome translated fiction? & John Curran - award-winning expert and archivist who’s been a longtime literary adviser to Agatha Christie's estate - author of the book Agatha Christie jotted down plots and ideas on notebooks and journalist Francis Wyndham famously called Christie's plots "animated algebra" - how do you think she was able to come up with such complex, original plots? Media Monster Next week: 소확행 (Small but Definite Happiness)

    1h 25m
  3. 08/20/2018

    0819 Game Addiction

    Today’s theme: Game Addiction The World Health Organization recently announced that the agency is adding “gaming disorder” to its globally recognized compendium of medical conditions and diagnoses. However, there are also objections of the video game industry and researchers who have studied the issue, and believe the scientific evidence for the classification is weak at best. We look into the definition of gaming disorder as well as ways to cope with game addiction with expert guests. The Conversationalist with Dr. Doh Min-jung - from You & Me Psychological & Consultation Services - a lecturer at Soongsil University and SookMyung University - a licensed psychologist in the New York State. According to a government survey, 15% of Korean elementary and middle schoolers are addicted to either the internet or smartphones. Do you think teenagers are more vulnerable to addictions? World Health Organization’s 11th International Classification of Diseases will include the condition "gaming disorder" from next year. Do you agree that game addiction should be classified as a mental disorder? & Tarik Jašarević - spokesperson for the World Health Organization Some researchers say that your organization’s been under enormous pressure from some Asian countries where prevalence of gaming disorder among young people is estimated to be 10-15% and because it takes them away from family and educational duties gaming is pathologized. Would you say this is true? I understand you’re getting some backlash from the entertainment and gaming industry due to the recent decision. What do you think about their response? Media Monster Next week: Bookance (북캉스)

    1h 17m

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