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Jieun Ko
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A podcast about courage, grief, identity, and the Korean diaspora.

  1. Jan 29

    [PREVIEW] November 19, 2025: I'm Going to Miss New York

    I'm going to miss our backyard. I'm going to miss our living room chip parties. I'm going to miss our building. I'm going to miss our neighbors. I'm going to miss our apartment. I'm going to miss our home. I'm going to miss Silver Rice. It's important to hold rituals when we leave a place — to commemorate the time we spent in New York, and to remember all the time we passed here. I notice myself being more present and taking in all of these final moments. I wish we could live like this all the time.

    [PREVIEW] November 19, 2025: I'm Going to Miss New York

  2. Jan 29

    [PREVIEW] November 14, 2025: Looking Back on 10 Years in New York

    I can't leave New York perfectly. I have so many people I want to write letters to. I have so many people I want to meet up with and say goodbye to. I want to be able to gather with people before I leave. I acknowledge that I can't do it all, and if all I can do is my stuff and myself out of New York, that's enough.

    [PREVIEW] November 14, 2025: Looking Back on 10 Years in New York

  3. Jan 28

    [PREVIEW] November 13, 2025: The Waves of Grief of Moving out of New York

    Your home makes you feel safe, and when your home is looking unstable, then I feel untable. I don't like having our bed in our living room. Our TV is being stored in the kitchen so Haejoon doesn't get hurt.

    [PREVIEW] November 13, 2025: The Waves of Grief of Moving out of New York

  4. Jan 28

    [PREVIEW] November 12, 2025: Saying My Goodbyes to New York

    I want to hold space for all the ways that New York held me, for better and for worse. I am taking mind pictures of all of my favorite places. There's a grief in the fact that we can't take our favorite places with us when we leave them.

    [PREVIEW] November 12, 2025: Saying My Goodbyes to New York

  5. Jan 28

    [PREVIEW] November 11, 2025: Reflections on Moving and the Societal Pressure of Our 30s ("You're too old.")

    This episode is about slowing but surely moving out of New York, talking to Sonny, and the societal pressures of our 30s. My life happened out of order.

    [PREVIEW] November 11, 2025: Reflections on Moving and the Societal Pressure of Our 30s ("You're too old.")

  6. Jan 28

    [PREVIEW] November 10, 2025: The Conversation Where I Tell 엄마 We're Moving to 포항

    This episode is about telling 엄마 we're moving to 포항 and how positive of a reaction she had about it, which was shocking.

    [PREVIEW] November 10, 2025: The Conversation Where I Tell 엄마 We're Moving to 포항

  7. Jan 28

    [PREVIEW] November 7, 2025: Moving Haul #1 from New York to Virginia

    This episode is about driving down from New York to Virginia with our first haul of personal belongings.

    [PREVIEW] November 7, 2025: Moving Haul #1 from New York to Virginia

  8. Jan 28

    [PREVIEW] November 6, 2025: The Addictive Nature of Technology is By Design

    This episode is about the addictive nature of technology and how these technology companies make them addictive on purpose. They're like pocket slot machines.

    [PREVIEW] November 6, 2025: The Addictive Nature of Technology is By Design
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