Morena The Perfect Show

This episode is a special one. Scot is going to dive into the story of Morena, the place The Perfect Show’s studio is named after, and recounts the story of one of the most amazing places he ever found in Japan. 
 
The story wanders to Indian restaurants, Hokkaido festival life, and Dr. Pepper. 
 
This one’s been on the slate since the idea of this podcast first happened, and I’m excited to finally share it with you now. 
 
Bossa Nova Chirstmas Songs:
 
Marcela Mangabeira - All I Want For Christmas is You
https://youtu.be/ne2r3378-ZU
 
Monique Kessous - Last Christmas
https://youtu.be/Tp_yks2Fl7E
 
Tahta Menezes - Happy Christmas (War is Over)
https://youtu.be/US-9cddsu2Y
 
Here are links to Kisha Solomon’s two-part essay “Black in Spain: Beauty Standards and Exoticisms”
Part 1: https://www.lasmorenasdeespana.com/blog/black-in-spain-an-exotic-beauty
Part 2: https://www.lasmorenasdeespana.com/blog/morena-negra-whats-in-a-name
NEW:
The Perfect Show has a new website! Now find us at www.perfectshowpodcast.com and put images to any audio you are wondering about.
 
Special thanks for the cover song: 
 
Romaana Shakir - romaanashakir: https://www.fiverr.com/romaanashakir
 
Instrumental by Chevy71Corvette on Youtube - https://youtu.be/8zyhnWDhcrM
 
And for the Japanese segment:
 
Japanese Voice Over - araccyn: https://www.fiverr.com/araccyan
 
English Translation - nwcoast90: https://www.fiverr.com/nwcoast90
 
Original Piano Composition - steveaik7: https://www.fiverr.com/steveaik7



Music from this episode by:
 
mikesville - https://www.fiverr.com/mikesville
 
nikas_music - https://www.fiverr.com/nikas_music
 
brrrrravo - https://www.fiverr.com/brrrrravo
 
dawnshire - https://www.fiverr.com/dawnshire
 
adam_mejghi - https://www.fiverr.com/adam_mejghi
 
Desparee - https://www.fiverr.com/desparee
 
Lofi_rob - https://www.fiverr.com/lofi_rob
 
Aandy Valentine - https://www.fiverr.com/aandyvalentine
 
From the Free Music Archive and used under a Creative Commons License:

Komiku - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku
 
AI-Generated Transcript:
 
Speaker 1: 0:25
Hi and welcome to the Perfect Show. I'm your host, scott Moppen. I'm what you might call a perfection prospector, sifting through life looking for little things or experiences that could be considered perfect. Join me each episode as I examine one topic that I'm presenting as a little negative perfection. Hey there, this one is a really special topic to me. You may hear me say at the end of most of these episodes that they're recorded at Morena Studios, which is just a name I've given to my little setup here. But for this one, I want to tell you how I picked that name and where it came from. Today, I'd like to tell you the story of Morena. I think it's pretty natural to get homesick when you're living in another country for an extended period of time. Moving within the same country to a place with a different enough feel or culture can do it too. The thing at the heart of that homesick feeling is separation from an environment that you know and immersion in an unfamiliar one. When I left Kansas for Japan, I was pretty ready to go. I was ready to see the world and live on the other side of it and discover who I was going to become. But even if someone is completely ready for that change. I don't think there's any way of avoiding missing what you leave behind. People for sure. That's the big one for most of us, or I should say people, pets, loved ones let's just extend it to loved ones but also haunts, familiar environments, favorite foods and drinks, or even just commonly available foods that you may take for granted until you look around and they're suddenly not available anymore. One that got me in Kyushu was we found a vending machine out in Fukuoka City, one lone vending machine that, along with the more standard choices you would find in Japanese vending machines