Korea's First Video Podcast
Expat Michael Hurt has been producing audio podcasts over at his website, Scribblings of the Metropolitician, for a while. Hurt's audio dispatches provide an invaluable English-language peek into life in Seoul, South Korea, and such essential components of existence there as coffee shops, public transportation, the holy convergence of donuts and WiFi, countryside diversions, and, most importantly, Korea's first Hooters restaurant!
Now Hurt has taken to the world of visuals to produce SeoulGlow, which is, if unconfirmable as Korea's first, certainly one of its very best video podcast series. In the episode above, the first of what will hopefully be a long line of "Seoul Food" installments, former Food & Wine editor Susan Choung schools us on some Korean street food basics, including how to cleanse your palate with Soju liquor and wipe your chops clean with toilet paper (the Korean "ghetto napkin").
All shows are either in English with Korean subtitles or vice versa, depending on the circumstances. Props to Hurt for extracting the "Soul Glo" song from Coming to America for use as his theme song. The College Entrance Exam episode is also not to be missed, if only because of the completely dumbfounding enthusiasm for tests among Korean highschoolers. Welcome to culture shock!
Related Stories:
· SeoulGlow [Official Site - via Mary Eats]
· Scribblings of the Metropolitician [Official Site]
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