The Wonderful One Room Story Time Podcast

In the final (official) episode, Noelle comes back from vacation and moves to HBC, Sam goes cliff diving and gets COVID, Seoul is underwater, and we mull over slander laws in one of the darkest corners of humanity. CHAPTERS 00:00:10 Intro 00:04:15 Sam gets COVID 00:12:52 Seoul is underwater 00:17:03 Noelle goes to America 00:22:32 Q code website to enter Korea 00:29:29 Pet sitting service on Facebook (Pet Sitting in Korea) 00:33:12 Noelle moves to Itaewon 00:40:12 Pet taxi service (@dangdang2taxi) 00:53:22 Extraordinary Attorney Woo (K-drama) 01:07:51 Sam goes cliff diving (near 넓은다락방 pension in 가평) 01:14:00 *TRIGGER WARNING* Child predator case 01:31:07 Overrated, Underrated (Board game cafes, Jjimjilbang, Fortune Tellers) 01:40:45 Thank you so much! Note from Sam: In the whirlwind of story time and catching up with each other's lives, you'll notice that we didn't get the chance to go over your questions this time around! I'm truly sorry for snubbing you guys! As we close off this final official episode, once again I would like to just express my eternal gratitude to you, the listeners, for the support we've gotten over this past year! Although the size of our listenership was never truly the be-all, end-all of this project, I have to admit it felt incredible to see our numbers grow and to see the kind of impact we've had on your lives. Knowing next to nothing about running a podcast, this was an amazing project to undertake, and the lessons I've learned from this will undoubtedly be invaluable in providing you guys with even better content moving forward! Thank you to Noelle for putting up with all my nonsense and debauchery, for overcoming the challenges of putting together a show every week (while juggling a full time job and a fur child), and most importantly for keeping me accountable. From the very beginning you have been the perfect partner-in-crime, and I mean this in every way when I say: there could not have been the WORST podcast in Korea without you. Though this is the last episode, this is not the last you'll hear from us. Expect to find us on your feed, your FYP, your Twitch highlights, and much more. But until then.. this has been the Wonderful One Room Story Time Podcast. Thank you!

In today's episode: Noelle goes to a PC bang date, we talk about finding apartments with dogs, getting high on spray paint, our favorite convenience store foods, reverse culture shock, the first gay dating shows in Korea, and finally we go through your hot takes about Korea!! CHAPTERS 00:00:10 Intro 00:03:46 Being handicapped in Korea 00:12:20 Noelle goes on a PC bang date 00:20:54 Noelle goes apartment hunting (Eden Realty) 00:29:14 Having dogs in one rooms 00:31:49 Question 0: Being vegetarian/Being a brown person in Korea 00:32:56 Question 1: Is it safe for solo female travelers to go out alone at night? 00:36:33 Warning about mace or tasers! 00:40:22 Question 2: You can have only 1 convenience store drink and food forever. What is your choice? 00:47:06 Question 3: What was the hardest transition in terms of culture/lifestyle? 00:49:08 Reverse culture shock 00:55:59 Question 4: Where the open and supportive LGBTQ community in Korea? (Merry Queer, His Love/Man's Romance) 01:02:53 Reading your hot takes about Korea!! 01:22:08 Overrated, Underrated (Wearing Korean school uniforms, K-dramas) 01:29:55 Outro

In today's episode we are joined by my good friend N and talk about her experiences as a Muslim woman of color in Korea! We also talk about BBQ with your pets, watching movies at the Screen X theater, the best curry restaurant recommendations in Seoul, golgappa, how to survive the monsoon season, and much more! CHAPTERS 00:00:01 Intro 00:01:12 Meet our friend N! 00:07:14 Making friends on apps 00:13:52 Living and Dating in Korea as a POC 00:15:40 Facing Muslim discrimination 00:22:24 "3 weeks to 3 months" 00:29:21 Facing Muslim discrimination pt. 2 00:58:39 Snack test: Knotted Milk Cream Popcorn 01:05:08 Lake the dog (Pet-friendly BBQ) 01:19:12 Watching a movie on Screen X 01:24:59 Question intro 01:25:23 Question 1: What is the most challenging thing you've faced living here? 01:31:53 Question 2: Is vegetarian food easily accessible in Korea? + Curry restaurant recommendations (Chakraa, Hannam) (The Royal Indian Restaurant, Konkuk University) (Amma, Seoul National University) (Jyoti, Sinchon) 01:39:30 Question 3: Have you ever been subjected to racist remarks regarding your skin color/ethnicity? 01:45:26 How do you survive the typhoon season in Korea? 01:50:48 Overrated, Underrated (Bingsu, One Room/Officetel, International Couple Youtubers) 02:02:27 Outro

We're back! In this episode: BTS goes on haitus, Sam gets break up flashbacks, eating snails and eels, the pressures of looking perfect, Noelle tells us her perfect man turn-offs, government childcare funds, and is aegyo overrated? All this and more!! CHAPTERS 00:00:30 Intro 00:01:24 Hwai update 00:07:31 BTS goes on hiatus 00:10:06 The genius of K-pop trading cards 00:18:47 Season (Bar/cafe, Pangyo) 00:21:55 Cheese Room & Tasting Room (Pasta, Jamsil) 00:29:13 털보네 바베큐 (Korean BBQ and Eel, Hannam City) 00:31:13 The best way to enjoy live baseball 00:38:57 Questions intro 00:39:12 Question 1: Is it true there is a lot of pressure to look perfect? 00:45:42 Question 2: Would you go on a blind date? 00:47:42 "He's a 10, but..." 00:53:35 Question 3: Is it expensive to live in Korea with children? 01:01:16 Overrated, Underrated (Hellotalk, Daiso, Aegyo) 01:12:41 Outro

On this week's episode: we give a rundown of the most popular summer destinations in Korea, Noelle pays way too much for dinner, possible offensive things to avoid doing, why Korean men are overrated, and much more! CHAPTERS 00:00:10 Intro 00:09:25 My Liberation Notes (K-drama) 00:13:01 Question 1: How to deal with the Korean summers 00:21:18 Summer Hot Spots/ Events (Surfyy Beach, Jeju Island, Sinchon Water Gun Festival, Waterbomb Festival, Caribbean Bay, Ocean World) 00:40:29 Question 2A: How understanding are Koreans towards foreigners making mistakes? 00:45:30 Question 2B: Things that might be offensive to Koreans? 00:57:30 Overrated, Underrated (Korean men, Hoddeok, Busan) 01:05:44 Outro