The Janchi Show is a podcast where three Korean adoptees explore what life is like after you're adopted by white people. Nathan Nowack, Patrick Armstrong, and KJ Roelke share their own unique journeys into discovering and learning more about their Korean and adoptee identities through conversations with each other and guests. Each episode they'll also try a Korean snack or drink! Join us each week and follow us at @janchishow across all social platforms.
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We're taking a break while our lives are as unstructured as they are. We'll be back, hopefully soon!By The Janchi Show
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about decompressing from KAAN, the adoptee conference we all met up at a month ago, re-entering non-adoptee spaces, and the mental fatigue that code switching brings. --- // Support the Show! Online at janchishow.com / @janchishow Supp…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Jean and talk about Star Trek, KAAN, disability, queer identities and more! Jean is a Chinese adoptee from Wuhan and we talk about self-racializing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic back in 2020. There’s no snack and no Patrick this ep…
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163 // Dreaming Dreams and Incorporating Culture
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about having dreams, incorporating our origin culture naturally, and how we find our history and place in America when adoption forcibly removes us from our own. Also, Happy Loving Day! Learn more about Loving Day here: https://lovingd…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Amy Esposito and talk about growing up in a Korean immigrant community, finding your own way to be Korean, and then working a COVID floor in 2021 in North Carolina and experiencing a whole new world. // Meet Amy Esposito! She’s on facebook…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about what’s been going on in the last month and a half. Then, we get into our thoughts on whether the adoptee space online is getting quieter or if it’s just the algorithm playing tricks on us, and what our role/responsibility is in t…
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160 // Shattered Assumptions Theory & Ginsa!
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys FINALLY sit down and catch up! We get into the Shattered Assumptions theory, we do a backdoor pilot for an adoptee-dad podcast, and we talk about some books! Later, we try out all three flavors of Ginsa! Thanks to our friend and Ginsa founder, Juliet Ki…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Kate Kelly and talk about coming to consciousness in China and how being a Korean American adoptee with an interracial family can be a lot of work in the identity department! // Meet Kate Kelly @katekellyadopteehealth --- // Support the Sh…
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158 // The Janchi Show has an existential crisis?!
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys talk about voyeurism and whether or not we should even have a podcast?! Later, we get into some Basak Chips by CJ (CheilJedang).....does “upcycled” mean these are made of cardboard?! --- // Support the Show! Online at janchishow.com / @janchishow Suppor…
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157 // with Cosette (Eisenhauer) Epp!
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Cosette (Eisenhauer) Epp and talk about growing up celebrating her Chinese and adoptee heritage, starting an adoptee blog at Six Flags, and getting married! Later we eat some Lotte Ghana Chocolate Biscuits! Is that how you spell hazelnut?.…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about what’s going on with Kids Books these days! --- // Support the Show! Online at janchishow.com / @janchishow Support the show at janchishow.com/support Join our Facebook Group! janchishow.com/afterparty Watch our Youtube Videos Le…
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155 // Adoption Fantasies with Dr. Kim McKee
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Dr. Kim McKee and talk about her new book, “Adoption Fantasies: The Fetishization of Asian Adoptees from Girlhood to Womanhood.” We go over her new book, living in Korea, and more! // Meet Kim McKee @adopteekilljoy on Instagram Resources B…
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154 // First banquet of 2024 aka we're back, baby!
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys kick off 2024 the only way they know how….with a solo! The Banquet Boys catch up with each other post-holiday season, if we had any adoption-related holiday situations, and how we navigate Asian spaces. They also look ahead at the year to come. Later, they snack on a dr…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Jonathan Bergstrom and talk about returning to Korea, what comes after the high of a trip like that, and accepting one’s self as a Korean adoptee. // Meet Jonathan Bergstrom! Facebook --- // Support the Show! Online at janchishow.com / @ja…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys talk about Thanksgiving, what it meant to be a part of their respective families growing up, and how adoption colors that perspective. Plus, they talk about what they want to pass on to their kids. Later, we get into some Soboro Cookies by Crown! --- //…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys are back for a solo episode exploring the concept of "What If" scenarios, alternate timelines, and the multiverse in general, from how they approach things like community and religion differently after starting the show to appreciating the present despite the hypothetic…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and reflect on 150 episodes and give some love to other adoptee creators! Later, we jump into a crispy potato snack…anyone got any mayonnaise? --- // Support the Show! Online at janchishow.com / @janchishow Support the show at janchishow.com/su…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down to talk about Asian American being an opt-in identity and what it means to each of them. They discuss the inclusion of some things, the absence of others, the differences in our definitions, and how we can hold space for all of it. Later we try a tasty treat an…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Grace Foster and talk about her adoption from Korea at age 3, being placed into the American foster care system two years later, and choosing life (trigger warning: suicide). Now, she’s using her voice to advocate for marginalized communit…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with the good adoptees of Bay2LA and talk about the language we’ve learned as adoptees to express ourselves, and how we can continue to grow our community and the vocabulary we share. Resources Coming to Consciousness by JaeRan Kim Her Janchi S…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Jenn Chapman and talk about her journey out of the fog and into adoptee consciousness. Jenn shares her story growing up in upstate New York, navigating a different class situation than many adoptees find themselves in, and deconstructing the intersecting w…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Lynne Connor and talk about how finding the perfect definition for the labels we carry (Korean, adoptee, Asian) can feel so important, yet when you lose a loved one it can feel so pointless. We also get into Lost Lit: how it got started an…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Seth Zhai and talk about his story navigating the intersections of being adopted, gay, and a mental health professional. Seth shares their story of being adopted from Hong Kong to New York by a white mother and father who immigrated from Hong Kong (🤯), bei…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Jonathan Hurley and talk about what it looks like to chase your dream, making Nashville a 2-year town, and going to KAAN as a re-entry into the (Korean) adoptee community. // Meet Jonathan Hurley @jonhurleyguitar on Instagram & TikTok http…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Katie Ginella and talk about going back to Korea with no expectations, searching for your birth family, and how paradigm shifts can lead to giving grace. Later we revisit a crowd favorite, Pepero Sticks! Did Nathan send a block of chocolat…
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141 // What it means to be (Asian) American
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys talk about how we learned what it means to be (Asian) American—the key figures and parts of culture that had the most influence on us, and how what we’ve previously thought of ourselves informs who we want to be moving forward. Later, we try Haitai’s De…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Penelope Strong and talk about being adopted with her biological brother, the mythology of our stories, and what it takes to find yourself again after you’ve had an apocalyptic moment that forces you to self-racialize and rediscover who yo…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Lana and talk about filmmaking, reclaiming Korean womanness, going back to Korea and how owning your story and choosing the path that’s right for you is something that we, as adoptees, have to fight for—even if it means making hard choices…
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138 // IKAA, Han, and a whole lotta Nutz
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys are back in the saddle and talking all kinds of business! We dive into Patrick’s trip to Korea, dealing with loss of personal histories, the concept of Han and its associated feelings, and navigating a birth search. We also talk about the IKAA Conference, Korean food, a…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the KJ sits down with Erik Kemp to talk about the intersection of disability and adoptee identities! We probably get a lot of language wrong, but most importantly, we’re just trying our best to be a little better today than we were yesterday. Hope you enjoy! Resources …
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137 // Recapping KAAN, Looking ahead to IKAA
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and recap KAAN, talk with Patrick about being in Korea, and look ahead to IKAA! Also, due to travel and schedule and stuff, we’ll be taking a small break 🙂 --- // Support the Show! Online at janchishow.com Support the show at janchishow.com/sup…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Nicolle Beaury and talk about growing up in upstate New York, going back to Korea, and the power of saying “and” instead of “but” when talking about our intersectional identities. Later, try some instant coffee….is this supposed to be hot or cold?!. // Mee…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit (back) down with Mary Bowers for part of our conversation that started last episode! Mary shares more about moving back to Korea, submitting her adoption case to be investigated by South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and how all this ties into her com…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Mary Bowers and talk about her story as a Korean adoptee. Mary shares about navigating both her Asian American and adoptee identities in Colorado and California, the specific moments she found hers experience and language shift, and how our proximity to an…
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133 // Vacation, Appropriation, Appreciation
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and have an interesting discussion about finding the line between appropriation and appreciation. Like, is it okay if a white parent wears a hanbok? What about a Korean adoptee calling their parents “Umma” and “Appa?” Later, we try some hard candy. It’s………………..…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Erik Kemp to talk about what it means for us to own our stories and how we share them. Erik shares very vulnerably with us: the experiences he had growing up in a multiracial, Mormon household, his relationship with Korean culture camps, and where he’s fin…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and choose joy! We talk about what things keep us motivated to continue the show, and why we think it’s important to identify as an adoptee. Later, we try Jardin’s Our Tea (Orange & Grapefruit flavor). Like Ted Lasso says, “I always imagined tea tasted like gar…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Anica Falcone-Juengert and talk about her experience as a queer, transracial adoptee. Anica shares about being an adoptee due to China’s One Child Policy, navigating the intersectional identities you can’t see, and how the community we might need isn’t sol…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys catch up after Patrick and Nathan went on travels across the nation and KJ…stayed at home. We talk about Korean gift-giving etiquette, APAHM (or ANHPI…HM? Or AAPI..HM?) and how specificity is just as important as inclusivity. Later, we try some gummies…are these multivi…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Lauren Rees and talk about her time growing up in the Midwest, being a part of the knitting community, and how that sparked her moment of apocalypse even before the pandemic hit. We get into that, plus a hint Christianity chat, and more. Plus, we try a sna…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys chat about whether or not we can be too focused on a thing, and how we’re learning to react slowly for the benefit of our relationships. Later, we try a New Year cookie. Is that a jujubee?! --- // Support the Show! Online at janchishow.com Support the show at janchishow…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and take a minute to reintroduce themselves to our new listeners. We give an abbreviated version of our stories, and get the chance to ask some pointed questions about key periods in our lives. Later, we try a Taiwanese puff pastry. by I Mei—you know KJ is a su…
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Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and catch up! Patrick went to the Grand Canyon and KJ talks about how ChatGPT can democratize the written word (much like Canva democratized design). It’s a good one, and we’re very grateful to our robot overlords for keeping us alive. Beep boo…
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124 // Joy Ride trailer reactions + adoptee representation in media
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down to talk about the first trailer for Joy Ride, a film that features an adoptee storyline (very prominently). We breakdown and unpack the trailer and share our initial reactions and thoughts to what we saw. We also get into Asian American representation in media …
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys go LIVE ON INSTAGRAM with BIG NEWS! Also we try a chinese snack…WHY IS THERE A PIT IN THIS.By The Janchi Show
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Nick Greene and talk about his journey finding and engaging with the Korean adoptee community! We discuss studying Japanese in Japan during high school, his first foray into community with Soju Talks, and navigating the community and different adoptees’ ex…
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121 // Unlearning, myth-making and doom-scrolling
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about things we’ve unlearned on our journey thus far. We also chat about how our adoption stories are a part of myth-making, and what happens when the myth gets debunked. Later, we try a drink called “Jeju Hallabong Sparkling”...who made this again?! R…
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with SunAh Laybourn and talk about her journey of self: self-acceptance, self-determination, and self-love! We hear about navigating the Black and white binary of Memphis, reclaiming her Korean name (and how to correctly pronounce it!), and vulnerability as a s…
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119 // with Nikki Webster (aka Nikki_Often)!
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Nikki Webster and talk about how she’s grown and changed, moving from the Baltimore area to Korea to LA and to Korea, where she now resides! We hear about how she got started drawing and creating the wonderful art you see on her instagram account, as well …
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In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about anger, rage, and how things have changed over the years since we started the show. We also get into safe spaces when we were younger (if there were any), and whether or not they’re the same as adults. Resources and Things We Talked About The Ligh…
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