Benjamin Coz is an admissions consultant and avid breakdancer from Minnesota who currently lives in Korea. Growing up, Coz was confused by his Korean identity and felt alienated in a community with few to no Koreans. During the hour, he discussed how he learned to navigate his Korean and Korean adoptee identities through his education and life in Korea and how Korean adoptees' lives fit into a broader framework of intercountry adoption and geopolitics. If you would like to learn more about Korean adoptees, you can visit the sites below: 1. Global Oversees Adoptees Link (GOAL): https://goal.or.kr/ 2. Solidarity and Political Engagement of Adoptees in Korea (SPEAK): https://adopteesspeak.wordpress.com/ 3. Adoptee Solidarity Korea (ASK): https://www.facebook.com/AdopteeSolidarityKorea/ 4. Ibyang International Network (IbyangIN): https://www.ibyangin.org/

In this episode, host Joon Won Park interviews Albert Kim, a freelance journalist and filmmaker in Seoul. They discuss Kim's early life in America and his motive for moving to Korea. Later, they delve into his adjustment to life in Korea and the view of overseas Koreans or Gyopos in Korea, with a nuanced discussion of different Gyopo groups. Finally, they touch upon the duality of the Korean American identity and how it becomes pronounced for Korean Americans living in Korea. 

In this episode, host Joon Won Park interviews Angela Park, a Brazilian graduate student of Korean descent at Teacher's College at Columbia University. Together, they talk about her Korean Brazilian background with a walkthrough of her early life along with how her background has affected her experience as a student and working professional in the United States. They also talk extensively about racial and ethnic identity and how such concepts compare between the U.S. and Brazil. Finally, the conversation ends with a chat about "futebol" and the recent World Cup match between Korea and Brazil.