Season 2, Episode 4: Jeopardy

After the somber episode 2 weeks ago it’s time to have a little fun… with a game! We love games! Especially quiz games! News of the Weird w/Eugene

• Teen Stowaway On Hawaiian Airlines Had No Idea He Was In Maui: Official
• Crayon Pop’s ‘Uh-ee’ deemed unfit for broadcast by KBS

• In SKorean Ferry Disaster Segment, Fox News Shows Wrong Asian People

In the final story there, we took issue with fox news for using stock footage of crying Asians when talking about the ferry disaster. These people were not in Korea at all. Shameful. (edit – they admitted it)

 

And then it was time for Jeopardy! Eugene made questions for 4 categories: Seoul Landmarks, The Golden Age of Kpop, The ‘twon, and Road Trip Rob, Olivia, and Aaron then tested their wits and knowledge about this land we live in. Some of the questions were hard.

At times, this is what it felt like…

Season 2, Episode 3: The Sewol Tragedy

This episode was difficult to do. Korea was reeling after a tragedy in which hundreds of high school kids lost their lives on a school trip because their ferry sank. It was right after it happened and we felt like we had to react.

The yellow ribbon was used to symbolize one’s support of victims and their families. The text below it says “(perform) a great miracle with one small move.”

 

 

News of the Weird w/Eugene

• Breaking Proud Tradition, Captains Flee and Let Others Go Down With Ship

• Bigmouth citizen angers nation with fabricated report on Sewol tragedy

• South Korea cultural values played a role in passengers staying below deck as ferry sank

In the third story in particular, CNN’s Kyung Lah told the world that cultural values demanding obedience from kids was the reason many of them did not flee to safety, and that didn’t sit well with us.

 

On the Pulse w/Rob

Here we discussed what not to do when covering disasters in news media.

 

Season 2, Episode 2: Derailing

This episode was about derailing. In essence it is a severe lack of sympathy toward the real and valid concerns of others, and willful disrespect and/or dismissiveness of their valid viewpoint rather than honest debate with logic and reason.

We also see a bit of a return of our acting bug, as Olivia and Eugene play the role of certain examples of derailing.

Courtesy Prose Before Hoes

News of the Weird w/Eugene

• Bags of Mountain Air Offered in Smog-Addled Chinese City
• Tiffany, Nichkhun confirmed dating
• Avengers 2 filming in DMC

On the Pulse w/Rob

With a little help from Chelle B. Mille from Hollaback Korea, we discussed derailing in debates and online discussions.