The Janchi Show

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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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161 // What we owe to each other

Apr 24 2024 50 mins  
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 that.Later, we try some Orien

160 // Shattered Assumptions Theory & Ginsa!

Mar 13 2024 62 mins  
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 Kim Blake for sending some along!R

159 // with Kate Kelly!

Feb 28 2024 76 mins  
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 Show!Online at janchishow.com / @janc

158 // The Janchi Show has an existential crisis?!

Feb 07 2024 54 mins  
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 / @janchishowSupport the show at janchishow.com/sup

157 // with Cosette (Eisenhauer) Epp!

Jan 31 2024 76 mins  
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?.... // Meet Cosette (Eisenhauer)

156 // Asian American Children's Books

Jan 24 2024 53 mins  
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 / @janchishowSupport the show at janchishow.com/supportJoin our Facebook Group! janchishow.com/afterpartyWatch our Youtube VideosLeave a voicemail! 972-677-8867Write us

155 // Adoption Fantasies with Dr. Kim McKee

Jan 17 2024 67 mins  
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 InstagramResourcesBuy the book, “Adoption Fantasi

154 // First banquet of 2024 aka we're back, baby!

Jan 10 2024 63 mins  
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 drink (spoiler alert: it’s wate

153 // with Jonathan Bergstrom!

Dec 13 2023 65 mins  
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 / @janchishowSupport the show at janch

152 // Post-Thanksgiving Chat

Nov 29 2023 54 mins  
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!---// Support the Show!Online at janchis