What Do You Want to Talk About?

Nov 25 2024 33 ep. 54 mins

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Talking About What Moves Us as Comic/Cultural Archivist/Theologian/Humans. I (Samuel Lee) am Korean-American who grew up in New York. Joy Nam grew up in Bolivia as a Korean missionary kid, but has been all over the globe so if you ask her where she is from, she would say "everywhere and nowhere." Maybe all these markers are not useful identifiers; but they are our vantage points --that are constantly moving. These moving diverse vantage points create interesting conversations. So pour yourself wine (Joy's preferred drink) or a glass of Bourbon (mine), and join us for a chat! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samuel-lee-xai/support

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On Friendship & a little bit on Will Farrell

Nov 25 2024 50 mins

As we catch up we ruminate on friendship (& romantic relationships), why we choose some people to be friends, and what value we are seeking or giving? And then a little bit on Will Farrell's Mark Twain prize acceptance speech. Joy thought one part of it was cringy. Can any material work if you have the right delivery? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/

Reading Han Kang Nobel Prize Winner

Oct 25 2024 57 mins

Joy and I read two poems by Han Kang, a Korean author, who just won the Nobel Prize. Reading the poem, we experience the inadequacies of any translation simply because the power of words is no simply in the definition, but his emotional relationship with other words in the language and the world of that language. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/

Matt Rife's Crowd Work his Fuck You to his Critics

Oct 11 2024 53 mins

This episode Joy and I discuss Matt Rife's Crowd Work special, his fuck you to his critics, and whether the crowd-work script actually is more therapeutic than your very expensive therapy sessions. Join us! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samuel-lee-xai/support

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - Funnier than you think

Sep 17 2024 51 mins

Joy and I (Sam Lee), read through this poem that started the modern poetry movement and launched T.S. Eliot's career. Reading it, you find it funny and the character pitiful, but also the artistry is definitely praisworthy! If you don't like poems, this podcast might make you fall in love with it! Seriously! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh

Why Americans Talk So Much About Themselves & Reading Open City

Aug 13 2024 62 mins

A summer break, Joy & Sam get back to talk about why American are so full of themselves (Whiteman, the rhetoric of self as the epic story) & Reading Open City by Teju Cole. Such a fun conversation, join us & let us know what you think! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samuel-lee-xai/support

Inside Out 2 the movie, and emotions and self

Jul 09 2024 41 mins

We review the movie (did you enjoy the movie?), but more than just review, how does the movie reflect our current understanding of self and what constitutes our identity. Join us! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samuel-lee-xai/support

Urban Design - Ramy Yousseff - Dave Chappelle

Jun 27 2024 55 mins

Talking about stand up (on of our favorite art), but of course starts with a meandering through urban design (the 99 percent visible design that affects our lives), its a tour de force! And Joy thinks Dave is meh...but acknowledges his cultural influence...what do you think? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/samuel-lee-xai/support

What is Time pt 2

Jun 18 2024 58 mins

Continuing our conversation on Order of Time... and we still seem to land back to how we see non-existence. Joy is good with it. I'm not. What about you? Have you come to terms with non-existence? Depressing? I don't think so. I think its the one undeniable fact, that all thing come to an end, or as Rovelli says, events continue to change into other events. --- Support t

What is Time?

May 31 2024 51 mins

Yeah, big question, but something we all think about at an intimate personal level but also in big philosophical level. We let Carlo Rovelli, a physicist, guide us through his book "The Order of Time," but as we usually do, we meander, i.e. we let the road lead us. Get some coffee and join us as your also reflect on your time and your life. --- Support this podcast: ht

Visiting our Motherland - Time & Storytelling

May 22 2024 57 mins

It's been awhile, & my allergy is kicking my ass (hence the snifles). But we're back. We both had a recent trip to South Korea, and we reflect on our time there, which leads to reflection on time & story telling. Glad we can reconnect with each other and with all the listeners! (future listeners this is for you, for when you hear this, it will be your now, so tempor