What Just Happened?

Jan 07 2025 100 ep. 53 mins 139
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What Just Happened? is a podcast about recent history. In each episode, host David Chang tackles current and often controversial topics head on, making sense of a nonsensical world.

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Chicago (Ep. 151)

Jan 07 2025 75 mins  
After a solo trip to the Windy City, David and Eugene discuss how they would structure solo travel, why David doesn’t feel alone on such trips, and how (if at all!) Eugene’s extroverted self would manage. We also reflect on our childhoods living in Chicago and some of the tough choices our parents had to make at the time. As always, thanks for listening! Threads @davidchang99

The Grind of Unemployment, and How to Conquer It (Ep. 150)

Nov 12 2024 84 mins  
Finding a job is not easy. Like learning to drive while driving, there’s a learning curve to how to find employment, which you need to climb while applying to job openings. There’s also a mental health aspect to unemployment that often goes under appreciated, as well as the need to still feel creative and productive. In this episode, David and Eugene have an honest conversation

Arachnophobia (Spoilers!) (Ep. 149)

Oct 29 2024 124 mins  
Did you know that 30-40 million Americans have arachnophobia? And among them is one of the two of us? In this episode, David and Eugene review the somewhat obscure 1990 “thrill-omedy” Arachnophobia. We discuss what turns out to be our very different memories of how this movie showed up in our childhoods, whether this Jeff Daniels, John Goodman film holds up decades later, and w

Teacher Eugene? (Ep. 148)

Oct 08 2024 94 mins  
This year has certainly been a journey when it comes to Eugene’s work and career. This episode starts with David and Eugene taking Career Fitter's online career assessment test and discussing our results. We then consider whether Eugene should transition from software engineer to high school teacher. What would that look like, would Eugene like teaching, and most importantly, cou

A.D.D. / A.D.H.D. (Ep. 146)

Aug 29 2024 123 mins  
Today’s episode was meant to be the second half of our discussion of the book Who Moved My Cheese? But as sometimes (often?) happens on this podcast, David and Eugene veered instead toward a different conversation -- this time about ADD/ADHD and neurodivergence. As always, thank you for listening! Threads @davidchang99 X @davidgchang whatjustpodcast @ gmail . com “My brain h

Who Moved My Cheese? (Ep. 145)

Aug 13 2024 99 mins  
David and Eugene have been on a 90’s kick recently, and are sticking with the trend with a review of the business self-help best seller “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson. We discuss the fable of the two mice and two “Littlepeople” named Hem and Haw, and how remarkably relevant the story remains today. We also apply the mindset from the book to our own lives. As al

How I lost weight in 2024 (and why I wouldn’t recommend it!) (Ep. 144)

Jul 31 2024 119 mins  
It’s been a while since David and Eugene have talked about their fitness journeys. In this episode, we discuss how Eugene smoked David in our most recent half marathon race, how we’re dealing with injuries and stress, and our very different strategies for trying to lose weight. Unsurprisingly, Eugene’s approach is highly scientific, while David’s — mostly involving protei

Queen of Tears Part 2 (Ep. 143)

May 31 2024 111 mins  
In the second half of our discussion of "Queen of Tears," David and Eugene talk about how the show ends, the richness of the characters in this family drama, how meta the show was, and which characters we identified with the most. David asks Eugene whether he'd ever want to visit Sanssouci Palace, and we discuss the endless tropes in K-drama land. As always, thanks for listening! T

Queen of Tears (Ep. 142)

May 02 2024 102 mins  
In David’s ongoing effort to get Eugene hooked on K-dramas, we review the recent Netflix hit “Queen of Tears.” David and Eugene discuss what made this Korean drama so good, the main characters, villains, corporate intrigue, and love as seen in rom coms. As always, thanks for listening! Threads @davidchang99 X @davidgchang whatjustpodcast @ gmail . com “Even if I have to se

Lights out and away we go! (Ep. 141)

Apr 18 2024 100 mins  
Something happened earlier this year in Formula 1 that David has literally never seen in sports. Formula 1 superstar Lewis Hamilton announced he would be leaving his current team Mercedes Benz to drive for Ferrari. An athlete leaving a team is not new. But Hamilton said he wasn’t leaving until NEXT season (2025), and for THIS entire current year, he would keep driving for Mercede