Adulting and Adrift

Join us as we discuss the 2024 election results, make sense of voting trends, and make predictions for the next few years. (0:00): Intro snippets (00:55): Surprised by election results? Breakdown by different groups (26:03): Predictions for next 4 years

In this episode, Kihong and Thomas celebrate one year of Adulting and Adrift and look back on past episodes :)

(0:00) Preview (1:10) Intro (3:00) Gun and Marianne introduce themselves (4:30) How did you meet? (10:30) Cultural differences - Korea vs. Finland (19:00) Sustaining a relationship while moving many times (23:00) Language dynamics in the relationship - role of English, Finnish, Korean (38:45) Advice for intercultural relationships (42:35) Commitment in relationships (47:40) Adjusting to life in th...

(0:00) Preview (1:56) Intro (5:30) High school and college (49:40) Relationships (58:05) Career (1:05:37) Family

(0:00) Preview (1:32) Intro: Current Events Recap - Trump, Harris, Stocks, Olympics, Boeing (8:05) Donald Trump's Attempted Assassination (13:45) Biden Stepping Down (22:00) Kamala Harris, Charli XCX, Tampon Tim and Political Memes (29:30) JD Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, Rise of MAGA, Nativism, and Immigration (1:03:25) Tim Walz, Josh Shapiro, Choosing a running mate (1:11:00) Stock Market Jitters,...

(2:00) AI-generated content on social media (4:30) Social Media and Gen-Z slang (13:09) Facebook going downhill (19:50) To exchange numbers or Instagram handles? (29:10) Getting cyberbullied (33:20) Attention spans, short-form content, viral trends (45:18) YouTube (48:37) Reddit (57:33) Spotify

(0:00) Highlights (2:23) Intro (3:52) What informs your value system? Kihong's turn (17:45) Actions, habits, and desire (23:55) What informs your value system? Thomas's turn (32:40) Cognitive biases (38:25) Civil discourse and cancel culture (48:55) Student protests (56:35) Applying value systems in your career and in the corporate world (1:00:45) Story of Franz Jaegerstaetter, conscientio...

(0:00) - Clips (1:40) - Intro (2:30) - TikTok (12:42) - Messi in Boston (17:15) - Our friends are all getting married! (31:25) - Living with roommates (34:45) - Feedback from listeners on Love and Dating, Career

(07:30) Masculinity: race and culture mixed (18:00) Expectations growing up as boys: Thomas and Kihong’s story (25:00) Traditionally gendered spaces (30:30) Masculinity influencers (40:00) Talking about what’s going on - why it’s so hard to build a good platform of open discourse (44:30) Gender relations are at all-time low (49:00) Breaking down these “male influencers” (56:00) Having the right ro...

Intro (03:00) Intro to AI - birth of the concept and its evolution (14:00) Phase 2 of AI: the transformer architecture, element of attention (20:00) Why hardware is so important (23:00) AI vs. the human brain (30:00) How Kihong and Thomas first experienced AI (43:00) Core principles of “Safe AI” - possible? Maybe humans are the biggest risk…. (53:00) How Kihong and Thomas use AI at work (01:05:00)...

In this episode, Thomas and Kihong investigate the underlying dynamics of the so-called “elite” U.S. colleges and the post-college implications of such branding. They share insightful and surprising statistics - hope you enjoy this episode. Please leave comments or share thoughts directly. We appreciate any reactions. :) (5:30) By how much did the “elite” colleges expand vs. the rest in the last ~...

(0:00) Intro - brief overview of each of our backgrounds (5:43) Defining religion and spirituality (8:00) Positive/attractive aspects of religion (17:50) Doubts, cognitive biases, critiques of religion (41:46) Faith, spirituality, meditation, ethics (49:10) Question for Kihong: What value do you see in religion, spirituality, and meditation? (1:04:55) Discussing the play "A Case for the Exist...

Thomas and Kihong explores everything about friendship - what defines friendship, what helps people be good friends, how does it evolve over time? How do you navigate? (02:00) How do you define friendship? What is the best way to approach it? (14:00) What makes people become friends? Our stories and the element of chance (22:30) Is there such a thing as a best friend? Different levels of friendshi...

(03:00) Our own histories with money (15:10) Money and status: fashion, music, and everything (19:10) Boomers vs. Gen Z narrative (35:10) Personal finance: Thomas’ story (49:10) Kihong’s journey with personal finance (01:06:10) Budgeting! (01:10:00) Credit scores and closing out

(00:00) Highlights + Intro (04:00) Andie’s childhood and how she ended up at a boarding school (17:15) The application process (25:00) First day of school and the importance of luck (30:30) Academics: the challenges; how to design your experience (40:10) Interacting with faculty as an Asian person (45:50) Designing life beyond boarding school, finding her true passions (50:00) Thomas on the shortc...

(00:00) Highlights (02:30) Intro (05:30) Childhood, family, and sibling dynamics (21:50) Kihong's experiences (42:00) Being deliberate about little choices as parents (45:00) Rewards and punishments: a legitimate system of teaching children? (1:00:00) Why it’s so dangerous for parents to not communicate (1:04:00) Thomas talks about “training” (1:19:00) Kihong on South Korea’s low birth rate an...

(0:00) Introduction and Holidays Update (5:00) Today’s Topic: Job and Career (6:20) As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? (12:55) How did you end up in your current career trajectory? - Thomas (26:30) How did you end up in your current career trajectory? - Kihong (32:45) Finding a job based on passion, impact, and/or financial security (38:30) Work-life balance across industries and...

(1:34) Importance of thoughts (7:30) Importance of mental fortitude against criticism (13:00) Importance of rest

(00:00) Intro - Kihong’s explanation on why he chose this book to discuss and the impact (02:40) Who was Dale Carnegie? (07:00) Part 1 Discussion (09:00) Kihong’s own experience of worry on health, Discussion of Part 2

(00:50) Intro (02:45) Asian-American or Asian and American (5:30) Thomas’ story: Born in US, grew up in Japan as a mixed race person (22:20) Kihong’s story: Asian lunchbox (26:00) Navigating through different friend groups (28:00) Different cultural values and priorities - how they impacted our lives (33:50) Speaking up for yourself and apologizing less (38:20) Asian representation in media and it...

(1:00) Kihong’s story: 1st job and relationship (8:30) Therapy: it’s a journey (10:30) Why deep reflection is so importnat (14:30) Thomas’ story: post-college journey of self-discovery (19:45) Why Thomas gave teaching a try (24:00) People helping Thomas to get to where he is now (25:32) Discovering your own values (29:53) What helped Kihong: “Thoughts May Vary” podcast and Dale Carnegie’s book “Ho...

This episode is split into two parts, so please check back next week for the second part of our conversation, where we talk about mental health post-college and how we work on our mental well-being (00:00) Intro + Friendsgiving (04:30) Start to conversation (06:25) Kihong’s story: childhood (14:25) How to acknowledge generational effects and separate yourself from them (18:00) Thomas’ explanation...

(0:00) Intro + how did Thomas and Kihong get introduced to art? (21:00) What counts as art? What is art and not art? (27:00) Robert Pattinson we love him (28:15) Cinema: Favorite movies (36:26) War Cinema: What makes it so good (39:53) Saving Private Ryan - no glory (46:30) Top Gun: Maverick (50:50) Art vs. Propaganda (53:55) Art vs. Pornography (1:00:30) Music (1:12:10) Podcast as a form of art:...

In this episode, Thomas and Kihong talk about modern Zillennial dating and love. Starting out by defining love, they go into depth on different kinds of love, discuss finding love through dating apps, how love is portrayed in modern media, and a lot more. Tune in! If you want to revisit a specific topic: (00:00) - Intro (02:35) - What is love? (10:35) - Parental love: what is so special about it?...

Years before we started a podcast, we were classmates at boarding school. In this episode, we dive into some questions like: How did you end up at boarding school? What were your first memories there? What was the social scene like? Did it prepare you well for college and for life? Would you send your kids to a boarding school? Content warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual assault in...