Wako Morimoto

ちょっとソート Chotto Thought

Society EN ↓ 103 episodes

12歳でカリフォルニアに渡米した20代女性が日常生活で思ったこと、感じたことをゆるゆるとお伝えします。政治、キャリア、恋愛、真面目なトピックこそ面白く気軽に話せるような「セーフスペース」のもとになれば嬉しいです。A little (chotto) thought I have had recently as a 20-something in SF Bay AreaMost of the episodes are going to be in English and Japanese mixed!

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Wako Morimoto

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102. My Goals for 2026 01.03.2026 29:44

Long time no see!!

101. Nationalismってどないやねん 12.04.2025 29:33

Trump Tariffs - need I say more

100. Freedom: アメリカでいう「自由」ってなんやねん 03.04.2025 31:10

Chotto Thought’s 100th episode!!

99. hi :)…my belated resolutions of 2025 17.03.2025 39:43

long time no see

98. beauty standards: 整形ってどないやねん 24.11.2024 59:23

Beauty standards have always changed with time — and it doesn’t necessarily happen in a span of a thousand years. It could change in a matter of a decade! Today, I’m going to be talking about recent trends across the globe with focus on the U.S. 今まで以上にノーマル化されてきている「整形」、どないなん？という質問に答えていきます

97. Harris vs Trump: 選挙ってどんだけお金かかるん？ 05.11.2024 37:40

a sneak peek into how money is being used for this year’s election.

96. celebrating people’s success | 人の成功を喜ぶこと 20.09.2024 14:25

harder than we’d like to admit

95. Presidential Election | アメリカ大統領選挙ってどないやねん 14.08.2024 23:56

How the USA Elects Its President 101

94. The Olympics | オリンピックってどないやねん 08.08.2024 18:51

a quick overview of the history of the Olympics and some interesting stories

93. 25歳で学んだ25のこと | 25 things I learned at 25 30.07.2024 1:06:44

Long time no see :D I took a really long break, so long that I turned 26 less than a week ago. To celebrate another turning of age, I’ll be talking about 25 things I learned at 25. Don’t judge.

92. role modelっているん？ 11.03.2024 20:37

do you have a role model?

91. Is the world getting better or worse? | 最近聞いた10のバイアス 06.03.2024 48:29

the book— “Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World — and Why Things Are Better Than You Think” by Hans Rosling

90. これといった武器が無い人へ: the double-edge sword of “well roundedness” 03.02.2024 28:23

question of the day: i MAY be mildly good at a couple of things, but what’s my ONE thing?

89. on patriotism: アメリカの愛国心って強ない？ 27.01.2024 32:09

just some thoughts I had from going to Texas for a business trip

88. 2024年の目標 06.01.2024 46:48

my goals for 2024! there’s a lot.

87. things to do when you’re feeling down | 落ち込んでる時どうしてる？ 08.12.2023 17:10

sharing a list of things I do when I’m feeling a bit down/under the weather

86. what makes you “ugly” 02.12.2023 36:44

unfortunately, we talk a lot of about physical attractiveness or ugliness in a person, but i think a lot about attractiveness lives somewhere else!

85. politicalなことを話す時 11.11.2023 53:58

disclaimer: I’m pronouncing “Palestine” wrong for most of the times in this episode 🙃 政治的なことって真面目すぎるし、タブー扱いされてるし、、と感じている人に是非聴いていただきたいです。という私も声が少し緊張してます

84. essential vs important って何が違うん？ 04.11.2023 32:13

my recent 「気づき」from a trip to France because I’m that girl who endlessly talks about her love for Paris after literally breathing the Parisian air for 10 days

83. Halloweenってなんやねん 26.10.2023 41:48

Halloween, how it started, its traditions, comparing eastern and western concept of “monsters”!

82. アメリカにいる日本人 vs 日系アメリカ人 18.10.2023 32:57

both share similar experience but very different

81. intelligence: かしこいってなんやねん 11.10.2023 38:31

what makes a person smart??

80. sorority ってなんやねん 04.10.2023 28:44

if you’d like to be enlightened (and frightened) please look up “sorority door chant” on YouTube. It’s intense. Yes this actually happens for recruitment.

79. excuses & explanations: アメリカで教わった「言い訳」と「説明」の違い 20.09.2023 15:42

making an excuse for (unintentionally) not uploading an episode for 2 weeks!

78. 10 things I was surprised moving to the States | アメリカに移住して驚いたこと 08.09.2023 48:46

a bit of a long but light-hearted episode about my first couple of years in the States after leaving Japan