The Janchi Show

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about the difference between Korean culture, K-culture and where we as KADs fit into that mix. --- // Support the Show ! Online at janchishow.com / @janchishow Support the show at janchishow.com/support Watch our  Youtube  Videos Write us a note: janchishow@gmail.com The Janchi Show...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about whether we (adoptees) have backed ourselves into a niche too hard by leaning into the ‘adoptee’ tag, or whether it’s just a byproduct of being fully conscious of our identity. Later, we try a Baskin Robbins Choco Ball….does Baskin Robbins even make non-ice cream products?! ---...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and reply to a listener's email about “What’s next” when you come out of the fog.  Later we get into Bi-cho-bi by Orion….what’s up with the derpy tiger? Is that from KPop Demon Hunters? --- // Support the Show ! Online at janchishow.com / @janchishow Support the show at janchishow.com/support...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with KJ’s friend Saki and talk about growing up in the Midwest as a Japanese American! Show Notes & Corrections: This isn’t episode 180 Saki isn’t our first non-adoptee guest The audio is really low quality and all over the place—sorry about that! --- // Support the Show ! Online at janch...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys reflect on the importance of 삼일졀 ("Samiljeol" or the March 1st Movement) and what it means to be courageous in the small things—even while a lot of big things are going on. --- // Support the Show ! Online at janchishow.com / @janchishow Support the show at janchishow.com/support Watch our  Youtube...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about code switching, the struggle to balance constantly learning with using what we know, and whether or not we’re better off now than 5 years ago (from before we started the show). Later, we dig into Muzik Tiger’s Cream Candy….our dentists aren’t thrilled about it --- // Support th...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys chat about dealing with online spaces you thought were safe, making neighborhood friends, and getting real about our feelings with regards to ICE in our communities and country. Later we try Haitai’s Espresso Ace Cracker…can we get this dipped in chocolate? --- // Support the Show ! Online at janchish...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Jae Carelli and talk about growing up in a family of 5 Korean adoptees, how working at a ramen shop got them in touch with their Asianness, creating an album and stage show around the 7 core issues of adoption and the intersection of language, neurodivergence and music to help us communi...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys react to the news that South Korea will stop international adoption by 2029, and also get into parenting while adopted—how our relationships with Korean culture affect our children’s relationship to it, and whether we should let it. Later, we dig into Nongshim’s Melon Kick ….what the heck?! South Kore...

Episode Summary: We're back with a short one, and the last one of 2025! In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about whether or not we can trust our origin stories, and have further reflections on the TRC Report — Human Rights Violations in Intercountry Adoption Show Resources: Full English Language version of the report Patrick’s Substack...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about whether or not Patrick hates Korea, the role of governments (and how America's is perfect and has never made any missteps ever), and integrating Koreanness as parents. --- // Support the Show ! Online at janchishow.com / @janchishow Support the show at janchishow.com/support Jo...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean (& Asian) Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down Mei Tomko and talk about growing up in the age of OG Youtube and embracing your asianness, doing the most with what you’ve got, and building things that last. Later we get into some Bibim Chips by Paldo…did they just make this to promote their sauce?! Meet Mei ! On Instagram as...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and react to the news of South Korea admitting to adoption fraud. It’s not a light topic, but it is the Janchi Show so there’s still a fair amount of laughs! Later, we get into HBAF Flavored Popcorn! Can someone tell us what the heck a “New York Cheeseburger” is?! Resources: The New York Time...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Sara Docan-Morgan and talk about the burden of magical thinking while adopted, being in reunion with your birth family and how casual familial interactions can reduce the spotlight that is so often placed on adoptees when they meet their birth families. Meet Sara Docan-Morgan! Instagram:...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about storytelling, what it looks like in 2025 and all the stuff that goes into it. Me and Korea “Omma Poom” Art Installation: https://meandkorea.org/ommapoom2025 --- // Support the Show ! Online at janchishow.com / @janchishow Support the show at janchishow.com/support Join our Face...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with our first guest in a while, Lynn Sando and chat with her about growing up (and living in) Minnesota, being a therapist and adoptee, and how important it is to be in community and what it means to “do the work.” Meet Lynn Sando Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandowellness Instagram: @...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about our words / intentions for 2025, how parenting (unsurprisingly) can unearth a lot of extra feels around being adopted, and really just work to find our groove again. --- // Support the Show ! Online at janchishow.com / @janchishow Support the show at janchishow.com/support Join...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and reflect on three years of the show, how our lives have changed since the trailer, and how the show (and the adoptee community) has changed our lives. Editor’s note: I think we toe the line of conflating friends and fans of the show with the interracial, Asian adoptee community at large. F...

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Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about decompressing from KAAN , the adoptee conference we all met up at a month ago, re-entering non-adoptee spaces, and the mental fatigue that code switching brings. --- // Support the Show ! Online at janchishow.com / @janchishow Support the show at janchishow.com/support Join our...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Jean and talk about Star Trek, KAAN, disability, queer identities and more! Jean is a Chinese adoptee from Wuhan and we talk about self-racializing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic back in 2020. There’s no snack and no Patrick this ep, but did we mention we talk about Star Trek?   /...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down and talk about having dreams, incorporating our origin culture naturally, and how we find our history and place in America when adoption forcibly removes us from our own. Also, Happy Loving Day! Learn more about Loving Day here: https://lovingday.org/ --- // Support the Show ! Online at janch...

Episode Summary : In this week’s episode of your favorite Korean Adoptee podcast, the Janchi Boys sit down with Amy Esposito and talk about growing up in a Korean immigrant community, finding your own way to be Korean, and then working a COVID floor in 2021 in North Carolina and experiencing a whole new world.   // Meet Amy Esposito! She’s on facebook but is kinda also a “digital hermit.” Resource...

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 Oriental Raisin Tea…..did...

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! Resources Ginsa:...