What in the Shibal Podcast

On the 42nd Ep, Ed adopts a new puppy - Archie who is joining us for the podcast. Ed explains Archie's adoption story. Susie ends a 40+ years old friendship - the what and the why including "you would care if they were Korean". Susie and Ed discuss genocide in Gaza and examine the people who are trying to accuse people who are Pro-Palestine of antisemitism, and the complexities of wh...

Ep 41 is What in the Shibal's first ever Shibal Advice Hotline (get it? bc of what "shibal" means?) with Soogia and Ed. But first, Ed bought plants but his house is still in disarray from the rat. Ed updates on the search of his siblings and was on a live TV Show to talk about it this week on Daily Blast Live. Susie is tired but her daughter had her 2nd volleyball tournament this pas...

Ep 40 ends with a few AITA (including an update from a previous entry). But first, Ed had a good Thanksgiving as his cousin's house to see 8 week old puppies but had to cook the turkey and the stuffing.  Ed hasn't been on Tik Tok in a week for a mental health break and instead got a PS5. Ed recorded his first true crime podcast episode (Patterns of Behavior).  Susie had a good family dinne...

Ep 39 of What in the Shibal brings us two guests - Rebecca (@white_woman_whisperer) and Portia (@portia.noir). But first, Ed has a hard week looking for his siblings after reaching out to his sister and is not hopeful about how it's going. And a California woman who works with special needs children in Alhambra named Nancy Ng is missing under mysterious circumstances while she is on a yoga ret...

This week on Ep 37 of What in the Shibal, Ed and Susie remember the impact of Matthew Perry on their lives.  Ed goes to Susie's daughter's volleyball game which ended up being their first loss but was also the funnest and best game yet.  Susie then takes the girls trick or treating. Susie then shows Ed how to eat Kit Kat and Snickers her way.  Susie and Ed read some listener write-ins from...

Episode 36 is a Halloween Special with Susie as Mouse Cat Bear and Ed as Gudetama... and Jilly is well Jilly.  But first Susie is mad that she went "all out" for her costume vs Ed even though Ed built his costume for this episode and Susie stole her daughter's costume.  Do you eat Kit Kats like a crazy person? Susie and Ed discuss their favorite candies and realize their tastes are t...

Ep 35 brings a brand new home for the pod and a brand new look for those who watch the video version. Along with dogs featuring Jilly and Huey. Ed goes to the Korean festival to eat all the Korean foods. And Susie celebrated her birthday that Ed and Ron forgot about. Susie eats 3 birthday dinners.  Susie and Ed are happy and relaxed in the new location. Netherlands enacts a new law that bans breed...

Episode 34 is another round of the game Let's Get Deep to get to know Susie and Ed better from a more lighthearted standpoint.  But first, Ed's been dealing with termites and having bed bug PTSD.  Susie is healing with her parents via her daughters' volleyball games which made Ed realize he has been trying to heal those same type of moments with his mom as well.  Susie and Ed lightly a...

Episode 33 is another Am I The Asshole episode. But first Ed doesn't leave his house for 5 days and is going to start dating again. Susie's daughter made it onto one of the top club volleyball teams but is going to be really really really expensive... and Susie may have to sell her half century eggs.  The first write-in AITA is about wanting their son to have more Asian friends. Another st...

Ep 32 starts off with Susie's daughter's team winning their first volleyball game... until a mother ruined the celebratory moment right at the end of the game with criticism towards her daughter about not being "too cocky"... reminiscent from the scene from the Barbie movie with America Ferrera's monologue about what it is to be a women... "be confident but don't be...

Ep 31 features a special guest - an extremely talented artist/muralist/activist - Lauren YS aka Squidlicker.  But first, Susie and Ed discuss Susie's oldest daughter's birthday karaoke extravaganza in Koreatown.  Ed ate a lot including getting Rice Box one last time. Ed also thinks he found the best fried chicken sandwich in all of Los Angeles.  Susie and her family inhaled all of Ed's...

Ep 30 focuses on the Transracial Adoptee experience. But first Ed's AC broke down on the hottest day of a heat wave. Susie's garage door breaks; her oldest daughter's last pre-teen birthday is coming up and she doesn't want to have a party anymore. Everyone is scared of Gen Alpha. Filipinos are so good at singing and can out-sing Celine Dion and Taylor Swift? Susie and Ed love kara...

Ep 29 is another AITA (Am I The Asshole) Episode along with some listener write-ins as well.  But first... Susie hit 2M followers on TikTok and Ed gives her a jar of celebratory kimchi. And Susie feels a sense of responsibility to her followers.  Ed's mom left after visiting for the month of August for their birthdays and Ed feels hopeful about the progress he believes they made while she visi...

Ep 28 is about Kpop (and the Fence Lady drama tbh) - especially since Susie has never really listened to Kpop. But first Susie talks about her hectic week including spilling carrot juice and getting overwhelmed to feeling the whole day is ruined... then Ed realizes that potentially on the same day he accidentally poured jja jang myun noodles down the drain.  Susie was sick. Ed and Susie are simila...

Ep 27 of What in the Shibal delves a lot into parent-children relationships - what it is to become a parent trying to overcompensate our own childhood traumas passed onto us from our own parents onto our kids... to healing and fixing and growing with our own parents to move past from those traumas.  The conversation starts off with Susie and Ed talking about Hurricane Hilary passing through LA and...

Before the food, Susie and Ed in Ep 26 of What in the Shibal, discuss what is happening in Hawaii and how you can help our brothers and sisters in Hawaii recover from the devastating wildfires magnified by the hurricane. Please see below for Hawaiians and how you can help the people of Maui. Susie and Ed continue on to eat a bunch of Korean snacks for you this week! A fun ASMR tasting of (mostly)...

Ep 25 involves discussions over the 3 main events that have/are still happening this week including the Riverboat Brawl (also dubbed "Alabama Slamma Boat Kablama"); the fires and hurricanes in Hawaii; and the controversy surrounding Lizzo.  But first Susie talks about her week traveling on a family vacation whilst being sick, and Ed talks about dropping his mom off at the airport as she...

Episode 24 of What in the Shibal with Soogia and Ed Choi starts off with the two of them pretending to be NPCs (non-playable characters) from social media and Ed learns the origins of that current trend in sex work.  Ed and Susie discuss Century Eggs and Ladbaby and the video where he and his wife overreact to Century Eggs.  Ed hates cooked carrots, jello, and wooden spoons on tongues while Susie...

Episode 23 brings us stories of the Most Messed Up Ways a Non-Asian hit on an Asian person. But first, both Susie and Ed's week comprises of family visiting from out of town - Susie has her older sister and her children visiting for the next 10 days and Ed has his mother visiting to celebrate his upcoming birthday. The stories include stereotypes of small Asian women; referencing Kama Sutra in...

On this, the 22nd episode of What in the Shibal, Susie and Ed's week consisted of falling into the rabbit hole (figuratively and almost literally) of other people's dramas - Susie talks about her week which involved the racist and grooming behaviors of Colleen Ballinger.  Ed's week consisted of the b*tthole seen around the world - Kevin Leonardo and his internalized racism-based ignora...

On the 21st Episode, Susie and Ed display their genuine desire for a theme/intro song, then they get into their first heated debate about branding... and Hermes bags? Ed works with artist Mr Brainwash to set up sculptures on Rodeo Dr in Beverly Hills, Susie and Ed go to the Joy Ride Screening and discuss the movie (no spoilers) and their reactions, Susie and Ed also talk about going to the 626 Nig...

In Episode 20 brings us such stories as Ed getting hired for a video by artist Mr Brainwash and seeing a text sent to Dr Dre showing him the video of the NWA mural, Susie throwing a hotel party for her daughter where she and her friends enjoyed the Korean feast that was requested by the friends, not being able to go to the Joy Ride premiere but going to the screening of Joy Ride later that evening...

Ep 19 starts off with Susie congratulating Ed on the completion of the NWA Mural video that he finished, but that conversation quickly turns to a general conversation about pursuing your dreams at any age.  Ed talks about how he taught himself photography and videography for marketing his own company and how he had to start an art gallery and clothing brand to realize that he truly has a passion f...

The 18th episode of What in the Shibal includes Ed helping make an independent slasher movie Pancake Man, Hereditary, pizza party etiquette, food shaming,  patterns of behavior, professionalism, unprofessional CEOs asking for free sponsorship work, customer service professional standards of different cultures, Ukrainian groceries, ajummas at Korean groceries, "you have to buy something to be...

Movies and TV Shows form pop culture and subsequently help shape a part of our identity through who we are and how we act, etc. A remake of a childhood favorite, The Little Mermaid starts a whole conversation with how media was a part of Susie and Ed's childhood... from the movies and tv shows that they watched to the inappropriate content they accidentally watched through the innocence of imm...