Born Foreign

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Born Foreign

Peter Lee

7 episodes

1 week ago

Me (Peter Lee) and my friends talk weekly about never quite settling with our beliefs, culture, goals, or homes. If you’ve ever thought, “I’m a foreigner everywhere,”— same, bud.

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Me (Peter Lee) and my friends talk weekly about never quite settling with our beliefs, culture, goals, or homes. If you’ve ever thought, “I’m a foreigner everywhere,”— same, bud.

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Episodes (7/7)

Born Foreign

Oh no we dropped our feminist literature novels! (ft Jason) | Born Foreign Ep. 5

This is a chaotic one. In this week's episode, two straight men talk about fashion, women, homophobia, toxic masculinity, military service, and religion. We may have drank something. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uWWgR6wHZ10J0uBd4QquJ?si=09172a03e1204d4a Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/born-foreign/id1738806415 Search “Born Foreign” anywhere else FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE: https://www.instagram.com/peterchanholee https://www.tiktok.com/@peterchanholee?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc https://linktr.ee/BornForeign?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=e278bc00-2b66-40f1-a971-98c037b059ce Chapters: 00:00 Introductions and Juice Consumption

04:46 Jason is a military man

08:21 Taiwan vs Korea

11:19 Korean Fashion Transformation

16:00 Skinny Jeans and Basic Koreans

18:17 Fashion is Gay, Bro

21:36 Women Amirite

27:30 Toxic Masculinity

30:18 It's okay to be masculine

32:33 Ewwww that mf likes boys

35:40 Military Conversion Camp

39:14 South Korean Propaganda

41:25 Friends with feelings? Friendzone?

46:56 Christian Homophobia and Misogyny

53:49 We Broke In

56:37 Meditation and cleaning up s*** Credit to Young Taurus for Instrumentals https://soundcloud.com/user-931165489 https://www.instagram.com/_youngtaurus_/

1 year ago

1 hour 3 minutes 44 seconds

Born Foreign

Angering Asian Americans (Solo) | Born Foreign Ep. 4

In this week's episode, I talk about my experiences growing up as an Asian American, my beef with other Asians, my experiences with Korean Student Associations, Asian representation in media, and giving and receiving racism. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uWWgR6wHZ10J0uBd4QquJ?si=09172a03e1204d4a Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/born-foreign/id1738806415 Search “Born Foreign” anywhere else

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Chapters: 00:00 Intro

02:42 Growing Up with Jim in Connecticut

07:14 Boba, Raves, and Kpop

09:34 Asians = Koreaboos

11:06 Korea Isn't a Country

12:51 Flawed Asian Representation

16:24 Maybe All of Us Are the Same

17:34 The Model Minority Myth

20:30 Racist Asians and Affirmative Action

23:47 What Will Unite Us?

25:41 Divides in Our Communities

27:41 Please Don't Cancel Me

29:30 It's Not Our Fault

30:53 Our Collective Struggle

33:26 I Am Jim

35:14 Outro and Bonus Clips Credit to Young Taurus for Instrumentals https://soundcloud.com/user-931165489 https://www.instagram.com/_youngtaurus_/

1 year ago

38 minutes 57 seconds

Born Foreign

Relationships and Purple Shampoo (ft Noemi) | Born Foreign Ep. 3

In this week's episode, I talk with Noemi about growing up Asian, Korean relationships, working in Hongdae clubs, our families' influence on us, and I show off my incredible ASMR skills. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uWWgR6wHZ10J0uBd4QquJ?si=09172a03e1204d4a Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/born-foreign/id1738806415 Search “Born Foreign” anywhere else FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE: https://www.instagram.com/peterchanholee https://www.tiktok.com/@peterchanholee?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc https://linktr.ee/BornForeign?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=e278bc00-2b66-40f1-a971-98c037b059ce Chapters:

00:00 Intro and Viral Moments

02:14 Who is Noemi

04:48 Half-Asian in Switzerland

06:09 Universal Racism and Hallyu Myth

10:08 Korean Ignorance and Asian Braids

14:30 Work Culture in Korea

17:57 Superficial Beauty Standards

20:53 Go Back to Your Country!!!

22:15 Platonic Relationships

30:01 Drunk Friends Aren't Real

35:15 Good Families Exist?

40:23 Can't Relate ^

44:45 Value Yourself

48:59 Outro: Actions Have Consequences

53:06 ASMR Roleplay: I Rob Your House

Credit to Young Taurus for Instrumentals https://soundcloud.com/user-931165489 https://www.instagram.com/_youngtaurus_/

1 year ago

54 minutes 55 seconds

Born Foreign

Korean, Aussie, and Pakistani Destroy Boomers (ft Bilal and Anna) | Born Foreign Ep. 2

In this week's episode, I'm joined by my girlfriend Anna and our friend Bilal to talk about international high school in Korea, Koreaboos, rigid institutions, grumpy old people, and broken noses. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uWWgR6wHZ10J0uBd4QquJ?si=09172a03e1204d4a Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/born-foreign/id1738806415 Search “Born Foreign” anywhere else FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE: https://www.instagram.com/peterchanholeehttps://www.tiktok.com/@peterchanholee?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pchttps://linktr.ee/BornForeign?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=e278bc00-2b66-40f1-a971-98c037b059ce Chapters: 00:00

04:25 Yonsei Immunity and Adjusting to Korea

10:41 Not Knowing Korean in Korea

14:45 Dear Koreaboos, Stop Being Trashy

16:48 Assimilating to Culture

18:53 High School to University

19:42 The Importance of Community

22:02 Scammer Landlords and Yonsei Dorms

28:04 Broken Nose Curfew

30:28 Bureaucratic Bulls***t

33:36 College Ghost Town

36:00 Close the Songdo Borders

37:20 I Got a Bad Reputation

40:45 G-spot Degenerate???

42:53 More Songdo Beef

45:00 Rigid Society and Scary Security Guards

50:02 I Hate Old People and Korean Manners

54:56 Actually, I Kinda Understand Old People

59:45 Being Brown and White Overseas

1:09:24 Warning to Koreaboos

1:12:20 Final Thoughts Credit to Young Taurus for Instrumentals https://soundcloud.com/user-931165489https://www.instagram.com/_youngtaurus_/

1 year ago

1 hour 18 minutes 6 seconds

Born Foreign

Mary Magdalene in the Club (ft Jinho Hong) | Born Foreign Ep. 1

In this week's episode, I talk with Jinho Hong about my faulty bladder, experiences as a Yonsei international student, his commitment to Christianity (and my lack thereof), Hongdae, and losing friendships as we get better as people.

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@bornforeignpodcast Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uWWgR6wHZ10J0uBd4QquJ?si=09172a03e1204d4a Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/born-foreign/id1738806415 Search “Born Foreign” anywhere else

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Chapters: 00:00 Intro to Born Foreign, Jinho, and Pee Pants

03:48 I'm Peter Lee btw

04:50 Moving and Losing Friends

06:17 Mandated Military Service in Singapore and Korea

07:42 Yonsei, Underwood International College

13:33 Yonsei Christian Community

16:50 Jinho's a lil Christian Boy and I'm not...

20:01 What Holds You to Your Faith? Young Jinho's Experiences

25:20 Scientific Christianity

28:06 Answer to a Prayer