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"More people should use Twitter"
Eat Your Kimchi
02/26/18 • 25 min
Simon and Martina go back to where Eat Your Kimchi all began; with their first ever tweet in 2008. They read some of their oldest tweets and look back on what it was like when they started as Youtubers. Simon asked more people to use Twitter (he just knew it was going to take-off). They remember when they first used Skype and Simon talks about a time he got footage of North Korea (while in South Korea). There's no responses to them on Twitter in the early day...And next week they're talking about tacos!
EXTRA: Why you shouldn't be embarrassed dancing in a club
Eat Your Kimchi
02/06/18 • 1 min
Simon says he's a terrible dancer, but doesn't care. He and Martina are in their mid-30s and ain't the best dancers in the world. Sure, they used to be super embarrassed about it, but now they realise no one's a good dancer in the clubs so no one's judging you because you're all bad dancers, equally together. Right?
02/19/17 • 19 min
Cultural appropriation:
- Vogue magazine cover featuring models of many nationalities (now dubbed the ‘Diversity' issue)
- Karlie Kloss' outfit was inspired by the geisha culture
- Causing controversy online
- Online outrage is calling it ‘yellow face’ and cultural appropriation
- Simon and Martina don't agree
- Karlie kloss has apologised
- Simon and Martina say it's not her fault and it's not a bad thing
Fake News/Click Bail (and nuclear reactors)
- Fukishima nuclear plant radiation level apparently highest it's ever been, but that's fake news
- It’s had the highest reading ever, but it's not at the highest level of radiation ever (they’ve finally managed to get a probe into the centre of the reactor, which has never been read before)
- Most things in the news today are written as 'click bait'; not researched or properly written. No accountability.
- YouTuber PewDiePie (who has over 50 million subscribers) was a victim of bad journalism. Headlines were published saying he was anti-Semitic, but he’s not
- Simon and Martina had similar problems when they reviewed face masks
- Long story short: always research and find sources to backup what you’re reading.
03/05/16 • 24 min
- New music in Japan
- How music is different in Korea and Canada compared to Japan
- Nintendo's lawsuit against Mari Car
- Wanting to launch Mario Kart go-kart track
- When is it ok to copy, and to what extent?
- Exclusive restaurant dining in Japan
- Impossible to get a table
- A website has been set-up to help foreigners get in the restaurants
- Is it just a money-making scheme? Seems a bit suspicious
- If chefs are aware then not as suspicious but still not good
09/10/17 • 41 min
This week Simon and Martina are talking about how to strike a healthy work/life balance and control burnout as a YouTuber (with advice you can take even if you're not a YouTuber). The duo are in Melbourne because they've just been at a YouTube Creator's Summit. They listened to a monk talk about how to incorporate meditation into your every day life, and heard from YouTuber Hank Green about preventing burnout. We all want to know how to get that perfect work/life balance, ammiright?
What it's like to be on a Korean TV show
Eat Your Kimchi
08/22/17 • 41 min
This week Simon and Martina talk about their experiences being on Korean TV shows like Running Man and Star King. It's not as glamorous as you'd think, and it's definitely not something you should do if you want an ego boost. The duo give advice to YouTubers about going on TV to increase their online audience. Hint: it doesn't work.
What are some handy Japanese hangover cures?
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08/16/17 • 44 min
This week, Simon and Martina tackle an 18+ topic this week - beer! Local beers are sold cheaply in their home country, but are sold at a premium overseas (hence everyone else's fascination of Foster's beer - except Australians!). This in turn leads to some interesting ways in which beer is marketed overseas, and the advertisements are generally considerably more memorable than the beer itself! While on the topic of beer, Simon and Martina also share some Japanese secrets in curing a hangover; the secret is swapping out greasy food for things like fried rice and miso soup!
07/30/17 • 37 min
This week, Simon and Martina take off to Gifu with renowned chef Yosuke Suga (who is really, really, ridiculously good-looking) to eat amazing Italian food, discover the local produce, and explore artisan prosciutto. Aside from the (slightly exaggerated) 2000% humidity in Gifu and slight uncomfortableness over the couple's tattoos during a visit to an onsen, it was quite an interesting trip filled with delicious sake, beautiful farms, and mouth-watering food (including the best Parma in Japan).
It's one mighty tasty episode!
EXTRA: Simon's Japanese joke
Eat Your Kimchi
04/16/18 • 1 min
While at their newly discovered yakitori restaurant, Simon pulled off the greatest thing any language-learner could do - make a joke in your new language. Did it go down well? Or was it a total fail?
EXTRA: The Onsen Otaku
Eat Your Kimchi
03/19/18 • 1 min
Simon and Martina's friend Yohei is known as an 'Onsen Otaku'. Just how far does he go to experience the greatest hot springs Japan has to offer?
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FAQ
What is the most popular episode on Eat Your Kimchi?
The episode title 'EXTRA: People are not robot servants' is the most popular.