Episode #1691
Yeonmi Park
Books mentioned
The Hunger Games
Mentioned by Yeonmi Park · at 00:04:30 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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1984
Mentioned by Yeonmi Park · at 00:35:50 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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In Order to Live
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:54:41 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Bible
Mentioned by Yeonmi Park · at 00:47:39 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Romeo and Juliet
Mentioned by Yeonmi Park · at 01:46:01 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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North Korean human rights activist and author Yeonmi Park recounts her childhood under state surveillance and violence, her escapes through China and Mongolia, and her adjustment to life in South Korea and Columbia University. She and Joe Rogan discuss propaganda, censorship, authoritarianism, political polarization, human trafficking, trauma, motherhood, and comparisons among North Korea, China, and the United States.
What they talked about
- Living conditions and starvation in North Korea
- Executions and state control under Kim Jong-un
- Escape through China and human trafficking
- Organ trafficking and Chinese complicity
- Adjusting to freedom in South Korea
- Critique of Western identity politics
- COVID-19 lockdowns and government overreach
- Chinese influence on Western institutions
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