samcha podcast: Recent Episodes
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samcha is a podcast where three friends get deep on all kinds of topics, from getting braces as an adult to dealing with personal insecurities. grab a drink and a snack and join christine, kristina, and megan every wednesday.
grab your snack, drink, and a box of tissues. artist, storyteller, and friend claudine cho of oof stories joins us for a heart(break)felt episode where we talk about love, loss, and the power of creating.
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we asked, you delivered. the sweetest friend group of four sent us an email filled with thoughtful questions and reflections deserving of its own episode! listen in as we answer questions like, "how do you know the current guy you're dating is the one you should commit to?", "how do you maintain long distance friendships?," and "would you rather date someone who has slept with 10,000 people or 10 of your closest friends?".
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what is wellness? is it yoga, green juice, and salads? setting mental and physical goals to better yourself? loving yourself as you are today? (or maybe all of the above?) in this episode, we are joined by ex-big law attorney cece xie and talk about what it means to be and live well and in a world that tends to value performance over progress.
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in this episode, we sit down with our unnis ("big sisters") ellen acuario and jane park of reply yeochin. get ready to cry tears of laughter and reflection as we dig deep to talk about childhood, breaking generational cycles as korean americans, and learning to be unapologetic about ourselves. (tw: trauma, abuse, suicide)
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this week, our food-loving friend (and the coolest mom) rita of @saturdaytable joins us as we talk about all the facets of womanhood, from being a mom, to focusing on your career, to doing both, or neither, and everything else in between.
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we are back for our 4th season of drinking, snacking, and getting deep! tune in to reflect on 2023 and manifest big things in 2024.
tune into this one while you wind down from a long day. listen in to this season's bonus ASMR episode where we get unready for bed, talk about our night time routine, and play a cozy bedtime game.
what’s a word from your language that you think is perfect that doesn’t have an english equivalent? in korean, words like noonchi and jeong are used on a daily basis that we find challenging to explain the essense of to non-english speakers. join us on this episode on our attempt to do so, and fingers crossed that you'll use them in the perfect context!
do you know the sayings that go something like "the food on thy plate is a window thy soul" or how about..."the food you eat is worth a thousand words"? jk. we made those up but it doesn't mean they're not true! listen in on this week's episode as we dive into what and how we eat, our habits, and what we'd have our last meal would be.
researchers have said that new york times’ 36 questions that lead to love could actually lead to two strangers falling in love. in this episode, we are putting these questions to the test - tune in to find out if we actually fell more in love with each other
listen, laugh, and cry with us in this episode that kind of felt like open heart surgery. tune in to hear about what we've learned (and are still learning!) about navigating our relationships with the first men we ever loved, our dads.
you'll want to grab a water for this one because the conversation is about to get hot. from sharing our sexual awakenings to asking, "who'd you rather," we're going to have a real spicy time.
today, we're chatting about everyone's favorite season (at least when we were kids)…summer! come sit around the beach bonfire as we reminisce about our favorite summer memories and consider how to make summer fun again.
get ready to book your next therapy session, because today we're digging into attachment styles. join us as we dissect our childhoods and learn why it's so important to just let out that fart.
believe it or not, we're not full-time podcast stars. in this episode, we learn about what we all do for a living and explore what we might be doing in parallel lives.
welcome back to samcha! we're giving life to season 3 while talking about all things death. join us on a rollercoaster as we go from talking about our health anxieties to designing our dream funerals.
surprise! in this bonus episode, we bust out our favorite game, we're not really strangers, and get deep with our bestie and #1 listener, olyvia. this episode is packed with tears, laughs, breakfast sandwiches, and a dog - enjoy!
in our season finale, we celebrate our personal growth and the things we've learned to love about ourselves in our 30s.
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the topic we're all uncomfortable talking about, but know we need to discuss. in this episode, we're talking about our journeys with money and the things we've learned along the way.
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time is ticking and our bodies aren't getting younger - it's the reality we face as women with uteruses (uteri?). this episode's girltalk includes everything from egg freezing and family planning to the first time we got our periods.
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friendships are hard, and making new friends as an adult might be harder. in this episode, we share about our experiences finding platonic connections in adulthood, whether guys and girls can be best friends, and what we cherish about our friendships.
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as children of korean immigrants, we often feel stuck halfway between being "korean" and being "american". reflecting on our own visits to the motherland, we explore the differences between our motherland and homeland, and what we hope to pass on to generations beyond.
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every day, we're bombarded with images of the "perfect" body and our own self-doubt. in this episode, we discuss all things related to body image, from preventative botox and diets to when we feel the most confident.
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from mbti to enneagram to astrology, there are endless ways to diagnose and dissect your personality. in this episode, we discuss our different personality types and try to better understand why we are the way we are.
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in our season 2 premiere, we talk all about relationships. current and past boyfriends, things that gave us the ick, and what makes for a strong relationship (hint: we think it includes having strong friendships).
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we get juicy in our season 1 finale with a conversation about the 'sex talk' and getting rid of our shame around sex. we also answer some sex and dating-related questions from our listeners as a special samcha!
in this episode, we shine the spotlight on our personal online personas and dive deep into the dark and bright sides of social media. we also drink a lots and lots of wine.
"you're insecure. don't know what for." as we navigate our 30s, we face new insecurities. in this episode, we get a tad bit teary-eyed, vulnerable, and put our flaws on the table in an impromptu group therapy sesh.
we're all familiar with the phenomenon of becoming your parents. in this episode, we dive in about our relationships with our moms, how we are like them, and our ponderings about their lives beyond the role of "mom".
by sheer coincidence, all three hosts have experienced braces as a full blown adults. tune in to hear about the awkwardness of having braces in our late twenties-early thirties as well as other cosmetic procedures we've had or want to get done.
what in the world is ‘samcha' and who's on the mic? in this episode, we share the origin story of this podcast and what you can expect this season