Korean to Stay Connected
For intermediate and advanced Korean learners who want to stay connected to Korean through quiet, personal stories.
Korean to Stay Connected is a slow podcast about language, memory, and everyday thoughts.
I am a Korean language teacher. I have taught Korean in several countries.
During my time teaching abroad, students often said:
“I want to keep studying Korean, but there’s nothing I can just listen to.”
This podcast is for learners who already know some Korean and want to maintain it — not through intense studying, but through calm, natural listening.
You don’t need to understand everything.
Just listening is enough.
If you’d like to speak Korean slowly like this,
you can find my 1:1 lessons here: https://www.italki.com/ko/teacher/7545999?lv=1
Korean to Stay Connected
EP17. Not Everyone, Just One Person (아무에게도 말하고 싶지 않지만)
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In this episode,
I talk about a contradictory feeling I’ve experienced —
a feeling I don’t want to tell anyone,
and yet still want to share with just one person.
Sometimes it’s not something I’m proud of.
Sometimes it feels embarrassing,
or too personal to be seen by others.
So I choose silence.
But strangely,
keeping it as a complete secret can feel heavy too.
In Korean, I describe this kind of state as 모순적이다 —
when two opposite emotions exist at the same time.
Wanting to hide,
and wanting to be seen.
This episode is about those quiet emotions
that don’t need advice, explanations, or solutions —
only one listener.
If you’re holding a feeling like this right now,
it’s okay not to speak yet.
It’s also okay to wait.
🎧 Take this episode slowly,
some feelings don’t need many ears.
Just one is enough.