Korea Deconstructed
Hosted by David A Tizzard · David Tizzard
4.8from 72 ratings
- 153
- Episodes
- 9
- Transcribed
- 72
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 458K
- YouTube views
About Korea Deconstructed
Exploring Korea through open conversations with historians, students, professors, pop stars, and everyone in between. Learn, reflect, and understand with Korea Deconstructed. The host, David Tizzard, has a Phd in Korean Studies and is a Professor at Seoul Women's University and Hanyang University. He also writes a weekly column in the Korea Times.
- Publisher
- David Tizzard
- Category
- science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Sept 2021
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
9 of 153 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Korean Women on Mental Health, Beauty, and the Pressure to Be Perfect
12 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Koryo-saram and the Korean Diaspora (with Nathalie M Kwon) #137
6 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Jeju Island and the Haenyeo of Korea (Kylie Genter) #136
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Korean Women on Mental Health, Beauty, and the Pressure to Be Perfect
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah. Like that. And Korea have bali bali culture, and maybe people feel fear of failure in society. So when it then mixes, it becomes more burden to me, burden to people. So... So it can contribute to why Korea faces such high rate of suicide. It can be conducted. When did you start feeling pressure? Do you feel pressure, Hyejin? Maybe. Did you feel it from kindergarten? In my case, I don't know. But I was a high school student. I felt a lot of pressure because I have to do soon and study her for my perfect life and go to college or university like that. So... maybe that cycle, in that cycle, Korea is too individualistic, but yet at the same time, Korea is so collective, because many people's attention to others. […]
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- Hyeseong
- Gaeul
- Hyejin
- Gayeon
- Nathalie Marver-Kwon
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 457,622
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 23 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 49 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 93 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 85
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