Bonus - Politics in Korea and the United States w/ E. Tammy Kim (Preview)

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Subscribe now for the full episode. Danny and Derek welcome back to the show E. Tammy Kim, contributing writer at The New Yorker, to talk about current Korean politics as well as some domestic issues. They get into the transitional moment of America’s relationship with East Asia, the changeover from President Yoon to Lee in South Korea, the effect of Trump’s xenophobia on the American-Korean relationship, the gender dynamics of political culture in Korea, and how Trump’s tariffs have affected that nation. They then turn to the US and the mass layoffs of the federal workforce, the effect of the “Big Beautiful Bill” on Medicaid and Medicare, the Democrats’ unwillingness to seize the moment, and what it would actually take to galvanize people and enact structural change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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