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The Roommates Podcast

Episode 266: Escaping North Korea (Feat. Yeonmi Park)

The Roommates Podcast

Conduit Podcast Network

Society & Culture

4.8998 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Get the masculinity course here: https://www.patreon.com/theroommates This week on the podcast Hafeez is joined by Yeonmi Park to discuss escaping North Korea, being a trafficked slave, overcoming tragedy and much more. Be sure to hit the subscribe button and sign up for Patreon via the link below. Sign up for Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/theroommates Follow Hafeez on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hafeezhtx/

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0:00.0

But when I got into China, I mean, the first thing I see was my mom being raped in front of me.

0:06.5

And then they, I was a slave now, they were checking my tea, they were making sure that, you know, like somehow I was

0:15.2

13 years old and in China Virgin is something very valuable. So they sold my mom

0:21.4

for $65 and they sold me for less than $300 in this 21st century and then they

0:28.4

separated me from my mom. Yo, everybody, this is Safi's and welcome back to another episode. I am so glad that you guys are here today. And today's episode, man, you know what, one of the biggest things I've been feeling about the

0:54.2

roommates at times is that sometimes the conversation may be stagnant and little do you

0:58.8

guys know that you know some of the guests we bring on and I love them and they're all

1:02.4

amazing but a lot of

1:04.1

times there's a lot of different other people with a lot of different other

1:07.1

perspectives we try to get on and sometimes we are not able to make it happen

1:11.3

but this week after so many weeks of trying to really innovate

1:16.5

and do a lot of things differently, we found an exceptional guest and guys, one of the biggest things that you know as the

1:25.8

roommates has been growing as a lot of things has been improving about my life is

1:28.8

that sometimes when I'm frustrated when I'm upset I lose perspective I lose perspective on life I lose

1:36.0

perspective on my blessings I lose perspective on my opportunities that God has

1:40.0

given me and so in today today's episode this young lady here has a message that's so

1:46.7

powerful that will give every last individual perspective and hopefully

1:52.2

gratitude as well as insight to a part of the world

1:55.4

that is unknown for the majority of us. So guys please welcome to the show the one

2:00.6

and only Yomie Park.

2:03.0

I'm so honored.

2:05.0

Thank you. A lot of pressure right now.

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