K-beauty is all the rage
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.6 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
This week, Greta is joined by host of City Cast Chicago Jacoby Cochran and WBEZ reporter Araceli Gómez-Aldana. We get into the newly announced sequel to Freaky Friday and whether Martha Stewart’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover is really breaking down barriers.
Then, NPR host-at-large Elise Hu tells us about her new book Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital. It’s about how South Korea is a leading influencer of beauty standards and trends worldwide, from multi-step skincare routines to lipstick colors to plastic surgery. Her book is heavily-reported, but it also offers up her own reflections on the intense pressure around women’s appearances and how Elise wants her own daughters to think about beauty.
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| 0:34.2 | Y'all, this is the first time that we have ever recorded a panel in person. |
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| 0:35.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:43.2 | From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette. I'm Greta Johnson. We did it. We made it to another weekend. Coming up, Elise Hugh is going to tell us all about |
| 0:47.9 | her new book, Flawless, which is a deep dive into the Korean beauty industry and what it means for |
| 0:52.8 | American beauty standards. |
| 0:54.8 | Glowy skin, dewy skin, the multi-step skincare regimens. Those all originated in Korea. |
| 1:03.1 | But first, it's our chance to sit back and relax with two excellent humans with us this week. |
| 1:07.8 | We have the host of CityCast Chicago, Jacoby, Cochran, Jacoby. Hello. |
| 1:12.5 | Hey, thank you for having me in here. I feel special. It is very fun to see you in person. I got to say. It's a real treat. |
| 1:17.9 | Also here is WVEZ reporter Aricelli Gomez, Aldana Aricelli. Hello. |
| 1:22.5 | Hi. How's it going? Oh my gosh. This is already so much fun, y'all, and we haven't even done anything yet. Right. Okay, so I think we should start with Freaky Friday, partly because it is indeed Friday. |
| 1:31.5 | Yes, I am talking about the 2003 Body Swap movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. |
| 1:37.3 | I want my body back. |
| 1:38.6 | And I don't want mine? |
| 1:39.7 | My wedding's tomorrow. |
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