Soju w/ Dr. Hyunhee Park
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
We talk a lot about the ghost type of spirits on the show, but what about the liquor kind of spirits? We’re joined by Dr. Hyunhee Park to talk about the global history of the distinctive Korean drink: Soju. Hint: It all comes back to the Mongols.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of colonialism, conquest and war, disease/illness, and wealth disparity.
Guest
Hyunhee Park is an Associate Professor of History at the City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and CUNY Graduate Center and author of Soju: A Global History. A native of South Korea, she received her BA in Asian and Western history at Seoul National University in 1997, her MA in East Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2003, and her Ph.D. in history at Yale University in 2008. She specializes in the history of cross-cultural contacts in East Asia, Islamic World, the Mongol Empire, and global intellectual history focusing on information/knowledge transfers including geographical knowledge, foodways, and distillation.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.3 | Every week, we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.7 | I'm Julia, Amanda's off today. |
| 0:09.5 | And this is episode 226, Soju, with Dr. Hun-Ye Park. |
| 0:13.9 | I am just so thrilled that we were able to get Dr. Park on the show. |
| 0:17.3 | It's not often that we talk about the alcoholic spirits portion of spirits. So to learn about soju and to learn about the show. It's not often that we talk about the like alcoholic spirits portion of spirits. |
| 0:22.0 | So to learn about soju and to learn about the history of it and some of the mythological ties to |
| 0:27.5 | it was such a fun conversation to have. Other fun conversations that I can imagine having would be |
| 0:33.2 | with our new patrons. Olivia Amariah, Nicole, Woodwich, Danielle, Kaylee, Brian, Julie, and |
| 0:40.9 | McKenzie. Welcome. Thank you so much for joining us. We really appreciate it. We couldn't make |
| 0:45.5 | this show without you. We are so grateful that you choose to give us a little bit of your hard-earned |
| 0:50.5 | dollars every episode so that you can make the show possible. So thank you. |
| 0:55.0 | And thank you to our supporting producer level patrons. Alicia, Allison, Deborah, Hannah, Jane, Jessica |
| 1:01.5 | Kinzer, Jessica Stewart, Justin Keegan, Nieselkins, Liz, Megan Linger, Megan Moon, Phil Fresh, |
| 1:07.6 | Polly, Sarah, Sana, Scott, Skyla, and Zazzy. |
| 1:13.6 | And to our legend-level patrons, |
| 1:16.3 | Audra, Drew, Jack Marie, Key, Lada, |
| 1:19.1 | Mark, Morgan, Necro royalty, Samney Todd, |
| 1:20.7 | and BME Up Scotty. |
| 1:23.8 | It is such a delight to see all of your names every week on the show and know, |
| 1:26.4 | hey, you're helping us do the thing. Thank you for that. |
| 1:30.1 | In terms of what I've been listening to reading, watching lately that is helping me do the thing |
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