What in the Shibal Podcast

On S3 E8, Susie is exhausted from traveling to and from Salt Lake City two weekends in a row for her daughters' volleyball tournaments. Susie's older daughter gets a concussion during the tournament. Susie goes to a soda shop in Salt Lake City. Ed steps on Archie. Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, and Gayle King go to space in the Blue Origin and set women back. Amanda Nguyen was deserving of going to space on the Blue Origin. Gayle King wants to send trash to space. We also have 2 write-ins from listeners including: AITA for telling off a blind patron? And a special update from a previous story about an Asian fetishizing supervisor at work. UPCOMING LISTENER WRITE-IN: Please write in with any questions, advice, or stories. Or please send in your stories/questions of AITA (Am I The A-hole) or WIBTA (Would I Be The A-hole) where you either did something where you're not sure if you were in the wrong, or you want to get advice about doing something that might make you seem in the wrong. We love to hear from you so write to us!Email your questions and stories to: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠SUPPORT THE PODCAST & BECOME A PRODUCER! What in the Shibal Patreon⁠⁠Follow Soogia: ⁠⁠Tik Tok⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠Follow Ed: ⁠⁠Tik Tok⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠Follow WhatintheShibal: ⁠⁠Tik Tok⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTu

On S3 E7, Ed was anxious about hosting the K Town Social Club podcast. 7.7 Earthquake in Thailand and Myanmar and a Korean man jumps skyscrapers to get to his family. Ed is actually finally ready to return to making content. Susie is getting ready for her daughters' tournaments out of town as well as being responsible for activities planning during the trip for the teams. Susie and Ed watched Adolescence on Netflix. A woman posts a video of her laughing as her children are screaming at the top of their lungs and shames a mother in the background with a baby and a toddler for turning around and making a face. People who exploit their children online are weird. Is it weird if a plus sized creator who built their online identity around being proud of being plus sized and size inclusivity loses weight and begins to vilify being plus sized afterwards. Some creators have bad vibesSend Archie chew treats:Ed Choi3756 W Avenue 40Suite K, #151Los Angeles, CA 90065-3666UPCOMING LISTENER WRITE-IN: Please write in with any questions, advice, or stories. Or please send in your stories/questions of AITA (Am I The A-hole) or WIBTA (Would I Be The A-hole) where you either did something where you're not sure if you were in the wrong, or you want to get advice about doing something that might make you seem in the wrong. We love to hear from you so write to us!Email your questions and stories to: ⁠[email protected]⁠SUPPORT THE PODCAST & BECOME A PRODUCER! ⁠What in the Shibal Patreon⁠Follow Soogia: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow Ed: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow WhatintheShibal: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube

On S3 E6, Ed speaks at a panel for the 4th anniversary of the Atlanta Shootings and also got lunch with a North Korean defector while discovering slushie shik-hye. Susie's youngest daughter is shopping around schools for herself. Hoemgirl aka Sarah Kim is the topic of gossip fodder because of her unemployed husband and the podcast that they both started together. AITA include: AITA for telling an Asian man that his area is probably not big enough for me to enjoy anyways because he told me I am not a beauty standard. AITA for moving my cat’s head away from my chicken sandwich?  My husband got me a vacuum for the 50th. AITA for telling my sister not to announce her pregnancy at my wedding because I was going to announce mine, but she did it anyway? AITA for making my coworker a separate meal after she insulted my cooking?  Lastly, Susie's youngest daughter gets asked if she does kung fu.UPCOMING LISTENER WRITE-IN: Please write in with any questions, advice, or stories. Or please send in your stories/questions of AITA (Am I The A-hole) or WIBTA (Would I Be The A-hole) where you either did something where you're not sure if you were in the wrong, or you want to get advice about doing something that might make you seem in the wrong. We love to hear from you so write to us!Email your questions and stories to: [email protected] THE PODCAST & BECOME A PRODUCER! What in the Shibal PatreonFollow Soogia: Tik Tok | Instagram | YouTubeFollow Ed: Tik Tok | Instagram | YouTubeFollow WhatintheShibal: Tik Tok | Instagram | YouTube

S3 E5 Ed and Susie love Hostile Government Takeover. Ed watched Devil in the Family about Ruby Franke on Hulu. Casey Anthony the alleged baby killer is making money on social media. Ash Trevino sleeps with her daughter's crush. Why do people follow these bad people? Susie's FIL who has Alzheimer's was just in town. Ed is terrified of heart attacks and has set up a potential solution on his phone. Gene Hackman and his wife... and dog suspiciously pass away but "no foul play was involved". Ed has not been on Tik Tok for a month and deals with some trauma. Ron's Cheesy Sausage Biscuits.UPCOMING LISTENER WRITE-IN: Please write in with any questions, advice, or stories. Or please send in your stories/questions of AITA (Am I The A-hole) or WIBTA (Would I Be The A-hole) where you either did something where you're not sure if you were in the wrong, or you want to get advice about doing something that might make you seem in the wrong. We love to hear from you so write to us!Email your questions and stories to: ⁠[email protected]⁠SUPPORT THE PODCAST & BECOME A PRODUCER! ⁠What in the Shibal Patreon⁠Follow Soogia: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow Ed: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow WhatintheShibal: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠

S3 E4 is a nighttime show for no reason other than scheduling. Susie gets SNATCHED. Ed has been trying to healthy. Susie swears by her sandwich method when trying to eat healthy. Susie has been working a lot and doing parent things while also enjoying having her parents a mile away and running all of their errands for them. Ed had his Blind Date episode drop the day before Valentine's Day. Ed also didn't even realize it was Valentine's Day. Susie puts Valentine's Day on hold so her youngest daughter can host a Galentine's Day with her friends. Susie confesses that she wasn't able to finish Single's Inferno because she felt it got really boring especially focusing on this once couple didn't even ending with. Susie blind reacts to Ed's Blind Date while watching it with Ed. AITA for giving myself an Asian name as a while woman? And a listener wants advice on what to do to feel safe again after being physically assaulted.UPCOMING LISTENER WRITE-IN: Please write in with any questions, advice, or stories. Or please send in your stories/questions of AITA (Am I The A-hole) or WIBTA (Would I Be The A-hole) where you either did something where you're not sure if you were in the wrong, or you want to get advice about doing something that might make you seem in the wrong. We love to hear from you so write to us!Email your questions and stories to: ⁠[email protected]⁠SUPPORT THE PODCAST & BECOME A PRODUCER! ⁠What in the Shibal Patreon⁠Follow Soogia: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow Ed: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow WhatintheShibal: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠

S3 E3 starts off with a recap of Ed's Blind Date which lasted 8 hours with 4 different activities/dates with the same person.  The video has not been released yet so we will watch that together with you all when that is released. Susie visits the site of her parents' and her childhood home to see any damages from the wildfires.  Susie's parents are still living in the rental property closeby but her parents are not sure what they are going to do with the house.Susie and Ed watched the first 8 episodes of Singles Inferno Season 4, as planned last episode.  First are first impressions of the cast.  Susie and Ed discuss their biases and impressions of the female cast and then of the male cast.  Susie wants to be a commentator on the American version of the show if there ever is one.  Susie talks about the couples she wants to end up together.  The log challenge and the wrestling challenges were the most entertaining. The difference between American/Western dating shows and Asian dating shows is profound.  Susie gets irked by one of the things many of the cast does on the show. UPCOMING LISTENER WRITE-IN: Please write in with any questions, advice, or stories. Or please send in your stories/questions of AITA (Am I The A-hole) or WIBTA (Would I Be The A-hole) where you either did something where you're not sure if you were in the wrong, or you want to get advice about doing something that might make you seem in the wrong. We love to hear from you so write to us!Email your questions and stories to: ⁠[email protected]⁠SUPPORT THE PODCAST & BECOME A PRODUCER! ⁠What in the Shibal Patreon⁠Follow Soogia: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow Ed: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow WhatintheShibal: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠

S3 E2 starts with an update on Ed's blind date. Ed is still living out of suitcases since the wildfires started and is scared for all the ash on the ground his dogs keep sniffing.  Susie has had a busy couple of weeks. Susie finds out her parents' neighborhood is a part of the wildfires and they are displaced from their home. Susie has been helping her parents and mourning the loss of her childhood while helping those in need as much as possible.  Susie didn't even have time to process the TikTok ban because of the wildfires.  The community of Los Angeles come together as a community.  Ed is terrified of the water and got gout... and also threw out his back.  Ed battles misinformation about the TikTok ban.  Ed and Ron also donate a lot of their inventory to the wildfire victims.  TikTokers admit that they've been lying about their content the whole time before the ban took effect.  Ed used to mess with customers when he used to work at Starbucks. TikTokers from other countries talked trash about American TikTokers while TikTok went dark in the USA.  Americans TikTokers find refuge in Xiaohongshu/Little Red Book and realize the anti-China propaganda that they have been fed their whole lives.  Susie accidentally loses her TikTok app from her phone. Follow Susie and Ed on Blue Note, Xiaohongshu, YouTube, Instagram, Lemon8.UPCOMING LISTENER WRITE-IN: Please write in with any questions, advice, or stories. Or please send in your stories/questions of AITA (Am I The A-hole) or WIBTA (Would I Be The A-hole) where you either did something where you're not sure if you were in the wrong, or you want to get advice about doing something that might make you seem in the wrong. We love to hear from you so write to us!Email your questions and stories to: ⁠[email protected]⁠SUPPORT THE PODCAST & BECOME A PRODUCER! ⁠What in the Shibal Patreon⁠Follow Soogia: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow Ed: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow WhatintheShibal: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠

On S3 E1 brings a new year and a new season. Susie had a chill Christmas and New Years. Ed's Christmas was cancelled and he had to eat a whole cake. Ed's mom has returned to Korea. Susie's dad has been losing his hearing and has been using the Apple AirPods. Ed forgot to bring Susie's Christmas Kimchi. Susie and Ed hate to bake. Susie is losing her voice. Chad Dad the "Passport Bro" married a 20something woman from the Philippines but isn't holding up his part of the transactional part of their relationship. Ed has a blind date coming up that is going to be filmed and turned into a show.  Tik Tok is going to be banned. Susie and Ed's New Year Resolutions? UPCOMING LISTENER WRITE-IN: Please write in with any questions, advice, or stories. Or please send in your stories/questions of AITA (Am I The A-hole) or WIBTA (Would I Be The A-hole) where you either did something where you're not sure if you were in the wrong, or you want to get advice about doing something that might make you seem in the wrong. We love to hear from you so write to us!Email your questions and stories to: ⁠[email protected]⁠SUPPORT THE PODCAST & BECOME A PRODUCER! ⁠What in the Shibal Patreon⁠Follow Soogia: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow Ed: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow WhatintheShibal: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠

On S2 E32 Susie and Ed return with bi-weekly episodes for the time being.  Susie has had a busy two weeks with her daughters winning athletic AND academic awards; Christmas shopping and decorating; and all the parental things pre-holidays.  Susie's youngest has still been asking about the elf on the shelf a week into December because she still believes in the magic of Christmas, including Santa - which she believes in still BECAUSE OF Susie... comparatively to her more cynical older daughter who stopped believing on her own.  Ed has been working on his internal dialogue when it comes to interacting with his mother and has been actively working on not viewing the past with his mother as "owing" him something. Unfortunately, Ed has also been dealing with the loss of one of his childhood best friends who passed suddenly and has been having a hard time getting motivated to make content because of the impact it had on him since. In fact the days started to melt together and Ed got his days mixed up in a funny but embarrassing way.  It is also the 1 year anniversary of Archie's adoption/gotcha day. Susie and Ed discuss Luigi Mangione and United Healthcare especially about how the media has been portraying what happened vs the rest of the country. And the lack of care for another school shooting where 15 people lost their lives over one billionaire.  South Korea impeaches President Yoon Suk Yeol demonizing North Korea as he schemes to become a dictator of South Korea... while the citizens of South Korea come together in solidarity to impeach him.  While Korean American influencers are traveling to South Korea at the same time as this historic event to attend the premiere of the second season of Squid Games while not joining in solidarity with the people of South Korea - at an event about a show about classism as there is a classist war happening in South Korea AND the United States.  Ed makes his mom watch Squid Games.We also have some quick write-ins including Pike Place Market being partially owned by an Asian American. A Chinese man dating a Black woman while his family only wants him to date Chinese women. Susie can't think of a word. And finally an AITA for not being let into a class. UPCOMING LISTENER WRITE-IN: Please write in with any questions, advice, or stories. Or please send in your stories/questions of AITA (Am I The A-hole) or WIBTA (Would I Be The A-hole) where you either did something where you're not sure if you were in the wrong, or you want to get advice about doing something that might make you seem in the wrong. We love to hear from you so write to us!Email your questions and stories to: ⁠[email protected]⁠SUPPORT THE PODCAST & BECOME A PRODUCER! ⁠What in the Shibal Patreon⁠Follow Soogia: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow Ed: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow WhatintheShibal: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠

On E31 of S2, Susie and Ed are back after a 2 week hiatus from a hectic schedule.  Susie and Ed talk about their Thanksgivings including Ed's Peking Duck Thanksgiving.  Susie made candied cranberries - Susie and Ed try them.  Ed's mom is visiting from Korea for the holidays and Ed is having some trauma and PTSD reactions with his mom. Ed realizes that he is scared his mom is getting older and that fear is coming out as frustration and anger. Susie and Ed talk about watching Wicked as someone who loves the musical and as someone who knows nothing about the musical. Did Ariana Grande grow as a person and does her life reflect Galinda's. Ed figures out the point of Wicked; Ed cries. Susie and Ed play "Tell Me Your Asian Without Telling Me" UPCOMING LISTENER WRITE-IN: Please write in with any questions, advice, or stories. Or please send in your stories/questions of AITA (Am I The A-hole) or WIBTA (Would I Be The A-hole) where you either did something where you're not sure if you were in the wrong, or you want to get advice about doing something that might make you seem in the wrong. We love to hear from you so write to us!Email your questions and stories to: ⁠[email protected]⁠SUPPORT THE PODCAST & BECOME A PRODUCER! ⁠What in the Shibal Patreon⁠Follow Soogia: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow Ed: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠Follow WhatintheShibal: ⁠Tik Tok⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠